ProA

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ProA

Formerly	2. Basketball Bundesliga
Founded	2007; 17 years ago (2007)
First season	2007–08
Country	Germany
Confederation	FIBA Europe
Number of teams	18
Level on pyramid	2
Promotion to	Basketball Bundesliga
Relegation to	ProB
Current champions	PS Karlsruhe Lions (1st title) (2023–24)
Most championships	Mitteldeutscher BC (3 titles)
Website	www.2basketballbundesliga.de

The ProA is the second-tier league of professional club basketball in Germany. The league comprises 16 teams. Officially the ProA is part of the 2. Basketball Bundesliga, which consists of the two hierarchical leagues ProA and ProB. Before the 2007–08 season, the 2. Basketball Bundesliga was a basketball league with the same name, which consisted of two geographical divisions. At the end of the league stage, the top two teams qualify for the Basketball Bundesliga, and the teams positioned 15th and 16th are relegated to the lower league, ProB.^[1]

Koblenz

Vechta

Bayreuth

Bremerhaven

Jena

Giessen

Düsseldorf

Kirchheim

Nuremberg

Trier

Hagen

Karlsruhe

Quakenbrück

Münster

Dresden

Bochum

Crailsheim

Tübingen

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Clubs of the ProA 2024/25

The champions of a given ProA season promote to the Basketball Bundesliga, along with the runner-up of the Finals.

Player of the Year [edit] Main article: ProA Player of the Year Year Player Team Ref. 2007–08 Roderick Trice Cuxhaven BasCats 2008–09 Wayne Bernard Mitteldeutscher BC 2009–10 Jaivon Harris BBC Bayreuth 2010–11 Lee Jeka Würzburg Baskets 2011–12 Arizona Reid Mitteldeutscher BC (2) 2012–13 Richard Williams SC Rasta Vechta 2013–14 Harper Kamp BG Göttingen [2] 2014–15 Braydon Hobbs Nürnberger BC 2015–16 Christian Standhardinger SC Rasta Vechta

Young Player of the Year [edit] Year Player Team Ref. 2007–08 Per Günther Phoenix Hagen 2008–09 Johannes Lischka LTi Lich 2009–10 Simon Schmitz Science City Jena 2010–11 Bastian Doreth Bayern Munich 2011–12 Jusuf El-Domiaty Cuxhaven BasCats 2012–13 Akeem Vargas BG Göttingen 2013–14 Stephan Haukohl erdgas Ehingen/Urspr.schule [2] 2014–15 Besnik Bekteshi Gießen 46ers 2015–16 Johannes Thiemann Baunach Young Pikes

Year	Coach	Team	Ref.
2007–08	Andreas Wagner	Giants Nördlingen
2008–09	Björn Harmsen	Mitteldeutscher BC
2009–10	Andreas Wagner (2)	BBC Bayreuth
2010–11	Torsten Loibl	BV Chemnitz 99
2011–12	Silvano Poropat	Mitteldeutscher BC (2)
	Felix Schreier	Chemnitz Niners
2012–13	Patrick Elzie	SC Rasta Vechta
2013–14	Ralph Junge	erdgas Ehingen/Urspr.schule	[2]
2014–15	Denis Wucherer	Gießen 46ers
2015–16	Björn Harmsen	Science City Jena

Lachlan Dent holds the ProA league record for 3-poniters made in a single game. 7 April 2024, he hit 10 for his PS Karlsruhe Lions against Paderborn Baskets.^[3]

• 2. Basketball Bundesliga