The Basketball Bundesliga starts its new season. The BBL is intended to continue to grow the momentum through winning the European Championship. The most important questions and answers.
When does the season start, when is the last match day?
The champions from FC Bayern Munich opens the season on Friday (26.09.2025) with a home game against promoted science City Jena.
The 34th and the last matchday of the main round will be held on May 10, 2026. The dates of the playoffs are still open. You should start in mid -May 2026.
Where can I follow the basketball Bundesliga live?
Selected games in the live ticker are offered on Sportschau.de and in the Sportschau app on all BBL match days. There are also live data for all games.
The streaming broadcaster “Dyn” broadcasts all games of the basketball Bundesliga.
Which European champions can be seen in the BBL?
Five of the twelve players who became European champions with the German national team in Riga are under contract with a Bundesliga club. Andreas Obst, Justus Hollatz, Leon Kratzer. Oscar da Silva and the currently injured Johannes Voigtmann all play for FC Bayern Munich.
How does the BBL want to use the swing through the European Championship title?
“It runs with us. The halls are full, the clubs are almost overcrowded by children and the number of members rise”BBL boss Stefan Holz joins before the start of the season. “We got out of the niche, arrived in a wider public. This has to be stabilized.”
But how can that succeed? “You shouldn’t think that basketball is now going through the ceiling through the EM triumph. That would be a mistake”warns Heidelberg’s sporting director Alex Vogel, “Our sport in Germany is not.
Rather, it is important to continue to invest in the structures on site and to lure people into the halls at the Bundesliga locations. “The worst thing that can happen is that you somehow rest on these laurels, these gold medals,”said Bayer Munich Managing Director Adrian Sarmiento. “But now it has to be worked on to use the momentum, to further strengthen, invest and expand the structures.”
The German team had already become world champion two years before winning the European Championship. Basketball is currently experiencing the best phase of history in Germany.
Who are the stars in the basketball Bundesliga?
Of course, the Munich European champions Obst, Hollatz, Oscar da Silva, Kratzer and Vogtmann. Niels Giffey, recently resigned from the national team, is added to Bayern as world champion in 2023.
Ulm has secured two talents who have at least star potential: the French Forward Mo Diakite (18) and wing player Diego Garavaglia (18) from Euroleague-Club Armani Milan. And Rasta Vechta brought the American Tommy Kuhse (27) back from Italy-two years ago, he ended up in second place in the MVP election.
Who are the favorites?
Even if worries have clouded the preparation – defending champion FC Bayern Munich is again clearly the first candidate for the title that it would be the third in a row. The EM triumph gives the five German national players additional tailwind. Ratiopharm Ulm, last season, both in the main round and in the playoffs even the only competitor at eye level, has to cope with a change.
Why is there only 17 teams in the BBL this season?
In addition to Science City Jena, the Gladiators Trier also rose to the BBL. Since only 17 teams were played last season, only one team had to relegate to the second -class ProA. The BG Göttingen met.
What is the mode in the basketball Bundesliga?
In the main round, each team plays away against each other twice, once in their own hall. The top six teams in the final table move directly into the playoffs.
The teams in places seven to ten games in series “Best-of-Three” two more participants in the playoffs. The playoffs are played in the “Best-of-Five” mode. If you want to get a round and ultimately want to become a master, you have to win three games.
The team, which is better placed after the preliminary round, initially has two home and then two away games. If a fifth game was necessary, it would be held in the hall of the team, which was better placed after the main round.