ProA

ProA

Current season, competition or edition: 2014–15 ProA
Sport	Basketball
Founded	2007
No. of teams	16
Country	Germany
Continent	FIBA Europe (Europe)
Most recent champion(s)	Gießen 46ers (1st title)
Most titles	Mitteldeutscher BC BG Göttingen (2 titles)
Promotion to	Basketball Bundesliga
Relegation to	ProB
Official website	www.diejungeliga.de

The ProA is the second highest level 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]

Teams 2014–15

BCM Baunach

BV Chemnitz 99

Cuxhaven BasCats

Giants Leverkusen

Erdgas Ehingen/Urspringschule

ETB Wohnbau Baskets

Gießen 46ers

Oettinger Rockets

Hamburg Towers

MLP Academics Heidelberg

Science City Jena

Kirchheim Knights

Nürnberger BC

finke baskets

SC Rasta Vechta

s.Oliver Baskets

Clubs of the Pro A 2014/15

Team	City
Bike-Café Messingschlager Baunach	Bamberg
BV Chemnitz 99	Chemnitz
Cuxhaven BasCats	Cuxhaven
Erdgas Ehingen/Urspringschule	Ehingen (Donau)
ETB Wohnbau Baskets	Essen
Gießen 46ers	Gießen
Oettinger Rockets	Gotha
Hamburg Towers	Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg
MLP Academics Heidelberg	Heidelberg
Science City Jena	Jena
Kirchheim Knights	Kirchheim unter Teck
Bayer Giants Leverkusen	Leverkusen
Nürnberger Basketball Club	Nürnberg
finke baskets	Paderborn
SC Rasta Vechta	Vechta
s.Oliver Baskets	Würzburg

Champions

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

Season	Champion	Score	Runner-up	Teams
2007–08	Giants Nördlingen	–	Cuxhaven BasCats	16
2008–09	Mitteldeutscher BC	–	Phoenix Hagen
2009–10	BBC Bayreuth	–	Cuxhaven BasCats
2010–11	FC Bayern München	–	Würzburg Baskets
2011–12	Mitteldeutscher BC	163–161[lower-alpha 1]	VfL Kirchheim Knights
2012–13	SC Rasta Vechta	2–0[lower-alpha 2]	Giants Düsseldorf
2013–14	BG Göttingen	174–162[lower-alpha 1]	Crailsheim Merlins
2014–15	Gießen 46ers	150–147[lower-alpha 1]	S.Oliver Würzburg

1. The Finals were played in a two-legged format.
2. The Finals were played in a Best-of-three Playoff format.

Awards

MVP Year Player Team Ref. 2007–08 Trice, Roderick Roderick Trice Cuxhaven BasCats 2008–09 Bernard, Wayne Wayne Bernard Mitteldeutscher BC 2009–10 Harris, Jaivon Jaivon Harris BBC Bayreuth 2010–11 Jeka, Lee Lee Jeka Würzburg Baskets 2011–12 Reid, Arizona Arizona Reid Mitteldeutscher BC (2) 2012–13 Williams, Richard Richard Williams SC Rasta Vechta 2013–14 Kamp, HarperHarper Kamp BG Göttingen [2] 2014–15 Braydon Hobbs Nürnberger BC

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

Coach of the Year

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

References

1. http://www.diejungeliga.de