Mitteldeutscher Basketball Club (Central German Basketball Club) is a German basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 club based in Weißenfels

Weißenfels

Weißenfels is the largest town of the Burgenlandkreis district, in southern Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on the river Saale, approximately south of Halle.-History:...

, Saxony-Anhalt

Saxony-Anhalt

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. In 2004, the club won the FIBA Europe Cup

EuroCup Challenge

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 against JDA Dijon. It had gone insolvent

Insolvency

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 earlier that same year and was relegated to the third German division after the season .

Meanwhile the team plays again in the Basketball Bundesliga

Basketball Bundesliga

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, which is Germany's first Basketball division.

Notable players

Mithat Demirel

Mithat Demirel

Mithat Demirel is a German former professional basketball player of Turkish descent. He played for Erdemir SK of the Turkish Premier Basketball League before retiring. Formerly a member of Scafati Basket in Italy, Demirel also represented Germany internationally. He retired in 2010 due to an...

 1 season: '00-'01 Misan Nikagbatse

Misan Nikagbatse

Eyinmisan Edward Ogharanemeye Nikagbatse is a German basketball player who currently is a member of Pallacanestro Varese's squad and has played for clubs in Germany, Greece and Italy so far.-Career:...

 1 season: '03-'04 Tomas Grepl 3 seasons: '05-'08 Anthony Allison 1 season: '01-'02 Wendell Alexis

Wendell Alexis

Wendell Alexis is a retired American basketball player who played for several European clubs between 1986 and 2004, most notably for ALBA Berlin, where he was voted MVP of the German Bundesliga three times during his 6-year stint.After attending Christ The King Regional High School, Alexis played...

1 season: '03-'04