The Pro A is the second highest level league

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 of professional club basketball

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 in Germany

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. The league comprises 16 teams. At the end of the league stage the top two teams qualify for the Basketball Bundesliga

Basketball Bundesliga

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 and the teams positioned 15th and 16th are relegated to a lower league.

2011-12 Season

Relegated from Basketball Bundesliga

Basketball Bundesliga

The Basketball Bundesliga — commonly abbreviated BBL — is the highest level league of club basketball in Germany. The league comprises 18 teams. A BBL season is split into a league stage and a playoff stage...

: Mitteldeutscher BC

Mitteldeutscher BC

Mitteldeutscher Basketball Club is a German basketball club based in Weißenfels, Saxony-Anhalt. In 2004, the club won the FIBA Europe Cup against JDA Dijon...

, Gloria Giants Düsseldorf



Promoted from Pro B: Erdgas Ehingen/Urspringschule, BG Leitershofen/Stadtbergen, Nürnberger BC

2010-11 Season

Champion: FC Bayern München

FC Bayern Munich (basketball)

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Runner up: s.Oliver Baskets



Relegated to lower division: UBC Hannover Tigers, Dragons Rhoendorf, USC Freiburg, GiroLive-Ballers Osnabrück

Current Teams (as of Season 2011-12)

Team	City/Area
webmoebel Baskets	Paderborn Paderborn Paderborn is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the Paderborn district. The name of the city derives from the river Pader, which originates in more than 200 springs near Paderborn Cathedral, where St. Liborius is buried.-History:...
Cuxhaven BasCats	Cuxhaven
Saar-Pfalz Braves	Homburg, Saarland Homburg, Saarland Homburg is a town in Saarland, Germany, the administrative seat of the Saarpfalz district. With a population of c. 44,000 inhabitants, is the third city in its federal state. The medical department of the University of Saarland is situated here. The city is also home to the Karlsberg beer brewery...
VFL Kirchheim Knights	Kirchheim unter Teck Kirchheim unter Teck Kirchheim unter Teck is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, in the district of Esslingen. It is located on the small river Lauter, a tributary of the Neckar. It is situated near the Teck castle, approximatively 25 km southeast of Stuttgart...
BG Karlsruhe BG Karlsruhe BG Karlsruhe is a basketball club based in Karlsruhe, Germany that plays in the 2nd Basketball Bundesliga-Pro A. Their home arena is Europahalle.It plays in the 2nd German basketball league ....	Karlsruhe Karlsruhe The City of Karlsruhe is a city in the southwest of Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg, located near the French-German border.Karlsruhe was founded in 1715 as Karlsruhe Palace, when Germany was a series of principalities and city states...
Crailsheim Merlins	Crailsheim Crailsheim Crailsheim is a town in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, 32 km east of Schwäbisch Hall, 40 km southwest of Ansbach in the Schwäbisch Hall district, incorporated in 1338....
BV Chemnitz 99 BV Chemnitz 99 BV Chemnitz 99 is a German basketball club based in Chemnitz, Saxony. Ever since its foundation, the team has played in Germany’s lower divisions but moved up second division Pro A in 2002. Its declared goal is to play in Germany’s prime league Basketball Bundesliga...	Chemnitz Chemnitz Chemnitz is the third-largest city of the Free State of Saxony, Germany. Chemnitz is an independent city which is not part of any county and seat of the government region Direktionsbezirk Chemnitz. Located in the northern foothills of the Ore Mountains, it is a part of the Saxon triangle...
Mitteldeutscher BC Mitteldeutscher BC Mitteldeutscher Basketball Club is a German basketball club based in Weißenfels, Saxony-Anhalt. In 2004, the club won the FIBA Europe Cup against JDA Dijon...	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:...
Gloria Giants Düsseldorf	Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...
Science City Jena Science City Jena Science City Jena is a basketball club based in Jena, Germany that plays in the Pro A, the second highest level of the German competition. Their home court is the JenArena, which seats 2,500...	Jena Jena Jena is a university city in central Germany on the river Saale. It has a population of approx. 103,000 and is the second largest city in the federal state of Thuringia, after Erfurt.-History:Jena was first mentioned in an 1182 document...
USC Heidelberg USC Heidelberg USC Heidelberg is a basketball club from Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.The club men's senior team is currently playing in the German second division ProA....	Heidelberg Heidelberg -Early history:Between 600,000 and 200,000 years ago, "Heidelberg Man" died at nearby Mauer. His jaw bone was discovered in 1907; with scientific dating, his remains were determined to be the earliest evidence of human life in Europe. In the 5th century BC, a Celtic fortress of refuge and place of...
Erdgas Ehingen/Urspringschule	Ehingen Ehingen Ehingen is a town in the Alb-Donau district in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, situated on the left bank of the Danube, approx. 25 km southwest of Ulm and 67 km southeast of Stuttgart.-Statistics:...
BG Leitershofen/Stadtbergen	Stadtbergen Stadtbergen Stadtbergen is a town in the district of Augsburg, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated in the outskirts of Augsburg, 4 km west of Augsburg city centre. Stadtbergen was granted town privileges in May 2007....
ETB Wohnbau Baskets	Essen Essen - Origin of the name :In German-speaking countries, the name of the city Essen often causes confusion as to its origins, because it is commonly known as the German infinitive of the verb for the act of eating, and/or the German noun for food. Although scholars still dispute the interpretation of...
Nürnberger BC	Nürnberg