Hamburg Towers, for sponsorship reasons named Veolia Towers Hamburg, is a professional basketball team, based in Hamburg, Germany. After promotion from the ProA in 2019, the Towers are currently playing in the Basketball Bundesliga, the top tier of German basketball.[2]
| Veolia Towers Hamburg | |||
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| Leagues | Basketball Bundesliga | ||
| Founded | 2013 | ||
| Arena | Edel-optics.de Arena | ||
| Capacity | 3,400[1] | ||
| Location | Hamburg, Germany | ||
| Team colors | White, Black, Silver | ||
| Main sponsor | Veolia | ||
| President | Jan Fischer Marvin Willoughby | ||
| Team manager | Marvin Willoughby | ||
| Head coach | Benka Barloschky | ||
| Affiliation(s) | SC Rist Wedel | ||
| Championships | 1 ProA | ||
| Website | www | ||
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Founded in 2013, the club played in the ProA from the 2014–15 season. In 2019, Hamburg promoted to the BBL for the first time. Since 2014, their home arena is the Edel-optics.de Arena in Wilhelmsburg. It has capacity for 3,400 people.
History
editIn February 2013, former player Pascal Roller and entrepreneur Wolfgang Sahm announced their plans to bring back professional basketball to Hamburg.[3] There had been no professional basketball in the city since the bankruptcy of BCJ Hamburg in 2002. The original goal of the club was to obtain a wild card for the first tier Basketball Bundesliga. However, the team was given a spot in the second tier ProA.
The club debuted in the 2014–15 ProA season. It played its first home game on 28 September 2014, and won 66–65 over Gießen 46ers.[4] In its debut season, the team ended eight in the standings. In the 2015–16 season, the Towers had the highest average attendance of all ProA clubs with 3,047 per game.
In the 2018–19 season, Hamburg finished the regular season in the fourth place. On 30 April 2019, Hamburg Towers promoted to the Basketball Bundesliga for the first time after defeating first-seeded Chemnitz Niners in the playoffs semifinals, and thus reaching the ProA Finals.[5] On 4 May 2019, the team won the ProA championship after defeating Nürnberg Falcons in the second leg.
Sponsorships
editIn 2022, the Towers signed a sponsorship agreement with Veolia to become their name sponsor in the 2022–23 season.[6]
Season by season
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| Season | Tier | Division | Pos. | W–L | Playoffs | German Cup | European competitions | |
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| 2014–15 | 2 | ProA | 8th | 15–18 | DNQ | |||
| 2015–16 | 2 | ProA | 5th | |||||
| 2016–17 | 2 | ProA | 9th | 14–16 | DNQ | |||
| 2017–18 | 2 | ProA | 10th | 13–17 | DNQ | |||
| 2018–19 | 2 | ProA | 1st | 26–15 | Winners | |||
| 2019–20 | 1 | BBL | 17th | 3–17 | DNQ | |||
| 2020–21 | 1 | BBL | 7th | 21–13 | Quarterfinals (lost to Berlin) | |||
| 2021–22 | 1 | BBL | 7th | 19–15 | Quarterfinals (lost to Bonn) | Round of 16 | EuroCup | Eighthfinals |
| 2022–23 | 1 | BBL | 15th | 12–22 | DNQ | Round of 16 | EuroCup | Eighthfinals |
| 2023–24 | 1 | BBL | 9th | 17–17 | Play-in (won against Oldenburg, lost to Ludwigsburg) |
Round of 16 | EuroCup | Regular Season |
| 2024–25 | 1 | BBL | First round | EuroCup | ||||
Honours
editTitles
Players
editCurrent roster
editNote: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
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Notable players
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To appear in this section a player must have either:
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Head coaches
edit| # | Name | Period | Honours |
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| 1 |  Hamed Attarbashi
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2014 – February 2018 | |
| 2 | Benka Barloschky
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February – May 2018 | |
| 3 |  Mike Taylor
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May 2018 – June 2020 | ProA (2019) |
| 4 |  Pedro Calles
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August 2020 – June 2022 | |
| 5 |  Raoul Korner
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June 2022 – January 2023 | |
| 6 | Benka Barloschky
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January 2023 – present |
Arena
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- Since 2013: Edel-optics.de Arena (capacity: 3,400)
Player development
editProB team Rist Wedel has been Hamburg's cooperation partner for player development.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Home". hamburgtowers.de.
- ^ Die Towers – mehr als nur Basketball Hamburger Abendblatt (Inga Radel), 23 March 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.(in German)
- ^ "Basketball wie in München – nur anders". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). 5 February 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
- ^ "Happy End bei Towers-Premiere in der Zweiten Liga". abendblatt.de. 28 September 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
- ^ "Erstklassig! Hamburg Towers steigen in BBL auf". NDR.de (in German). Retrieved 3 May 2019.
- ^ maik.hansen (22 July 2022). "Veolia wird Namenssponsor der Hamburg Towers". Veolia Towers Hamburg (in German). Retrieved 9 August 2022.
- ^ Der spanische Steuermann ist nun an Bord Frederik Büll (Hamburger Abendblatt), 6 August 2016. Accessed 12 December 2023.(in German)
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