German Basketball Cup

BBL-Cup

Sport	Basketball
Founded	1966-67 season
No. of teams	18
Country(ies)	Germany
Continent	Europe
Most recent champion(s)	ALBA Berlin (7th title)
Most titles	Bayer Giants Leverkusen (10 titles)
Related competitions	German Basketball League

The German Bundesliga Cup is the top annual national basketball cup competition in Germany. Since 2009, the title has been awarded to the winner of a final four competition between clubs of the Basketball Bundesliga. Therefore, it is also known as the Basketball Bundesliga Cup, often abbreviated as the BBL-Cup.

History and format

The competition was founded in 1966, by the German Basketball Federation. The first final of the German Basketball Cup took place on June 11th, 1967, in Oberhausen. Since 1993, the cup championship is decided in a final four format, which is held over one weekend. The host team of the cup's final four, is automatically set as one of the participants. The three remaining teams are determined by three quarterfinal matches, played between the winners of the earlier round matches.

German Basketball Cup champions

Year Champion 1967 VfL Osnabrück 1968 FC Bayern München 1969 Gießen 46ers 1970 Bayer Giants Leverkusen 1971 Bayer Giants Leverkusen (2) 1972 MTV Wolfenbüttel 1973 Gießen 46ers (2) 1974 Bayer Giants Leverkusen (3) 1975 BBV Hagen 1976 Bayer Giants Leverkusen (4) 1977 USC Heidelberg 1978 USC Heidelberg (2) 1979 LTi Gießen 46ers (3)

Year Champion 1980 BSC Saturn 1977 Köln 1981 BSC Saturn 1977 Köln (2) 1982 MTV Wolfenbüttel (2) 1983 BSC Saturn 1977 Köln (3) 1984 ASC 1846 Göttingen 1985 ASC 1846 Göttingen (2) 1986 Bayer Giants Leverkusen (5) 1987 Bayer Giants Leverkusen (6) 1988 BBC Bayreuth 1989 BBC Bayreuth (2) 1990 Bayer Giants Leverkusen (7) 1991 Bayer Giants Leverkusen (8) 1992 TTL Bamberg

Top Four era

Year	Host	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1993	Bayreuth	Bayer Giants Leverkusen (9)	BBV Hagen	81–60
1994	Bamberg	BBV Hagen (2)	Ratiopharm Ulm	86–72
1995	Würzburg	Bayer Giants Leverkusen (10)	Ratiopharm Ulm	77–76
1996	Berlin	Ratiopharm Ulm	Bayer Giants Leverkusen	80–79
1997	Gießen	ALBA Berlin	Gießen 46ers	82–73
1998	Frankfurt	TBB Trier	Dragons Rhöndorf	97–88
1999	Frankfurt	ALBA Berlin (2)	Gießen 46ers	69–48
2000	Frankfurt	Skyliners Frankfurt	ALBA Berlin	76–68
2001	Frankfurt	TBB Trier (2)	BBV Hagen	96–83
2002	Berlin	ALBA Berlin (3)	EWE Baskets Oldenburg	105–55
2003	Berlin	ALBA Berlin (4)	Köln 99ers	82–80
2004	Frankfurt	Köln 99ers	Skyliners Frankfurt	80–71
2005	Frankfurt	Köln 99ers (2)	Telekom Baskets Bonn	85–75
2006	Bamberg	ALBA Berlin (5)	GHP Bamberg	85–73
2007	Hamburg	Köln 99ers (3)	Artland Dragons	60–58
2008	Hamburg	Artland Dragons	EnBW Ludwigsburg	74–60
2009	Hamburg	ALBA Berlin (6)	Telekom Baskets Bonn	69–44
2010	Frankfurt	Brose Baskets (2)	Skyliners Frankfurt	76–75
2011	Bamberg	Brose Baskets (3)	Phantoms Braunschweig	69–66
2012	Bonn	Brose Baskets (4)	Telekom Baskets Bonn	82–73
2013	Berlin	ALBA Berlin (7)	Ratiopharm Ulm	85–67

Top Four titles by team

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Years
ALBA Berlin	7	1	1997, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2013
RheinEnergie Köln	3	1	2004, 2005, 2007
Brose Baskets	3	1	2010, 2011, 2012
Bayer Giants Leverkusen	2	1	1993, 1995
HERZOGtel Trier	2	0	1998, 2001
Ratiopharm Ulm	1	3	1996
BBV Hagen	1	2	1994
Skyliners Frankfurt	1	2	2000
Artland Dragons	1	1	2008
Telekom Baskets Bonn	0	3
Gießen 46ers	0	2
Dragons Rhöndorf	0	1
EWE Baskets Oldenburg	0	1
EnBW Ludwigsburg	0	1
Phantoms Braunschweig	0	1

See also

• German Basketball League
• German Basketball League Champions
• German Basketball League Awards

External links

• Basketball Bundesliga (German)
• AG 2. Bundesliga (German)
• History of German Basketball (German)
• History of BBL (German)