The Vienna Timberwolves, formerly Vienna DC Timberwolves, are an Austrian basketball club based in Wien. Since the 2018–19 season, the Timberwolves play in the Austrian Basketball Superliga (BSL), the highest tier in Austrian basketball. The Timberwolves are three-times Austrian Second League winners.
| Vienna Timberwolves | |||
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| Nickname | Wolves | ||
| Leagues | Austrian Basketball Superliga | ||
| Founded | 1957 | ||
| Capacity | 1,000 | ||
| Location | Telekom Dome | ||
| Team colors | Wien, Austria | ||
| Main sponsor | Deutsche Telekom | ||
| Head coach | Hubert Schmidt | ||
| Championships | 3 Austrian Second League | ||
| Website | dctimberwolves.at | ||
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The club was founded on 21 June 1957 as the basketball section of WAT Stadlau,[1] which was established two years earlier. In 1972, the club separated from the WAT Stadlau Omnisport club and became WAT Donaustadt. The first president of the club was Ferdinand Stadelmayer. In the 2014–15 season, the Timberwolves won the 2.ÖBL but was not able to promote as it lost to UBSC Graz in the promotion playoffs. Jakob Pöltl played in the Wolves youth sections during his younger years, from 2009 to 2016.[2]
Trophies edit
- Winners (3): 2009–10, 2014–15, 2017-18
Season by season edit
| Playoff berth | |
| Promoted |
| Season | Tier | League | Regular season | Playoffs | Austrian Cup | Head coach | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finish | Played | Wins | Losses | Win% | ||||||||
| Vienna DC Timberwolves | ||||||||||||
| 2017–18 | 2 | 2. ÖBL | 1st | – | – | Hubert Schmidt | ||||||
| 2018–19 | 1 | ÖBL | 8th | 36 | 12 | 24 | .333 | Lost quarterfinals (Kapfenberg Bulls, 0–3) | ||||
| 2019–20 | 1 | Superliga | 10th[a] | 18 | 2 | 16 | .111 | – | ||||
Notes edit
- ^ The 2019–20 season was ended early due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
References edit
- ^ Archivierte Kopie at the Wayback Machine (archived February 13, 2018)
- ^ "Geschichte". www.dctimberwolves.at. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
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