Current season, competition or edition: 2015 BBL Champions Cup | |
Sport | Basketball |
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Founded | 2006 |
No. of teams | 2 |
Country | Germany |
Continent | Europe |
Most recent champion(s) | Brose Bamberg (2015) |
Most titles | Brose Bamberg (5 titles) |
Related competitions | Basketball Bundesliga BBL-Pokal |
Official website | Website |
The Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) Champions Cup is an inactive men's professional basketball game in Germany, which is comparable to other super cup games. The Basketball Bundesliga champion plays the game against the BBL-Pokal winner. Usually, the game is played in the arena of the German League champion, but there are no fixed rules. When the same team wins both the Bundesliga and Pokal, then the Pokal runner-up will participate in the game.
Champions Cup winner | |
Year | Basketball Bundesliga winners | Score | BBL-Pokal winners | Venue | Ref. |
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2006 | Köln 99ers | 75–74 | Alba Berlin | Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin | |
2007 | Bamberg | 70–51 | Köln 99ers | Arena Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg | |
2008 | Alba Berlin | 84–69 | Artland Dragons | Artland-Arena, Quakenbrück | |
2009 | Oldenburg | 69–54 | Bonn | EWE Arena, Oldenburg | |
2010 | Bamberg | 85–58 | Skyliners Frankfurt [upper-alpha 1] | JAKO-Arena, Bamberg | |
2011 | Bamberg | 86–66 | Phantoms Braunschweig [upper-alpha 1] | Brose Arena, Bamberg (2) | |
2012 | Bamberg | 102–98 | Ulm [upper-alpha 1] | Brose Arena, Bamberg (3) | |
2013 | Brose Baskets | 78–79 | Alba Berlin | O2 World, Berlin (2) | |
2014 | Bayern Munich | 68–76 | Alba Berlin | O2 World, Berlin (3) | |
2015 | Bamberg | 87–66 | Oldenburg | Brose Arena, Bamberg (4) | |
2016 | The match was not played, due to the busy BBL schedule | ||||
2017 | Due to EuroBasket 2017 taking place, the match was not played. |
Teams shown in italics are no longer in existence.
Club | Wins | Losses | Seasons won |
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Bamberg | 5 | 1 | 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015 |
Alba Berlin | 3 | 1 | 2008, 2013, 2014 |
Köln 99ers | 1 | 1 | 2006 |
Oldenburg | 1 | 1 | 2009 |
Ulm | – | 1 | |
Löwen Braunschweig | – | 1 | |
Skyliners Frankfurt | – | 1 | |
Bonn | – | 1 | |
Artland Dragons | – | 1 | |
Bayern Munich | – | 1 |
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