Sport | Basketball |
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Jurisdiction | Germany |
Abbreviation | DBB |
Founded | 1 October 1949 |
Affiliation | FIBA |
Regional affiliation | FIBA Europe |
Headquarters | Hagen |
President | Ingo Weiss |
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The German Basketball Federation (German : Deutscher Basketball Bund, abbreviated as DBB), is the governing body for basketball in Germany. [1] [2] [3] [4] It is headquartered in Hagen, Germany.
The DBB also organizes several competitions:
The predecessor of the German Basketball Federation, called the "Society for the Promotion of Basketball", was founded in 1947. The German Basketball Federation itself was then founded on 1 October 1949, in Düsseldorf, Germany. Siegfried Reiner was the German Basketball Federation's first chairman.
President / 1st Chairman | Tenure |
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Siegfried Reiner | 1949–1953 |
Gerhard Nacke-Erich | 1953–1964 |
Hans-Joachim Höfig | 1964–1973 |
Anton Kartak | 1973–1984 |
Manfred Ströher | 1984–1994 |
Roland Geggus | 1994–2006 |
Ingo Weiss | 2006–present |
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