Hamburg Towers

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Veolia Towers Hamburg
Hamburg Towers logo.png
Leagues Basketball Bundesliga
Founded2013;11 years ago (2013)
Arena Edel-optics.de Arena
Capacity3,400 [1]
Location Hamburg, Germany
Team colors White, Black, Silver
   
Main sponsor Veolia
PresidentJan Fischer
Marvin Willoughby
Team managerMarvin Willoughby
Head coach Benka Barloschky
Affiliation(s) SC Rist Wedel
Championships1 ProA
Website www.hamburgtowers.de

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]

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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

In 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

In 2022, the Towers signed a sponsorship agreement with Veolia to become their name sponsor in the 2022–23 season. [6]

Season by season

Towers home game in the 2016-17 season Edel-optics.de Arena Towers Panorama.jpg
Towers home game in the 2016–17 season
SeasonTierDivisionPos.W–LPlayoffs German Cup European competitions
2014–15 2 ProA 8th15–18DNQ
2015–162 ProA 5th
2016–17 2 ProA 9th14–16DNQ
2017–18 2 ProA 10th13–17DNQ
2018–19 2 ProA 1st26–15Winners
2019–20 1 BBL 17th3–17DNQ
2020–21 1 BBL 7th21–13 Quarterfinals (lost to Berlin)
2021–22 1 BBL 7th19–15 Quarterfinals (lost to Bonn) Round of 16 EuroCup Eighthfinals
2022–23 1 BBL 15th12–22DNQ Round of 16 EuroCup Eighthfinals
2023–24 1 BBL 9th17–17 Play-in
(won against Oldenburg,
lost to Ludwigsburg)		 Round of 16 EuroCup Regular Season
2024–25 1 BBL First round EuroCup

    Honours

    Titles

    Players

    Current roster

    Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

    Veolia Towers Hamburg roster
    PlayersCoaches
    Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
    G 1 Flag of the United States.svg Ivey, Brae 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)28 – (1996-08-25)25 August 1996
    G 3 Flag of Germany.svg Rich, Osaro Jürgen 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)26 – (1998-07-22)22 July 1998
    PG 4 Flag of the United States.svg Lottie, Jaizec 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)26 – (1998-02-16)16 February 1998
    F 5 Flag of Hungary.svg Maronka, Zsombor 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)22 – (2002-09-10)10 September 2002
    G 6 Flag of Germany.svg Möller, Leif 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)21 – (2003-06-14)14 June 2003
    G 11 Flag of the United States.svg Kennedy, Keondre 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)24 – (2000-01-17)17 January 2000
    F 14 Flag of the United States.svg Reece, Camron 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)25 – (1999-02-14)14 February 1999
    F 17 Flag of Germany.svg Wimberg, Niklas 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)26 – (1998-02-11)11 February 1998
    F 21 Flag of the United States.svg Barnett, Jordan 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)28 – (1995-12-31)31 December 1995
    C 23 Flag of Sudan.svg Kuath, Kur 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)26 – (1998-08-12)12 August 1998
    F 25 Flag of Germany.svg Ogbe, Kenneth 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)29 – (1994-11-16)16 November 1994
    F 33 Flag of Germany.svg Heckmann, Patrick 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)32 – (1992-02-27)27 February 1992
    C 44 Flag of Germany.svg Turudic, Benedikt 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)27 – (1997-01-27)27 January 1997
    Head coach

    Flag of Germany.svg Benka Barloschky

    Assistant coach(es)
    • Flag of Germany.svg Stanley Witt
    • Flag of Germany.svg Jacob Hollatz
    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
    Updated: September 25, 2024

    Notable players

    Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

    Criteria

    To appear in this section a player must have either:

    • Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club
    • Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time
    • Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

    Head coaches

    #NamePeriodHonours
    1 Flag of Germany.svg Hamed Attarbashi2014 – February 2018
    2 Flag of Germany.svg Benka BarloschkyFebruary – May 2018
    3 Flag of the United States.svg Mike Taylor May 2018 – June 2020 ProA (2019)
    4 Flag of Spain.svg Pedro Calles August 2020 – June 2022
    5 Flag of Austria.svg Raoul Korner June 2022 – January 2023
    6 Flag of Germany.svg Benka BarloschkyJanuary 2023 – present

    Arena

    Edel-optics.de Arena in 2015 Hamburg Wilhelmsburg DS671n.jpg
    Edel-optics.de Arena in 2015

    Player development

    ProB team Rist Wedel has been Hamburg's cooperation partner for player development. [7]

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    References

    1. ↑ "Home". hamburgtowers.de.
    2. ↑ Die Towers – mehr als nur Basketball Hamburger Abendblatt (Inga Radel), 23 March 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.(in German)
    3. ↑ "Basketball wie in München – nur anders". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). 5 February 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
    4. ↑ "Happy End bei Towers-Premiere in der Zweiten Liga". abendblatt.de. 28 September 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
    5. ↑ "Erstklassig! Hamburg Towers steigen in BBL auf". NDR.de (in German). Retrieved 3 May 2019.
    6. ↑ maik.hansen (22 July 2022). "Veolia wird Namenssponsor der Hamburg Towers". Veolia Towers Hamburg (in German). Retrieved 9 August 2022.
    7. ↑ Der spanische Steuermann ist nun an Bord Frederik Büll (Hamburger Abendblatt), 6 August 2016. Accessed 12 December 2023.(in German)
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