Panthers Schwenningen

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Wiha Panthers Schwenningen
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Leagues ProA
Founded2006;16 years ago (2006)
ArenaDeutenberghalle
Capacity1,507
Location Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany
Main sponsor Wiha Tools
PresidentGabriele Cernoch-Reich
General managerFrank Singer
Head coachAlen Velčić
Website www.wiha-panthers.de
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Panthers Schwenningen, for sponsorship reasons Wiha Panthers, is a German basketball club based in Villingen-Schwenningen. The club currently plays in the ProA, the national second tier basketball league. Established in 2006, the club colours are orange and black.

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Wiha Tools is main sponsor of the team which is therefore named Wiha Panthers. In the 2018–19 season, Schwenningen was semi-finalist in the third division ProB and was awarded a spot in the ProA. [1]

Honours

Winners (3): 2009–10, 2016–17, 2017–18

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References

  1. "Villingen-Schwenningen: Wegen Kosten für Hallen-Ausstattung: Möglicher Aufstieg der Wiha Panthers sorgt für Diskussion". Südkurier Online. 4 April 2019.