Snooker-Bundesliga

Snooker-Bundesliga

Tournament information
Country	Germany
Established	1998
Organisation(s)	DBU  [ de ]
Format	Pro-am team event
Current champion	1. SC Mayen-Koblenz  [ de ]

The Snooker-Bundesliga (German: 1. Bundesliga Snooker) is the highest level of the league system for team snooker in Germany, organised by the German Billiards Union. Created in 1998, the league features eight teams of five players representing their region against other such teams. ^[1] Being the top of the domestic snooker pyramid, three teams are relegated each season to the 2nd Bundesliga.

A matchday consists of eight snooker matches in best-of-five format.

Winners

With a total of seven German championship titles, the Billard Sportverein Wuppertal 1929 (BSV Wuppertal for short), which was known as BBF Wuppertal (Barmer Billardfreunde Wuppertal) until 2011, is the record champion. ^[2]

• 1999: PSV Duisburg
• 2000: 1st SC Breakers Rüsselsheim
• 2001: PSC Kaufbeuren
• 2002: PSC Kaufbeuren
• 2003: BBF Wuppertal
• 2004: BSC Füssen
• 2005: PSC Kaufbeuren
• 2006: 1. Berliner SV
• 2007: 1st SC Breakers Rüsselsheim
• 2008: BBF Wuppertal
• 2009: BBF Wuppertal
• 2010: BBF Wuppertal
• 2011: BBF Wuppertal
• 2012: BBF Wuppertal
• 2013: BSV Wuppertal 1929 (previously BBF Wuppertal)
• 2014: BC Stuttgart 1891
• 2015: 1st DSC Hannover
• 2016: SC 147 Essen
• 2017: BC Stuttgart 1891
• 2018: 1. SC Mayen-Koblenz
• 2019: 1. SC Mayen-Koblenz
• 2020: TSG Heilbronn
• 2021: not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic
• 2022: TSG Heilbronn
• 2023: 1. SC Mayen-Koblenz
• 2024: 1. SC Mayen-Koblenz

Players

Former and current notable players within the tournament include:

•   Nigel Bond  (ENG) ^{[3] [4]}
•   Ken Doherty  (IRL)
•   Lukas Kleckers  (GER) ^{[5] [6]}
•   Julien Leclercq  (BEL)

References

1. "Bericht von der außerordentlichen DBU-Mitgliederversammlung". portal.billardarea.de. Deutsche Billard-Union. 2020-06-28. Archived from the original on 2020-09-20. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
2. Thomas Hein. "Hall of Fame" (PDF). snookermania.de (Abschlusstabellen 1998–2010). Archived from the original (PDF; 202 kB) on 2016-08-06. Retrieved 2018-06-02.
3. "BC Stuttgart 1891 – 1. SC Mayen-Koblenz (2021/22)". portal.billardarea.de. Deutsche Billard-Union. 2022-05-14. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
4. "TSG Heilbronn – 1. SC Mayen-Koblenz (2021/22)". portal.billardarea.de. Deutsche Billard-Union. 2022-05-15. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
5. Torsten Nenner (2016-04-28). "Snookern im Schatten der Fernseh-Erfolge". swr.de . SWR. Archived from the original on 2016-08-29. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
6. "Deutsche Billard-Union e.V. (DBU) - Bundesliga - Spielbericht". billard-union.net. Retrieved 2025-05-09.