Till Pape

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Till Pape
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No. 19–Skyliners Frankfurt
Position Power forward / Center
League Basketball Bundesliga
Personal information
Born (1997-12-10) 10 December 1997 (age 28)
Paderborn, Germany
Listed height2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)
Listed weight101 kg (223 lb)
Career history
–2015 Paderborn Baskets
2015–2019 Ratiopharm Ulm
2015–2019→Weißenhorn Youngstars
2019–2022 VfL Kirchheim Knights
2022–2023 BG Göttingen
2023–2025 Telekom Baskets Bonn
2025–present Skyliners Frankfurt

Till Pape (born 10 December 1997) is a German professional basketball player for Skyliners Frankfurt of the German Basketball Bundesliga (BBL). He plays the power forward and center position.

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Professional career

Pape began his club career in the youth system for the U6 side of Paderborn Baskets. In 2011, Pape helped Paderborn win the U14 German Championship, and in 2012, repeated the success with the U16 team. [1] During the 2014–15 season in the 2. Basketball Bundesliga, he made brief appearances with the senior team. [2]

Following Pape's graduation from high school, he moved to club Ratiopharm Ulm ahead of the 2015–16 season. [3] Initially, Pape played for Ulm's youth team, and did not debut with their senior side until December 2016. [4]

After the season, Pape signed on to play with Weißenhorn Youngstars, alongside his association with Ulm until 2019, when he signed with club VfL Kirchheim Knights going into the 2019–20 campaign. [5]

Three years later, at the end of Pape's contract with Kirchheim in May 2022, he moved to BG Göttingen on a two-year deal in advance of the 2022–23 season. [6] Following the Bundesliga season with Göttingen, Pape exercised a clause to terminate the second year in his contract with the club, to sign a two-year deal with Telekom Baskets Bonn prior to the 2023–24 season. [7] [8]

In May 2025, after Pape's deal expired with Bonn, he signed a two-year contract with club Skyliners Frankfurt ahead of the 2025–26 season. [9]

National team career

Pape's first opportunity to represent Germany came at the youth level, for the 2013 FIBA U16 European Championship. In Germany's eighth place finish at the event, he contributed with averages of 1.7 points and 2.3 rebounds per game. [10] Two years later, Pape represented Germany in 3x3 basketball at the 2015 FIBA 3x3 U18 World Cup. [11]

In November 2025, Pape was called up to the senior Germany national team for the first time. [12] He made his debut scoring 14 points and grabbing four rebounds in a win over Cyprus, during a 2027 FIBA World Cup qualifier. [13]

Personal life

In 2020, Pape started studying medicine, and he began a doctoral thesis on the topic of minimally invasive robot-assisted pancreatic surgery. [14] [15]

References

  1. ↑ "Till Pape wechselt nach Ulm". paderborn-baskets.de (in German). Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "Till Pape Paderborn stats". proballers.com. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  3. ↑ "Raus aus dem Schatten – Till Pape". 2basketballbundesliga.de (in German). Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "Till Pape's Ulm debut stats". proballers.com. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  5. ↑ "Knights rüsten in der Zone auf". kirchheim-knights.de (in German). Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  6. ↑ "Erster Neuzugang: BG holt Pape aus Kirchheim". bggoettingen.de (in German). Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  7. ↑ "BG Göttingen: Head-Coach Moors und Spieler Pape verlassen die Veilchen". stadtradio-goettingen.de (in German). Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  8. ↑ "Till Pape und Flo Koch sind die ersten Neuzugänge". telekom-baskets-bonn.de (in German). Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  9. ↑ "Pape kommt aus Bonn an den Main". frankfurt-skyliners.de (in German). Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  10. ↑ "Till Pape 2013 FIBA U16 European Championship profile". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  11. ↑ "3×3-Teams bei WM noch ohne Sieg". basketball-bund.de (in German). Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  12. ↑ "Bundestrainer Mumbrú nominiert vier Debütanten". sportschau.de (in German). Retrieved 17 November 2025.
  13. ↑ "Till Pape 2027 FIBA World Cup European Qualifiers profile". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
  14. ↑ "Till Pape ist Basketballprofi und macht den Doktor – wie schafft er das?". spiegel.de (in German). Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  15. ↑ "26 Jahre, Basketball-Profi und kurz vorm Doktor-Titel. Wie macht er das?". welt.de (in German). Retrieved 6 December 2024.
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