2021–22 Basketball Bundesliga

The 2021–22 Basketball Bundesliga, known as the easyCredit BBL for sponsorship reasons, will be the 55th season of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), the top-tier level of professional club basketball in Germany. It started on 23 September 2021 and will conclude on 19 June 2022.[1][2]

Basketball Bundesliga
Season2021–22
Teams18
Dates23 September 2021 – 19 June 2022
Awards
MVP Parker Jackson-Cartwright

Teams
Location of teams in 2020–21 Basketball Bundesliga

Team changes
Promoted from
2020–21 ProA		 Relegated from
2020–21 Basketball Bundesliga
MLP Academics Heidelberg Giessen 46ers
Rasta Vechta

As only one team was promoted, Giessen were awarded a wild card on 21 May 2021.[3]

Arenas and locations
Team City Arena Capacity
Brose Bamberg Bamberg Brose Arena
6,150
Medi Bayreuth Bayreuth Oberfrankenhalle
4,000
Alba Berlin Berlin Mercedes-Benz Arena
14,500
Telekom Baskets Bonn Bonn Telekom Dome
6,000
Löwen Braunschweig Braunschweig Volkswagen Halle
6,600
Niners Chemnitz Chemnitz Chemnitz Arena
5,200
Crailsheim Merlins Crailsheim Arena Hohenlohe
3,000
Skyliners Frankfurt Frankfurt Fraport Arena
5,002
Giessen 46ers Giessen Sporthalle Gießen-Ost
4,003
BG Göttingen Göttingen Sparkassen Arena
3,447
Hamburg Towers Hamburg Edel-optics.de Arena
3,400
MLP Academics Heidelberg Heidelberg SNP Dome
5,000
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg Ludwigsburg MHP-Arena
5,300
Syntainics MBC Weißenfels Stadthalle Weißenfels
3,000
Bayern Munich Munich Audi Dome
6,700
Baskets Oldenburg Oldenburg Große EWE Arena
6,069
ratiopharm Ulm Ulm ratiopharm arena
6,000
s.Oliver Würzburg Würzburg s.Oliver Arena
3,140

Regular season

Standings
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Alba Berlin (Q) 32 26 6 2789 2328 +461 52 Playoffs
2 Telekom Baskets Bonn (Q) 34 26 8 2989 2752 +237 52
3 Bayern Munich (Q) 31 23 8 2529 2303 +226 46
4 Riesen Ludwigsburg (Q) 33 22 11 2652 2525 +127 44
5 Niners Chemnitz (Q) 33 22 11 2664 2563 +101 44
6 ratiopharm Ulm (Q) 32 21 11 2658 2561 +97 42
7 Hamburg Towers (Q) 33 19 14 2830 2670 +160 38
8 Brose Bamberg 33 17 16 2781 2860 −79 34
9 Crailsheim Merlins 33 16 17 2780 2823 −43 32
10 BG Göttingen 33 16 17 2668 2716 −48 32
11 Baskets Oldenburg 34 14 20 2937 2948 −11 28[lower-alpha 1]
12 s.Oliver Würzburg 34 14 20 2810 2948 −138 28[lower-alpha 1]
13 Basketball Löwen Braunschweig 33 12 21 2743 2787 −44 24
14 MLP Academics Heidelberg 33 11 22 2581 2762 −181 22
15 Medi Bayreuth 34 11 23 2688 2908 −220 22[lower-alpha 2]
16 Mitteldeutscher BC 34 11 23 2840 3058 −218 22[lower-alpha 2]
17 Skyliners Frankfurt (R) 34 9 25 2503 2707 −204 18 Relegation to ProA
18 Giessen 46ers (R) 33 8 25 2634 2857 −223 16
Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2022. Source: BBL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head points difference; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Oldenburg 201–177 Würzburg
  2. Bayreuth 181–173 Mitteldeutscher BC

Results
Home \ Away BAM BAY BER BON BRA CHE CRA FRA GIE GOT HAM HEI LUD MBC MUN OLD ULM WUR
Brose Bamberg — 84–87 89–101 80–100 84–68 79–89 91–81 75–72 89–87 88–87 72–68 81–88 87–78 83–106 115–114 97–78
Medi Bayreuth 71–84 — 79–109 71–96 94–92 69–83 74–86 85–72 89–95 75–72 90–71 85–79 87–93 100–68 78–87 71–74 73–80 80–83
Alba Berlin 89–57 87–53 — 86–88 95–80 83–62 106–74 101–63 109–80 59–65 96–81 110–70 75–76 92–72 73–80 92–86 78–73 96–61
Telekom Baskets Bonn 95–81 86–65 77–89 — 89–83 76–67 101–96 86–76 78–72 78–76 80–92 87–70 97–88 115–90 96–61 78–76 76–73 87–79
Basketball Löwen Braunschweig 90–84 99–62 77–95 — 84–93 84–87 67–72 71–69 101–64 79–92 82–93 80–91 101–106 82–91 94–78 76–90 80–75
Niners Chemnitz 106–94 72–86 81–64 90–68 68–77 — 82–92 87–86 82–75 87–86 85–89 67–64 74–56 91–74 77–58 79–78 78–81 88–82
Crailsheim Merlins 93–79 90–85 81–76 92–90 — 70–81 87–81 86–80 87–72 72–61 90–93 77–68 97–86 71–93 111–84
Skyliners Frankfurt 72–77 82–70 56–72 96–112 76–89 78–82 80–73 — 75–76 65–73 64–74 87–82 71–80 68–89 50–79 103–110 58–61 61–69
Giessen 46ers 89–92 86–74 58–84 95–103 66–82 70–91 70–104 79–90 — 76–87 100–73 68–75 59–76 100–81 85–95 88–75 76–87 97–110
BG Göttingen 76–82 92–91 86–92 90–81 85–93 90–69 83–76 76–72 87–90 — 83–80 70–82 78–69 91–90 66–80 95–85 91–87 76–89
Hamburg Towers 75–87 77–70 80–88 73–85 103–92 82–90 113–63 68–58 104–82 83–46 — 81–75 75–79 84–76 87–83 101–85 90–91 113–103
MLP Academics Heidelberg 81–94 87–89 81–83 71–82 81–78 66–81 100–91 71–65 95–81 80–96 76–100 — 73–67 94–70 70–92 90–95 79–84 76–71
Riesen Ludwigsburg 95–76 87–67 74–62 91–86 90–72 74–76 77–75 95–67 96–87 86–79 88–87 — 77–75 58–77 86–102 74–61 83–68
Mitteldeutscher BC 86–98 105–81 66–95 85–90 91–79 89–96 116–111 81–75 91–89 93–83 57–101 74–85 80–88 — 68–82 87–82 75–89 95–73
Bayern Munich 83–62 83–60 100–81 96–80 63–65 93–64 72–53 71–64 86–75 77–71 79–78 86–78 — 93–80 83–86 92–57
Baskets Oldenburg 87–71 95–111 74–92 65–89 90–76 92–87 82–79 69–88 72–75 86–85 77–79 109–73 57–79 110–93 106–75 — 89–96 113–87
ratiopharm Ulm 83–94 92–81 66–71 74–85 59–78 77–68 100–90 80–88 86–88 78–74 90–74 78–66 83–82 86–78 —
s.Oliver Würzburg 90–89 80–88 70–82 93–90 86–87 81–71 91–74 78–83 82–69 79–86 88–100 97–77 92–86 92–86 90–70 90–88 76–88 —
Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2022. Source: BBL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Playoffs
Main article: 2022 BBL Playoffs

All three rounds of the playoffs are played in a best-of-five format, with the higher seeded team playing the first, third and fifth game at home

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Awards

The awards were announced on 21 and 28 April 2022.[4][5]

Award Player Club
Most Valuable Player Parker Jackson-CartwrightTelekom Baskets Bonn
Finals MVP
Top Scorer
Best Offensive Player T. J. ShortsCrailsheim Merlins
Best Defender Justin SimonRiesen Ludwigsburg
Most Effective Player International
Most Effective Player National
Best German Young Player Justus HollatzHamburg Towers
Coach of the Year Tuomas IisaloTelekom Baskets Bonn

References
  1. "Neue Basketballsaison 2021/22 – Starttermin noch unbekannt". basketball.de. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  2. "23 Clubs beantragen Lizenz für BBL-Saison 2021/22". basketball.de. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  3. "Die JobStairs GIESSEN 46ers komplettieren das Teilnehmerfeld der easyCredit BBL für die 56. Spielzeit". basketball.de. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  4. "NewsAwards für die Saison 2021/22: Erneut wird in Crailsheim und Ludwigsburg gejubelt". easycredit-bbl.de. 21 April 2022.
  5. "Awards für die Saison 2021/22: Doppelte Freude in Bonn und Hamburg". easycredit-bbl.de. 28 April 2022.
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