Hamburg Towers
Veolia Towers Hamburg | |||
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Leagues | Basketball Bundesliga | ||
Founded | 2013 | ||
Arena | Edel-optics.de Arena | ||
Capacity | 3,400[1] | ||
Location | Hamburg, Germany | ||
Team colors | White, Black, Silver | ||
Main sponsor | Veolia | ||
President | Jan Fischer Marvin Willoughby | ||
Team manager | Marvin Willoughby | ||
Head coach | Benka Barloschky | ||
Affiliation(s) | SC Rist Wedel | ||
Championships | 1 ProA | ||
Website | www | ||
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Hamburg Towers, for sponsorship reasons named Veolia Towers Hamburg, is a professional basketball team, based in Hamburg, Germany. The Towers are currently playing in the Basketball Bundesliga, after promoting from the ProA in 2019.[2]
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
In the
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
Season | Tier | Division | Pos. | W–L | Playoffs | German Cup | European competitions | |
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2014–15 | 2 | ProA | 8th | 15–18 | DNQ | |||
2015–16 | 2 | ProA | 5th | |||||
2016–17 | 2 | ProA | 9th | 14–16 | DNQ | |||
2017–18 | 2 | ProA | 10th | 13–17 | DNQ | |||
2018–19 | 2 | ProA | 1st | 26–15 | Winners | |||
2019–20 | 1 | BBL | 17th | 3–17 | DNQ | |||
2020–21 | 1 | BBL | 7th | 21–13 | Quarterfinals (lost to Alba) | |||
2021–22 | 1 | BBL | 7th | 19–15 | Quarterfinals (lost to Bonn) | Round of 16 | EuroCup | Eighthfinals |
2022–23 | 1 | BBL | 15th | 12–22 | DNQ | Round of 16 | EuroCup | Eighthfinals |
2023–24 | 1 | BBL | Round of 16 |
Honours
Titles: 1
Players
Current roster
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.
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Updated: March 3, 2024 |
Notable players
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.
Criteria |
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To appear in this section a player must have either:
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Head coaches
# | Name | Period | Honours |
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1 | Hamed Attarbashi | 2014 – February 2018 | |
2 | Benka Barloschky | February – May 2018 | |
3 | Mike Taylor | May 2018 – June 2020 | ProA (2019) |
4 | Pedro Calles | August 2020 – June 2022 | |
5 | Raoul Korner | June 2022 – January 2023 | |
6 | Benka Barloschky | January 2023 – present |
Arena
- Since 2013: Edel-optics.de Arena (capacity: 3,400)
Player development
References
- ^ "Home". hamburgtowers.de.
- ^ Die Towers – mehr als nur Basketball Hamburger Abendblatt (Inga Radel), 23 March 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.(in German)
- ^ "Basketball wie in München – nur anders". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). 5 February 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
- ^ "Happy End bei Towers-Premiere in der Zweiten Liga". abendblatt.de. 28 September 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
- ^ "Erstklassig! Hamburg Towers steigen in BBL auf". NDR.de (in German). Retrieved 3 May 2019.
- ^ maik.hansen (22 July 2022). "Veolia wird Namenssponsor der Hamburg Towers". Veolia Towers Hamburg (in German). Retrieved 9 August 2022.
- ^ Der spanische Steuermann ist nun an Bord Frederik Büll (Hamburger Abendblatt), 6 August 2016. Accessed 12 December 2023.(in German)
External links
- Official website
- Hamburg Towers on Facebook
- Hamburg Towers on Twitter
- Hamburg Towers on Instagram