Medi Bayreuth

Medi Bayreuth, official stylized as medi bayreuth, is a German professional basketball club that is based in Bayreuth, Germany.[1] It was re-founded as BBC Bayreuth in 1999. The team plays in the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), the highest division of basketball in Germany. Since 2013, the company medi is the head and naming sponsor of the team.[2]

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League	Basketball Bundesliga
Founded	1975
History	List Post SV Bayreuth (1975–1979) USC Bayreuth (1979–1983) USC Olympia Bayreuth (1983–1984) BG Steiner Bayreuth (1984–1989) Steiner Bayreuth (1989–1997) Basket Bayreuth (1997–1999) BBC Bayreuth (1999–2013) medi bayreuth (2013–present)
Arena	Oberfrankenhalle
Capacity	3,500
Location	Bayreuth, Bavaria
Team colors	Black, Lime, White
Head coach	Raoul Korner
Championships	1 German Championship 2 German Cups
Website	www.bbc-bayreuth.de
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History

The club was founded as the basketball section of Post SV Bayreuth in 1975 and was one of the clubs that established the second division of professional basketball in Germany. In its debut season, the team immediately promoted to the first tier Basketball Bundesliga. In 1979, the basketball team separated from Post SV and the club was re-founded as USC Bayreuth. After the 1983–84 season the team relegated form the Bundesliga. Following this event, the club merged with TTBG Steiner-Optik Bayreuth, a former table tennis club, to form BG Steiner Bayreuth.

As Steiner Bayreuth, the team had some great successes. The club immediately returned to the highest level and years later started to win several trophies in Germany. In 1988 and 1989 the team won the BBL-Pokal and in the 1988–89 season the team was crowned German national champions after winning the Bundesliga.

In 1997, longtime sponsor Steiner left the club and the club started to get in financial trouble. Along with the financial crisis, the team also had a sportive crisis. In 1999, the team relegated form the Bundesliga to the second division because of financial troubles. In the following seasons, Bayreuth spent its time in the second division ProA.

Bayreuth eventually returned to the highest level. The club won the 2009–10 season's German 2nd Division championship, and thus earned promotion to the Bundesliga for the 2010–11 season.[3] Before the 2013–14 season, the club's name was changed to medi bayreuth for sponsorship reasons. The new team colors became black, lime green and pink.

Bayreuth had an outstanding 2016–17 season, as the team of Raoul Korner finished fourth in the BBL regular season with a 22–10 record. In the play-offs the team was eliminated by fifth-seeded Oldenburg. However, the placement of the club qualified Bayreuth for the 2017–18 Basketball Champions League which would be the first European campaign for the club. With an 8–6 record in the regular season, Bayreuth advanced to the play-offs were the team eliminated Turkish side Beşiktaş in the eight-finals. However, in the quarter-finals the club was eliminated by fellow German side Riesen Ludwigsburg.

Arena

The club's regular home arena is the Oberfrankenhalle, which has a seating capacity of 4,000 people.[4][5]

Club identity

Logos

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  BBC Bayreuth
  1999–2013

Uniforms

Steiner Bayreuth (1988–89)

BBC Bayreuth (2012–13)

medi bayreuth (2013– )

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

medi Bayreuth roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age C 0 Pardon, Dererk 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 24 – 1 October 1996 PG 2 Wenzl, Nico 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 70 kg (154 lb) 19 – 11 April 2001 PG 3 Woolridge, Ryan 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 24 – 16 November 1996 PG 7 Jalalpoor, Philip 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 27 – 14 June 1993 SG 9 Bruhnke, Kay 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 19 – 15 July 2001 PG 10 Doreth, Bastian (C) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 31 – 8 June 1989 C 11 Seiferth, Andreas 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 113 kg (249 lb) 31 – 23 June 1989 PG 12 Jones, Lazeric 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 30 – 11 August 1990 PF 15 Tiby, Matt 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 28 – 19 December 1992 F 16 Krug, Johannes 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 21 – 8 July 1999 SF 23 Walker, David 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 27 – 24 November 1993 SF 24 Bartley, Frank 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 26 – 25 February 1994 PF 31 Olisevičius, Osvaldas 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 28 – 10 January 1993	Head coach Raoul Korner Assistant coach(es) Lars Masell Tim Nees Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: January 12, 2021

The Oberfrankenhalle, home arena of Bayreuth

Trophies

• German Championship:
  • Champions: 1988–89
• German Cup:
  • Champions: 1987–88, 1988–89
• ProA / 2. Basketball Bundesliga
  • Champions: 2008–09

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	German Cup	European competitions
2000–01	2	2. BBL	8th
2001–02	2	2. BBL	2nd
2002–03	2	2. BBL	5th
2003–04	2	2. BBL	10th
2004–05	2	2. BBL	3rd
2005–06	2	2. BBL	6th
2006–07	2	2. BBL	3rd
2007–08	2	Pro A	8th
2008–09	2	Pro A	3rd
2009–10	2	Pro A	1st
2010–11	1	Bundesliga	16th
2011–12	1	Bundesliga	13th
2012–13	1	Bundesliga	15th
2013–14	1	Bundesliga	14th
2014–15	1	Bundesliga	16th
2015–16	1	Bundesliga	12th
2016–17	1	Bundesliga	4th
2017–18	1	Bundesliga	6th	Fourth place	3 Champions League	QF
2018–19	1	Bundesliga	12th	Round of 16	3 Champions League	RS
2019–20	1	Bundesliga	12th	Round of 16	4 FIBA Europe Cup	SF[lower-alpha 1]

1. The 2019–20 FIBA Europe Cup was declared void after the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. Bayreuth was in the semifinals.

References

1. "easyCredit BBL – medi bayreuth Basketball".
2. "Basketball Bundesliga Club BBC Bayreuth Gets New Title Sponsor, Name". sportsbusinessdaily.com. 4 June 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
3. "easyCredit BBL – medi bayreuth Basketball".
4. OBERFRANKENHALLE BAYREUTH (in German).
5. USC BAYREUTH THE ARENA OBERFRANKENHALLE Capacity 4000.

External links

• Official website (in German)
• Eurobasket.com Team Page