2. Basketball Bundesliga 2003/04

The 2003/04 season is the 29th season of the 2. Basketball Bundesliga . The regular season started on October 1, 2003 and ended on April 24, 2004.

mode

Before the start of the season, the league was divided into two seasons (north and south) of sixteen teams each. The season was played in the respective season in the mode "everyone against everyone" with a return game. The champions of the two seasons rose to the basketball Bundesliga 2004/05 , while the two worst teams in the final table were relegated to the respective regional leagues.

Season Notes

• By increasing the first basketball league to sixteen teams, there were no relegations to the second division.
• Newcomers from the regional leagues were SSV Lokomotive Bernau and Elephants Grevenbroich in the north group and TSG Ehingen and TSG Nördlingen in the south group .
• At the end of the season, Schwelmer Baskets (North) and SV Tübingen (South) were champions of the 2nd Bundesliga .
• During the season there were disputes, especially in the Northern group, about the status and eligibility of players of foreign origin who do not come from states of the European Union or those who are associated with it. The AG 2. Basketball-Bundesliga endeavored to regulate the consequences of the arbitration judgments, in particular by Düsseldorf Magics, clearly and unambiguously.

North

table

	= Climber
	= Relegated

# team Victories Defeats Points baskets 1 Schwelmer Baskets 28 2 56:04 2785: 2243 2 Polar bears Bremerhaven 26th 4th 52:08 2933: 2372 3 Düsseldorf Magics 25th 5 50:10 2657: 2312 4th SOBA Dragons Rhöndorf 24 6th 48:12 2661: 2387 5 Paderborn Baskets 23 7th 46:14 2566: 2330 6th Bremen Roosters 16 14th 32:28 2584: 2573 7th BG 74 Göttingen 13 17th 26:34 2564: 2735 8th ETB SW Essen 12 18th 24:36 2519: 2649 9 NVV Lions Mönchengladbach 11 19th 22:38 2736: 2699 10 TuS Poco Iserlohn 11 19th 22:38 2669: 2839 11 Wolfenbüttel Dukes 10 20th 20:40 2388: 2729 12 Elephants Grevenbroich 9 21st 18:42 2334: 2557 13 SG Braunschweig * 11 19th 22:38 2541: 2641 14th BG DEK / Fichte Hagen 9 21st 18:42 2361: 2559 15th TuS Lichterfelde 7th 23 14:46 2223: 2511 16 SSV locomotive Bernau 5 25th 10:50 2371: 2756

^* The SG Braunschweig was deducted four points due to incorrect license documents.

south

table

	= Climber
	= Relegated

# team Victories Defeats Points baskets 1 SV Tübingen 27 3 54:06 2825: 2255 2 ratiopharm Ulm 26th 4th 52:08 2778: 2289 3 USC Heidelberg 23 7th 46:14 2550: 2187 4th rce Falke Nuremberg 20th 10 40:20 2378: 2210 5 USC Freiburg 19th 11 38:22 2429: 2372 6th BV Chemnitz 99 17th 13 34:26 2382: 2340 7th TSV Crailsheim 17th 13 34:26 2560: 2551 8th TuS Jena 16 14th 32:28 2425: 2360 9 BBC Bayreuth 12 18th 24:36 2320: 2373 10 TV 1862 Langen 12 18th 24:36 2494: 2645 11 TSG Ehingen (N) 10 20th 20:40 2377: 2634 12 Avitos Lich 10 20th 20:40 2352: 2635 13 1. FC Kaiserslautern 9 21st 18:42 2375: 2568 14th TSV Noerdlingen 9 21st 18:42 2426: 2626 15th TSV Breitengüßbach 2 (N) 9 21st 18:42 2404: 2520 16 TSV 1860 Ansbach 4th 26th 08:52 2128: 2636

² After the license withdrawals for Brandt Hagen and MBC Weißenfels in the first basketball league, there were no first division relegated to the second division in the following season, so that TSV Breitengüßbach could remain in the league.

See also

• List of German basketball teams

Web links

• 2. Basketball Bundesliga

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Regulations for foreigners: The arbitral tribunal has decided. schoenen-dunk.de, May 13, 2004, accessed on May 19, 2012 (reproduction of a press release from AG 2. Basketball-Bundesliga). 
2. ↑ The lazy magic is over. schoenen-dunk.de, July 7, 2004, accessed on May 19, 2012 (reproduction of a press release by Eisbären Bremerhaven). 
3. ^ A novelty in professional sport - regulations for foreigners cracked. schoenen-dunk.de, May 26, 2004, accessed on May 19, 2012 (reproduction of a press release from Düsseldorf Magics). 
4. ^ Statement of the AG 2. Basketball-Bundesliga of the men. schoenen.dunk.de, May 27, 2004, accessed on May 19, 2012 (reproduction of a press release from AG 2. Basketball-Bundesliga). 
5. ↑ 2. Basketball Bundesliga introduces player licenses. schoenen-dunk.de, June 6, 2004, accessed on May 19, 2012 (reproduction of a press release from AG 2. Basketball-Bundesliga). 
6. ↑ SG Braunschweig plays 2nd division. schoenen-dunk.de, August 6, 2003, accessed on May 19, 2012 (notification after arbitration judgment ).