ChemCats Chemnitz

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ChemCats Chemnitz
Team photo at the start of the 2017/18 season
Nickname ChemCats
Founded 1991
Hall Castle pond hall
(700 seats)
Homepage www.chemcats.de
Chairman Marco Weidlich
Trainer Thomas Seltner
league 2.DBBL
Colours White-red / red-white

The term ChemCats was created in the early 1990s as a trademark of the Chemnitz women's basketball team of the BG Chemnitz , which originated from ITVK and Ascota Chemnitz . The women's team of the BG Chemnitz began a steep rise in 1991 from the upper league through the regional league and the 2nd women's basketball league to the 1st women's basketball league .

The team colors are red and black. The home jerseys were traditionally white / red, away from home red / white. After the entry of the main sponsor Bonnfinanz Chemnitz, the colors are white / blue for home games and blue / white for away games. Meanwhile, the main sponsor is the company CAC (Chemieanlagenbau Chemnitz). The jersey colors are no longer blue / white.

history

The ChemCats chose the path to independence in May 2002, when the former club BV TU Chemnitz 99 planned for the women to retreat to the third division after the first division waiver in 2000. At that time, some helpers wanted to keep the Bundesliga for Chemnitz together with the team. They found a new home with the Chemnitz Basketgirls and in their first season 02/03 they took a sensational 8th place in the 2nd women's basketball league (DBBL) group south. After the loss of all sponsors who remained with BV, it was mainly thanks to the support of the lawyers "Leichthammer, Scheckel and Breil" in the first year that the ChemCats still exist today. For the 03/04 season they set themselves 4th to 6th place as a high goal. In the promotion games in the spring of 2004, reaching the semi-finals was a great success. With an average age of 18.2 years, the "Cats" were the youngest team in women's Bundesliga basketball. 2005 was followed by a one-year reclassification to the northern season of the second division. The semi-finals were also the final destination in 2005 when they lost to promoted BC Wolfenbüttel. The association has u. a. the youth national players Romy Bär , Jana Heinrich , Franziska Frank , Kristin Kretzschmar , Mandy Hänel and Aline Hirsch as well as A national player Petra Gläser . After returning to the southern season, the fight for promotion was formulated as a goal. This goal was achieved in the 2005/06 season, when the ChemCats remained without defeat for the entire season and the subsequent playoffs and were able to become champions of the 2nd DBBL South.

At the end of 2008 the club got into a threatening financial situation due to a budget gap of approx. 45,000 euros, but was able to find a new sponsor and continue to operate first division basketball. The 2008/09 season ended as the penultimate and is thus relegated athletically. Only one week later, however, the team was able to play its way into the final at TOP4, the cup final, and became vice-cup winner.

From the 2019/20 season, they want to start with a completely renewed team with only German players in order to promote the youngsters, which is why they decided to voluntarily withdraw to the second division.

Coaches and players

Trainer

Selection of former players

Successes / results

  • 1991 Landesliga: Promotion to the Oberliga
  • 1992 Oberliga Sachsen: Promotion to the regional league
  • 1993 Regionalliga Südost: Promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga
  • 1994 2nd Bundesliga South: 6th place
  • 1995 2nd Bundesliga South: 2nd place
  • 1996 2nd Bundesliga South: 3rd place, promotion to 1st Bundesliga
  • 1997 1st Bundesliga : 8th place
  • 1998 1st Bundesliga: 6th place, preliminary round of the European Cup (Ronchetti Cup) against Póvoa de Varzim
  • 1999 1st Bundesliga: 4th place, DBB Cup semifinals
  • 2000 1st Bundesliga: 3rd place, retreat to the 2nd Bundesliga
  • 2001 2nd Bundesliga South: 6th place
  • 2002 2nd Bundesliga South: 1st place after the main round, 2nd place after the promotion round
  • 2003 2nd Bundesliga South: 8th place ( play-off quarter-finals)
  • 2004 2nd Bundesliga South: 4th place (play-offs semi-finals)
  • 2005 2nd Bundesliga North: 4th place (play-offs semi-finals)
  • 2006 2nd Bundesliga South: 1st place, promotion to 1st Bundesliga, 28 times unbeaten, quarter-finals DBB Cup
  • 2006/07 1st Bundesliga (DBBL): quarter-finals DBB-Pokal
  • 2008/09 1st Bundesliga (DBBL): 12th place, relegation to 2nd Bundesliga North, 2nd place DBB-Pokal
  • 2009/10 2nd Bundesliga North: Promotion to 1st Bundesliga, 3rd round of DBB Cup
  • 2010/11 1st Bundesliga (DBBL): 10th place, quarter-finals DBB-Pokal
  • 2011/12 1st Bundesliga (DBBL): 11th place, relegation to 2nd Bundesliga, quarter-finals DBB Cup
  • 2012/13 2nd Bundesliga North: 1st place, promotion to the 1st Bundesliga
  • 2013/14 1st Bundesliga (DBBL): Playoff semi-finals, 4th place
  • 2017/18 1st Bundesliga (DBBL): DBB Cup semifinals, 8th place
  • 2018/19 1st Bundesliga (DBBL): 10th place, non-relegation (voluntary withdrawal to 2nd DBBL)
  • 2019/20 2nd Bundesliga North (2nd DBBL): 10th place, (actual relegation rank), but still a member of the 2nd DBBL due to the small number of participants

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Web links

Commons : ChemCats Chemnitz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Video contribution with manager Gesine Mathes ( Memento of the original from December 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sachsen-fernsehen.de
  2. ↑ Sachsen-Fernsehen website
  3. ↑ Report www.sachsen-fernsehen.de