Licher BasketBears
| Licher BasketBears | |
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| Founded | 2009 (previous clubs: since 1962) |
| resolution | 2017 |
| Hall | Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Halle (1450 seats) |
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| league |
2. Basketball Bundesliga South , ProA , ProB |
| Colours | Red White |
The Licher BasketBears were a basketball team from Lich , which emerged from the basketball department of TV 1860 Lich . As a GmbH and contractual user of the license of the parent club, the team recently played in the third-highest German basketball league ProB .
In May 2017, the shareholders of Licher BasketBären resigned. Current contracts, including those with the coaching team around Rolf Scholz and Lutz Mandler , became ineffective. The license, which entitles you to participate in the ProB season 2017/18, went back to the parent club. In the preseason, under the name TV Lich Basketball (Die Zwote), he also achieved promotion to the 1st regional league and waived the ProB license, as those responsible announced at the beginning of June 2017.
history
The basketball department of TV 1860 Lich was founded in 1962 by Hermann Hinkel. The development of the team has been very successful over the decades and culminated in promotion to the basketball Bundesliga in 1999 after promotion to the second basketball league in 1992 . There, however, the Licher only got three wins, so that they were relegated back to the second division. Since then, the Licher BasketBears have played in the basketball division, where they competed in the 2nd League South, the ProA and since 2009 in the ProB (since 2010 ProB South). Since July 2009, the team, which previously had various sponsor names, competed under the name Licher BasketBären, which was based on the name in the first division season.
The first team was a sporting cooperation partner of the Gießen 46ers , which play in the basketball league . After the shareholders of BasketBären announced their withdrawal, the Bundesliga club expressed interest in taking over the license, which is still valid. At the beginning of June, TV 1860 Lich and the Gießen 46ers finally agreed to transfer the right to participate. The relicensing process on the part of the league ended in mid-July 2017 with a majority decision by the second division clubs positive for the 46ers. The Mittelhessen started the 2017/18 season under the name Gießen 46ers Rackelos . In addition to various players from the last Licher second division squad, coaches Rolf Scholz and Lutz Mandler also switched to the rackelos.
Club names
- 1962–1999: TV 1860 Lich
- 1999–2000: Licher basketbears
- 1999–2002: TV 1860 Lich
- 2002-2004: Avitos Lich
- 2004–2008: TV Lich
- 2008–2009: LTi Lich
- 2009–2017: Licher BasketBears
successes
- Promotion to the basketball Bundesliga (1999)
- Promotion of the 2nd team to the 1st regional league (2007, 2017)
- Qualification for ProA (2007)
Placements since the 2004/05 season
- 2004/05: 2nd Basketball Bundesliga South - 9th place
- 2005/06: 2nd Basketball Bundesliga South - 13th place
- 2006/07: 2nd Basketball Bundesliga South - 7th place
- 2007/08: ProA - 12th place
- 2009/10: ProB - 15th place
- 2010/11: ProB Süd - 4th place (Subsequently, in the quarter-finals of the newly introduced play-offs, VfB Gießen Pointers failed with 0: 2 )
- 2011/12: ProB Süd - 9th place (Then in the play-downs with 2: 1 against SSV Lok Bernau prevented relegation)
- 2012/13: ProB Süd - 6th place (then eliminated in the quarter-finals of the play-offs with 1: 2 against the Hertener Löwen )
- 2013/14: ProB Süd - 7th place (then eliminated in the quarterfinals of the play-offs with 0: 2 against SC Rist Wedel )
- 2014/15: ProB Süd - 9th place
- 2015/16: ProB Süd - 10th place
- 2016/17: ProB Süd - 9th place
Former known players
- Michael Koch began his career at TV Lich, as did his brother Stefan Koch , who quickly embarked on a coaching career.
- Thorsten Leibenath , played for Lich in the 1990s. He is currently the head trainer at ratiopharm Ulm .
- Ryan DeMichael played for Lich from 2004 to 2005.
- Johannes Lischka played for Lich from 2005 to 2009. He was also part of the Gießen 46ers squad .
- Tyron McCoy worked for Lich from 1999 to 2000. After further positions with the Frankfurt Skyliners , Bayer Giants Leverkusen and the EWE Baskets Oldenburg , he ended his career in 2008 and worked from then on as a coach in the basketball Bundesliga.
- Jannik Freese was active for Lich from 2008 to 2009 via a double license. He then played for various clubs in the basketball league, including Alba Berlin and Oldenburg .
Head coach of the Licher BasketBears since 2009
- 2009–2010: Gerald Wasshuber
- 2010–2014: Igor Starcevic
- 2014-2015: Steven Key
- 2015–2016: Joan Rallo Fernandez
- 2016–2017: Rolf Scholz
Venue
The Licher BasketBears played their home games in the 1450-seat Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Halle. It was expanded in 1999 because of the first division promotion.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jan Sommerlad: The Licher Basket bears are history. In: Gießener Allgemeine. May 23, 2017. Retrieved June 7, 2017 .
- ↑ Jan Sommerlad: No more Pro B-basketball in Lich. In: Gießener Allgemeine. June 5, 2017. Retrieved June 7, 2017 .
- ↑ Bundesliga basketball team Giessen 46ers expresses interest in Licher ProB license. In: Gießener Anzeiger. May 24, 2017. Retrieved June 7, 2017 .
- ↑ Transfer of participation rights to Licher BasketBears. In: Second basketball league. June 9, 2017. Retrieved June 9, 2017 .
- ↑ 2. Basketball Bundesliga grants license - GIESSEN 46ers start with a ProB team. In: Giessen 46ers. July 14, 2017. Retrieved July 14, 2017 .