West German basketball association
West German Basketball Association V. | |
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Founded | 1948 |
Place of foundation | Dusseldorf |
president | Uwe Plonka |
Association headquarters | Duisburg |
Homepage | www.wbv-online.de |
The West German Basketball Association e. V. ( WBV for short ) is the amalgamation of basketball clubs or sports clubs with basketball departments in North Rhine-Westphalia . Like the other regional associations, the WBV is a member of the German Basketball Federation (DBB).
General
The West German Basketball Association is the largest regional association of the DBB in terms of member clubs and active players and is responsible for the senior and youth leagues above the regional leagues in North Rhine-Westphalia and also responsible for the training of coaches and referees within its area of application.
Hans-Günter Schmitz led the association as chairman until 2009. From 2009 to 2015 Klaus-Rüdiger Biemer was chairman of the WBV for a long time, his successor on June 21, 2015 was Uwe Plonka . Plonka's deputy has been Joseph Kattur since June 2013.
The association has its office in Duisburg .
League system in the WBV
League system in the men's area | ||||||||
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Regional league | 1st regional league | |||||||
2nd regional league 1 | 2nd regional league 2 | |||||||
Oberliga | OL 1 | OL 2 | OL 3 | OL 4 | ||||
National league | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th |
District League | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7th | 9 | 11 | 13 | 15th |
2 | 4th | 6th | 8th | 10 | 12 | 14th | 16 |
Seniors
For men, the top division is the 1st regional league , followed in descending order by two regionally divided 2nd regional leagues, four major leagues, eight regional leagues and sixteen district leagues. In the women's division of the WBV, the league system consists of a regional league, two major leagues, four national leagues and eight district leagues.
youth
In the youth sector, there are NRW leagues, regional youth leagues and senior leagues for the age groups U12 to U20 (in the female sector since 2009, U11 to U19), whereby the number varies depending on the age group. In the age groups U12 and U14 there are also "open" leagues in which girls and boys can play in mixed teams (there are also age groups U11 and U13, which are purely female).
Promotion and relegation regulations
While in the senior division, the league membership is determined, as is customary in other league systems, on the basis of the table position of the previous season (the table leader rises, the two or more last-placed runners down), in the youth leagues, the league membership is determined by a calculation key and qualifying games.
structure
The WBV is divided into the following 22 basketball circles, which are responsible for running the regional leagues on their own.
Cologne district
Administrative region of Düsseldorf:
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Administrative region of Arnsberg:
Münster administrative district:
Detmold administrative district:
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Official website: Contact person ( memento of the original from November 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (November 20, 2011)
- ↑ Marc Hoffmann: Biemer prevails against Tamoj. July 1, 2009, accessed June 16, 2019 .
- ↑ Klaus-Rüdiger Biemer: "See WBV on the right track". Retrieved June 16, 2019 .
- ↑ Official website: Kreise ( Memento of the original from November 4, 2011 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. (November 20, 2011)