White Wings Hanau

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White Wings Hanau
Nickname Swans
Founded 2013
Hall Main-Kinzig-Halle
(1,564 seats)
Homepage www.whitewings.de
executive Director Sebastian Lübeck
Trainer Kamil Piechucki
league 2nd Bundesliga ProB
ProA 2018/19 : 15th place
Colours White / black / orange
Jersey colors
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home
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Away
successes
Promotion to 2nd Bundesliga ProA 2015

The White Wings Hanau are a German basketball team from the Hessian city of Hanau . From 2015 to 2019 the team played in Germany's second highest league, the 2nd Bundesliga ProA . The team is operated by White Wings Basketball GmbH, founded in 2013.

history

The parent club of the White Wings is the 1837 Hanau gymnastics community. In 2009, the TG Hanau rose as champions of the second regional league south-west-north in the first regional league (south-west relay).

From the regional league to the 2nd Bundesliga ProB

In 2011 the team, under the direction of coach Hans Beth, won the title in the first regional league and thus made it into the 2nd Bundesliga ProB . In March 2013, the club separated from coach Beth to give a new impetus before the start of the ProB relegation round. Assistant coach Helmut Wolf took over Beth's office until the end of the season and led the team to keep up.

In May 2013, White Wings Basketball GmbH was founded, which from then on operated the team. Harald Nickel became the first chairman of the supervisory board of the new GmbH, the office of managing director was placed in the hands of Sebastian Bartholomäus. Shortly afterwards, a new head coach, Ty Shaw , who had previously worked for TV Langen , was hired . Hanau finished the main round of the 2013/14 season as the first in the table of ProB Süd, but was eliminated in the subsequent final round in the round of 16 against the eighth-placed team in the north, VfL Bochum .

Four years in the 2nd Bundesliga ProA

The 2014/15 game year turned out to be difficult in the early stages. In late October 2014 coach Shaw was sacked after the first five games of the season had ended in defeats. Steven Clauss became his successor. Clauss led the Hanauer to the playoff quarter-finals, where they had to admit defeat Rostock. After the season, Clauss and the club could not agree on continuing their work, and they separated. Oldenburg and Wedel , who obtained the right to participate in the 2. Bundesliga ProA as champions and runners-up, did not apply for a license for the second highest German division. Hanau and Leipzig thus rose because "these were the top-ranked clubs with a valid license application for the ProA", as it was called by the league management.

The Hanau team went to the ProA as a trainer with the American Simon Cote . Cote was introduced in May 2015 as the successor to Steven Clauss. At the end of January 2016, the “White Wings Juniors Basketball” academy was launched to promote the promotion of young talent. Also in January 2016, a concept was presented which envisaged the construction of a boarding school, the construction of a multifunctional hall and promotion to the first division by 2022. In the 2017/18 season, the team reached the ProA playoffs for the first time, where they were eliminated in the first round against Crailsheim.

According to their own information, the White Wings were at a crossroads in November 2018 after a bad start to the season, not only in terms of sport, but also structurally and economically. A message from the club mentioned "internal conceptual differences of opinion". The economic situation had to be improved within a few weeks. On January 1, 2019, the Ebbecke Group took over the naming rights to the team, which had previously been named Hebeisen Küchen for four and a half game years. Sebastian Bartholomäus left his position as managing director in mid-February 2019. In the previous nine months, sports director Helmut Wolf (who later returned to the management level in a different position) and Jens Gottwald as a member of the club management had vacated their posts. Marcus Stützer became the new managing director. At the end of March 2019, the athletic descent from the ProA was clear.

Back in the 2nd Bundesliga ProB

On July 1, 2019 there was another change in the management of the operating company: Sebastian Lübeck, who was previously responsible for finance, licensing and advertising, became managing director. In November 2019 they separated from coach Cote, the team was in the middle of the table at that time. The reason for the step was that “the planned goals developed in different directions”. Assistant coach Michael Luprich then looked after the team in five games, and at the end of December 2019 Stephan Völkel was hired as the new head coach. Under Völkel, Hanau finished the main round of the 2019/20 season in third place in the southern season of the 2nd Bundesliga ProB. The championship round was  not held because of the spread of Covid-19 . Völkel's term of office ended after the season, and the new coach was Kamil Piechucki from Poland in summer 2020 .

successes

Past seasons (since 2005)

  • 2005/2006: 5th place in the Oberliga Hessen
  • 2006/2007: 3rd place in the Oberliga Hessen
  • 2007/2008: 6th place in the 2nd Regionalliga South-West-North
  • 2008/2009: 1st place in the 2nd Regionalliga South-West-North
  • 2009/2010: 8th place in the 1st Regionalliga South-West
  • 2010/2011: 1st place in the 1st Regionalliga South-West
  • 2011/2012: 6th place in the ProB-Süd ( eliminated in the play-off round of 16 with 0: 2 against SC Rasta Vechta )
  • 2012/2013: 9th place in the ProB-Süd (as first in the table of the relegation round secured relegation)
  • 2013/2014: 1st place in ProB-Süd (knocked out 1: 2 in the play-off round of 16 against VfL Bochum)
  • 2014/2015: 4th place ProB-Süd ( eliminated 1: 2 in the play-off quarter-finals against the  Rostock Seawolves ); Since other candidates waived, the Hanauers took the opportunity of the ProA promotion
  • 2015/2016: 11th place ProA
  • 2016/2017: 11th place ProA
  • 2017/2018: 7th place ProA (eliminated 3-0 against Crailsheim in the play-off quarter-finals)
  • 2018/2019: 15th place ProA (relegation to the 2nd Bundesliga ProB)
  • 2019/2020: 3rd place ProB (championship round was not held)

Squad 2016/17

Squad of the HEBEISEN White Wings in the 2016/2017 season
Attention: The squad information is out of date!
(current season: 2020/2021)
player
No. Nat. Surname birth size info Last club
3 United StatesUnited States Brian Pearce Sullivan 04/11/1993 1.83 m Gurard Davidson Wildcats (NCAA, USA)
4th United StatesUnited States Eugene Leroy Harris 05/16/1986 1.88 m Guard
6th GermanyGermany Paul Albrecht 04/02/1993 2.05 m Forward ETB Housing Baskets Essen (ProA)
7th GermanyGermany Josef Eichler 07/11/1987 2.01 m center Giants Nördlingen (ProB)
8th GermanyGermany Ruben Spoden 04/21/1989 2.02 m Forward s.Oliver Würzburg (BBL)
9 GermanyGermany Till-Joscha Jönke 01/04/1992 1.93 m Guard WALTER Tigers Tübingen (BBL)
11 GermanyGermany Julian Albus 05/20/1992 1.91 m Forward WALTER Tigers Tübingen (BBL)
15th United StatesUnited States Kruize Pinkins 01/25/1993 2.04 m center University of San Francisco (NCAA, USA)
27 GermanyGermany Christian von Fintel (C)Captain of the crew April 28, 1990 1.90 m Guard MLP Academics Heidelberg (ProA)
30th GermanyGermany Benedict Nicolay 02/22/1991 1.90 m Guard BIS Baskets Speyer (ProB)
31 United StatesUnited States Jordan Timothy Wild December 15, 1988 2.03 m Forward VfL Kirchheim Knights (ProA)
Trainer
Nat. Surname position
PolandPoland Kamil Piechucki Head coach
GermanyGermany Michael Luprich Assistant coach
Legend
Abbr. meaning
(C)Captain of the crew Team captain
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Team homepage
League homepage
As of November 8, 2016

Trainer

Term of office Surname
2010–03 / 2013 GermanyGermany Hans Beth
2013 GermanyGermany Helmut Wolf
2013-10 / 2014 United StatesUnited States Ty Shaw
10 / 2014–2015 GermanyGermanyUnited StatesUnited States Steven Clauss
2015–11 / 2019 United StatesUnited States Simon Cote
11/2019–12/2019 GermanyGermany Michael Luprich
12/2019–03/2020 GermanyGermany Stephan Völkel
since 2020 PolandPoland Kamil Piechucki

Hall

The White Wings play their home games in the Main-Kinzig-Halle, which holds 1,564 spectators. In the 2015/2016 season, an average of 900 visitors came to the home games in the 2nd Bundesliga.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Editor: White Wings part ways with trainer Hans Beth. Retrieved March 20, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Editor: White Wings Basketball GmbH introduces itself. Retrieved March 20, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Hanau recruits Langen trainer Ty Shaw . In: https://www.op-online.de . May 22, 2013 ( op-online.de [accessed March 20, 2017]).
  4. ↑ Ralf Rudzynski: AstroStars move into the quarter-finals . ( ruhrnachrichten.de [accessed on March 20, 2017]).
  5. ^ Echo Newspapers GmbH: Steven Clauss replaces Ty Shaw in Hanau . ( echo-online.de [accessed on March 20, 2017]).
  6. ↑ madness! SEAWOLVES in the semifinals - ROSTOCK SEAWOLVES BASKETBALL. Retrieved March 20, 2017 .
  7. ^ ProB: Coach Clauss is leaving the White Wings . In: https://www.op-online.de . April 27, 2015 ( op-online.de [accessed March 20, 2017]).
  8. ↑ 2. Basketball Bundesliga | Licensing 2015/2016. Retrieved March 20, 2017 .
  9. ↑ HEBEISEN WHITE WINGS sign Simon Cote as Head Coach | HanauOnline. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on February 11, 2017 ; accessed on March 20, 2017 . 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.hanauonline.de
  10. ↑ HanauOnline | White Wings Juniors Basketball Academy founded. Retrieved March 20, 2017 .
  11. ↑ White Wings »" TRANSITION OPEN 2022 "- HEBEISEN WHITE WINGS PRESENT NEW CONCEPT. Retrieved December 11, 2018 .
  12. ↑ Südwest Presse Online -dienste GmbH: Ilshofen / Crailsheim: Merlins move into the playoff semi-finals. April 16, 2018, accessed December 11, 2018 .
  13. ↑ a b New name sponsor, new management structures, new players. In: schoenen-dunk.de. Retrieved February 8, 2019 .
  14. ↑ https://www.hanauer.de/ha_350_111637367-29-_Ebbecke-Verfahrenstechnik-neuer-Hauptsponsor-der-White-Wings.html
  15. ^ White Wings »Change of leadership at Ebbecke White Wings. Retrieved February 8, 2019 .
  16. ↑ Basketball: White Wings are repositioning themselves. In: op-online.de. February 5, 2019, accessed February 8, 2019 .
  17. ↑ HANAUER ANZEIGER: ProA: White Wings win and get down anyway. Retrieved March 27, 2019 .
  18. ↑ https://www.brk-kurier.de/sport/ebbecke-white-wings-erstem-neuzugang-id54104.html
  19. ↑ https://www.whitewings.de/2019/11/15/eine-aera- geht-zu-ende-ebbecke-white-wings-und-simon-cote-iegen-getrennte-weg /
  20. ↑ https://www.whitewings.de/2019/12/27/stephan-voelkel-wird-neuer-headcoach-der-ebbecke-white-wings-hanau/
  21. ↑ https://www.2basketballbundesliga.de/tabelle-prob-sued/
  22. ↑ New head coach at Ebbecke White Wings - Witamy Kamil Piechucki! In: 2. Basketball Bundesliga. Retrieved on July 13, 2020 (German).
  23. ↑ 2. Basketball Bundesliga | HEBEISEN WHITE WINGS definitely start in the ProA - Mesghna's contract extended. Retrieved March 20, 2017 .