Baskets Oldenburg
German basketball club based in Oldenburg.
Baskets Oldenburg, officially known as EWE Baskets Oldenburg for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Oldenburg, Germany. The team competes in the Bundesliga and plays its home games at the Große EWE Arena. Its name comes from the main sponsor EWE AG, an electric utility company.
Quick Facts
- Leagues
- BBL
- Founded
- 2001
- History
- Oldenburger TB; 1954–2001; EWE Baskets Oldenburg; 2001–present
- Arena
- Large EWE Arena (occasional games at the Small EWE Arena)
- Capacity
- 6,250
- Location
- Oldenburg, Germany
- President
- Hermann Schüller; Gerold Lange
- Retired numbers
- 4 (6, 8, 14, 23)
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Did You Know?
- From 2009 to 2018, the team used a logo with a white background featuring an eagle.
- In 2018, the club adopted a modernized round logo with a different shade of blue, still featuring an eagle.
History
The club's origins date to 1954, when a basketball department was formed within the Oldenburger TB sports club. In 2001, this department split off to create the separate club EWE Baskets Oldenburg, with the Oldenburger TB team becoming its development squad. The club won its first German League championship in the 2008–09 season, which earned it a spot in the EuroLeague for the following season. In 2015, Oldenburg won the German Cup as the host of the Cup Final Four, defeating Bonn in the semi-final and Bamberg in the final.
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