Medi Bayreuth
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| Founded | 1975 | ||
| History |
Post SV Bayreuth (1975–1979) USC Bayreuth (1979–1983) USC Olympia Bayreuth (1983–1984) BG Steiner Bayreuth (1984–1989) Steiner Bayreuth (1989–1997) Basket Bayreuth (1997–1999) BBC Bayreuth (1999–2013) medi bayreuth (2013–present) |
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| Arena | Oberfrankenhalle | ||
| Capacity | 3,300 | ||
| Location | Bayreuth, Bavaria | ||
| Team colors | Black, Lime, White |
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| Head coach | Raoul Korner | ||
| Championships |
1 German Championship 2 German Cups |
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| Website | www |
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Medi Bayreuth (official team name: medi bayreuth) is a German professional basketball club based in Bayreuth, Germany. It was founded as BBC Bayreuth in 1999. Since 2013 the company medi is the name sponsor of the team.
The club was founded as the basketball section of Post SV Bayreuth in 1975 and was one of the clubs that established the second division of professional basketball in Germany. In its debut season, the team immediately promoted to the first tier Basketball Bundesliga. In 1979, the basketball team separated from Post SV and the club was re-founded as USC Bayreuth. After the 1983–84 season the team relegated form the Bundesliga. Following this event, the club merged with TTBG Steiner-Optik Bayreuth, a former table tennis club, to form BG Steiner Bayreuth.
As Steiner Bayreuth, the team had some great successes. The club immediately returned to the highest level and years later started to win several trophies in Germany. In 1988 and 1989 the team won the BBL-Pokal and in the 1988–89 season the team was crowned German national champions after winning the Bundesliga.
In 1997, longtime sponsor Steiner left the club and the club started to get in financial trouble. Along with the financial crisis, the team also had a sportive crisis. In 1999, the team relegated form the Bundesliga to the second division because of financial troubles. In the following seasons, Bayreuth spent its time in the second divsion ProA.
Bayreuth eventually returned to the highest level. The club won the 2009–10 season's German 2nd Division championship, and thus earned promotion to the Bundesliga for the 2010–11 season. Before the 2013–14 season, the club's name was changed to medi bayreuth for sponsorship reasons. The new team colors became black, lime green and pink.
BBC Bayreuth
1999–2013
medi bayreuth
2013–present
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