TV Rhöndorf
| Dragons Rhöndorf | |
|---|---|
| League | ProB |
| Founded | 1912 |
| History |
Rhoendorfer TV 1912 (1912-1996) TV Tatami Rhoendorf (1997-1999) SER Rhoendorf (1999-2002) 2BA Dragons Rhoendorf (2002-2004) SOBA Dragons Rhoendorf (2004–2011) Dragons Rhoendorf (2011-present) |
| Arena | Menzenberger Sporthalle |
| Capacity | 1,500 |
| Location | Bad Honnef, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| Head coach | Thomas Adelt |
| Website | www |
Dragons Rhoendorf is a professional basketball club based in Bad Honnef, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The team had its most successful years from 1995 to 1999 when it played in the Basketball Bundesliga where it reached the semi-finals in 1999. Since then, the club has voluntarily moved down to the third highest national division Pro B.
Former names from the team are TV Rhöndorf, TV Tatami Rhöndorf und SOBA Dragons Rhöndorf in the second League north and previuslyin the basketball major league. From 1995 to 1999 played the team in the basketball league before the license changed to the Skyliners Frankfurt. Rhöndorf plays with the purchased license from Ludwigsburg still in the 2nd league. After a renewed athletic ascent, the license was passed on again. Beneficiaries were this time RheinEnergy Cologne and later Cologne 99ers. Rhöndorfer played still second rate and qualifies for the season 2007/2008 for the new established ProA. After the fourth place the Dragons surprisingly retired to the lower echelon of the 2nd league. There they want to focus more on the training of young talents. They pursue this target for the season 2006/2007 also together with the Telekom Baskets Bonn. Under the name SG Bonn / Rhöndorf both clubs line up together in the NBBL. The season 2008/2009 finished the Dragons on the fourth place and missed the promotion to the ProA.
During the 2009/2010 season the Dragons announced that the longtime sponsor Franz Ludwig Solzbacher has ceased his engagement with the end of the season. So the Dragons start in the season 2010/2011 without the addition SOBA in the name. Also it was founded a new GmbH. The Dragons Rhöndorf Marketing GmbH adopt the license at the end of the season 2009/2010 and is the new carrier of the game operation of the Dragons. The general manager of the new GmbH becomes the manager of Dragons Michael Wichterich.
The 2009/2010 season became one of the most successful seasons in club history. With 26 triumphs and 4 defeats the Soba Dragons became sovereign champions of the ProB and secure the right for the promotion in the Pro A.For this Eric Detlev was awarded as coach of the year of the ProB. During the summer they tried to protect feverishly the required budget forthe ProA and it was successful. But the face of the team changed a lot. Longtime, established player left the club, including Christopher Rojik, Johannes Lange and Jürgen Malbeck. Also it was not possible to hold idol of the public DeUndraeSpraggins. With a strong younger team they wanted to try to establish the club again in the ProA. But already a matchday before the end of the season it was clear that the Dragons would miss the place in the ProA. After a 75:79 defeat against Würzburg after double extension stood the descent firm. Even returning DeUndraeSpraggins could not change that.
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