Telekom Baskets Bonn
| Telekom Baskets Bonn | ||||
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| Leagues |
Basketball Bundesliga FIBA Europe Cup |
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| Founded | 1992 | |||
| History |
BG Bonn 92 1992–1995 Telekom Baskets Bonn 1995–present |
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| Arena | Telekom Dome | |||
| Capacity | 6,000 | |||
| Location | Bonn, Germany | |||
| Team colors |
Magenta, White, and Black |
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| President | Wolfgang Wiedlich | |||
| Head coach | Predrag Krunić | |||
| Website | Official Website | |||
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Telekom Baskets Bonn, also known as Baskets Bonn is a German basketball club based in Bonn, Germany. The club plays in the Basketball Bundesliga, which is the highest level pro basketball league in Germany. The club's sponsor is the German company Deutsche Telekom, a major telephone and internet company, which also sells mobile phones (T-Mobile) in the United States. The club's home arena is the Telekom Dome.
The Baskets reached the German League Final Four nine times in 17 years league affiliation and belong to Germany's most successful teams.
The Telekom Baskets Bonn was founded in 1992 when the German clubs Godesberg Turnverein 1888 eV (Godesberg Gymnastics Club) and SC Fortuna Bonn merged. The basketball team of the Godesberger TV had been founded in 1970, whereas the SC Fortuna Bonn had been founded in 1973. The Godesberger TV was promoted to the Basketball Bundesliga in 1990. A year later, the club was relegated, and the associated economic problems eventually lead to the 1992 merger of the departments of the two basketball teams to BG Bonn 92. The following year, the club switched names to Post SV Bonn. In 1995, the club switched names again to Telekom Baskets Bonn, sponsored by the German telecommunications company Deutsche Telekom.
In April 1995, the Telekom Baskets Bonn declared their goal to be promotion to the Bundesliga in 1997. But already in the 1995/1996 season the team finished the second division unbeaten and moved up to Germany's prime basketball league. There, the Baskets managed to establish themselves immediately, supported by an ecstatic home crowd at the newly built Hardtberghalle of the Hardtberg School Center. In their first season the Baskets succeeded to the finals of the German Championship. There, they lost 1:3 against Alba Berlin. In the following years they always reached the playoffs until the 2004/05 season. In 2005, the Baskets finished the regular season at the No. 9 position. Then coach Predrag Krunic was relieved of his duties. In December 2005, Michael Koch the former national team captain became the team's new head coach. Previously, for a few months Bonn was coached by the Croat Danijel Jusup.
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