Baskets Oldenburg
| EWE Baskets Oldenburg | |||
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| 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 | 6,069 | ||
| Location | Oldenburg, Germany | ||
| Team colors | Blue, yellow[1] | ||
| President | Hermann Schüller Gerold Lange | ||
| Head coach | Predrag Krunić | ||
| Affiliation | EWE Baskets Juniors | ||
| Championships | 1 German Championship 1 German Cup 1 German Supercup | ||
| Retired numbers | 4 (6, 8, 14, 23) | ||
| Website | www | ||
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Baskets Oldenburg,[2] for sponsorship reasons EWE Baskets Oldenburg, is a professional basketball club that is based in the city of Oldenburg, Germany. The club plays in the Bundesliga. The club's name is derived from the team's main sponsor EWE AG, which is an electric utility company. The club's home arena is the Große EWE Arena.
History
[edit | edit source]The EWE Baskets Oldenburg club's origins began in the year 1954, as the basketball department of the Oldenburger TB sports club. In the year 2001, the basketball department of Oldenburger TB formed a new separate club, called EWE Baskets Oldenburg. The Oldenburger TB team then started to function as the development team of EWE Baskets.
In the 2008–09 season, EWE Baskets Oldenburg achieved their greatest success, by winning the German League championship title. As German Champion, Oldenburg won the right to play in the EuroLeague, during the next season of 2009–10.[3]
In 2015, they won the German Cup title, while being host to the Cup Final Four. In the Cup Semi-final, Oldenburg beat Bonn, by a score of 71–77, and in the Cup Final, the team was too strong for Bamberg, as they beat them by a score of 70–72.[4]
Arenas
[edit | edit source]Oldenburg's home games take place at the 6,200 seat Große EWE Arena, which opened in 2013.
Honors
[edit | edit source]Total titles:
Domestic competitions
[edit | edit source]- Basketball Bundesliga
- BBL-Pokal
- Champions: 2015
- BBL Champions Cup
- Champions: 2009
- Champions: 1987, 1998, 2000
European competitions
[edit | edit source]- FIBA EuroChallenge
- Third place: 2012–13
Players
[edit | edit source]Retired numbers
[edit | edit source]| EWE Baskets Oldenburg retired numbers[5] | ||||
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| No. | Nat. | Player | Position | Tenure |
| 6 | Germany | Daniel Strauch | PF | 2003–2010 |
| 8 | Czech Republic | Pavel Bečka | C | 1995–2004 |
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| 14 | United States | Tyron McCoy | SG | 2001–2007 |
| 23 | United States | Rickey Paulding | SF | 2007–2022 |
Current roster
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Individual awards
[edit | edit source]- BBL Most Valuable Player
- Jason Gardner – 2009
- Will Cummings – 2019
- BBL Finals MVP
- Rickey Paulding – 2009
- All-BBL First Team
- Jason Gardner – 2008, 2009
- Rickey Paulding – 2008, 2009, 2013, 2016
- Brian Qvale – 2016
- Chris Kramer – 2017
- All-BBL Second Team
- Tyron McCoy – 2005
- Je'Kel Foster – 2010
- Adam Chubb – 2013
- Julius Jenkins – 2014
- Vaughn Duggins – 2016
- Rickey Paulding – 2017
- Brian Qvale – 2017
Notable players
[edit | edit source]Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
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- Germany Steven Hutchinson
- Bosnia and Herzegovina Elvir Ovčina
- Cameroon Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje
- Czech Republic Pavel Bečka
- Dominican Republic Felipe López
- Latvia Kristaps Valters
- Australia Aron Baynes
- United States Josh Carter
- United States Terrel Castle
- United States Bill Edwards
- United StatesIsrael D'or Fischer
- United States Je'Kel Foster
- United States Jason Gardner
- United States Anthony Grundy
- United States Dan Grunfeld
- United States Chris Kramer
- United States Scott Machado
- United States Tyron McCoy
- United States Rickey Paulding
- United States Desmond Penigar
- United States Doron Perkins
- United States Bobby Brown
- United States Julius Jenkins
- United States Virgin Islands Carl Krauser
- North Macedonia Vojdan Stojanovski
Season by season
[edit | edit source]Colors and logos
[edit | edit source]The traditional colors of the EWE Baskets Oldenburg basketball club are yellow and blue. From 2009 to 2018, the team adopted a slightly reworked logo, this time with a white background and which again featured an eagle.[6] In 2018, the club adopted its massively modernized current logo, now round and with a different shade of blue. The eagle however is still on it.[7]
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Logo used from 2004 to 2009
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Logo used from 2018 until today
References
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External links
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- Eurobasket.com team profile
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