German Cup winners check-in: welcome, SYNTAINICS MBC!

The 2025 German Cup winners – SYNTAINICS MBC from Weissenfels – will play in the European North Basketball league.

SYNTAINICS MBC is the second team from Basketball Bundesliga to play in the ENBL.

These are exciting times for German basketball – both at club and national team level.

Germany men`s team won the 2023 FIBA World Cup for the first time.

Hamburg co-hosted EuroBasket Women 2025, while Berlin will host the 2026 Women`s World Cup.

From July 2023 to June 2024, professional sports in Germany saw a record-breaking 47.5 million fans attend arenas, stadiums, courts and tracks – an increase of 29% over the past six years.

Basketball Bundesliga is among five most popular basketball leagues in Europe along Spain, France, Turkiye and Italy.

An 18 team competition – 17 teams last season – attracted 1 263 770 fans in 2022-2023, averaging 4 246 spectators per game.

The German Bundesliga generated 127.5 million euros in sales revenue in 2022-2023.

All 18 clubs met the BBL minimum budget of 3 million euros, while two Euroleague clubs – ALBA Berlin and Bayern Munich – had more than 10 million euros in revenue.

Ticket revenues rose to 25.6 million in 2022-2023, while sponsoring provided a total of 84.3 million euros.

The teams receive between 300 000 and 355 000 euros per season from the league`s broadcast deal with DYN.

All Bundesliga clubs must play in arenas that seat at least 3 000 people.

SYNTAINICS MBC was founded in 1958 and was known as SSV Einheit Weißenfels until 1999.

MBC entered Bundesliga in 1999.

The first summit in club`s history was reached on March 28, 2004, when MBC defeated Jean d`Arc Dijon Basket, 84-68, and won the FIBA EuroCup Challenge in Izmir, Türkiye.

First national title was conquered 21 years later.

On February 15-16, 2025, Weissenfels hosted the BBL Pokal Final Four for the first time.

SYNTAINICS MBC advanced to the Top Four after defeating Giessen 46ers in the first round, 103-77, Riesen Ludwigsburg in the second round, 85-77, and USC Heidelberg in the

quarterfinals, 100-85.

Bamberg Baskets knocked out ALBA Berlin, Bayern Munich dominated against Rasta Vechta, and Skyliners Frankfurt outlasted BG Gottingen.

The Final Four draw took place on December 9, 2024.

SYNTAINICS MBC were drawn against Bayern Munich and defeated them in the semifinals, 95-93.

Bamberg Baskets held Skyliners Frankfurt to 63 points, 76-63.

Stadthalle Weissenfels was sold out in every game and witnessed SYNTAINICS MBC triumph over Bamberg Baskets, 97-87.

Michael Jaden Devoe was named the Most Valuable Player.

Team, coached by a Latvian strategist Jānis Gailītis, posted other memorable victories.

SYNTAINICS MBC defeated ALBA Berlin on the home floor, 94-76.

Even more impressive, Weissenfels club won both regular season duels against Bayern Munich – a 99-86 success at home and a 90-88 shocker on the road.

SYNTAINICS MBC posted a 17-15 record to finish eighth in the regular season and booked a ticket to play-in round.

Jānis Gailītis men prevailed over ninth seated Baskets Oldenburg, 110-95, to advance to the quarterfinals.

Top seeded Bayern Munich came out in full force, defeating Veissenfels, Heidelberg and Ulm in the best-of-five series to claim the 2025 Bundesliga title.

Jānis Gailītis worked 17 years in VEF Rīga and had a brilliant year with SYNTAINICS MBC.

Weissenfels is located in southern Saxony-Anhalt federal land, in central Germany, on the river Saale.

Leipzig-Halle airport (LEJ) is located 30 kilometers away, while Berlin Brandenburg airport (BER) is 170 kilometers away.

Club's website: www.syntainics-mbc.de