Tigers Tübingen is a basketball team from Tübingen, a college town in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany, playing in the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), the country's first tier league.

Tigers Tübingen
Tigers Tübingen logo
LeaguesProA
Founded1952; 72 years ago (1952)
HistorySV 03 Tübingen
(1952–2003)
Tigers Tübingen
(2003–present)
ArenaPaul Horn-Arena
Capacity3,132
LocationTübingen, Germany
Main sponsorZeltwanger
PresidentRobert Wintermantel
Team managerJascha Maus
Head coachDaniel Jansson
2018–19 positionProA, 2nd of 18
Websitetigers-tuebingen.de

Founded as SV 03 Tübingen, is affiliated with the multi-sports club SV 03 Tübingen, which was founded in 1903. In 1952, its basketball section was founded. In 2003, the name Walter Tigers Tübingen was chosen for the basketball team after the local Tübingen company Walter AG, a tool manufacturer, became the team's sponsor. The company ended their sponsorship in 2018.

Tigers Tübingen play their home games at the Paul Horn-Arena, which has a capacity of 3,132 people.

History

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In 1992/93, SV 03 Tübingen became members of the Basketball Bundesliga for the first time, but didn't manage to escape relegation; a second one-season stint followed in 2001/02. After being promoted to the Basketball Bundesliga again in 2004 the name was changed to Walter Tigers Tübingen. In 14 consecutive seasons in the top flight they never succeeded in reaching the play-offs and were finally relegated to the ProA after finishing last in the 2017/18 season. In their first ProA season 2018/2019 the name was changed to Tigers Tübingen and they missed the playoffs by one spot finishing in the 9th place. The 2019/20 season will be their second season in the ProA.

Players

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Current roster

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Tigers Tübingen roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
SG 7   Lanmüller, Timo 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 23 – (2001-03-17)17 March 2001
PG 10   Otto, Gianni (C) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 81 kg (179 lb) 29 – (1995-06-28)28 June 1995
PG 12   Kivimäki, Aatu 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 81 kg (179 lb) 27 – (1997-06-08)8 June 1997
PG 26   Jönke, Till-Joscha 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 32 – (1992-01-04)4 January 1992
C 31   Keppeler, Daniel 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 103 kg (227 lb) 27 – (1997-01-18)18 January 1997
SF 16   Kalaitzakis, Georgios 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 25 – (1999-01-02)2 January 1999
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  •   Tom Walther

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  •   Injured

Updated: 16 December 2023

Head coaches

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Span Coach
2004–2006   Pat Elzie
2006–2007   Aaron McCarthy
2008–2009   Tolga Öngören
2009–2015   Igor Perović
2016–2017   Tyron McCoy
2017–2018   Mathias Fischer
2018–2019   Aleksandar Nadjfeji
2019   Georg Kämpf
2019–2019   Doug Spradley
2020   Andy Hipsher
2020–present   Daniel Jansson

Season by season

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Season Tier League Pos. Cup
2000–01 2 2. BBL 1st
2001–02 1 Bundesliga 15th
2002–03 2 2. BBL 2nd
2003–04 2 2. BBL 1st
2004–05 1 Bundesliga 14th
2005–06 1 Bundesliga 12th
2006–07 1 Bundesliga 10th
2007–08 1 Bundesliga 15th
2008–09 1 Bundesliga 14th
2009–10 1 Bundesliga 12th
2010–11 1 Bundesliga 12th
2011–12 1 Bundesliga 12th
2012–13 1 Bundesliga 10th
2013–14 1 Bundesliga 16th
2014–15 1 Bundesliga 14th
2015–16 1 Bundesliga 14th
2016–17 1 Bundesliga 15th
2017–18 1 Bundesliga 18th
2018–19 2 ProA 9th
2019–20 2 ProA 13th
2020–21 2 ProA 13th
2021–22 2 ProA 1st
2022–23 2 ProA 2nd
2023–24 1 Bundesliga 18th First round
2024–25 1 Bundesliga First round

Honours

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2. Basketball Bundesliga

  • Champions: 2001, 2004
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