Overview
- Eighteen clubs secured BBL licenses for 2025/26, restoring the league’s full complement after a 17-team campaign.
- Telekom Baskets Bonn received the only license with conditions that must be met by a July 15 deadline.
- The club’s outstanding requirements include submitting its June 2024 financial statements and detailing structural changes following a shareholder transition.
- Science City Jena and VET-Concept Gladiators Trier, who were promoted on May 28, along with 15 incumbent clubs, obtained licenses without any restrictions.
- Christian Frystatzki, chairman of the licensing committee, praised all clubs for meeting the new €4 million minimum budget threshold as part of a rigorous review to safeguard fiscal stability.