Hamburg Towers

In February 2013, former player Pascal Roller and entrepreneur Wolfgang Sahm announced their plans to bring back professional basketball to Hamburg.{{cite web|url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/sport/moegliches-bbl-team-in-hamburg-basketball-wie-in-muenchen-nur-anders-1.1591915|title=Basketball wie in München – nur anders|date=5 February 2013|access-date=3 May 2019|language=de|work=Süddeutsche Zeitung}} There had been no professional basketball in the city since the bankruptcy of BCJ Hamburg in 2002. The original goal of the club was to obtain a wild card for the first tier Basketball Bundesliga. However, the team was given a spot in the second tier ProA.

The club debuted in the 2014–15 ProA season. It played its first home game on 28 September 2014, and won 66–65 over Gießen 46ers.{{cite web|url=https://www.abendblatt.de/sport/welt-des-sports/article132714797/Happy-End-bei-Towers-Premiere-in-der-Zweiten-Liga.html|title=Happy End bei Towers-Premiere in der Zweiten Liga|date=28 September 2014|work=abendblatt.de|access-date=3 May 2019}} In its debut season, the team ended eight in the standings. In the 2015–16 season, the Towers had the highest average attendance of all ProA clubs with 3,047 per game.

In the 2018–19 season, Hamburg finished the regular season in the fourth place. On 30 April 2019, Hamburg Towers promoted to the Basketball Bundesliga for the first time after defeating first-seeded Chemnitz Niners in the playoffs semifinals, and thus reaching the ProA Finals.{{cite web|url=https://www.ndr.de/sport/mehr_sport/Erstklassig-Hamburg-Towers-steigen-in-BBL-auf,basketball1406.html|title=Erstklassig! Hamburg Towers steigen in BBL auf|work=NDR.de|access-date=3 May 2019|language=de}} On 4 May 2019, the team won the ProA championship after defeating Nürnberg Falcons in the second leg.

In 2022, the Towers signed a sponsorship agreement with Veolia to become their name sponsor in the 2022–23 season.{{Cite web |last=maik.hansen |date=22 July 2022 |title=Veolia wird Namenssponsor der Hamburg Towers |url=https://www.hamburgtowers.de/news/veolia-wird-namenssponsor-der-hamburg-towers/ |access-date=9 August 2022 |website=Veolia Towers Hamburg |language=de-DE}}

File:Edel-optics.de Arena Towers Panorama.jpg

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Titles

• ProA
• Winners: 2018–19

{{Main category|Hamburg Towers players}}

{{Basketball roster nationality note}}

{{Basketball roster header|team=Veolia Towers Hamburg}}

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{{player3 | num = 3 | nat = GER | first = Osaro Jürgen| last = Rich | pos = G | m = 1.88 | year = 1998 | month = 07 | date = 22}}

{{player3 | num = 4 | nat = USA | first = Jaizec | last= Lottie | pos = PG | m = 1.88 | year = 1998 | month = 02 | date = 16}}

{{player3 | num = 5 | nat = HUN | first = Zsombor | last = Maronka | pos = F | m = 2.08 | year = 2002 | month = 09 | date = 10}}

{{player3 | num = 6 | nat = GER | first = Leif | last = Möller | pos = G | m = 1.99 | year = 2003 | month = 06 | date = 14 | dab = basketball}}

{{player3 | num = 14| nat = USA | first = Camron | last = Reece | pos = F | m = 2.00 | year = 1999 | month = 02 | date = 14}}

{{player3 | num = 17| nat = GER | first = Niklas | last = Wimberg | pos = F | m = 2.06 | year = 1998 | month = 02 | date = 11}}

{{player3 | num = 21| nat = USA | first = Jordan | last = Barnett | pos = F | m = 2.01 | year = 1995 | month = 12 | date = 31 | dab = basketball}}

{{player3 | num = 22| nat = USA | first = Johnathan | last = Stove | pos = F | m = 1.93 | year = 1995 | month = 12 | date = 23}}

{{player3 | num = 23| nat = SDN | first = Kur | last = Kuath | pos = C | m = 2.08 | year = 1998 | month = 08 | date = 12}}

{{player3 | num = 25| nat = GER | first = Kenneth | last = Ogbe | pos = F | m = 1.98 | year = 1994 | month = 11 | date = 16}}

{{player3 | num = 44| nat = GER | first = Benedikt | last = Turudic | pos = C | m = 2.07 | year = 1997 | month = 01 | date = 27}}

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| head_coach = {{flagicon|GER}} Benka Barloschky

| asst_coach = {{Plainlist|

• {{flagicon|GER}} Stanley Witt
• {{flagicon|GER}} Jacob Hollatz

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| roster_url = https://www.hamburgtowers.de/team/

| accessdate = MArch 5, 2025}}

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• {{flagicon|GER}} Louis Olinde
• {{flagicon|GER}} Heiko Schaffartzik
• {{flagicon|GER}} Len Schoormann
• {{flagicon|AUT}} Marvin Ogunsipe
• {{flagicon|BIH}} Adin Vrabac
• {{flagicon|EST}} Maik-Kalev Kotsar
• {{flagicon|MEX}} Jorge Gutiérrez
• {{flagicon|NED}} Yannick Franke
• {{flagicon|SLO}} Žiga Samar
• {{flagicon|SUI}} Anthony Polite
• {{flagicon|VEN}} Michael Carrera
• {{flagicon|USA}} Beau Beech
• {{flagicon|USA}} James Woodard

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File:Hamburg Wilhelmsburg DS671n.jpg in 2015]]

• Since 2013: Edel-optics.de Arena (capacity: 3,400)

ProB team Rist Wedel has been Hamburg's cooperation partner for player development.[https://www.abendblatt.de/region/pinneberg/sport_137/article208009461/Der-spanische-Steuermann-ist-nun-an-Bord.html Der spanische Steuermann ist nun an Bord] Frederik Büll (Hamburger Abendblatt), 6 August 2016. Accessed 12 December 2023.{{in lang|de}}

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