Hamburg Towers, for sponsorship reasons named Veolia Towers Hamburg, is a professional basketball team, based in Hamburg, Germany. After promotion from the ProA in 2019, the Towers are currently playing in the Basketball Bundesliga, the top tier of German basketball.Die Towers – mehr als nur Basketball Hamburger Abendblatt (Inga Radel), 23 March 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
Founded in 2013, the club played in the ProA from the 2014–15 season. In 2019, Hamburg promoted to the BBL for the first time. Since 2014, their home arena is the Inselpark Arena in Wilhelmsburg. It has capacity for 3,400 people.
History In February 2013, former player Pascal Roller and entrepreneur Wolfgang Sahm announced their plans to bring back professional basketball to Hamburg. 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. 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. On 4 May 2019, the team won the ProA championship after defeating Nürnberg Falcons in the second leg.
Sponsorships In 2022, the Towers signed a sponsorship agreement with Veolia to become their name sponsor in the 2022–23 season.
Season by season
SeasonTierDivisionPlayoffsGerman Cup European competitions2014–15 2ProA 8th 15–18DNQ2015–16 2ProA 5th 2016–17 2ProA 9th 14–16DNQ2017–18 2ProA 10th 13–17 DNQ2018–19 2ProA 1st 26–15Winners2019–20 1BBL 17th 3–17DNQ2020–21 1BBL 7th 21–13Quarterfinals (lost to Berlin)2021–22 1BBL 7th 19–15Quarterfinals (lost to Bonn)Round of 16EuroCup Eighthfinals2022–231 BBL 15th 12–22 DNQRound of 16EuroCup Eighthfinals2023–241 BBL9th 17–17 Play-in(won against Oldenburg,lost to Ludwigsburg) Round of 16 EuroCup Regular season2024–251 BBL13th 15–17 DNQ First round EuroCup Regular season2025–261 BBL 14th 13–21 DNQ First round EuroCup Regular season2026–271 BBL
Honours Titles ProA Winners: 2018–19
Players
Current roster
Notable players
Head coaches #NamePeriodHonours1 Hamed Attarbashi2014 – February 2018 2 Benka Barloschky February – May 2018 3 Mike Taylor May 2018 – June 2020 ProA (2019) 4 Pedro Calles August 2020 – June 2022 5 Raoul Korner June 2022 – January 2023 6 Benka Barloschky January 2023 – present
Arena
Since 2014 Hamburg Towers hosted their guests at the Inselpark Arena (capacity: 3,400). In the 2023/2024 and 2024/2025 seasons, Towers hosted Bayern Munich at the Barclays Arena (capacity: 13,000). In the 2025/2026 season, Towers hosted Alba Berlin and Bayern Munich at the Barclays Arena. On March 29, 2026, a new attendance record was set for Hamburg Towers' home games at the Hamburg Towers vs. Bayern Munich match in the Barclays Arena, with 12,570 spectators watching the game.
Player development ProB team Rist Wedel has been Hamburg's cooperation partner for player development.Der spanische Steuermann ist nun an Bord Frederik Büll (Hamburger Abendblatt), 6 August 2016. Accessed 12 December 2023.
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