title: 2008–09 Basketball Bundesliga
text: # 2008–09 Basketball Bundesliga
  
  The Basketball Bundesliga 2008–09 was the 43rd season of the Basketball Bundesliga.
  
  ## Teams
  
  | Team | City/Area |
  | - | - |
  | Brose Baskets | Bamberg |
  | ALBA Berlin | Berlin |
  | Telekom Baskets Bonn | Bonn |
  | New Yorker Phantoms Braunschweig | Braunschweig |
  | Eisbären Bremerhaven | Bremerhaven |
  | Deutsche Bank Skyliners | Frankfurt |
  | LTi Giessen 46ers | Gießen |
  | MEG Göttingen | Göttingen |
  | Giants Nördlingen | Nördlingen |
  | Köln 99ers | Cologne |
  | Giants Düsseldorf | Düsseldorf |
  | EnBW Ludwigsburg | Ludwigsburg |
  | EWE Baskets Oldenburg | Oldenburg |
  | Paderborn Baskets | Paderborn |
  | Artland Dragons | Quakenbrück |
  | TBB Trier | Trier |
  | WALTER Tigers Tübingen | Tübingen |
  | Ratiopharm Ulm | Ulm |
  
  ## Main Round Standings
  
  | # | Team | Wins | Losses | Points | Points For:Against | Plus/Minus |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Alba Berlin | 26 | 8 | 52:16 | 2712:2392 | +320 |
  | 2 | MEG Göttingen | 25 | 9 | 50:18 | 2566:2396 | +170 |
  | 3 | EWE Baskets Oldenburg | 25 | 9 | 50:18 | 2667:2488 | +179 |
  | 4 | Telekom Baskets Bonn | 22 | 12 | 44:24 | 2564:2478 | +86 |
  | 5 | ratiopharm Ulm | 21 | 13 | 42:26 | 2678:2644 | +34 |
  | 6 | Deutsche Bank Skyliners | 21 | 13 | 42:26 | 2442:2301 | +141 |
  | 7 | Brose Baskets Bamberg | 19 | 15 | 38:30 | 2508:2373 | +135 |
  | 8 | Paderborn Baskets | 18 | 16 | 36:32 | 2607:2563 | +44 |
  | 9 | Artland Dragons | 18 | 16 | 36:32 | 2633:2606 | +27 |
  | 10 | TBB Trier | 16 | 18 | 32:36 | 2588:2623 | -35 |
  | 11 | EnBW Ludwigsburg | 16 | 18 | 32:36 | 2307:2432 | -125 |
  | 12 | Giants Düsseldorf | 14 | 20 | 28:40 | 2616:2701 | -85 |
  | 13 | New Yorker Phantoms Braunschweig | 14 | 20 | 28:40 | 2452:2455 | -3 |
  | 14 | WALTER Tigers Tübingen | 14 | 20 | 28:40 | 2566:2638 | -72 |
  | 15 | Köln 99ers | 11 | 23 | 22:46 | 2486:2628 | -142 |
  | 16 | Giants Nördlingen | 11 | 23 | 22:46 | 2466:2619 | -153 |
  | 17 | LTi Giessen 46ers | 8 | 26 | 16:52 | 2400:2644 | -244 |
  | 18 | Eisbären Bremerhaven | 7 | 27 | 14:54 | 2553:2830 | -277 |
  
  * = Qualification for Playoffs
  * = Relegation to Pro A
  
  ## Playoffs
  
  | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | ALBA Berlin | 78 | 68 | 77 | 80 | 66 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 8 | Paderborn Baskets | 71 | 71 | 67 | 85 | 58 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 8 | Paderborn Baskets | 71 | 71 | 67 | 85 | 58 | 1 | ALBA Berlin | 71 | 72 | 65 | 62 | 71 | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | 4 | Telekom Baskets Bonn | 73 | 75 | 39 | 52 | 82 | | | | | | | |
  | 4 | Telekom Baskets Bonn | 71 | 71 | 82 | X | X | 4 | Telekom Baskets Bonn | 73 | 75 | 39 | 52 | 82 | | | | | | | |
  | 5 | Ratiopharm Ulm | 62 | 69 | 68 | X | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 5 | Ratiopharm Ulm | 62 | 69 | 68 | X | X | | | | | | | | 4 | Telekom Baskets Bonn | 74 | 70 | 81 | 66 | 70 |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | EWE Baskets Oldenburg | 72 | 79 | 78 | 82 | 71 |
  | 2 | MEG Göttingen | 84 | 69 | 60 | 68 | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | EWE Baskets Oldenburg | 72 | 79 | 78 | 82 | 71 |
  | 7 | Brose Baskets | 76 | 76 | 72 | 84 | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 7 | Brose Baskets | 76 | 76 | 72 | 84 | X | 7 | Brose Baskets | 74 | 58 | 85 | X | X | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | 3 | EWE Baskets Oldenburg | 82 | 66 | 88 | X | X | | | | | | | |
  | 3 | EWE Baskets Oldenburg | 79 | 77 | 61 | 72 | X | 3 | EWE Baskets Oldenburg | 82 | 66 | 88 | X | X | | | | | | | |
  | 6 | Deutsche Bank Skyliners | 69 | 79 | 50 | 69 | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  