Eisbären Bremerhaven
2012/13: 11th place
2012/13: 3rd place
The polar bears Bremerhaven are a basketball team from Bremerhaven.
Club development
The root -lottery syndicate BSG Bremerhaven was formed in 1991 from the basketball departments of the OSC Bremerhaven Bremerhaven and the SFL. The OSC Bremerhaven previously played of the season 1981/1982 to 1985/1986 season in the 2nd Bundesliga basketball and was in the 1985/1986 season to win the promotion round the northern squadron of the 2nd Basketball Bundesliga. Because the financing of the season could not be assured, however, was abandoned at the start of the National Basketball League, retiring at the then national league.
2003 divided one of the first men's team (which since 2001 plays under the name of polar bears ) the BSG Bremerhaven in Bremerhaven polar bears Marketing GmbH. The team plays since the 2005/2006 season in the National Basketball League. The gaming community BSG Bremerhaven Bremerhaven cooperates with more polar bears in the youth field.
After the 2008/2009 season, the Polar Bears Bremerhaven found in the basketball league in last place again. With only 7 wins and 27 defeats they finished at the end of the season in the relegation zone. However, due to the withdrawal of the Giants Nördlingen and the Cologne 99ers two wildcards from the BBL were advertised and the polar bears were awarded the contract. Thus, the polar bears could go in the top German league at the start in the season 2009/2010.
Achievements
- 2000: promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga
- 2005: promotion to the 1st League
- 2006: Move into the play-off semi-final (4th place after the main round )
- 2007: Reaching the Top 4 Cup round in Hamburg ( 4th place)
- 2007: Move into the playoff quarterfinals (4th place after the main round )
- 2008: Reaching the Top 4 Cup round in Hamburg (3rd place)
- 2008: Moving into the playoff quarterfinals (8th place after the main round )
- 2010: Reaching the Top 4 Cup round in Frankfurt (3rd place)
- 2010: Move into the play-off semi-final (6th place after the main round )
- 2011: Move into the playoff quarterfinals (8th place after the main round )
Squad
Change to the 2013/2014 season
Arrivals: Calvin Oldham ( coach, KCC Egis / KOR), Devin Searcy ( Triumph Lyubertsy / RUS), Darius Adams ( Orléans Loiret Basket / FRA ), Derrick Allen ( Spirou Charleroi BC / BEL), Brian Harper ( TBB Trier), Bill Amis (Tartu rock / EST - No longer in the squad ), Adas Juskevicius ( Zalgiris Kaunas / LTU ), Nick Schneider ( Phantoms Braunschweig), Anthony Smith ( Union Poitiers Basket 86/FRA )
Departures: Doug Spradley ( coach / destination unknown), Jacob Burtschi ( Fraport Skyliners ), Alex Harris ( Walter Tigers Tuebingen ), Anthony Canty (TBB Trier), Jermain Raffington (BG Göttingen), Stanley Burrell (Gaziantep BB / TUR), Scott Morrison (Melbourne Tigers / OFF), Terrell Everett (BK Odessa / UKR), Bill Amis ( Keravnos Strovolou / CYP), Keith Wales Frankowski ( end of career ), Andrew Drevo (destination unknown), Jonathan Malu ( Giessen 46ers )
Placements
Others
Hall
The polar bears playing in the Stadthalle Bremerhaven, for the basketball games has a capacity of 4,200 seats. In the first BBL season Bremerhaven dressed for the cup game against ALBA Berlin at Stadthalle Bremen, where finally took 5,320 spectators. In the season 2006/ 07 they moved again to the 10,000 -seat end Bremen-Arena/Stadthalle Bremen, where they played against the EWE Baskets Oldenburg. It was with 9,330 spectators, a record crowd in Bremen erected, also an attendance record of the total BBL season. On December 10, 2011 9,780 spectators watched in Bremen Arena the game against Bayern Munich.
Cheerleader
The cheerleading team of polar bears Bremerhaven has been around since the 2003/ 04 season. It consists of 21 young women between 17 and 21.
Mascot
The mascot of the polar bear is a polar bear named " Dunky ".