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Heidelberg — nine-time German champion from its USC Heidelberg era, playing in the SNP Dome.

Quakenbrück — the „Dragons“ from a small Lower Saxon town and German runners-up in 2008.

Koblenz — club from the Rhineland city at the confluence of the Rhine and Moselle, playing at the EPG Arena.

Bayreuth — Upper Franconian club with a German title from 1989, playing at the Oberfrankenhalle.

Göttingen — the „Violets“, winners of the EuroChallenge in 2010.

Bremerhaven — the „Polar Bears“ from the port at the mouth of the Weser, playing at the Stadthalle.

Essen — basketball section of ETB Schwarz-Weiß, newly promoted to the ProA from the ProB.

Gießen — Hessian club with German titles in 1965 and 1968, its name referring to its 1846 founding.

Karlsruhe — the „Lions“ of Post Südstadt Karlsruhe, playing at the Europahalle.

Kirchheim unter Teck — the Swabian „Knights“, who reached the ProA final in 2025/26.

Crailsheim — the „Merlins“ from the Hohenlohe region, playing home games at the Arena Hohenlohe in Ilshofen.

Nuremberg — the „Falcons“ from the KIA Metropol Arena, one of the biggest clubs in the second tier.

Neu-Ulm — the academy and farm team of ratiopharm Ulm, where young prospects get their minutes.

Paderborn — Westphalian club playing its home games at the Phoenix Contact Arena in nearby Lemgo.

Cologne — founded in 2013 to bring professional basketball back to the Rhine metropolis.

Wolmirstedt — Saxony-Anhalt club that plays its home games in Magdeburg due to arena capacity.

Tübingen — the „Tigers“ from the Baden-Württemberg university town, playing at the Paul Horn-Arena.

Bochum — basketball section of VfL Bochum 1848, competing as the VfL SparkassenStars.