MTV Wolfenbüttel (basketball)

MTV Herzöge Wolfenbüttel
Leagues	ProB
Founded	1956; 68 years ago (1956)
History	MTV Wolfenbüttel 1956–2002 Wolfenbüttel Dukes 2002–08 Herzöge Wolfenbüttel 2008–12 MTV Herzöge Wolfenbüttel 2012–present
Arena	Lindenhalle
Location	Wolfenbüttel, Germany
Head coach	Demetrius Ward
Championships	2 German Cups
Website	herzoege-wolfenbuettel.de
Home Away

MTV Wolfenbüttel was a basketball club based in Wolfenbüttel, Germany. The basketball club established in 1956 within the multi-sports club MTV Wolfenbüttel (Männerturnverein Wolfenbüttel / in English: Men's gymnastics club Wolfenbüttel). In 2002, the club's license was transferred to Wolfenbüttel Dukes, and, in July 2008 to today's club as Herzöge Wolfenbüttel. In 2012 Herzöge Wolfenbüttel merged with MTV Wolfenbüttel again.

In 2015, MTV Herzöge Wolfenbüttel entered into a cooperation with SG Braunschweig. Starting with the 2015–16 ProB season, both clubs will field a joined team which will play in Wolfenbüttel and serve as a farm team to Basketball Bundesliga club Basketball Löwen Braunschweig.[1]

Honours

German Cup

• Winners (2): 1971–72, 1981–82
• Runners-up (3): 1967-68, 1972-73, 1975-76

Notable coaches

• Mihai Albu

References

1. Kooperation mit Basketball Löwen und SG Braunschweig Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (in German), accessed: 22 May 2015.

External links

• Offizielle Vereinsseite (www.herzoege-wolfenbuettel.de)
• Homepage 2. BBL (www.diejungeliga.de)