Phoenix Hagen

Phoenix Hagen
Nickname Die Feuervögel
(The firebirds)
Leagues BBL
2nd DBBL
NBBL
Founded 2004
Arena Phoenix-Halle
(capacity: 3.035)
Ischelandhalle
(capacity: 1,800)
Location Hagen, Germany
Team colors               
Yellow, White and Blue
President Oliver Herkelmann
Head coach Ingo Freyer
Championships None
Website phoenix-hagen.de
Uniforms
Home
Away

Phoenix Hagen GmbH is a German professional basketball club that is based in Hagen.

Contents

History

The club was founded in May 2004 in the wake of the insolvency of former top club Brandt Hagen. Brandt Hagen was forced to cease club operation in the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) immediately in December 2003. Phoenix Hagen is not the legal successor of Brandt Hagen, but an independent new club founded to continue the basketball tradition in Hagen. Phoenix Hagen was playing in the PRO A division of the German second basketball league until the 2008–09 season. The club rented the license for operating in this league from BG DEK/Fichte Hagen. In the 2008–09 season of the Pro A Phoenix Hagen secured the second place. This position qualifided the team for promotion to BBL in the season 2009–10.

Starting with season 2008–09 a Phoenix Hagen women's team is playing in the second women's league DBBL. This team is run in collaboration with the sports club TSV Hagen 1860, from which all players originate.

Phoenix Hagen wants to promote young basketball talents to ensure high-performance sport for the long term. The young talents team Phoenix Hagen Juniors plays in the north-west division of the first league for Germany's up-and-coming players (NBBL). In the first season of existence of the NBBL (2007–08), the Phoenix juniors team became vice champions.

Season by season

Season Tier League Pos. Postseason
2006–07 2 2. Bundesliga 9 –
2007–08 2 ProA 6 –
2008–09 2 ProA 2 Promoted
2009–10 1 Bundesliga 16 –
2010–11 1 Bundesliga 11 –
2011–12 1 Bundesliga

Season 2009–10

Roster

Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
PG 4 Pryor, Quentin 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 80 kg (176 lb)
SG 5 Griffin, Chase 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 84 kg (185 lb)
PG 6 Schwarz, Malte 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 78 kg (172 lb)
F 7 Jonušas, Žygimantas 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 97 kg (214 lb)
PG 8 Schwarz, Kristof 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 75 kg (165 lb)
F 9 Grothe, Matthias 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 110 kg (243 lb)
PG 11 Opitz, Yannick 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 80 kg (176 lb)
F 13 Spohr, Dominik 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 98 kg (216 lb)
PF 14 Fleetwood, Aaron 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 100 kg (220 lb)
C 15 Kruel, Bernd 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 103 kg (227 lb)
G 20 Alijevas, Rolandas 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb)
PG 21 Paulsen, Thorben 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 80 kg (176 lb)
G 22 Jordan, Michael-Hakim 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 83 kg (183 lb)
C 32 Kortmann, Dennis 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 104 kg (229 lb)
C 34 Kale, Jonathan 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 110 kg (243 lb)
C 44 Turek, John 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 120 kg (265 lb)
Head coach
  • Ingo Freyer
Assistant coach(es)
  • Steven Wriedt
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Roster

Transfers

In Out
Nat. Name Pos. from Nat. Name Pos. to
changes in season
Rolandas Alijevas G Nevezis Kedainiai[1]
Žygimantas Jonušas F MBC Mykolaiv[2] Thomas Dreesen F  ?[3]
Michael-Hakim Jordan G Köln 99ers[4] Andre McGee PG  ?[5]
John Turek C Turów Zgorzelec[6] Sean Finn C  ?
pre-season changes
/ Jonathan Kale C Anwil Włocławek[7] Bambale Osby PF/C  ?
Sean Finn C ratiopharm Ulm[8] Marcel Jones SF/PF Kauhajoen Karhu[9]
off-season changes
Andre McGee PG Louisville Cardinals[10] Josh Mueller SG FC Bayern Munich
Bambale Osby PF/C U Mobitelco Cluj[11] Zach Freeman PF/C  ?
Marcel Jones SF/PF Manawatu Jets Max Schulze-Pals PF UBC Münster[12]

Season 2008–09

Roster

Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
PG 4 Pryor, Quentin 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 80 kg (176 lb)
SG 5 Griffin, Chase 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 84 kg (185 lb)
PG 6 Schwarz, Malte 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 78 kg (172 lb)
7 Freeman, Zach 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 97 kg (214 lb)
PG 8 Schwarz, Kristof 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 75 kg (165 lb)
9 Grothe, Matthias 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 110 kg (243 lb)
F 10 Dreesen, Thomas 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 85 kg (187 lb)
PG 11 Opitz, Yannick 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 80 kg (176 lb)
PG 12 Paulsen, Thorben 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 80 kg (176 lb)
F 13 Spohr, Dominik 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 98 kg (216 lb)
14 Fleetwood, Aaron 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 100 kg (220 lb)
C 15 Kruel, Bernd 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 103 kg (227 lb)
PF 16 Schulze-Pals, Max 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 90 kg (198 lb)
SG 18 Mueller, Josh 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 85 kg (187 lb)
Head coach
  • Ingo Freyer
Assistant coach(es)
  • Steven Wriedt
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Roster

Results

Match Date Time Home Away Result
1 03/10/2008 18:00 Phoenix Hagen FC Schalke 04 94:66
2 05/10/2008 18:00 BG Karlsruhe Phoenix Hagen 52:87
3 11/10/2008 19:30 Phoenix Hagen LTi Lich 124:70
4 18 October 2008 19:30 MBC Weißenfels Phoenix Hagen 83:70
5 26 October 2008 17:00 Phoenix Hagen USC Heidelberg 113:82
6 01/11/2008 20:00 TV Langen Phoenix Hagen 76:99
7 08/11/2008 19:30 Phoenix Hagen ETB Essen 92:73
8 15 November 2008 20:00 Science City Jena Phoenix Hagen 83:86
9 22 November 2008 20:00 BV Chemnitz Phoenix Hagen 87:78
10 30 November 2008 20:00 Phoenix Hagen Kirchheim Knights 101:88
11 06/12/2008 16:30 Cuxhaven BasCats Phoenix Hagen 85:103
12 14 December 2008 17:00 Phoenix Hagen BBC Bayreuth 89:78
13 20 December 2008 19:30 FC Bayern Phoenix Hagen 93:87
14 03/01/2009 17:00 Phoenix Hagen teckpro Braves Kaiserslautern 83:75
15 11/01/2009 16:30 Bremen Roosters Phoenix Hagen 83:99
16 16 January 2009 20:00 FC Schalke 04 Phoenix Hagen 74:94
17 25 January 2009 17:00 Phoenix Hagen BG Karlsruhe 96:91
18 31 January 2009 20:00 LTi Lich Phoenix Hagen 59:99
19 07/02/2009 19:30 Phoenix Hagen MBC Weißenfels 92:95
20 15 February 2009 17:00 USC Heidelberg Phoenix Hagen 91:104
21 21 February 2009 19:30 Phoenix Hagen TV Langen 81:69
22 27 February 2009 20:00 ETB Essen Phoenix Hagen 73:81
23 08/03/2009 17:00 Phoenix Hagen Science City Jena 89:99
24 15 March 2009 17:00 Phoenix Hagen BV Chemnitz 101:84
25 22 March 2009 17:00 Kirchheim Knights Phoenix Hagen 89:88
26 28 March 2009 19:30 Phoenix Hagen Cuxhaven BasCats 104:70
27 4 April 2009 19:30 BBC Bayreuth Phoenix Hagen 66:67
28 12/04/2009 17:00 Phoenix Hagen FC Bayern 85:77
29 18 April 2009 18:00 teckpro Braves Kaiserslautern Phoenix Hagen 89:97
30 25 April 2009 19:30 Phoenix Hagen Bremen Roosters 111:69

Top 5 Table

Position Team Matches Won Lost Diff
1 MBC 30 26 4 +357
2 Phoenix Hagen 30 24 6 +444
3 BBC Bayreuth 30 24 6 +396
4 BG Karlsruhe 30 19 11 +58
5 VfL Kirchheim Knights 30 18 12 +2

Positions one and two qualify for a promotion to the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL). Phoenix Hagen has finished the season as first runner-up and hence has qualified by sportive means for promotion to BBL for the coming season 2009–10 (see license issue below).

Licence and Arena issue

The home arena "Ischelandhalle" has a capacity of 1,800. The minimum capacity requirement for the BBL is 3,000[13]. A refurbishment and enlargement to a capacity of 3,000 of the current building is planned for the 2009–10 season[14]. Therefore an alternative location is required for that period. Three options were considered by Phoenix Hagen: a tent solution in Hagen with a capacity of 3,500[15], an alternative gym in Hagen or a location near Hagen. On 23 April 2009 the BBL refused the application of Phoenix Hagen for a license to play in the BBL[16]. In the application the tent solution was proposed, which has been the reason for the rejection[17]. Within a week after the rejection Phoenix Hagen had the right to appeal against the decision. Phoenix Hagen evaluated the feasibility of converting a building, which is located in Hagen and is currently hosting badminton and tennis courts. As an alternative solution outside of Hagen, the gym "Uni Sporthalle" of the University of Wuppertal was considered. The appeal to the BBL was staged with the plans and contracts for the Hagen solution. On Tuesday 02/05/09 the responsible board of the BBL decided to send a delegation to the proposed location in Hagen to inspect the site before making a final decision on the licence[18]. On Friday 08/05/09 the BBL canceled their previous decision and granted a licence with resolutive condition[19]. Phoenix Hagen is eligible to maintain the licence, if progress requirements for the setup of the basketball arena will be fulfilled. The temporary arena is planned to have a capacity of 3,035[20]. On Monday 06/07/09 the BBL announced that Phoenix Hagen has fulfilled the requirements regarding its economic performance[21]. Phoenix Hagen will have to present the arena converted and ready for match operation by 31 July 2009, which forms the final hurdle towards the 2009–10 BBL licence. In the 08/05/09 press release the BBL already stated that it expects Phoenix Hagen also to meet these requirements.

References

  1. ^ Alijevas soll schon Samstag spielen Phoenix Hagen (German)
  2. ^ Jonušas verstärkt die Feuervögel Phoenix Hagen (German)
  3. ^ Thomas Dreesen zurück nach Belgien Phoenix Hagen (German)
  4. ^ Michael Jordan kommt nach Hagen Phoenix Hagen (German)
  5. ^ McGee verlässt Phoenix Hagen Phoenix Hagen (German)
  6. ^ John Turek kommt aus Zgorzelec Phoenix Hagen (German)
  7. ^ Osby geht, Kale bekommt Probevertrag Phoenix Hagen (German)
  8. ^ Kale und Finn verstärken Center-Garde Phoenix Hagen (German)
  9. ^ Marcel Jones verlässt Phoenix Hagen Phoenix Hagen (German)
  10. ^ McGee kommt aus Louisville Phoenix Hagen (German)
  11. ^ Osby und Jones nach Hagen Phoenix Hagen (German)
  12. ^ Gesucht: Vier Neuzugänge Phoenix Hagen (German)
  13. ^ BBL-Lizenzstatut BBL Licence requirements, BBL (German)
  14. ^ Baubeginn frühestens im Spätsommer Westfälische Rundschau (German)
  15. ^ Phoenix will im großen Zirkus-Zelt spielen Westfalenpost (German)
  16. ^ Sieben Vereine müssen erheblich nachbessern BBL (German)
  17. ^ Ausschuss: Keine Auflagen bei geeigneter Halle and Vorerst keine BBL-Lizenz für Phoenix Phoenix Hagen (German)
  18. ^ BBL-Lizenzligaausschuss vertagt Entscheidung BBL (German)
  19. ^ Lizenzerteilung unter Vorbehalt BBL (German)
  20. ^ Hallenprojekt läuft weitgehend nach Plan Phoenix Hagen (German)
  21. ^ BBL-Lizenzligaausschuss erteilt sieben Klubs "grünes Licht" BBL (German)

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