Brandt Hagen Hagen is a professional

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club from

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History

It is the successor of Brandt Hagen, a professional club that had considerable success in the German

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in the 90s. In April 1990, the club was formed by merging the basketball teams of SSV

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Hagen and TSV Hagen 1860. The two clubs were among the founding members of the

(BBL), the top league of German basketball. Also, at the time of merger, both teams played in the BBL. The name "Brandt Hagen", for the new club, originated from the main sponsor Brandt Zwieback, a well known producer of

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in Germany. The company has its roots in Hagen. Starting with the season 1990-91, Brandt Hagen was a member of the

, continuously until 2004. In 1994, the

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was won. Until 2003, the club played in the gym Ischelandhalle in Hagen. Then the arena capacity of 1,800 was no longer sufficient for the BBL. In the 2003-04 season, Brandt Hagen opted to play in the bigger Helmut-Körnig-Halle in

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. Plans for a bigger arena in Hagen were drawn. However, the arena in Dortmund caused problems: the costs for the rent were higher, and smaller audiences attended the matches than in Hagen. At the same time, main sponsor Brandt, reduced its financial support. The club applied for

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in December 2003, with a financial deficit of DM400,000,http://www.basketball-bundesliga.de/magazin/artikel.php?artikel=1066&type=2&menuid=16&topmenu=166 which could not be sorted out, and lead to the termination of all club operations. Shortly afterwards, the newly formed, ''BBV Hagen'', took over Brandt Hagen's heritage. Relegated to the ''Regionalliga'' (3rd division in 2004, 4th division since 2007) to restructure, BBV Hagen has since tried to return to the former glory of its predecessors, SSV Hagen and Brandt Hagen. Since 2009, a different team from Hagen, the

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, is playing in the Basketball Bundesliga.

References

External links

www.Archive.org
Some archived content of former Brandt Hagen website {{DEFAULTSORT:Bbv Hagen Basketball teams in Germany Sport in Hagen 1905 establishments in Germany Basketball teams established in 1905