The JobStairs GIESSEN 46ers (formerly GIESSEN 46ers) is a professional basketball club based in Gießen, Germany, that plays in the

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. Their home arena is

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, with a capacity of 4,003 people.

History

The biggest achievements in club history are five German Championships (1965, 1967, 1968, 1975, 1978). Besides that, the 46ers have won the German Cup three times (1969, 1973, 1979). The most recent achievements were an appearance in the BBL semi-finals in 2005, when the team lost the series 1–3, to the eventual champion GHP Bamberg, and the third place in the BBL Cup in 2006. In the 2012–13 season, the 46ers relegated from the Bundesliga for the first time. In the 2014–15 season, they were crowned the ProA champions and promoted back to the highest tier. They are known in the USA, for having been the team for which professional wrestler Kevin Nash (also known as Diesel) finished his professional basketball career, due to a knee injury.Davies, Ross. ''Kevin Nash'', p.19

Honours

* German Championship :Winners: 1965, 1967, 1968, 1975, 1978 * German Cup :Winners: 1969, 1973, 1979

Season by season

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Team

Current roster

Individual awards

Notable players

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game at any time. * Achieved significant notability outside of basketball. * Henning Harnisch (3 seasons: 1985–88) * Heiko Schaffartzik (2 seasons: 2004–05, 2007–08) * Anton Gavel (2 seasons: 2004–2006) *

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(1 season: 1994–1995) * Louis Campbell (2 seasons: 2004–2006) *

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(2 seasons: 2004–2006) * Kevin Nash (1 season: 1980–1981) * Diante Garrett (1 season: 2021) * Nick Hornsby (born 1995)

Top scorers

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Giessen 46ers 1966 establishments in West Germany Basketball clubs in Hesse Basketball teams established in 1966 Sport in Giessen