Niners Chemnitz e.V., also named Chemnitz 99, is a German

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club based in Chemnitz,

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. Currently, the team plays in the Basketball Bundesliga. Since its foundation, the team has played in Germany's lower divisions but moved up second division

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in 2002. It promoted to Germany's prime league Basketball Bundesliga for the first time in 2020.

History

The club was formed in 1999 as "BV Chemnitz 99" by the fusion of the clubs ''BG Chemnitz'' and ''Lok Chemnitz''. In 2001, BV Chemnitz 99 began a cooperation with the

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, which is why "TU" was added to the team name. In the summer of 2002, the division of the men's team (BV TU Chemnitz 99) and the women's team ( Chemcats Chemnitz) followed. For the men's team, the nickname ''Niners'' evolved through the foundation year 1999. On 28 May 2015, Chemnitz hired Argentine Rodrigo Pastore as new head coach. In 2017, the nickname Niners was officially adopted as new club name. In the 2019–20 season, Chemnitz was highly successful until the season was declared void due to the

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. Based on its first place in the standings, the Niners were promoted to the Basketball Bundesliga for the first time in club history. The Niners will enter the qualifying rounds of the 2022–23 Basketball Champions League, making their debut in European competition.

Season by season

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Arenas

The first arena of Chemnitz 99 was the Richard-Hartmann-Halle, which had a maximum capacity of 2,000 people. Starting from the 2019–20 season, the team moved to the Chemnitz Arena, with a capacity of 5,200 people. Chemnitz-Hartmann-Halle

Players

Current roster

Notable players

References

External links

Official web siteProfile on Pro A web site
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