The JobStairs GIESSEN 46ers (formerly GIESSEN 46ers) is a professional

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club based in

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, that plays in the Basketball Bundesliga. 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

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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

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, 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

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champions and promoted back to the highest tier. They are known in the

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, for having been the team for which

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Honours

* German Championship :Winners: 1965, 1967, 1968, 1975, 1978 *

:Winners: 1969, 1973, 1979

Season by season

;Notes

Team

Current roster

Individual awards

Notable players

:To appear in this section a player must have either: * Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player. * Played at least one official international match for his senior national team or one NBA game at any time. * Achieved significant notability outside of basketball. *

Henning Harnisch Henning Harnisch (born April 15, 1968) is a retired German professional basketball player. At a height of 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) tall, he played at the small forward and power forward positions. He currently serves as Vice president for the Germa ...

(3 seasons: 1985–88) *

Heiko Schaffartzik Heiko Schaffartzik (born 3 January 1984) is a German professional basketball player for Hamburg Towers of the German Basketball Bundesliga. Schaffartzik is also a member of the Germany national basketball team. Professional career In 2011 Scha ...

(2 seasons: 2004–05, 2007–08) *

Anton Gavel Anton Gavel (born October 24, 1984) is a Slovak-German professional basketball coach and former player. He is a 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) tall combo guard who primarily played at the shooting guard position. He is head coach for ratiopharm Ulm of t ...

(2 seasons: 2004–2006) * Lance Blanks (1 season: 1994–1995) *

Louis Campbell Louis Campbell (born April 1, 1979) is an American professional basketball player, who lastly played for Antibes Sharks of the LNB Pro A. Professional career After playing college basketball with Buffalo Bulls, he played most of his career in G ...

(2 seasons: 2004–2006) * Chuck Eidson (2 seasons: 2004–2006) *

(1 season: 1980–1981) *

Diante Garrett Diante Maurice Garrett (born November 3, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for Ironi Kiryat Ata of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He played college basketball for Iowa State University. High school career Garrett attend ...

(1 season: 2021) *

Nick Hornsby Nick Hornsby (born June 21, 1995) is an American basketball player plays for Hapoel Be'er Sheva in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, at the forward position. He played college basketball for the Sacramento State Hornets. Early and person ...

(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