Mitteldeutscher Basketball Club (), for sponsorship reasons named SYNTAINICS MBC, and commonly known as simply MBC, is a professional

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club based in

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. The club currently plays in the

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, the first tier league in Germany. MBC has won the

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in 2025, its first national trophy, as well as the

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in 2004.

History

The club was founded as ''SSV Einheit Weißenfels'' in 1958 and has played in the Basketball Bundesliga since the 1999–2000 season. In 2003-04, Mitteldeutscher won the

, defeating

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in the Final. Later that season, however, the team filed for bankruptcy and the league relegated the team to the Regionalliga (third division). MBC won promotion to the

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after the 2004–05 season and earned promotion back to the Basketball Bundesliga after the 2008–09 season. In 2010 and 2016 the team relegated again, but promoted back the next season both times. In the 2024–25 season, MBC won its first national trophy when they captured the

, after defeating favored

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and

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in the final four, which was hosted in Weißenfels. Michael Devoe scored 27 points in the final and was named the tournament MVP. MBC became the first team from the

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to win the Cup title.

Honours

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(German 2nd Division): :Champions: 2008–09, 2011–12, 2016–17 * FIBA Europe Cup / FIBA EuroCup Challenge: :Champions: 2003–04 *

: :Champions: 2024–25

Team

Current roster

Individual awards

; ProA MVP *Wayne Bernard: 2008 *

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: 2012

Notable players

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Misan Nikagbatse Misan Haldin (born 7 July 1982 as Eyinmisan Edward Ogharanemeye Nikagbatse) is a German former basketball player. He played for clubs in Germany, Greece and Italy. Professional career Haldin started his professional career at TuS Lichterfelde B ...

Antti Nikkilä Antti Nikkilä (born 25 August 1978) is a Finnish retired basketball player. He stands tall and weighs . He played college basketball at Valparaiso University from 1999 untul 2003, and in the season 2006–2007, played for ČEZ Basketball Nymbu ...

Manuchar Markoishvili Manuchar "Manu" Markoishvili ( ka, მანუჩარ მარკოიშვილი, born 17 November 1986) is a former Georgian professional basketball player and coach who is currently an assistant coach for AS Monaco of the French LNB � ...

Giorgi Gamqrelidze Giorgi Gamqrelidze (born February 4, 1986) is a Georgian professional basketball player who last played for Titebi Tbilisi and the Georgian national team, where he participated at the EuroBasket 2011 EuroBasket 2011 was the 37th men's Europe ...

Martynas Andriuškevičius Martynas Andriuškevičius (; born March 12, 1986) is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player. He is a 2.18 m (7 ft 2 in) tall and 113 kg (250 lb) center (basketball), center. Andriuškevičius has noted perimeter skill ...

Marijonas Petravičius Marijonas Petravičius (born October 24, 1979) is a Lithuanian retired professional basketball player. He was a member of the Lithuania men's national basketball team, Lithuania national team. He mainly played the center (basketball), center posi ...

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Wendell Alexis Wendell Paul Alexis (born July 31, 1964) is an American former professional basketball player who played for several European clubs, between 1986 and 2004, most notably for ALBA Berlin, where he was voted MVP of the German Bundesliga four times ...

Season by season

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mitteldeutscher BC Weißenfels Basketball teams in Saxony-Anhalt Basketball teams established in 1958 1958 establishments in West Germany Basketball in West Germany Basketball teams in Germany Basketball Bundesliga teams