Gladiators Treves, for sponsorship reasons known as Römerstrom Gladiators Trier, is a professional

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club based in

Trier Trier ( , ; ), formerly and traditionally known in English as Trèves ( , ) and Triers (see also Names of Trier in different languages, names in other languages), is a city on the banks of the Moselle (river), Moselle in Germany. It lies in a v ...

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. The club plays in the

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. Its home arena is Trier Arena, which has a capacity of 5,495 people. From 1990 till 2015 the club existed in the form of TBB Trier, which went bankrupt.

History

The club was founded as TBB Trier in

1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

, and has played in the top division

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since the club's inception. They once were a part of the sports club ''TV Germania Trier'', and became independent after

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to the

. In the 2014–15 season, TBB relegated after it lost points in the standings because of financial problems. The club was dissolved after the season. However in the 2015 offseason, a new club was founded which was not the legal successor of TBB but inherited the club's license to play in the second tier

. Gladiators Treves promoted and returned to

after their previous naming, TBB and the club's last participation during the 2014–15 season. They beat

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2–0 in the finals of

during the 2024–25 season's playoffs and achieved its promotion and its return to the top–tier league after 10 years.

Trophies

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:Winners (2): 1998, 2001

Current roster

Season by season

Notable players

Bastian Doreth Bastian Doreth (born 8 June 1989) is a German basketball player for Nürnberg Falcons of the German ProA. He is a former member of the German national basketball team. Career Born in the city of Nürnberg, Doreth played his first professional se ...

Maik Zirbes Maik Zirbes (born 29 January 1990) is a German professional basketball player for Gladiators Treves of the German ProA. He also represents the senior German national basketball team in the international competitions. Standing at , he plays the ...

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Head coaches

Notes

References

External links

Official website
{{ProA Sport in Trier Basketball teams in Germany Basketball teams established in 1990 Basketball teams established in 2015