Basketball: Bundesliga summit meeting: Bavarian basketball players want new power relations

Bayern Munich wants to replace Brose Bamberg as the number one German basketball player in the medium term. On Sunday, the summit will take place.

Munich/Hamburg. Uli Hoeneß enjoys the snapshot to the full: First with his FC Bayern, clearly ahead of top spot Brose Bamberg. This is how the president presents the balance of power in German basketball. In the long run. On Sunday, the ambitious Munich and the serial champion from Franconia will meet at the Bundesliga summit.

And Hoeneß is already counting. If his team were successful,”we would be in a very good position towards play-offs,”said the 65 year-old from Munich-based TZ. And used the increased attention before the direct duel to outline his big plans with the basketball players: Hoeneß wants to enter the lucrative EuroLeague. Bamberg has been representing the German colours there for years.

“I can imagine that the FC Bayern brand is very attractive for this competition,”said Hoeneß, who wants to talk about an A-license. This is like a kind of season ticket. Bamberg is also exploring the possibilities here, and has qualified as a champion in each case.

With the completion of the new hall, which is due to be completed by the end of 2021 at the latest, the Munich-based company is striving for “a certain degree of planning security”. The team of coach Sasa Djordjevic is currently playing very successfully in the EuroCup. After six victories, the Germans are qualified for the top 16 at an early stage,”said Djordjevic, thinking of Bamberg at an early stage.

The Franks had once again outshone their rivals from the south with a furious race to catch up in the EuroLeague. Despite a 26-point gap, coach Andrea Trinchieri’s team beat FC Barcelona 84:81 (37:49) and thrilled the spectators in Nuremberg. For the first time this season, the German champion had moved to the neighbouring town. The club plans to expand its catchment area far beyond the borders of its own 75,000 inhabitants. Also in order to be able to continue to stand up to Munich’s economy.

From a sporting point of view, the Bambergers’ season has so far been unsatisfactory, at least in the Bundesliga. Brose has already lost three games, Munich only one. If the top game goes to FC Bayern Bayern, the Bambergers will probably have a hard time passing by until the end of the main round.

And the hosts have a big advantage. Bamberg completes his third match this weekend in six days. After the exhausting duel with Barcelona, Armani Milan (20.45/telekomsport. de) played a game on Friday.

Even Uli Hoeneß cannot understand this.”That’s not right. That’s not fair. There is a lack of tact,”said the President of Bavaria. Since the game against Galatasaray Istanbul on Wednesday, his team could “wait until they arrive.”