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Baskets Oldenburg, for sponsorship reasons EWE Baskets Oldenburg, is a professional basketball club that is based in the city of Oldenburg, Germany. The club plays in the Bundesliga. The club's name is derived from the team's main sponsor EWE AG, which is an electric utility company. The club's home arena is the Große EWE Arena.
History
The EWE Baskets Oldenburg club's origins began in the year 1954, as the basketball department of the Oldenburger TB sports club. In the year 2001, the basketball department of Oldenburger TB formed a new separate club, called EWE Baskets Oldenburg. The Oldenburger TB team then started to function as the development team of EWE Baskets.
In the 2008–09 season, EWE Baskets Oldenburg achieved their greatest success, by winning the German League championship title. As German Champion, Oldenburg won the right to play in the EuroLeague, during the next season of 2009–10.
In 2015, they won the German Cup title, while being host to the Cup Final Four. In the Cup Semi-final, Oldenburg beat Bonn, by a score of 71–77, and in the Cup Final, the team was too strong for Bamberg, as they beat them by a score of 70–72.
Oldenburg har vunnet den tyske cupen to ganger, i 1998 og 2005, og har også vunnet EuroCup Challenge-trofeet to ganger, i 2009 og 2015. Laget har også deltatt i EuroLeague flere ganger.
Oldenburgs hjemmebane er EWE Arena, som har en kapasitet på 6062 tilskuere. Lagets hovedtrener er Pedro Calles, og kapteinen er Rickey Paulding.
Noen av Oldenburgs mest bemerkelsesverdige spillere gjennom årene inkluderer:
* Alex King
* Rickey Paulding
* Tibor Pleiß
* Anton Gavel
* Deon Thompson