Hakro Merlins Crailsheim meets Science City Jena in the BBL Cup!

Hakro Merlins Crailsheim meets Science City Jena in the BBL Cup!

Arena Hohenlohe, Deutschland - Great excitement in the basketball world: The first round of the BBL Cup for the 2025/26 season is drawn! As part of this draw, the Hakro Merlins Crailsheim learned that they will meet Science City Jena in the first round. The game is expected to take place on September 23 or 24, 2025 in the Hohenlohe arena. Martin Breuning from the Syntainics MBC was used as a lottery fairy and thus ensured exciting pairings.

But not only the Merlins can look forward to gripping duels. Further encounters are also set and promise plenty of action. The basketball fans awaits the following program:

• BG Göttingen - Telekom Baskets Bonn
• Phoenix Hagen - Rostock Seaawolves
• Gießen 46ers - Rasta Vechta
• Eisbären Bremerhaven - EWE Baskets Oldenburg
• Tigers Tübingen-Vet-Concept Gladiators Trier
• Skyliners Frankfurt - MHP Giant Ludwigsburg
• Veolia Towers Hamburg - BMA365 Bamberg Baskets

previous services and draw

The BBL Cup is a popular competition in the Easycredit Basketball Bundesliga, reinforced by the participation of 24 teams from the first and second division. In the first round, both of the best second division teams and ten first division teams compete, who missed the playoffs last season. This formula promises exciting games and an exciting knockout system that comes up with gripping duels until the final.

The rules are clear: The winners of the first round awaits a trip to the round of 16, where the eight best teams of the BBL last season add. The draw took place on July 15, 2025 in Düsseldorf and was broadcast live on YouTube. With a format that combines the best teams in the league, the interest of the fans remains preserved until the last minute.

The BBL Cup at a glance

The formatting of the competition is a real highlight for basketball lovers. In the first round, the teams compete in a “do-or-die” format-only victory counts, or you can do it. Here are some important dates:

• 1. Round: 23./24. September 2025
• round of 16: 18./19. October 2025
• quarter -finals: 15./16. November 2025
• Top Four: 21./22. February 2026

with Alba Berlin, the record cup winner since 1997 with a total of 11 titles, the question remains who has what it takes this season to win the trophy in the end. The current MVP of the Top Four 2025, Michael Devoe from the Syntainics MBC, will certainly keep an eye on the upcoming games.