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Wikipedia - Giessen 46ers

The JobStairs GIESSEN 46ers (formerly GIESSEN 46ers) is a professional basketball club based in Gießen, Germany, that plays in the Basketball Bundesliga. Their home arena is Sporthalle Gießen-Ost, with a capacity of 4,003 people.

History

The biggest achievements in club history are five German Championships (1965, 1967, 1968, 1975, 1978). Besides that, the 46ers have won the German Cup three times (1969, 1973, 1979). The most recent achievements were an appearance in the BBL semi-finals in 2005, when the team lost the series 1–3, to the eventual champion GHP Bamberg, and the third place in the BBL Cup in 2006.

In the 2012–13 season, the 46ers relegated from the Bundesliga for the first time. In the 2014–15 season, they were crowned the ProA champions and promoted back to the highest tier.

They are known in the USA, for having been the team for which professional wrestler Kevin Nash (also known as Diesel) finished his professional basketball career, due to a knee injury.

Giessen 46ers este o echipă de baschet profesionistă germană situată în Giessen, Hessa. Clubul a fost fondat în 2005 ca o fuziune între MTV 1846 Giessen și TSV Lützellinden și este succesorul tradițional al MTV 1846 Giessen, care a jucat în cea mai înaltă divizie a Germaniei, Bundesliga, din anii 1960 până în anii 1990. 46ers joacă în prezent în ProA, a doua divizie a Germaniei. Cea mai bună performanță a clubului a fost o semifinală în Cupa Germaniei în 2010.