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Wikipedia - Gladiators Treves
Gladiators Treves, for sponsorship reasons known as Römerstrom Gladiators Trier, is a professional basketball club based in Trier, Germany. The club plays in the ProA. Their 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 in 1990, and has played in the top division Basketball Bundesliga since the club's inception. They once were a part of the sports club TV Germania Trier, and became independent after promotion to the Bundesliga.
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 ProA.
Der Verein wurde 1956 gegründet und schaffte 1969 den Aufstieg in die Basketball-Bundesliga. Dort spielte Trier bis 1972 und 2001 bis 2004. Seitdem spielt der Verein in der 2. Basketball-Bundesliga ProA.
Zu den bekanntesten Spielern des Vereins zählen Hans-Gunter Bracht, der 1972 mit der deutschen Basketballnationalmannschaft die Bronzemedaille bei den Olympischen Spielen gewann, und Christoph Welp, der 1992 mit der Nationalmannschaft die Silbermedaille bei den Olympischen Spielen gewann.