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Gender:Male

Est:2007

Players:5

s.Oliver Würzburg

📍 Würzburg, Germany•German BBL

ID: team_135918

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s.Oliver Würzburg (formerly known as s.Oliver Baskets) is a German professional basketball club located in Würzburg, Germany. After one year of absence from the Basketball Bundesliga, the club has returned to first division German basketball for the 2015-16 season. It was founded in 2007 with the aim to substitute the original club of the city, who was known as DJK Würzburg, which stood for "Deutsche Jugendkraft" (German youth power), and was affiliated to the DJK-Sportverband (Sport Association), which is affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church in Germany. The club has gained fame through its basketball department, in which NBA player Dirk Nowitzki got his start.

City:Würzburg

Country:Germany

Stadium:Tectake Arena

Capacity:3,140

Home Venue

Tectake Arena

Capacity:3,140

Location:Würzburg

s.Oliver Arena (originally known as Carl-Diem-Halle) is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Würzburg, Germany. The arena opened in 1981 and has a capacity of 4,756 people. Its primary tenant are the s.Oliver Baskets, a professional basketball team. The name of the venue was Carl-Diem-Halle until 2004. Carl Diem and his close relations to Nazism was cited as a reason for the change.