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Welcome back: Dukes return to Austrian finals after 22 years, face Swans Gmuden
The heartily-named Xion Dukes Klosterneuburg will be playing to end its 22-year title drought in the Austrian domestic league championship series. David Hein reports on the team’s success against Bulls Kapfenburg in the semis as well as the Dukes’ upcoming opponents Allianz Swans Gmuden. Xion Dukes Klosterneuburg reached the finals of the Austrian Admiral Basketball […]
Oberwart Gunners capped: Austria to have fifth new champion in five years
With the Beko BBL in the homestretch of the regular season and the Austrian playoffs underway, BallinEurope’s man in Germany, David Hein, finds himself overdosing on basketball these days. Hein rounds up the latest events in the ÖBL tournament below, including the bouncing of yet another defending champion from contention… There will be another new […]
Upsets galore as underdogs steal home court advantage in Austrian playoffs
Wow, things in the Austrian playoffs started with a lotta oddity. David Hein fills us in on a troika of upsets in Bundesliga play… The first round of the Austrian Admiral Basketball Bundesliga playoffs tipped off in thrilling fashion with the lowest three seeds UBC Carefuel Güssing, BSC Raiffeisen Fürstenfeld Panthers and BC Vienna all […]
Swans Gmunden double up on free-falling Xion Dukes, Austria Bundesliga still tight
Probably the tightest race in European basketball as domestic leagues head into the stretch in approaching tournament time is that of the Austrian Bundesliga. Checking in with an update on recent happenings there is David Hein… With four game days left in the season, nothing is decided in the Austrian Admiral Basketball Bundesliga as three […]