The
ProB is the third highest level
league of professional club
basketball in
Germany. The league comprises 24 teams, separated in a Northern and a Southern Division. Officially the ProB is part of the
2. Basketball Bundesliga, which consists of the two hierarchical leagues
ProA and
ProB. Before the 2007/08 season, the
2. Basketball Bundesliga was a basketball league with the same name, which consisted of two geographical divisions. At the end of the league stage the winner team of the Play-Offs in each Division qualify for the
ProA and the teams positioned 9th and lower fight in the Play-Downs to the whereabouts in the League. The last two of both Divisions
relegated to the lower league (4th League).