The Vienna Timberwolves, formerly Vienna DC Timberwolves, are an Austrian basketball club based in Wien. Since the 2018–19 season, the Timberwolves play in the Austrian Basketball Superliga (BSL), the highest tier in Austrian basketball. The Timberwolves are three-times Austrian Second League winners.

Vienna Timberwolves
NicknameWolves
LeaguesAustrian Basketball Superliga
Founded1957; 67 years ago (1957)
Capacity1,000
LocationTelekom Dome
Team colorsWien, Austria
Main sponsorDeutsche Telekom
Head coachHubert Schmidt
Championships3 Austrian Second League
Websitedctimberwolves.at

The club was founded on 21 June 1957 as the basketball section of WAT Stadlau,[1] which was established two years earlier. In 1972, the club separated from the WAT Stadlau Omnisport club and became WAT Donaustadt. The first president of the club was Ferdinand Stadelmayer. In the 2014–15 season, the Timberwolves won the 2.ÖBL but was not able to promote as it lost to UBSC Graz in the promotion playoffs. Jakob Pöltl played in the Wolves youth sections during his younger years, from 2009 to 2016.[2]

Trophies

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Austrian Second League

  • Winners (3): 2009–10, 2014–15, 2017-18

Season by season

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Key
Playoff berth
Promoted
Season Tier League Regular season Playoffs Austrian Cup Head coach
Finish Played Wins Losses Win%
Vienna DC Timberwolves
2017–18 2 2. ÖBL 1st Hubert Schmidt
2018–19 1 ÖBL 8th 36 12 24 .333 Lost quarterfinals (Kapfenberg Bulls, 0–3)
2019–20 1 Superliga 10th[a] 18 2 16 .111

Notes

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  1. ^ The 2019–20 season was ended early due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

References

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  1. ^ Archivierte Kopie at the Wayback Machine (archived February 13, 2018)
  2. ^ "Geschichte". www.dctimberwolves.at. Retrieved 31 August 2019.

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