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Rhinos in the 1st Bundesliga

The Rhine River Rhinos wheelchair basketball team will once again be competing in the 1st German Wheelchair Basketball League in the 2025/26 season. After losing the cup final in the Final Four against the Thuringa Bulls, they will continue in the league on Sunday, March 15, at 3 p.m. at home against Hannover United.

Wheelchair basketball players in action.
The Rhinos basketball team in action.

Home match against Hannover United

After losing the cup final in the Final Four against the Thuringa Bulls, the league continues on Sunday, March 15, at 3 p.m. at home against Hannover United. It will be a real top-of-the-table clash, with the third and fourth-placed teams in the table meeting at the Halle am Platz der Deutschen Einheit. 

Final-Four in Frankfurt: Narrow final defeat against Thuringa Bulls

The next highlight followed on Saturday and Sunday, March 7 and 8, with the final tournament featuring the four best cup teams in Frankfurt.  In the semi-final on Saturday evening, the Rhinos clearly prevailed against RBB München Iguanas with a score of 69:44 and qualified for the final. On Sunday, in the final against league leaders Thuringa Bulls, the match was on a knife edge for a long time. In the end, the league leaders narrowly prevailed with a score of 77:70. A great performance for the team from Wiesbaden.

Top game: Rhinos defeat RSV Lahn-Dill 57:42

The Rhinos then moved on to face top team RSV Lahn-Dill. There, head coach Christopher Huber's protégés hoped to finally secure another victory against their eternal rivals in the Hessian derby. And indeed, this time it was to be, as the visitors from the Hessian capital won 57-42. In the first leg in Wiesbaden, they had suffered a narrow defeat. And so February 21, 2026, was a real day of celebration.

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