Cholet Basket

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Cholet Basket
Founded	1975
Hall	Salle de la Meilleraie (5,191 seats)
Homepage	www.cholet-basket.com
president	Patrick Chiron
Sports director	Thierry Chevrier
Trainer	Philippe Hervé
league	LNB Pro A
Colours	Red White
home Away
successes
French Champion : 2010 French Cup Winner : 1998, 1999 French League Cup: 2008 EuroChallenge Finalist : 2009

Cholet Basket is a French basketball club from Cholet in the Region Pays de la Loire . The club was founded in 1975 when one broke away from the basketball department of the Club Omnisports Choletais de la Jeune France , founded in 1926 . The club has an ambitious youth work, has produced several national players and has been national champions and cup winners several times in the youth and junior age groups.

history

The club started in the third division in 1975 and achieved promotion to the top division by 1987. Already in the first season of the first division qualified for a European cup competition. The team achieved the most successful season to date in 1997/98, when they won their first title in addition to third place in the championship and entry into the semi-finals of the championship as well as in the Korać Cup by winning the cup. In the following season they were able to confirm third place and defend the cup title, but this time they were eliminated in the quarter-finals of the championship play-offs and in the round of 16 of the Saporta Cup . The club celebrated its greatest successes in the recent past, when, after the greatest international success, the finals in the EuroChallenge Cup 2009, the first national championship title was achieved in 2010 .

Current squad

Squad Cholet Basket in the 2016/2017 season
Attention: The squad information is out of date! (current season: 2020/2021)
player No. Nat. Surname birth size info Last club Guards ( PG , SG ) 0 Isaiah Swann 02/10/1985 188 Maccabi Ashdod (ISR) 5 Jonathan Rousselle 02/07/1990 187 Gravelines-Dunkerque 11 Abdoulaye Ndoye 03/09/1998 191 youth 13 Ángel Rodríguez 05.12.1992 180 Miami Hurricanes (USA) 32 Johan Clet 01/24/1996 190 youth Forwards ( SF , PF ) 3 / Ilian Evtimov 04/28/1993 201 Élan Chalon 12 / Benjamin Dewar 08/30/1981 196 Manresa (ESP) 16 Darel Poirier 07/27/1997 207 youth 34 David Noel 02/27/1984 201 Orleans Center ( C ) 8th Jerry Boutsiele 04/20/1992 207 Denain 15th Graham Brown 08/19/1984 206 Gravelines-Dunkerque Warren Woghiren 10/23/1998 210 youth	Trainer Nat. Surname position Philippe Hervé boss Regis Boissié Co Legend Abbr. meaning A-Nat National player swell Team homepage League homepage Status: 11/29/2017

successes

National

• French champion : 2010
• French Cup Winner (2): 1998, 1999
• Winner of the Semaine des As : 2008

International

• Finalist of the EuroChallenge : 2009

Known players

Jim Bilba 1986 to 1992, 2003 to 2007 Antoine Rigaudeau 1987 to 1995 Artūras Karnišovas 1994/95 Stéphane Ostrowski 1995 to 1998 John Amaechi 1996 Micheal Ray Richardson 1998 Randolph Childress 1999 / Tony Dorsey 2001/02

K'Zell Wesson 2001 to 2003 Mickaël Gelabale 2001 to 2004, 2009/10 Nando de Colo 2002 to 2009 Rodrigue Beaubois 2005 to 2009 Kevin Seraphin 2006 to 2010 Rudy Gobert 2010 to 2013 Marcus Goree 2012/13

Web links

• Cholet Basket - Club portrait on the website of the Euroleague
• 2010-11 Team Focus: Cholet Basket - Team presentation 2010/11 on the website of the Euroleague (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Cholet-Basket.com: Historique / Palmarès ( Memento of the original from June 16, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (French), History & Achievements by Cholet Basket, accessed September 26, 2010 
2. ↑ LNBEspoirs.fr: Cholet Basket - Center de Formation (French), portrait of the Cholet Basket training center, accessed on September 26, 2010
3. ↑ EurocupBasketball.com: Cholet Basket (Eurocup) (English), portrait of the club on the ULEB's Eurocup website , accessed on September 26, 2010