Cholet Basket
Cholet Basket | |||
Founded | 1975 | ||
Hall |
Salle de la Meilleraie (5,191 seats) |
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Homepage | www.cholet-basket.com | ||
president | Patrick Chiron | ||
Sports director | Thierry Chevrier | ||
Trainer | Philippe Hervé | ||
league |
LNB Pro A |
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Colours | Red White | ||
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Attention: The squad information is out of date! (current season: 2020/2021) |
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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
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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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ LNBEspoirs.fr: Cholet Basket - Center de Formation (French), portrait of the Cholet Basket training center, accessed on September 26, 2010
- ↑ EurocupBasketball.com: Cholet Basket (Eurocup) (English), portrait of the club on the ULEB's Eurocup website , accessed on September 26, 2010