LNB Pro A 2009/10

Ligue Nationale de Basket Pro A 2009/10

Duration		October 3, 2009 - June 13, 2010
Order of execution		17th season
organizer		Ligue Nationale de Basket (LNB)
Number of games		30th
Number of teams		16
Main round
Main rounds - MVP		France Ali Traoré Ricardo Greer United States
Top scorer		Derrick Obasohan
Best defender		John Linehan
Best young player		Andrew Albicy
Coach of the year		Ruddy Nelhomme
Play-offs
French master		Cholet Basket
Runner-up		Le Mans Sarthe Basket
Finals - MVP		Mickaël Gelabale
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The 2009/10 season was the 17th season of the French Ligue Nationale de Basket Pro A , the top division in the French men's basketball club . It was the 88th championship in French men's basketball and the 23rd championship since the Ligue Nationale de Basket (LNB) was founded . The main round started on October 3, 2009 and ended on May 11, 2010 with the 30th and final game day. The play-off final round for the championship lasted until June 13, 2010.

As the defending champion, ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne started the season, which also competed in the ULEB Euroleague 2009/10 together with Entente Orléans . In the Eurocup 2009/10 the league was represented by Cholet Basket , SLUC Nancy Basket and Le Mans Sarthe Basket .

Newcomers to the 2009/10 season were Poitiers Basket 86 and Paris-Levallois Basket .

French champion was Cholet Basket , who prevailed in the final against Le Mans Sarthe Basket with 81:65.

Teams

Teams of the LNB Pro A 2009/10

team	city	Hall	Places
Élan Sportif Chalonnais	Chalon-sur-Saône	Le Colisée	04,070
Cholet Basket	Cholet	Salle de la Meilleraie	05,191
JDA Dijon	Dijon	Palais des Sports Jean-Michel Geoffroy	04,628
BCM Gravelines Dunkerque	Gravelines	Sportica	03,500
Hyères Toulon Var Basket	Hyères , Toulon	Palais des Sports de Toulon, Espace 3000	04,700, 2,200
STB Le Havre	Le Havre	Salle des Docks Océane	03,598
Le Mans Sarthe Basket	Le Mans	Antares	06.003
ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne	Lyon	Astroballe	05,643
SLUC Nancy Basket	Nancy	Palais des Sports Jean-Weille	06,027
Entente Orléans	Orleans	Palais des Sports d'Orléans	03,222
Paris-Levallois Basket	Paris	Stade Pierre de Coubertin , Palais des Sports Marcel-Cerdan	04,200, 3,050
Poitiers Basket 86	Poitiers	Salle Saint-Éloi, Les Arènes	02,300, 4,000
Chorale Roanne Basket	Roanne	André-Vacheresse hall	03,300
SPO Rouen Basket	Rouen	Salle des Cotonniers	01,300
Strasbourg IG	Strasbourg	Rhenus Sport	06,200
YES Vichy Auvergne	Vichy	Palais des Sports Pierre Coulon	03,300

	= Relegation places (places 15 and 16)
	= Playoff places (places 1 to 8)

in brackets: M = champions of the previous season / P = cup winners of the previous season / A = promoters for this season

#	team	Games	Victories	Defeats	baskets
1	Cholet Basket	30th	23	7th	2296: 2125
2	Le Mans Sarthe Basket (P)	30th	22nd	8th	2390: 2151
3	Chorale Roanne Basket	30th	21st	9	2490: 2324
4th	BCM Gravelines Dunkerque	30th	20th	10	2322: 2254
5	SLUC Nancy Basket	30th	19th	11	2431: 2212
6th	Entente Orléans	30th	18th	12	2331: 2168
7th	Paris-Levallois Basket (A)	30th	15th	15th	2378: 2370
8th	Poitiers Basket 86 (A)	30th	15th	15th	2183: 2223
9	ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne (M)	30th	14th	16	2233: 2127
10	YES Vichy Auvergne	30th	13	17th	2140: 2111
11	Hyères Toulon Var Basket	30th	13	17th	2441: 2506
12	Élan Sportif Chalonnais	30th	12	18th	2343: 2412
13	STB Le Havre	30th	10	20th	2223: 2466
14th	Strasbourg IG	30th	10	20th	2412: 2542
15th	SPO Rouen Basket	30th	8th	22nd	2290: 2521
16	JDA Dijon	30th	7th	23	2172: 2563

Quarter and semi-finals were played in best-of-three mode. The final was played as a single game and took place on June 11, 2011 at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy .