LNB Pro A 2016/17

Ligue Nationale de Basket Pro A 2016/17

Duration		September 23, 2016 - June 23, 2017
Order of execution		24th season
organizer		Ligue Nationale de Basket (LNB)
Number of teams		18th
Main round
Main round first		AS Monaco
Main rounds - MVP		DJ Cooper
Top scorer		Cameron Clark
Best defender		Moustapha case
Best young player		Frank Ntilikina
Coach of the year		Zvezdan Mitrovic
Play-offs
French master		Élan Sportif Chalonnais
Runner-up		Strasbourg IG
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The 2016/17 season was the 24th season of the French Ligue Nationale de Basket Pro A , the top division in the French men's basketball club . It was the 95th championship in French men's basketball and the 30th championship since the Ligue Nationale de Basket (LNB) was founded . The main round started on September 23, 2016 and ended in May 2017 with the 34th and final game day. The play-off final round for the championship lasted until June 23, 2017.

ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne started the season as the defending champion . With Lyon, Strasbourg IG , AS Monaco and Le Mans Sarthe Basket , four clubs competed in the 2016/17 Basketball Champions League . Four French teams also played in the FIBA Europe Cup 2016/17 , namely Élan Sportif Chalonnais , BCM Gravelines , JSF Nanterre and EB Pau-Lacq-Orthez . Nanterre won the FIBA Europe Cup in a purely French final against Chalon. No French team took part in the competitions organized by the ULEB.

ESSM Le Portel and Hyères Toulon Var Basket were promoted for the 2016/17 season .

French champion was Élan Sportif Chalonnais , who prevailed in the final series against Strasbourg IG with 3-2 victories. For Chalon it was the second championship win.

Teams

Teams of the LNB Pro A 2016/17

team	city	Hall	Places
Sharks d'Antibes	Antibes	Azur Arena Antibes	05,000
Élan Sportif Chalonnais	Chalon-sur-Saône	Le Colisée	05,000
Champagne Châlons Reims Basket	Châlons-en-Champagne , Reims	Complexe René-Tys, Palais des Sports Pierre de Coubertin	02,781, 2,791
Cholet Basket	Cholet	Salle de la Meilleraie	05,191
JDA Dijon	Dijon	Palais des Sports Jean-Michel Geoffroy	04,630
BCM Gravelines Dunkerque	Gravelines	Sportica	03,043
Hyères Toulon Var Basket	Hyères , Toulon	Palais des Sports de Toulon, Espace 3000	04,700, 2,200
Le Mans Sarthe Basket	Le Mans	Antares	06.003
ESSM Le Portel	Le Portel	Le Chaudron	03,500
Limoges CSP	Limoges	Palais des sports de Beaublanc	05,516
ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne	Lyon	Astroballe	05,643
AS Monaco	Monaco	Salle Gaston Médecin	02,500
SLUC Nancy Basket	Nancy	Palais des sports Jean Weille	06,027
JSF Nanterre	Nanterre	Palais des Sports	03,000
Orléans Loiret Basket	Orleans	Zénith d'Orléans	05,500
Paris-Levallois Basket	Paris	Stade Pierre de Coubertin , Palais des Sports Marcel Cerdan	04,200, 3,050
ÉB Pau-Lacq-Orthez	Pau , Lacq , Orthez	Palais des Sports de Pau	07,700
Strasbourg IG	Strasbourg	Rhenus Sport	06,200

	= Relegation places (places 17 and 18)
	= 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	AS Monaco	34	30th	4th	2869: 2504
2	Élan Sportif Chalonnais	34	27	7th	2871: 2592
3	JSF Nanterre	34	25th	9	2765: 2580
4th	Strasbourg IG	34	23	11	2689: 2468
5	EB Pau-Lacq-Orthez	34	22nd	12	2678: 2551
6th	Paris-Levallois Basket	34	20th	14th	2609: 2463
7th	ESSM Le Portel (A)	34	19th	15th	2499: 2384
8th	ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne (M)	34	19th	15th	2550: 2544
9	BCM Gravelines Dunkerque	34	16	18th	2662: 2694
10	Limoges CSP	34	15th	19th	2606: 2677
11	Cholet Basket	34	14th	20th	2504: 2643
12	Le Mans Sarthe Basket (P)	34	14th	20th	2452: 2565
13	JDA Dijon	34	12	22nd	2486: 2567
14th	Olympique d'Antibes	34	12	22nd	2442: 2596
15th	Hyères Toulon Var Basket (A)	34	11	23	2450: 2546
16	Champagne Châlons Reims Basket	34	10	24	2660: 2886
17th	Orléans Loiret Basket	34	9	25th	2454: 2720
18th	SLUC Nancy Basket	34	8th	26th	2553: 2819