Ligue Nationale de Basket

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Ligue Nationale de Basket
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Full name Ligue Nationale de Basket masculin de France
Current season LNB Pro A 2019/20
LNB Pro B 2019/20
sport basketball
abbreviation LNB
Association Fédération Française de Basket Ball
League foundation 1987
Teams Per A: 18
Per B: 18
Country countries France
Title holder Le Mans Sarthe Basket
Record champions ASVEL (total: 19)
CSP Limoges (only LNB: 8)
TV partner Sport +, Canal +
Website lnb.fr
↓ National 1
Top class LNB Pro A
Second grade LNB Pro B

The Ligue Nationale de Basket ( LNB ) is the top division in French club basketball for men. The French men's basketball championship is played in the LNB .

The LNB was founded in 1987 and is divided into two divisions ( divisions ): The Pro A (first division) and the Pro B (second division). French basketball championships have been held since 1921.

history

On June 27, 1987, the Comité des Clubs de Haut Ebene was founded with the aim of establishing two professional divisions for the 1987/88 season. The Comité included all clubs of the two highest leagues at the time, National 1A and National 1B . The Comité was replaced on November 24, 1990 by the Ligue Nationale de Basket .

For the 1992/93 season, the two professional leagues were renamed National A1 and National A2 . The names were changed again in the following season. Since then, the names of the divisions Pro A and Pro B .

Per A

mode

18 teams take part in the league and each play two games against each other in the regular season. The eight best-placed teams will play in the playoffs for the French championship after the regular season . The two placed by the end of the regular season the worst teams get into the Pro B from.

The playoffs are currently played according to the best-of-three (quarter-finals) or best-of-five mode (semi-finals and finals). The winner bears the title of French champion and is directly qualified for the ULEB Euroleague .

Current participants ( Pro A 2017/18 )

team city Hall Places
Sharks d'Antibes Antibes Azur Arena Antibes 05,000
Boulazac Basket Dordogne Boulazac Le Palio 05,200
JL Bourg Basket Bourg-en-Bresse Ekinox 03,548
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
JSF Nanterre Nanterre Palais des Sports 03,000
Levallois Metropolitans 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

Previous title holder

title city team
8th Limoges Limoges CSP (1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2014 , 2015 )
7th Pau / Orthez EB Pau-Orthez (1992, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004)
4th Lyon ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne (2002, 2009, 2016 , 2019 )
2 Antibes Olympique d'Antibes (1991, 1995)
2 Nancy SLUC Nancy Basket (2008, 2011)
2 Chalon-sur-Saône Élan Sportif Chalonnais (2012, 2017 )
2 Le Mans Le Mans Sarthe Basket (2006, 2018 )
1 Paris Paris Basket Racing (1997)
1 Strasbourg Strasbourg IG (2005)
1 Roanne Chorale Roanne Basket (2007)
1 Cholet Cholet Basket (2010)
1 Nanterre JSF Nanterre (2013)

Pro B

mode

18 teams take part in the league and each play two games against each other in the regular season. The eight best-placed teams play for the regular season to the playoffs (quarterfinals and semifinals respectively 2 Games, Final Game 1) to move up to the Pro A . The master and the runner-up move up. The two worst-placed teams after the regular season are relegated to the amateur league Nationale 1 .

Current participants (Pro B 2016/17)

Pro B 2016–2017
Aix Maurienne Savoie Basket | ADA Blois Basket 41 | Boulazac Basket Dordogne | SOM Boulogne-sur-Mer | JL Bourg-en-Bresse | Étoile de Charleville-Mézières | ASC Denain | ALM Évreux Basket | STB Le Havre | Lille MBC | Hermione Nantes | Poitiers Basket 86 | Provence Basket | Chorale Roanne Basket | Rouen Métropole Basket | Saint-Chamond Basket | Saint-Quentin BB | JA Vichy-Clermont Métropole Basket

All-Star Game & Leaders Cup

Besides the championships in Pro A and Pro B, the LNB organizes two other important events every year: the All-Star Game and the Leaders Cup.

In the All-Star Game , a selection of the best French players meets a selection of the best foreign players. The All-Star Game has been held in December (Sunday between Christmas and New Years) in the AccorHotels Arena in Paris since 2002 . In 1987 the first All-Star Game of the LNB was played, at that time still in the mode east against west (until 1992).

The Leaders Cup (formerly Semaine des As , Tournois des As ) is a tournament in which the first eight teams of the first half of the season are allowed to participate (Pro A). Since 2013 the Leaderscup has been held on a weekend in February. The games will be played as direct elimination games in the Disney Events Arena at Disneyland Paris .

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