Olympique d'Antibes

	Olympique d'Antibes
Nickname	Sharks
Founded	1933
Hall	Azur Arena Antibes ; (5,000 seats)
Homepage	http://www.sharks-antibes.com/
president	Eric Somme
Trainer	Julien Espinosa
league	LNB Pro A;
Colours	white and blue
home	Away
	successes
	French champion : 1970, 1991, 1995

Olympique d'Antibes Juan-les-Pins Côte d'Azur Basket is a French basketball club from Antibes . He was three times French champion .

history

The association was founded in 1933. In 1970 he won his first championship. In the final table, SC Moderne Le Mans could just be distanced. The next title was won exactly two decades later. In the meanwhile introduced play-offs for the championship, d'Antibes prevailed in the final against Limoges CSP Élite and won the three-game series 2-1. In the 1994/95 season, the third championship was celebrated. This time the team beat Élan Béarnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez in the final . The best-of-five series was won 3: 1.

Winning the championship in 1995 was the last great success of the club, which a few years after winning the title went into debt and was permanently plagued by financial bottlenecks and even had to regularly fear for its existence. During this time you played in the fourth or third division.

Currently (2015/16 season) the club is playing as Sharks d'Antibes after being promoted to the French first division Pro A.

Hall

The club plays its home games in the 5,000-seat Azur Arena Antibes .

Korać Cup

For years, Olympique played a good role in the third most important European basketball cup, the now closed Korać Cup . It was a regular participant in the first few times of the competition and reached the semi-finals in 1972. In 1984 and 1986 the foray into the round of the last four succeeded again.