Ligue Nationale de Basketball
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| Ligue Nationale de Basketball | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Basketball |
| Founded | 1987 |
| No. of teams | 16 (Pro A) - 18 (Pro B) |
| Country(ies) |  France |
| Most recent champion(s) |
Chorale Roanne Basket |
| Official website | http://www.lnb.fr |
The LNB (Ligue Nationale de Basketball) is the top men's French professional basketball league. There are 2 divisions: Pro A (first division) and Pro B (second division).
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[edit] Pro A
All 18 Pro A division teams play each other twice during the regular season. From the season 2006/2007 at the end of the regular season, the top 8 teams qualify for the playoffs. The three teams with the worst regular season records are relegated to Pro B. Starting in 2006-07, all rounds except for the finals are best-of-three series[1] (previously, they had been two-legged); the final is a single game played at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris.
[edit] 2007-08 Teams
- ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne
- Basket Club Maritime Gravelines Dunkerque Grand Littoral
- Cholet Basket
- Chorale Roanne Basket
- Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez
- Élan Sportif Chalonnais
- Entente Orléanaise 45
- Hyères-Toulon Var Basket
- JA Vichy
- Jeanne d'Arc Dijon Bourgogne
- Le Mans Sarthe Basket
- Paris-Levallois
- Saint Thomas Basket Le Havre
- Stade Clermontois Basket Auvergne
- Stade Lorrain Université Club Nancy
- Strasbourg Illkirch Graffenstaden Basket
[edit] Pro B
All 18 Pro B teams play each other twice during the regular season. The top eight regular season teams qualify for the Pro B playoffs. The regular season and playoff champions are promoted to Pro A while the bottom two regular season teams are relegated to the amateur NM1 league. The quarterfinals and the semifinals are two-legged and the final is a single game.
[edit] 2007-08 Teams
- Aix Maurienne
- Besançon BCD
- Boulazac Basket Dordogne
- Jeunesse Laïque de Bourg-en-Bresse
- Étendard de Brest
- ESPE Basket Châlons-en-Champagne
- ALM Évreux
- ESSM Le Portel
- Cercle Saint-Pierre de Limoges
- JSF Nanterre
- L'Hermine Nantes Atlantique
- Union Poitiers Basket 86
- UJAP Quimper
- Reims Champagne Basket
- SPO Rouen Basket
- Saint Étienne Basket Club
- Saint Quentin BB
- Saint-Vallier BD
[edit] LNB Champions
- 1988, Cercle Saint-Pierre de Limoges
- 1989, Cercle Saint-Pierre de Limoges
- 1990, Cercle Saint-Pierre de Limoges
- 1991, Olympique Antibes
- 1992, Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez
- 1993, Cercle Saint-Pierre de Limoges
- 1994, Cercle Saint-Pierre de Limoges
- 1995, Olympique Antibes
- 1996, Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez
- 1997, Paris SG (now Paris Basket Racing)
- 1998, Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez
- 1999, Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez
- 2000, Cercle Saint-Pierre de Limoges
- 2001, Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez
- 2002, ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne
- 2003, Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez
- 2004, Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez
- 2005, Strasbourg Illkirch Graffenstaden Basket
- 2006, Le Mans Sarthe Basket
- 2007, Chorale Roanne Basket
[edit] See also
List of basketball clubs in France
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ 2006-07 French League. Euroleague.net. Retrieved on 2007-05-29.
[edit] External links
Le Mans • ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne • Nancy • Orléans • Paris-Levallois • Pau-Orthez • Roanne • Strasbourg • Vichy
Limoges • Nanterre • Nantes • Poitiers • Quimper • Reims • Rouen • Saint-Étienne • Saint-Quentin • Saint-Vallier
