LNB Pro A
Current season, competition or edition: 2016–17 Pro A season | |
Sport | Basketball |
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Founded | 1921 |
No. of teams | 18 |
Country |
France (17 teams) Monaco (1 team) |
Continent | FIBA Europe |
Most recent champion(s) | ASVEL (18th title) |
Most titles | ASVEL (18 titles) |
TV partner(s) | Eurosport |
Level on pyramid | 1st tier on French Pyramid |
Relegation to | LNB Pro B (2nd Tier) |
International cup(s) |
Champions League (3rd tier) FIBA Europe Cup (4th tier) |
Related competitions |
French Cup French Leaders Cup Match des Champions |
Official website | www.LNB.fr |
The LNB Pro A (full name: Ligue Nationale de Basket Pro A; English: Pro National Basketball League A) is the top-tier level men's professional basketball league in the country of France. The competition has existed since the year 1921. Since 1987, the Ligue Nationale de Basket (LNB) has organized the league. The bottom two placed teams from each season are relegated to the 2nd-tier level LNB Pro B.
Format
All 16 Pro A League teams play each other twice during the regular season. At the end of the regular season, the top eight teams qualify for the playoffs. The two teams with the worst regular season records are relegated to the 2nd-tier Pro B.
Through the 1985–86 season, the league championship was determined by a one-off final, or solely by league play. Since then, the format for the league finals has changed many times:[1]
- 1987–1992: Best-of-3 series
- 1993: Best-of-5
- 1994: Best-of-3
- 1995–1996: Best-of-5
- 1997–2004: Best-of-3
- 2005–2012: Single match (at Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris)
- 2013–present: Best-of-5
From the 2003–04 season, through the 2006–07 season, the Pro A League had 18 teams. Through the wild-card system, it will have 18 teams again from 2014-15 season.
2016-17 clubs
- ASVEL
- Monaco
- Châlons-Reims
- Cholet
- Dijon
- Élan Chalon
- Gravelines
- Hyères-Toulon
- Le Mans
- Le Portel
- Limoges
- Nancy
- Nanterre
- Olympique Antibes
- Orléans Loiret
- Paris-Levallois
- Pau-Orthez
- SIG
Arena rules
Currently, LNB Pro A clubs must play in arenas that seat at least 3,000 people.
French League history
- 1920–21 to 1948–49 Excellence
- 1949–50 to 1962–63 Nationale
- 1963–64 to 1964–65 Première Division
- 1965–66 to 1986–87 Nationale 1
- 1987–88 to 1991–92 Nationale 1A
- 1992 to 1993 Nationale A1
- 1993–94 to present Pro A
Title holders
Performance by club
Club | Champions | Winning years |
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ASVEL | |
1949–50, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1963–64, 1965–66, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1974–75, 1976–77, 1980–81, 2001–02, 2008–09, 2015–16 |
Limoges | |
1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1999–00, 2013–14, 2014–15 |
Pau-Orthez | |
1985–86, 1986–87, 1991–92, 1995–96, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04 |
Foyer alsacien Mulhouse | |
1923–24, 1924–25, 1925–26, 1927–28, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1930–31 |
Racing Paris | |
1950–51, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1996–97 |
Le Mans | |
1977–78, 1978–79, 1981–82, 2005–06 |
Alsace Bagnolet | |
1960–61, 1961–62, 1966–67 |
Olympique Antibes | |
1969–70, 1990–91, 1994–95 |
Stade Français | |
1920–21, 1926–27 |
Reims | |
1931–32, 1932–33 |
Mulhousien | |
1934–35, 1936–37 |
SCPO | |
1935–36, 1937–38 |
Métro | |
1938–39, 1941–42 |
Grenoble | |
1942–43, 1943–44 |
Étoile de Charleville-Mézières | |
1957–58, 1959–60 |
PUC | |
1946–47, 1962–63 |
Berck | |
1972–73, 1973–74 |
Tours | |
1975–76, 1979–80 |
Chorale Roanne | |
1958–59, 2006–07 |
Nancy | |
2007–08, 2010–11 |
Lille | |
1921–22 |
École Normale Arras | |
1922–23 |
Olympique Lillois | |
1933–34 |
Championnet | |
1944–45 |
Éveil Lyon | |
1945–46 |
Marseille | |
1947–48 |
Denain-Voltaire | |
1964–65 |
SIG | |
2004–05 |
Cholet | |
2009–10 |
Élan Chalon | |
2011–12 |
Nanterre | |
2012–13 |
Play-off Finals
Historical players
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LNB Pro A awards
LNB Pro A MVP
LNB Pro A Finals MVP
French basketball clubs in European-wide competitions
See also
Notes and references
- ↑ "2006–07 French League". Euroleague.net. Retrieved 2007-05-29.
External links
- Official Site (French)
- Eurobasket.com League Page