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French Federation Of Basketball
The French Basketball Federation (FFBB) (french: Fédération Française de Basketball) is the governing body of basketball in France. It was founded in 1932 (and members of the FIBA since 1933). The Federation operates the France national teams and organises the Coupe de France (French Cup) and the amateurs national championships; for the professional championship, the Ligue Nationale de Basketball (LNB) (men) and the LFB (women) have a delegation from the FFBB. It publishes ''BasketBall Magazine'' (formerly known as ''Basket-Ball''). France 1st Division Men's Clubs ( Pro A) Clubs are listed by their geographical designations on the official LNB website. ''(2021–22 season)'' * Boulogne-Levallois (Metropolitans 92) * Bourg-en-Bresse (JL Bourg Basket) * Cholet (Cholet Basket) * Chalon-Reims ( Champagne Basket) * Dijon (JDA Dijon) * Fos-sur-Mer (Fos Provence Basket) * Gravelines-Dunkerque (BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque) * Le Mans (Le Mans Sarthe Basket) * Le Portel (ESSM Le Portel) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's hoop (a basket in diameter mounted high to a Backboard (basketball), backboard at each end of the court, while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. A Field goal (basketball), field goal is worth two points, unless made from behind the 3 point line, three-point line, when it is worth three. After a foul, timed play stops and the player fouled or designated to shoot a technical foul is given one, two or three one-point free throws. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins, but if regulation play expires with the score tied, an additional period of play (Overtime (sports), overtime) is mandated. Players advance the ball by bouncing it while walking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque
Basket Club Maritime Gravelines-Dunkerque, commonly referred to as BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque, is a French professional basketball club based in Gravelines. They currently play in the LNB Pro A, Pro A, the highest professional league in France. The team plays it home games at Gravelines Sportica, Sportica, which has a capacity for 3,043 people. History The 2020–21 season brought severe challenges as the club struggled with the Covid breaks plus had to compensate the injuries of key players such as Erik McCree and Briante Weber. Yet, the arrival of new head coach J. D. Jackson (basketball), JD Jackson brought some victories so that the team was able to stay in the country's prime division. Honours * French Basketball Cup, French Cup ** Winners (1): 2004–05 * Semaine des As **Winners (2): 2011, 2013 * LNB Pro B, Pro B **Winners (1): 1987–88 Season by season Players Current roster Notable players Head coaches * Eric Bartecheky * Serge Crevecoeur Referenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ASVEL Féminin
LDLC ASVEL Féminin (formerly ''Lyon Basket féminin'' and ''FC Lyon Basket féminin'') is a French women's basketball club from Lyon. Honours * Ligue Féminine ** Winners (1): 2019 * French Cup ** Winners (1): 1960 * Match des Champions ** Winners (1): 2019 * Challenge round ** Winners (1): 2014 * National 1 (French 3rd division) ** Winners (1): 2009 Current roster Famous players * Rebecca Allen * Julie Vanloo * Sandrine Gruda * Audrey Sauret * Geraldine Robert * Milica Dabovic * Haley Peters * Alysha Clark Alysha Angelica Clark (born July 7, 1987) is an American-Israeli professional basketball player for the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She was drafted in the second round of the 2010 WNBA draft by the S ... References Women's basketball teams in France Women's basketball {{France-basketball-team-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tango Bourges Basket
Tango Bourges Basket (formerly ''Cercle Jean-Macé Bourges Basket'') is a French women's basketball club from Bourges. Bourges was the first French team to win a FIBA women's competition, the 1995 Ronchetti Cup. So began the club's most successful years to date ranging between 1995 and 2001, with three Euroleagues and six national championships in a row. A regular in the Euroleague, since 2006 Bourges has won four more championships, most recently in 2013. in the league's website Titles * Euroleague ** 1997, 1998, 2001 * ** 1995 * |
Strasbourg IG
Strasbourg Illkirch-Graffenstaden Basket, most commonly known as SIG Basket or SIG Strasbourg, is a French professional basketball club that is based in Strasbourg. The club, founded in 1929, competes domestically in the French Pro A League, and internationally in the Basketball Champions League. The club's home games are played at Rhénus Sport. The players wear white and red uniforms. History The club was founded in 1929, and reached the top-tier of French basketball for the first time in 1938. Starting from the 2004–05 season, new head coach Éric Girard took over the team. In the regular season, SIG finished 3rd and Giard was named Coach of the Year. Strasbourg won the top-tier French League for the first time in the 2004–05 season. SIG beat its rival SLUC Nancy 72–68. In the 2005–06 season, Strasbourg played in the EuroLeague. The team had some outstanding results, as they beat top-tier team Saski Baskonia. In the Pro A, the team was defeated by Nancy 1–2 in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chorale Roanne Basket
Chorale Roanne Basket is a professional basketball club that is based in Roanne, France. The club plays in the first division LNB Pro A. Their home arena is Halle André Vacheresse. The club was founded in 1937 and the team's colors are blue and white. History In Chorale's history, the team won two national titles; in 1959 and most recent in 2007. The teams honour list also includes a La Semaine des As Cup (in 2007) and multiple European campaigns. In the 2007–08 season, the club even played in the top level Euroleague. In the 2013–14 season, the club was relegated to the LNB Pro B. In the 2018–19 season, Roanne won the Pro B championship and promoted back to the Pro A after a five-year absence. Current roster Season by season Achievements *French Championship **Champions (2): 1958–59, 2006–07 *French Cup **Runner-up (1): 1963–64 *La Semaine des As Cup **Winners (1): 2007 *LNB Pro B Leaders Cup **Winners (2): 2017, 2019 Players Individual a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Élan Béarnais
Élan Béarnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez, also known as simply Élan Béarnais , and formerly known as Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez, is a French professional basketball club that is based in Pau. They compete in the top-tier French league, the LNB Pro A. They are one of the most successful clubs in French basketball history, as they have won nine French League championships and have had European-wide successes as well. History The Élan Béarnais was founded in 1931 in the town of Orthez in Pyrénées-Atlantiques in the southwest of France. The club first reached the top level of French professional basketball in 1973. They were immediately relegated back to the second division, but returned to the top flight in 1976. The club then made their European debut one year later, in 1977, by qualifying for the FIBA Korać Cup. Their ascent continued by winning the FIBA Korać Cup in 1984, defeating Crvena zvezda in the final in Paris (''Palais des sports Pierre-de-Coubertin''). This was the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris Basketball
Paris Basketball is a French professional basketball club based in Paris. The club currently plays in the LNB Pro A, the first division of basketball in France, and the EuroCup. The club was founded in 2018 by David Kahn and Eric Schwartz. The team plays its home games at the Halle Georges Carpentier. Three years after its establishment, Paris promoted to the first-level Pro A for the first time. History The club started as a project to bring a big basketball club to the city of Paris, led by David Kahn, former director of the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association (NBA). In July 2018, the creation of the professional club was announced. At the revealing, the ambitions were to be a team in the EuroLeague, the highest-level European league, by 2022. The future home arena of the team would be an arena in Porte de la Chapelle, that was constructed for the 2024 Olympics. The team immediately entered the LNB Pro B, the national second tier league, as the cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orléans Loiret Basket
Orléans Loiret Basket, formerly known as Entente Orléanaise and Entente Orléanaise 45 Loiret, is a professional basketball club that is based in the city of Orléans, France. "45" is the number of Loiret. The club plays in the French Pro A League. History Entente Orléanaise was founded in 1993. The club was the French Cup runner-up and the French Pro B League champion in 2006. Orléans Loiret Basket competed in the French Pro A League for the first time in the 2006-07 season. In 2009 and 2010, the club was the French La Semaine des As Cup runner-up. In 2010, the club won the French Cup, which was the first national cup title win in their history. Arenas The club's home arena for French League national domestic games is the 3,222 seat Palais des Sports; for games that require a larger capacity (such as EuroLeague and EuroCup games) the club plays their home games at the 5,338 seat Zénith d'Orléans. Honours and titles Domestic * Pro B **Champions (1): 2005–06 *Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanterre 92
Nanterre 92 is a professional basketball club from the city of Nanterre (a western suburb of Paris), France. The club plays in the top-tier level basketball league in France, the Pro A, since 2011. Founded in 2011 as JSF Nanterre, the club plays its home games in the Palais des Sports, which has a capacity of 3,000 people. The honor list of Nanterre includes one French championship and two French Cup titles as well as a FIBA Europe Cup championship. History Nanterre 92 played in the French 2nd Division, for the first time, in the 2004–05 season. In 2007, the club made it to the finals of the French Cup. In 2011, the club won the French 2nd Division championship, and got promoted to the top national domestic level French League. In the 2012–13 French League season, after finishing in the eighth position of the regular season, Nanterre 92 won its first top-tier national domestic title, and thus qualified to play in the European-wide top-tier level EuroLeague, in the 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AS Monaco Basket
Association Sportive de Monaco Basketball Club, commonly referred to as A.S. Monaco Basket, is a French-registered Monaco-based professional basketball club. They are a part of the Monaco-based multi-sports club of A.S. Monaco, which was founded in 1924. The club's basketball section was founded in 1928, and it currently competes in the French top-tier level LNB Pro A and the EuroLeague. The team plays their home games at Salle Gaston Médecin. History About four years after the parent athletic club, A.S. Monaco, was itself founded, A.S. Monaco Basket was founded in 1928. They finished as runners-up in the French top-tier level Nationale 1 (current LNB Pro A) following the 1950 season, which is regarded as one of their greatest successes in their history. Monaco also won the LNB Pro B ( French 2nd Division) championship in the 1973 season, with one of the greatest offenses on the European continent. A.S. Monaco Basket joined the ''Nationale 1'' for the 1973–74 season, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ASVEL Basket
ASVEL Basket, commonly known as ASVEL or sometimes as ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne, and also known as LDLC ASVEL for sponsorship reasons, is a French professional basketball team that is located in the city of Villeurbanne, which is a suburb of Lyon, France. The club, which is the basketball section of the ASVEL multi-sports club, competes in the top-tier level French Pro A League. The club's home games are played at L'Astroballe, which seats 5,556 people. Founded in 1948, the team is the most successful in French basketball with 21 Pro A championships and 10 French Cup titles. In 2014, Tony Parker became the president of the club. In 2017, Nicolas Batum became the club's director of basketball operations. In June 2019, football club Olympique Lyonnais purchased a 25% stake in the ASVEL men's team, plus a 10% stake in the ASVEL women's team, in a deal worth around €3.7 million. The deal also included a plan for a new EuroLeague-standard arena. History The parent club was fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
