Match Des Champions (basketball)
The Match des Champions, or French Basketball Supercup (English: Match of Champions) is a yearly held basketball professional super cup game, in France. It is contested by the champions of the top-tier level league in France, the LNB Pro A, and the French Federation Cup winner. The game was introduced in 2005. Title holders * 2005 BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque * 2006 JDA Dijon * 2007 Pau-Orthez * 2008 SLUC Nancy * 2009 ASVEL * 2010 Cholet * 2011 SLUC Nancy * 2012 Limoges CSP * 2013 Paris-Levallois * 2014 JSF Nanterre * 2015 SIG * 2016 ASVEL * 2017 Nanterre 92 Finals Performance by club References {{European basketball cups Basketball cup competitions in France 2005 establishments in France France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's hoop (a basket in diameter mounted high to a backboard at each end of the court, while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. A field goal is worth two points, unless made from behind the 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) is mandated. Players advance the ball by bouncing it while walking or running (dribbling) or by passing it to a teammate, both of which require considerable skill. On offense, players may use a v ...
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