The 2017–18 Pro B season was the 31st season of the Pro B, the top

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organised by the

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(LNB).

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won its first league title.

Teams

Promotion and relegation

Orléans Loiret and

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entered the league after they relegated from the 2016–17 Pro A season. UJAP Quimper 29 and

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were promoted from the 2016–17 NM1 season.

Regular season

In the regular season, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The table leader will promote to the Pro A while the numbers two until nine qualify for the

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. The last two placed teams are relegated to the NM1.

Standings

Promotion playoffs

The seven highest ranked seeds in the regular season, excluding the league champions, qualify for the promotion playoffs. They are joined by the winner of the

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. All rounds of the promotion playoffs are played in a best-of-three format.

Pro B Leaders Cup

The winner of the

automatically qualified for the

as the top seeded team. The quarter- and semi-finals in the Leaders Cup are played in two-legged format. The Final was played on 18 February in

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. Prior to the final eight teams, teams played in six groups of three teams to determine which teams would qualify for the quarter-finals.

Individual awards

MVP of the Month

References

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LNB Pro B The LNB Pro B, commonly known as Pro B, is the French basketball league system, 2nd-tier level men's professional basketball league in France. It is the second division of the Ligue Nationale de Basket (LNB), which has organized the league since t ...