Football Club Grenoble Basket was a French

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club that was based in

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. The club is now disbanded.

History

The club was a section of the multi-sports club FC Grenoble. It was two-time champion of France, in 1942–43 and 1943–44. The club played in the top-tier level championship of French basketball, the Pro A, starting in 1920, and it was also known mostly for the great performances in the period between 1940–44, counting among its members several renowned players, including

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. After the

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by the Allied troops (1944), the club was disbanded, but the team moved with much of its workforce and was "recreated" in

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. The new club, with the new name of Éveil Lyon, became the champions of France in 1946. Two years later, that club would merge with AS Villeurbanne to form a new multi-sports club whose basketball section, now known as

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, would go on to win a record 18 French championships.

Honours

French League * Winners (2): 1942–43, 1943–44

Notable players

* Wladimir Fabrikant

References

{{reflist Basketball teams in France Basketball teams established in 1911 Sport in Grenoble Sport in Lyon