The LNB Pro A, currently known for sponsorship reasons as

Betclic Betclic is a French online gambling company founded in 2005. Its product offering includes sports betting, online casino, and online poker. The business is split into two divisions, France and International. French operations are conducted from ...

Élite, is the top-tier men's professional

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league in France. The competition has existed since 1921. Since 1987, the

Ligue Nationale de Basket The Ligue nationale de basket (LNB; English: National Basketball League) is the governing body of men's professional club basketball in France. The LNB organises the first-tier Pro A and the second-tier Pro B. Additionally, the federation annu ...

has governed the league. The bottom two placed teams from each season are

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to the second tier level Pro B. The winner of the play-offs of the Pro A is crowned the French national champion.

Competition 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

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: * 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

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in Paris) * 2013–present: Best-of-5 * 2021 only: Single match due to

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issues 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. From the 2023–24 season, the league will be reduced to 16 teams.

Current teams

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 * 1992–93 Nationale A1 * 1993–94 to 2017–18 Pro A * 2017–18 to 2020–21 Jeep Élite (title sponsorship took effect in the later stages of the 2017–18 season) *2021–22 to present: Betclic Elite

Title holders

* 1920–21:

Stade Français Stade Français Paris Rugby () is a French professional rugby union club based in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. The club plays in the Top 14 domestic league in France and is one of the most successful French clubs of the modern era. The ...

* 1921–22:

Lille Lille ( , ; nl, Rijsel ; pcd, Lile; vls, Rysel) is a city in the northern part of France, in French Flanders. On the river Deûle, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, region, the Pref ...

* 1922–23: École Normale Arras * 1923–24: FAM * 1924–25: FAM * 1925–26: FAM * 1926–27:

* 1927–28: FAM * 1928–29: FAM * 1929–30: FAM * 1930–31: FAM * 1931–32: CAUFA Reims * 1932–33: CAUFA Reims * 1933–34:

Olympique Lillois Olympique Lillois was a French association football club from the city of Lille. Founded in 1902 they merged with SC Fives in 1944 to form Lille OSC. Honours Championnat de France *Champion: 1914, 1933 *Runner-up: 1936 Events Jan ...

* 1934–35:

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* 1935–36: SCPO * 1936–37:

* 1937–38: SCPO * 1938–39: Métro * 1939–41: Not held due to

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* 1941–42: Métro * 1942–43:

Grenoble lat, Gratianopolis , commune status = Prefecture and commune , image = Panorama grenoble.png , image size = , caption = From upper left: Panorama of the city, Grenoble’s cable cars, place Saint- ...

* 1943–44:

* 1944–45: Championnet Sports * 1945–46:

ESSMG Lyon Éveil sportif Sainte-Marie de la Guillotière de Lyon or Éveil Lyon was a French basketball club that was based in Lyon. The club's name was commonly abbreviated to ESSMG Lyon. The club is now dissolved. History The club, affiliated to the pa ...

* 1946–47: PUC * 1947–48:

Union athlétique de Marseille Union athlétique de Marseille, commonly known as UA Marseille, was a French basketball club from the city of Marseille. The club existed from 1940 to 1949. It competed in the top-tier level French League, and won the league's championship in 1948 ...

* 1948–49:

ASVEL 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, ...

* 1949–50:

* 1950–51:

Racing Club de France Racing Club de France, also known as RCF, is a French Sports club, omnisport club that was founded on 20 April 1882 under the name Racing Club. Racing Club changed its name to Racing Club de France (RCF) on 21 November 1885. The club is located a ...

* 1951–52:

* 1952–53:

* 1953–54:

* 1954–55:

* 1955–56:

* 1956–57:

* 1957–58:

Étoile Charleville-Mézières Étoile Charleville-Mézières (in English: ''Charleville-Mézières Star'') is a French professional basketball club, that is based in Charleville-Mézières. The team currently plays in the Nationale masculine 2 (4th division of the French baske ...

* 1958–59: Chorale Mulsant * 1959–60:

* 1960–61:

Alsace de Bagnolet Alsace de Bagnolet or Alsace Bagnolet is a French basketball club founded in 1924 and based in Bagnolet in the eastern suburbs of Paris. It is a part of the sports club of the same name founded in 1908. It belonged to the highest level championship ...

* 1961–62:

* 1962–63: PUC * 1963–64:

* 1964–65: Denain Voltaire * 1965–66:

* 1966–67:

* 1967–68:

* 1968–69:

* 1969–70:

Olympique Antibes Olympique Antibes, in full ''Olympique d'Antibes Juan-les-Pins'' and branded as Antibes Sharks, is a basketball club from the city of Antibes, France. Established in 1933, the club's men's senior team currently plays in LNB Pro B, the French seco ...

* 1970–71:

* 1971–72:

* 1972–73:

Berck Berck (), sometimes referred to as Berck-sur-Mer (, literally ''Berck on Sea''), is a commune in the northern French department of Pas-de-Calais. It lies within the Marquenterre regional park, an ornithological nature reserve. Geography Situa ...

* 1973–74:

* 1974–75:

* 1975–76:

ASPO Tours ASPO or Aspo may refer to: Places * Aspö Islands, a group of islands in the Pargas municipality of southern Finland ** Aspö, a village on the islands * Aspö, Karlskrona, an island outside Karlskrona, Sweden Organisations * American Societ ...

* 1976–77:

* 1977–78: Moderne * 1978–79: Moderne * 1979–80:

* 1980–81:

* 1981–82: Moderne * 1982–83:

Limoges CSP Limoges Cercle Saint-Pierre, commonly referred to as Limoges CSP or CSP, is a French professional basketball club based in the city of Limoges. History The club was founded in 1929, but its peak was during the 1980s and 1990s, when they became t ...

* 1983–84:

* 1984–85:

* 1985–86:

Orthez Orthez (; eu, Ortheze; oc, Ortès, ) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, and region of New Aquitaine, southwestern France. It lies 40 km NW of Pau on the Southern railway to Bayonne. The town also encompasses the sm ...

* 1986–87:

* 1987–88:

* 1988–89:

* 1989–90:

* 1990–91:

* 1991–92: Pau-Orthez * 1992–93:

* 1993–94:

* 1994–95:

* 1995–96: Pau-Orthez * 1996–97: PSG Racing * 1997–98: Pau-Orthez * 1998–99: Pau-Orthez * 1999–00:

* 2000–01: Pau-Orthez * 2001–02:

* 2002–03: Pau-Orthez * 2003–04: Pau-Orthez * 2004–05:

SIG Strasbourg 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 ...

* 2005–06: Le Mans Sarthe * 2006–07: Chorale Roanne * 2007–08:

SLUC Nancy Stade Lorrain Université Club Nancy Basket, commonly referred to as SLUC Nancy Basket, is a French professional basketball club based in Nancy. The club currently competes in the LNB Pro A, the top league in France, and holds two league titles. S ...

* 2008–09:

* 2009–10:

Cholet Cholet (, , probably from Latin language, Latin ''cauletum'', "cabbage") is a Communes of France, commune of western France in the Maine-et-Loire Departments of France, department. With 54,307 inhabitants (2019), it is the second most populous c ...

* 2010–11:

* 2011–12:

Élan Chalon Élan Sportif Chalonnais, commonly known as Élan Chalon, is a French professional basketball club that is based in Chalon-sur-Saône, France. The team's main colors are red and white, and their mascot is a moose. The team's home arena is called ...

* 2012–13:

JSF Nanterre 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 pla ...

* 2013–14:

* 2014–15:

* 2015–16:

* 2016–17:

* 2017–18: Le Mans Sarthe * 2018–19:

LDLC ASVEL 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 ...

* 2019–20: No championship awarded (

) * 2020–21:

* 2021–22:

Performance by club

Finals

Historical players

* Alexis Ajinça *

David Andersen David Emil Andersen (born 23 June 1980) is an Australian-Danish former professional basketball player. One of Australia's most experienced and successful players, Andersen won 12 league championships (9 European national domestic league champ ...

* Ron Anderson *

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Nicolas Batum Nicolas Batum (; born December 14, 1988)
is a French professional

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* Rodrigue Beaubois *

Louis Bertorelle Louis Bertorelle (5 August 1932 – 27 February 2012) was a French basketball player. He was inducted into the French Basketball Hall of Fame, in 2008. French national team Bertorelle played at the 1960 Summer Olympic Games, with the senior ...

Éric Beugnot Éric Beugnot (born March 22, 1955) is a French former professional basketball player. Standing at 2.00 m (6' 6 ") tall, Beugnot played at the shooting guard and small forward positions. Professional career During his pro career, Beugnot play ...

* Jean-Paul Beugnot *

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Yann Bonato Yann Jean Claude Bonato (born March 4, 1972 in Cannes) is a former professional basketball player from France, who won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics with the senior French Men's National Team. College career Bonato played college ...

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* Michael Brooks *

Marcus Brown Marcus James Brown (born April 3, 1974) is a retired American professional basketball player. At 6'3" (1.91 m) tall, he played as a shooting guard. A three time All-EuroLeague selection, Brown has been mentioned as being one of the top U.S. play ...

André Buffière Pierre André Buffière (12 November 1922 – 2 October 2014) was a French basketball player and coach. He was born in Vion, Ardèche.

Robert Busnel Robert Busnel (19 September 1914 – 15 March 1991) was a French professional basketball player, coach, and administrator. During his playing career, the 1.92 m (6'3 ") tall Busnel, played at the power forward position. He was made an Officer of ...

Jacques Cachemire Jacques Cachemire (born 27 February 1947 in Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe) is a French former professional basketball player and coach. At a height of 1.97 m (6'5 ") tall, he played at the small forward and power forward positions. He was inducte ...

Fabien Causeur Fabien Causeur (born 16 June 1987) is a French professional basketball player for Real Madrid of the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. Standing at , he plays at the shooting guard position. He was the 2018 French Player of the Year. Professional ...

René Chocat René Chocat (28 November 1920 – 18 July 2000) was a French basketball player. He was inducted into the French Basketball Hall of Fame, in 2012. French national team Chocat played the 1948 Summer Olympics, and at the 1952 Summer Olympics ...

Don Collins Donald Collins (born November 28, 1958) is an American former professional basketball player. Collins was drafted by the Atlanta Hawks, in the first round (18th pick), of the 1980 NBA draft. Collins played in 303 National Basketball Association ...

Richard Dacoury Richard Dacoury (born July 6, 1959, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast) is a former French professional basketball player. He retired in 1998, as the basketball player who won the most French League titles during his career, with 9. Dacoury is considered ...

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Boris Diaw Boris Babacar Diaw-Riffiod (born April 16, 1982), better known as Boris Diaw, is a French basketball executive and former player who is the president of Metropolitans 92 of LNB Pro A. Diaw began his playing career in Pro A and returned to that l ...

Yakhouba Diawara Yakhouba Diawara (born August 29, 1982) is a French former professional basketball player. He played college basketball at Southern Idaho and Pepperdine. Early career Diawara started his career with French team JDA Dijon, and after his first sea ...

Alain Digbeu Alain Digbeu (born November 13, 1975) is a French former professional basketball player. He was drafted by the NBA pro club the Atlanta Hawks with the 49th pick in the 1997 NBA Draft. He is 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) in height and 220 lb (100&n ...

Bobby Dixon Bobby Dixon or Ali Muhammed (born April 10, 1983), is an American-born naturalized Turkish professional basketball former player who played at the point guard position. He also represented the senior Turkish national basketball team, as he holds ...

Maxime Dorigo Maxime Dorigo (born 2 September 1936) is a French basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Ol ...

Hervé Dubuisson Hervé Dubuisson (born 8 August 1957) is a French former professional basketball player and coach. During his playing career, at a height of 1.97 m (6'5 ") tall, he played at the shooting guard and small forward positions. Dubuisson is the Frenc ...

Zaza Enden Zaza Enden (born Zaza Eladze on 28 May 1976 in Tbilisi, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union (present Georgia) is a professional wrestler and a Turkish professional basketball player of Georgian descent. He is 2.06 m tall and weig ...

Morris Finley Morris "Mo" Finley (born August 2, 1981) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez of the LNB Pro A. Standing at , he plays the point guard position. In 2023 he began a small modeling career by a ...

Laurent Foirest Laurent Foirest (born 18 September 1973) is a former French professional basketball player. At a height of 6' 6" (1.98 m) tall, he played at the small forward position. Professional career Foirest played professionally with Saski Baskonia of the ...

Evan Fournier Evan Mehdi Fournier (; born 29 October 1992) is a French professional basketball player for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played junior basketball at the French INSEP academy from 2007 to 2009. Early life F ...

* Lawrence Funderburke *

Pierre Galle Pierre Galle (born 13 January 1945) is a French former professional basketball player and coach. Galle was the LNB Pro A Player of the Year, French League Player of the Year in 1973 and 1974. He was a member of the senior French national baske ...

Ken Gardner Kenneth Kay Gardner (born September 27, 1949 in Ogden, Utah) is a retired American basketball player. He is best known for playing for the now-defunct French club AS Berck, with which he won the French National Championship in 1973 and 1974. ...

Didier Gadou __NOTOC__ Didier is a French masculine given name and surname common throughout the Romance languages. It comes from the Ancient Roman names Didius and Desiderius. During the 5th century AD, with the Christianisation of ancient pagan names, it h ...

* Mickaël Gelabale *

Alain Gilles Alain Gilles (5 May 1945 – 18 November 2014) was a French professional basketball player and coach. Standing at 1.88 m (6' 2") tall, Gilles played at the point guard and shooting guard positions. His number 4 jersey was retired by ASVEL, and t ...

Rudy Gobert Rudy Gobert-Bourgarel ( ; born June 26, 1992) is a French professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also represents the French national team in their international competitions. ...

Henri Grange Henri Grange (born 14 September 1934) is a French basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially know ...

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İlkan Karaman İlkan Karaman (born May 13, 1990) is a Turkish professional basketball player for Manisa BB of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). Professional career Karaman made his professional debut in the TB2L with Tofaş Bursa during the 2007-08 season. He ...

Frank Kendrick Frank Edward Kendrick (born September 11, 1950) is an American retired professional basketball player from Indianapolis, Indiana who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). College career As an All-American selection playing at In ...

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* John Linehan *

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Ian Mahinmi Ian Mahinmi (born November 5, 1986) is a French former professional basketball player. At 6'11" and 250 lb, he played the center position and was selected with the 28th overall pick in the 2005 NBA draft by the San Antonio Spurs. Early life ...

* Marko Milič *

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* Robert Monclar *

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* François Németh * Carl Nicks *

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Žarko Paspalj Žarko Paspalj (Serbian Cyrillic: Жарко Паспаљ; born March 27, 1966) is a retired Serbian professional basketball player and sports administrator. The EuroLeague Final Four MVP in 1994, his sixteen and a half seasons career was mostly sp ...

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* Jean Perniceni * Jacques Perrier *

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* Florent Piétrus *

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* Axel Toupane *

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Mirsad Türkcan Mirsad Türkcan (born Mirsad Jahović, sr-cyr, Мирсад Јаховић; on June 7, 1976) is a Turkish former professional basketball player of Bosniak origin. Standing at a height of , he played at the power forward position. A three-time Al ...

Roko Ukić Roko Leni Ukić (born December 5, 1984) is a Croatian professional basketball player currently playing for Split in the Croatian League and ABA League. Standing at , he mainly played at the point guard position, but could also play at the shoo ...

* Graylin Warner *

Frédéric Weis Frédéric Weis (born 22 June 1977) is a French former professional basketball player. Professional career During his pro career, Weis played with Unicaja Málaga and Iurbentia Bilbao of the Spanish ACB League, PAOK Thessaloniki in the Greek ...

Léo Westermann Léo Joseph Paul Westermann (born 24 July 1992) is a French professional basketball player for Monbus Obradoiro of the Spanish Liga ACB. Standing at , he plays the point guard position. He also represents the senior French national basketbal ...

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* Michael Young

Players with the most French League championships won

French basketball clubs in European and worldwide competitions

Individual awards

In each Pro A season, individual honors are given to players and

head coaches A head coach, senior coach or manager is a professional at training and developing athletes. They typically hold a more public profile and are paid more than other coaches. In some sports, the head coach is instead called the "manager", as in asso ...

in the Pro A Awards ceremony who performed well during a given season. The awards that are handed out include: *

Most Valuable Player In team sports, a most valuable player award, abbreviated 'MVP award', is an honor typically bestowed upon an individual (or individuals, in the instance of a tie) whose individual performance is the greatest in an entire league, for a particu ...

* Finals MVP * Best Young Player * Best Scorer * Best Sixth Man * Best Defender * Most Improved Player * Best Coach

LNB All-Star Game

Notes and references

External links

Official websiteEurobasket.com League Page
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