Paris Basket Racing, or PBR, was a French professional basketball club from Paris. It was founded in 1922, as the basketball section of the multi-sports club

Racing Club de Paris Racing Club de France Football (, also known as Racing Paris, RCF Paris, Matra Racing, Racing Club, or Racing) is a French association football club based in Colombes, a suburb of Paris. Racing was founded in 1882 as a multi-discipline spo ...

. The team took the name "Paris Basket Racing" in 2000. In 2007, the club merged with another club from the Paris area, Levallois Sporting Club Basket, to form the current version of the club, known first as Paris-Levallois Basket, and later as Levallois Metropolitans and Metropolitans 92.

History

Paris Basket Racing won three French national championships in the 1950s, in the 1950–51, 1952–53, and 1953–54 seasons, then won a French Pro A title in the 1996–97 season. In 2007, the club merged with another club from the Paris area, Levallois Sporting Club Basket, to form the club's newest incarnation, Paris-Levallois Basket. After the merger, Paris-Levallois Basket retained all of the history of both Paris Basket Racing and Levallois Sporting Club Basket. Paris-Levallois Basket was then renamed Levallois Metropolitans in 2017, and Metropolitans 92 in 2019.

Names of the club

*Racing Club France Basket (RC France Basket): (1922–1989) *Racing Paris Basket: (1989–1992) *Paris Saint Germain Racing Basket (PSG Racing Basket): (1992–2000) *Paris Basket Racing: (2000–2007)

Arenas

Paris Basket Racing played its home games at the 4,000 seat

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, and at the 4,200 seat

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Titles and honors

Domestic competitions

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**Champions (4): 1951, 1953, 1954, 1997 ***Runners-up (1): 1956 * French Federation Cup **Runners-up (3): 1956, 1993, 2000 * French Second Division **Champions (4): 1936, 1954, 1977, 1985

Season by season

Players

Notable players

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* Stéphane Risacher * Thierry Rupert * Victor Samnick * Jean-Marc Sétier * Laurent Sciarra *

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Head coaches

* Robert Busnel: (1949–1952) *

: (1952–1954) *

: (1954–1959, 1965–1966) * Jacques Freimuller: (1959–1961) * Laurent Franchescini: (1961–1963, 1967–1968) * Edmond Gondal: (1969–1971) * Antoine Schneider & Jacques Pocquet: (1971–1972) * Gérard de Félices: (1973–1974) * Gérard Mullon & Marko Ostarčević: (1977–1978) * Dominique Richard Laurent Dorigo: (1985–1986) *

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& André Buffière: (1986–1987) *

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: (1987–1989) *

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: (1989–1990) * Grég Beugnot: (1989–92) * Chris Singleton: (1993–97) *

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: (1997–98) * Erik Lehmann: (2001–02) *

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: (2002–05) * Gordon Herbert: (2005–06) *

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: (2006–07)

External links

Paris Basket Racing's Club History
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