The 2024–25 LNB Élite season, also known as Betclic Élite for sponsorship reasons, is the 103rd season of the

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, France's top

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league. It began on 20 September 2024 with the regular season and will conclude at the latest on 24 June 2025 with the playoffs.

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is the back-to-back defending champion.

Format changes

For this season, the league was reduced from 18 to 16 teams. After the regular season, the play-in will be introduced in which the teams that finish between 7th and 10th will play for the last two playoffs spots like other European leagues. On the other hand, the 15th team from regular season will join to

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promotion playoffs to avoid relegation to the latter league.

Teams

A total of 16 teams participate in the league, including 15 teams from the 2023–24 season and one promoted from the

. Stade Rochelais (which will debut in the French top flight) was promoted after winning promotion playoffs, while ADA Blois, Chorale Roanne and

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(relegated after two, five and 15 years in the French top flight, respectively) were relegated to Pro B, though the last team would further relegate themselves downward into the

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instead due to bankruptcy issues that occurred after their demotion.

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

Venues and locations

Regular season

League table

Results

Play-in

Under the new format, the 7th to 10th-ranked teams faced each other in the play-in. Each game is hosted by the team with the higher regular season record. The format was similar to the first two rounds of the

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for a four-team playoff that was identical to that of the

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. First, the 7th seed will host the 8th seed, with the winner advancing to the playoffs as the 7th seed; likewise the 9th seed will host the 10th seed, with the loser eliminated. Then the ''loser'' of the 7-v-8 game will host the ''winner'' of the 9-v-10 game, with the winner of that game getting the final playoff spot, as the 8th seed.

Playoffs

Quarterfinals will be played

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format (1–1–1), semifinals and finals will be played in a

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format (2–2–1).

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Game 1

Game 2

Game 3

Game 4

Game 5

Individual awards

The annual LNB Awards were handed out on 17 May 2025 in

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Best Five of the Season

Source:

French clubs in European competitions

References

External links

Official website
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