LNB Pro A

LNB Pro A

Current season, competition or edition: 2014–15 LNB Pro A season
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1921
No. of teams	16
Country	France
Continent	FIBA Europe
Most recent champion(s)	Limoges CSP (10th title)
Most titles	ASVEL (17 titles) Limoges CSP (10 titles) Pau-Lacq-Orthez (9 titles)
Related competitions	French Cup Semaine des As Cup
Level on pyramid	1st Tier (France)
Relegation to	LNB Pro B (2nd Tier)
Official website	www.LNB.fr

The LNB Pro A (full name: Ligue Nationale de Basket Pro A; English: Pro National Basketball League A) is the first-tier men's professional basketball league in France. The competition has existed since the year 1921. Since 1987, the Ligue Nationale de Basket (LNB) has organized the league. The bottom two placed teams from each season are relegated to the second-tier LNB Pro B.

Ligue Nationale de Basket (LNB) logo.

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 relegated to 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:^[1]

• 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 Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris)
• 2013–present: Best-of-5

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.

Current clubs

• ASVEL
• Boulogne-sur-Mer
• Bourg-en-Bresse
• Châlons-Reims
• Cholet
• Dijon
• Élan Chalon
• Gravelines
• Le Havre
• Le Mans
• Limoges
• Nancy
• Nanterre
• Orléans Loiret
• Paris-Levallois
• Pau-Orthez
• Rouen
• Strasbourg

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 to 1993  Nationale A1
• 1993-94 to present  Pro A

Title holders

Performance by club

Club	Champions	Winning years
ASVEL	17	1949-50, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1963–64, 1965–66, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1974–75, 1976–77, 1980–81, 2001–02, 2008–09
Limoges	10	1982-83, 1983-84, 1984-85, 1987-88, 1988-89, 1989-90, 1992-93, 1993-94, 1999-00, 2013-14
Pau-Orthez	9	1985-86, 1986-87, 1991-92, 1995-96, 1997-98, 1998-99, 2000-01, 2002-03, 2003-04
Foyer alsacien Mulhouse	7	1923-24, 1924-25, 1925-26, 1927-28, 1928-29, 1929-30, 1930-31
Racing Paris	4	1950-51, 1952-53, 1953-54, 1996-97
Le Mans	4	1977-78, 1978-79, 1981-82, 2005-06
Alsace Bagnolet	3	1960-61, 1961-62, 1966-67
Olympique Antibes	3	1969-70, 1990-91, 1994-95
Stade Français	2	1920-21, 1926-27
Reims	2	1931-32, 1932-33
Mulhousien	2	1934-35, 1936-37
SCPO	2	1935-36, 1937-38
Métro	2	1938-39, 1941-42
Grenoble	2	1942-43, 1943-44
Étoile de Charleville-Mézières	2	1957-58, 1959-60
PUC	2	1946-47, 1962-63
Berck	2	1972-73, 1973-74
Tours	2	1975-76, 1979-80
Chorale Roanne	2	1958-59, 2006-07
Nancy	2	2007-08, 2010-11
Lille	1	1921-22
École Normale Arras	1	1922-23
Olympique Lillois	1	1933-34
Championnet	1	1944-45
Éveil Lyon	1	1945-46
Marseille	1	1947-48
Denain-Voltaire	1	1964-65
Strasbourg	1	2004-05
Cholet	1	2009-10
Élan Chalon	1	2011-12
Nanterre	1	2012-13

Play-off Finals

Historical players

LNB Pro A awards

See also

• French Basketball Cup
• LNB Pro B
• List of basketball clubs in France

Notes and references

External links

• Official Site (French)
• Eurobasket.com League Page

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