Fédération Française de Basket-Ball

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The Fédération Française de Basket-Ball (FFBB) (English: French Federation of Basketball ) is the governing body of basketball in France. It was founded in 1932 (and members of the FIBA since 1933).

The Fédération Française de Basket-Ball operates the French national team and organises the Coupe de France (French Cup) and the amateurs national championships; for the professional championship, the Ligue Nationale de Basketball (LNB) (men) and the LFB (women) have a delegation from the FFBB.

France 1st Division Men's Clubs (Pro A)

(2014-15 season)

• Boulogne-sur-Mer (SOMB Boulogne-sur-Mer)
• Bourg-en-Bresse (JL Bourg-en-Bresse)
• Châlons-en-Champagne (Champagne Châlons Reims Basket)
• Chalon-sur-Saône (Élan Sportif Chalonnais)
• Cholet (Cholet Basket)
• Gravelines Dunkerque (BCM Gravelines Dunkerque Grand Littoral)
• Dijon (JDA Dijon)
• Limoges (Limoges CSP)
• Le Havre (STB Le Havre)
• Le Mans (Le Mans Sarthe Basket)
• Lyon-Villeurbanne (ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne)
• Nancy (SLUC Nancy Basket)
• Nanterre (JSF Nanterre)
• Orléans (Entente Orléanaise Loiret)
• Paris-Levallois (Paris-Levallois Basket)
• Pau-Lacq-Orthez (Élan Béarnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez)
• Rouen (SPO Rouen Basket)
• Strasbourg (Strasbourg Illkirch Graffenstaden Basket)

France 1st Division Women's Clubs (LFB)

(2013-14 season)

• Angers (Union Féminine Angers Basket 49)
• Arras (Arras Pays d'Artois Basket Féminin)
• Bourges (Tango Bourges Basket)
• Charleville-Mézières (Flammes Carolo basket)
• Landes (Basket Landes)
• Lattes (BLMA)
• Lyon (Union Lyon Basket Féminin)
• Mondeville (USO Mondeville)
• Nantes-Rezé (Nantes-Rezé Basket 44)
• Nice (Cavigal Nice Sports)
• Saint-Amand-les-Eaux (Saint-Amand Hainaut Basket)
• Tarbes (Tarbes Gespe Bigorre)
• Toulouse (Toulouse Métropole Basket)
• Villeneuve-d’Ascq (ESBVA-LM)

See also

• List of basketball clubs in France

External links

• Official FFBB web site

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