 Ligue Nationale de Basketball |
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| Sport | Basketball |
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| Founded | 1987 |
| No. of teams | 16 (Pro A) 18 (Pro B) |
| Country(ies) |  France |
| Most recent champion(s) | ASVEL |
| Official website | http://www.lnb.fr |
The LNB (Ligue Nationale de Basketball) is the top men's French professional basketball league. There are two divisions: French Pro A League (first division) and French Pro B League (second division).
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Pro A
All 18 Pro A division 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 three teams with the worst regular season records are relegated to Pro B. Starting in 2006-07, all rounds except for the finals are best-of-three series[1] (previously, they had been two-legged); the final is a single game played at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris.
2009–10 Teams
- ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne
- Basket Club Maritime Gravelines Dunkerque Grand Littoral
- Cholet Basket
- Chorale Roanne Basket
- Élan Sportif Chalonnais
- Entente Orléanaise Loiret
- Hyères-Toulon Var Basket
- Jeanne d’Arc de Vichy Val d’Allier Auvergne Basket
- Jeanne d'Arc Dijon Bourgogne
- Le Mans Sarthe Basket
- Paris-Levallois Basket
- Spes Philippin omnisports Rouen Basket
- Saint Thomas Basket Le Havre
- Stade Lorrain Université Club Nancy
- Strasbourg Illkirch Graffenstaden Basket
- Union Poitiers Basket 86
Pro B
All 18 Pro B teams play each other twice during the regular season. The top eight regular season teams qualify for the Pro B playoffs. The regular season and playoff champions are promoted to Pro A while the bottom two regular season teams are relegated to the amateur Nationale 1 league. The quarterfinals and the semifinals are two-legged and the final is a single game.
2009-10 teams
- Aix Maurienne Savoie Basket
- Olympique d'Antibes Juan-les-Pins Côte d'Azur Basket
- Besançon Basket Comté Doubs
- JSA Bordeaux Basket (Jeunes de Saint-Augustin Bordeaux Basket)
- Boulazac Basket Dordogne
- Jeunesse laïque de Bourg-en-Bresse
- Stade Clermontois Basket Auvergne
- Étendard de Brest
- Étoile de Charleville-Mézières
- ALM Évreux Basket
- Étoile Sportive Saint-Michel Le Portel Côte d'Opale (aka ESSM Le Portel)
- Lille Métropole BC
- Cercle Saint-Pierre de Limoges
- Jeunesse Sportive des Fontenelles de Nanterre (aka JSF Nanterre)
- L'Hermine de Nantes Atlantique
- Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez
- Saint-Étienne Basket
- Saint-Vallier Basket Drôme
LNB champions
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Limoges |
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Limoges |
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Limoges |
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Olympique Antibes |
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Pau-Orthez |
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Limoges |
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Limoges |
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Olympique Antibes |
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Pau-Orthez |
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Racing Paris |
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Pau-Orthez |
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Pau-Orthez |
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Limoges |
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Pau-Orthez |
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ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne |
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Pau-Orthez |
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Pau-Orthez |
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Strasbourg |
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Le Mans |
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Roanne |
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Nancy |
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ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne |
Performance by club
| Club | Champions | Winning years |
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| Pau-Orthez |
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1992, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004 |
| Limoges |
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1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 2000 |
| Olympique Antibes |
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1991, 1995 |
| ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne |
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2002, 2009 |
| Racing Paris |
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1997 |
| Strasbourg |
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2005 |
| Le Mans |
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2006 |
| Roanne |
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2007 |
| Nancy |
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2008 |
See also
List of basketball clubs in France
Notes and references
External links
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