The Ligue 1 is the top tier men's

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league in

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. The defending champion is

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, which won its sixth title in 2021. Most games of the league are played in the Palais des Sports next to the

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History

Since 2021, the league has not been organised because of a dispute between the Guinean Basketball Federation (FGBB) and Guinea's Ministry of Sport. In February 2023, President of the FGBB Sakoba Keita announced his plans to professionalize the league by allowing teams to have a corporate status and by introducing a minimum salary for players. In October 2023, instead of organising a league, the federation organised a qualification tournament to decide the country's representative in the

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won the tournament.

Current teams

In the 2021 season, the league featured six teams: *

* Horoya Athletic Club *DRC *ASD *Asfo *Free

Champions

* 2014–15: SLAC * 2015–16: SLAC * 2016–17: SLAC * 2017–18: Magic Basket Club * 2018–19: SLAC * 2019–20: SLAC * 2020–21: SLAC

List of finals

In the Basketball Africa League

References

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