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2015–16 Pro A Season
The 2015–16 LNB Pro A season was the 94th season of the LNB Pro A. The season started on October 3, 2015 and ended June 14, 2016. AS Monaco Basket, Monaco and Olympique Antibes, Antibes Sharks were newcomers this season. Limoges CSP was the defending champion. ASVEL Basket, ASVEL took the title, after beating Strasbourg IG 3–2 in the Finals. Teams Promotion and relegation JL Bourg-en-Bresse, Bourg-en-Bresse and SOMB Boulogne-sur-Mer, Boulogne-sur-Mer were relegated after the two teams finished in 17th and 18th place last season. AS Monaco Basket, Monaco was promoted after they won the 2014–15 Pro B, and Olympique Antibes, Antibes Sharks were promoted as the Pro B Playoffs winners. 2015–16 teams Regular season League table Playoffs Statistical leaders :''After the end of the Regular Season.'' Points , width=50% valign=top , Assists Awards All-Star Game The All-Star Game was played on December 30, 2015 and was played at the Bercy Arena in Paris. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014–15 Pro A Season
The 2014–15 LNB Pro A season was the 93rd season of the LNB Pro A, French Basketball Championship and the 28th season since inception of the Ligue Nationale de Basketball (LNB), LNB. The season started on September 26, 2014, and ended on June 20, 2015. This season the number of teams was increased to 18, after SOMB Boulogne-sur-Mer and JL Bourg-en-Bresse promoted from the LNB Pro B and Champagne Châlons Reims Basket and SPO Rouen Basket were offered spots through a wild card (sports), wild card. Teams Promotion and relegation *Relegated to LNB Pro B, Pro B **Chorale Roanne Basket (15th) **Olympique Antibes, Antibes (16th) *Promoted from LNB Pro B, Pro B **SOMB Boulogne-sur-Mer (Champion) **JL Bourg-en-Bresse (Playoffs winner) *Wild-cards offered by LNB [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Champagne Châlons Reims Basket
Champagne Basket is a French professional basketball club that is based in both the cities of Reims and Châlons-en-Champagne. The club was established in 2010 as part of the union between the old clubs of and the . Since 2022, the team plays in the LNB Pro B, the second tier division of French basketball. History The historical regional rivals of and the , combined forces to create a strong, financially stable, competitive ball club on the French elite professional stage. The club was founded as Champagne Châlons-Reims Basket (CCRB) on 17 June 2010. Two years following up the union, the Ligue Nationale de Basket (LNB) invited the CCRB to move up directly to the LNB Pro A through a wild-card. In 2020, the club changed its name to "Champagne Basket". Arenas The club's home arenas are the Complexe Sportif René Tys (Reims) and the Palais des Sports Pierre de Coubertin (Châlons). Each arena hosts half of their home games.http://www.lnb.fr LNB Official Website Season by seas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fontvieille, Monaco
Fontvieille (; ) is the southernmost ward in the Principality of Monaco. It was developed by Italian engineer Gianfranco Gilardini and designed by architect Manfredi Nicoletti, between the 1970s and the 1990s. History In contrast to the other city districts Monaco-Ville, Monte Carlo and La Condamine, Fontvieille was constructed, after Italian engineer Gianfranco Gilardini's design, almost entirely on artificially reclaimed land and thus represents one of the younger parts of the principality. In order to combat the chronic land shortage in the extremely densely populated principality, the work was begun in 1966 to create new land in the Mediterranean Sea southwest of '' le rocher''. In 1981, Albert II, then Crown Prince, laid the cornerstone for the new city quarter. The existence of Fontvieille, and its many public works projects, relates substantially to former Prince of Monaco, Prince Rainier III's reputation as the Builder Prince. Plans announced in late 2009 to exten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azur Arena Antibes
The Azur Arena Antibes is a multi-purpose indoor arena that is located in Antibes, France. The arena can be to host basketball, gymnastics, handball, judo, tennis, and trampolining competitions, concerts, and cultural events. It is primarily used to host basketball games. The arena's seating capacity for basketball games is 5,249 people. History Construction on the Azur Arena Antibes began in February 2011. The arena was opened on 15 August 2013, with a friendly game between the Serbian national team and the French national team. France won the game, by a score of 78–74. That game was a part of the 2013 Euro Tour, which was a basketball preparation tournament for the 2013 FIBA EuroBasket. The tournament took place from 15 August to 17 August 2013, and it featured the aforementioned national teams of France and Serbia, as well as the Georgian national team. Since it opened, the arena has been used to host the home games of the French professional basketball club Antibes Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antibes
Antibes (, , ; ) is a seaside city in the Alpes-Maritimes Departments of France, department in Southeastern France. It is located on the French Riviera between Cannes and Nice; its cape, the Cap d'Antibes, along with Cap Ferrat in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat to the northeast, is one of the best known landforms in the area. The capes house the Hôtel du Cap, Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc and Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat respectively, widely considered two of the most exclusive hotels in the world.Chanial, Jean-Pierre"Cap-Eden-Roc, 100 ans de légende" ''Le Figaro'' , 11 June 2014. The town of Juan-les-Pins is in the commune of Antibes; the Sophia Antipolis technology park is northwest of it. In 2020, the commune had a population of 74,709, making it Alpes-Maritimes's second-most populated. History Origins Traces of occupation dating back to the early Iron Age have been foundPatrice Arcelin, Antibes (A.-M.). Chapelle du Saint-Esprit. In : Guyon (J.), Heijmans (M.) éd. – ''D’un monde à l†... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JSF Nanterre
Nanterre 92 is a professional basketball club from the city of Nanterre (a western suburb of Paris), France. The club has played in the top-tier level basketball league in France, the Pro A, since 2011. Founded in 2011 as JSF Nanterre, the club plays its home games in the Palais des Sports, which has a capacity of 3,000 people. The honor list of Nanterre includes one French championship and two French Cup titles as well as a FIBA Europe Cup championship. History The club was established in 1927 as JSF Nanterre. Nanterre played in the French 2nd Division, for the first time, in the 2004–05 season. In 2007, the club made it to the finals of the French Cup. In 2011, the club won the French 2nd Division championship, and got promoted to the top national domestic level French League. In the 2012–13 French League season, after finishing in the eighth position of the regular season, Nanterre won its first top-tier national domestic title, and thus qualified to play in the Eu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez
Elan Corporation plc was a major drugs firm based in Dublin, Ireland, which had major interests in the United States. It was listed on the New York Stock Exchange as ELN, the Irish Stock Exchange as ELN.I, and the London Stock Exchange as ELN.L. In 2013, the company merged with Perrigo to form Perrigo Company PLC. History The company was founded in Ireland by American businessman Don Panoz in 1969. In the late 1990s, its value on the Irish Stock Exchange reached over €20bn. However, in 2002, an accounting scandal and investor reactions to the global slump, caused a major devaluation resulting in a share price slump of over 90%. In July 2010, Élan was fined $203m for its marketing of epilepsy drugs. In February 2013, Elan decided to dispose of the rights to sell Tysabri to Biogen Idec for $3.25 billion. Products in development In neurology, Elan was focused on building upon its research and experience in the area of neuropathologies such as Alzheimer’s disease, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris-Levallois Basket
Metropolitans 92 is a French professional basketball club that is based in Levallois-Perret, in the Paris metropolitan area. The club currently plays in the LNB Pro A, the highest-tier level in French basketball. The club was established in 2007, as Paris-Levallois Basket. Its home arena is the Palais des sports Marcel-Cerdan, which has a seating capacity of 4,000 people. Levallois has won two titles thus far, winning the French Federation Cup and the Match des Champions (French Supercup), both in 2013. The team is most known for being the former club of Victor Wembanyama, who went on to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA) after being selected number one in the 2023 NBA draft after his sole season with Metropolitans. In 2024, the team, after finishing in last place, was relegated to the Nationale Masculine 1 league. History Named after the French Revolution, the club was founded in its current form in 2007, with the merger of Paris Basket Racing, from the city ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Entente Orléanaise
Entente, meaning a diplomatic "understanding", may refer to a number of agreements: History * Entente (alliance), a type of treaty or military alliance where the signatories promise to consult each other or to cooperate with each other in case of a crisis or military action * Entente Cordiale (1904) between France and the United Kingdom * Anglo-Russian Entente (1907) between the United Kingdom and Russia * Triple Entente, an informal understanding between the Russian Empire, the French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, built upon the Franco-Russian Alliance (1894), the Entente Cordiale (1904), and the Anglo-Russian Entente (1907) ** Allies of World War I, sometimes referred to as "The Entente", "The Entente Powers", or "The Entente Forces" * Little Entente (1920–1938), between Czechoslovakia, Romania, and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia * Balkan Entente (1934–1938), between Greece, Turkey, Romania and Yugoslavia * Baltic Entente (1934–1939 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SLUC Nancy Basket
Stade Lorrain Université Club Nancy Basket, commonly referred to as SLUC Nancy Basket, is a French professional basketball club based in Nancy. The club currently competes in the LNB Pro A, the top league in France, and holds two league titles. SLUC was also a regular member of the EuroCup competition. History SLUC Nancy was founded in 1967. The club won the French 2nd Division championship in 1994. The club won the French 1st Division championship in the years 2008 and 2011. They also won the French Leaders Cup title in 2005, and the French Super Cup title in 2008 and 2011. In pan European competition, SLUC Nancy won the European-wide 3rd-tier level league, the FIBA Korać Cup, in the 2001–02 season. Arena SLUC Nancy plays its home games at the 6,027 seat Palais des Sports Jean Weille. Titles Domestic French League * Winners (2): 2007–08, 2010–11 LNB Pro B * Winners (2): 1993–94, 2021–22 Leaders Cup * Winners (1): 2005 French Super Cup * Winners (2): ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Mans Sarthe Basket
Le Mans Sarthe Basket, commonly known as MSB or Le Mans, is a professional basketball club that is from the city of Le Mans, France. The team plays in the French League and internationally in the Basketball Champions League. Established in 1939, the team has been a regular in the Pro A, as well as in European competitions. The team has won five national championships, four French Cups and four Leaders Cups. History The Modern Sport Club (1939–1993) In 1928, French businessmen, Léopold Gouloumés arrived at the city Mans and founded the food association: the Société des Comptoirs Modernes. Like many other industries at the time, him and Bernard Gasnal, founded their own sport club called Goulou Club in 1938. But in September 1939 the Second World War broke out and the men were needed to fight. With the male absent, women decided to persuade the Goulou Club into creating a basketball team for them. In 1941, the French government prohibited sport clubs to use the name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BCM Gravelines
Basket Club Maritime Gravelines-Dunkerque, commonly referred to as BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque, is a French professional basketball club based in Gravelines. They currently play in the Pro A, the highest professional league in France. The team formerly played its home games at Sportica, before that arena was destroyed by fire on 24 December 2023. History During the summer of 2012, Gravelines secured the services of a player who would become a club legend, Dwight Buycks. His teammates included Ludovic Vaty, JK Edwards, Ousmane Camara, and Yannick Bokolo, and they formed one of the greatest teams in the club's history. Only real regret, this "Dream Team" will not go after the title of Champion of France, and will be eliminated in the 8th final. But she will still win the "LeadersCup" formerly "Semaine des As" for the 2nd time in its history. The 2020–21 season brought severe challenges as the club struggled with the Covid breaks plus had to compensate the injuries of key players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
