The Division Élite is the highest level of
Baseball in France
Baseball is a growing minor sport in France. The sport in France is managed by the French Federation of Baseball and Softball, founded in October 1924 in sport, 1924. The first baseball game played on French soil dates to March 8, 1889 in baseba ...
. Its clubs compete for the Championnat de France de baseball.
Organization
The French D1 begins play on March 23, 2025. An eight-team league plays a 28-game schedule on weekends, with the season running from thru early October. The top 4 teams qualify for semifinals. Semi-finals and finals are also played in best-of-five series. The league follows a
promotion and relegation
Promotion and relegation is used by sports leagues as a process where teams can move up and down among divisions in a league system, based on their performance over a season. Leagues that use promotion and relegation systems are sometimes call ...
system where the last of the regular season goes down to the
Division 2 while the D2 winner automatically moves up to D1. In 2025, Beziers will play their first season in Division 1 after winning the D2 in 2024. The annual Challenge de France typically takes place every May, with the 2025 edition to be held in Metz. Two French clubs, Rouen and Montpellier will participate in the 2025 European Cup, to be hosted in June in Rouen. The 2025 French Series will take place in October, following the conclusion of the 2025 European Baseball championships (held in Rotterdam).
Current teams
Champions
The Division Élite was created in 1926.
Baseball historic, French baseball federation documentation, p. 12
Not all editions were held and some results are missing.
See also
* Baseball awards#France
* Baseball awards#Europe
References
External links
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Results
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France
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Sports leagues established in 1926
1926 establishments in France