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1 History  


1.1  Names of the league  






2 Format  




3 Current teams  




4 Champions  


4.1  1932–1987  




4.2  1988–present  






5 Logos  




6 Awards  


6.1  LNB Pro B Best Coach and Most Improved Player  






7 See also  




8 References  




9 External links  













LNB Pro B






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Pro B
Organising bodyLigue Nationale de Basket (LNB)
Founded1932; 92 years ago (1932)
First season1932–33
CountryFrance
ConfederationFIBA Europe
Number of teams18
Level on pyramidLevel 2
PromotiontoPro A
RelegationtoNationale Masculine 1
Domestic cup(s)French Cup (Federation Cup)
Pro B Leaders Cup (League Cup)
Current championsSaint-Quentin
(2022–23)
Most championshipsJA Vichy (3 titles)
TV partnersSport en France
Websitelnb.fr/pro-b

The LNB Pro B, commonly known as Pro B, is the 2nd-tier level men's professional basketball league in France. It is the second division of the Ligue Nationale de Basket (LNB), which has organized the league since the year 1987. The regular season champion and the winner of the promotion playoffs from each Pro B season are promoted to the top-tier level LNB Pro A, replaced by the bottom two teams in Pro A. The two last placed teams are relegated to the third level, which is the NM1.

History

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Names of the league

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  • Honneur Ligue (1932–1949)
  • Excellence Ligue (1950–1963)
  • Nationale 2 (1964–1987)
  • Nationale 1B (1987–1992)
  • Nationale A2 (1992–1993)
  • Pro B (1993–present)

    • Format

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    All eighteen competing teams play each other twice during the regular season. The team that ends in first place in the table is named league champion and promotes to the LNB Pro A. The top eight regular season teams, with exception for the league champion, qualify for the promotion playoffs. During the competition, the Leaders Cup tournament is played. The champion of the Leaders Cup automatically qualifies for the playoffs. The winner of the promotion playoffs, which is played with best-of-three playoff series, promotes to the ProA. The bottom two regular season teams are meanwhile relegated to the third tier Nationale Masculine 1 (NM1) league.

    Current teams

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    These are the current teams:

    Club City Arena Capacity
    AMSB Aix-les-Bains Halle Marlioz 1,500
    Antibes Sharks Antibes Azur Arena Antibes 5,249
    Boulazac Boulazac Le Palio 5,200
    Élan Chalon Chalon-sur-Saône Le Colisée 4,948
    Denain Voltaire Denain Salle Jean Degros 2,500
    ALM Évreux Évreux Salle Jean Fourré 2,500
    Alliance Sport Alsace[a] Gries &
    Souffelweyersheim    		 Espace Sport La Foret
    Salle des Sept Arpents    		 1,450
    1,500
    Lille Métropole Lille Palais des Sports Saint-Sauveur 1,835
    SLUC Nancy Nancy Palais des Sports Jean-Weille 6,027
    Hermine Nantes Nantes La Trocardière 4,185
    Béliers de Kemper Quimper Salle Omnisports Michel-Gloaguen 2,230
    Rouen Métropole Rouen Kindarena 5,789
    Saint-Chamond Saint-Chamond Halle André Boullohce 1,200
    Saint-Quentin Saint-Quentin Palais des Sports Pierre Ratte 3,800
    Saint-Vallier Saint-Vallier Rives Sports Complex 2,132
    Stade Rochelais La Rochelle Salle Gaston-Neveur 1,994
    Tours Métropole Tours Halle Monconseil 1,500
    JA Vichy Vichy Palais des sports Pierre Coulon 3,200
    1. ^ Formed by the merger of five clubs after the 2020–21 season—BC Gries-Oberhoffen and BC Souffelweyersheim, both of which played in the 2020–21 Pro B season, plus BC Nord Alsace, Weyersheim BB and Walbourg-Eschbach Basket.

    Champions

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    1932–1987

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    Honneur (Honor)

    		 

    Excellence

    		 

    Nationale 2 (National 2)

    		   

    1988–present

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    Season Champions Promoted teams
    1987–88 Montpellier PSC Saint-Quentin BB, BCM Gravelines
    1988–89 Reims CB Chorale Roanne
    1989–90 SCM Le Mans JDA Dijon
    1990–91 Lyon
    1991–92 Levallois SC ESPE Châlons-en-Champagne
    1992–93 ASA Sceaux
    1993–94 SLUC Nancy SIG Strasbourg
    1994–95 Besançon BCD ALM Évreux
    1995–96 Toulouse Spacer's Élan Chalon
    1996–97 Maurienne Savoie Toulouse Spacer's
    1997–98 Levallois SC (2)
    1998–99 SIG Strasbourg ESPE Châlons-en-Champagne
    1999–00 JL Bourg STB Le Havre
    2000–01 Limoges Hyères Toulon VB
    2001–02 JA Vichy Chorale Roanne
    2002–03 Reims CB (2) Besançon BCD
    2003–04 Stade Clermontois Basket ESPE Châlons-en-Champagne
    2004–05 Étendard de Brest SPO Rouen
    2005–06 Entente Orléanaise Besançon BCD
    2006–07 JA Vichy (2)
    2007–08 Besançon BCD (2) SPO Rouen
    2008–09 Poitiers Paris-Levallois
    2009–10 Élan Béarnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez Limoges
    2010–11 Nanterre Dijon
    2011–12 Limoges Boulazac
    2012–13 Olympique Antibes Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez
    2013–14 Boulogne-sur-Mer JL Bourg, SPO Rouen, Champagne Châlons-Reims[a]
    2014–15 Monaco (2) Antibes Sharks
    2015–16 Hyères-Toulon ESSM Le Portel
    2016–17 JL Bourg Boulazac Dordogne
    2017–18 ADA Blois
    2018–19 Roanne Orleans Loiret
    2019–20 Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
    2020–21 Fos Paris
    2021–22 SLUC Nancy (2) ADA Blois
    2022–23 Saint-Quentin Élan Chalon
    1. ^ In the 2013–14 season, two extra teams (SPO Rouen and Châlons-Reims) were promoted to the 2014–15 Pro A season because of the expansion of the Pro A from 16 to 18 teams.

    Logos

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    Awards

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    Main article: LNB Pro B MVP
    Main article: LNB Pro B Finals MVP
    Main article: LNB Pro B Best Scorer

    LNB Pro B Best Coach and Most Improved Player

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    Year LNB Pro B Best Coach LNB Pro B Most Improved Player
    2006 France François Peronnet (Châlons-en-Champagne) –
    2007 France Olivier Cousin (Quimper)
    2008 France Michel Veyronnet (Rouen)
    2009 France Ruddy Nelhomme (Poitiers)
    2010 France Didier Dobbels (Pau-Lacq-Orthez)
    2011 France Pascal Donnadieu (JSF Nanterre)
    2012 France Frédéric Sarre (Limoges) France Ferdinand Prénom (Antibes)
    2013 France Rémy Valin (Évreux) France Mam Jaiteh (Boulogne-sur-Mer)
    2014 France Germain Castano (Boulogne-sur-Mer) France Olivier Romain (Saint-Quentin)
    2015 France Laurent Legname (Hyères-Toulon) France Mathieu Wojciechowski (Le Portel)
    2016 France Kyle Milling (Hyères-Toulon) France Isaia Cordinier (Denain)
    2017 France Cédric Heitz (Charleville-Mézières) France Arthur Rozenfeld (Roanne)

    See also

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    References

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