Basket: Men’s Elite Season Scoreboard
The imposing Elite Basketball Championship trophy on display before the Asvel-Monaco final at the Astroballe, June 25, 2019 (AFP / ROMAIN LAFABREGUE)
Scoreboard before the opening Friday of the 2021/22 season of the French Elite men’s basketball championship:
. The main dates of the season
October 1, 2021: start of the regular season
November 26 and 29, 2021: qualifications for the World Cup-2023 (France-Montenegro and Hungary-France)
December 29, 2021: All-Star Game at Paris-Bercy
February 18-20, 2022: Leaders Cup at Marne-la-Vallée, DisneyArena
February 24 and 27, 2022: qualifications for the World Cup-2023 (France-Portugal and Portugal-France)
April 23, 2022: Coupe de France final in Paris-Bercy
May 14, 2022: 34th and final day of the Elite regular season
May 20-25, 2022: best of three games quarter-finals
May 28-June 7, 2022: best of five semi-finals
10-20 June 2022: best of five games final
July 1 and 4, 2022: qualifications for the World Cup-2023 (Montenegro-France and France-Hungary)
September 1–18, 2022: Euro basketball in the Czech Republic, Italy, Georgia and Germany
. The 18 clubs involved
Boulogne-Levallois, Bourg-en-Bresse, Châlons-Reims, Cholet, Dijon, Fos-sur-Mer, Gravelines, Le Mans, Le Portel, Limoges, Monaco, Nanterre, Orléans, Paris, Pau-Orthez, Roanne, Strasbourg, Villeurbanne (defending champion).
. Clubs involved in European Cups
– Euroleague: Villeurbanne, Monaco
– Eurocup: Boulogne-Levallois and Bourg-en-Bresse
– Champions League: Dijon and Strasbourg
. Formula
The teams compete in home and away matches over the 34 days of the regular season. The first eight of the first leg compete in the Leaders Cup. At the end of the regular season, the top eight qualify for the play-offs (best of three matches, semi-finals and best of five final).
. 2020/21 season playoffs
1/4 final: Dijon beats Orléans 83-59, Monaco beats Bourg-en-Bresse 91-72, Villeurbanne beats Boulogne-Levallois 97-79, Strasbourg beats Le Mans 79-68
1/2 finals: Dijon beats Monaco 79-89, Villeurbanne beats Strasbourg 83-67
Final: Villeurbanne beats Dijon 87-74
. Main movements:
(From abroad to France)
Coach Nenad Markovic (BIH, from Gaziantep / TUR in Dijon), Kostas Antetokounmpo (GRE, from Lakers / NBA in Villeurbanne), Elie Okobo (from Long Island Nets / G-League in Villeurbanne), Yakuba Ouattara (from Betis) Sevilla / ESP in Monaco), Léo Westermann (of FC Barcelona in Monaco), Mike James (USA, Brooklyn Nets / NBA in Monaco), Donta Hall (USA, Magic d’Orlando / NBA in Monaco), Kyle O ‘Quinn (from Fenerbahçe / TUR to Paris Basketball)
(Between French clubs)
Coach Laurent Legname (from Dijon to Bourg-en-Bresse), coach of the Blues Vincent Collet (without a club, in Boulogne-Levallois), Axel Julien (from Dijon to Bourg-en-Bresse), Jerry Boutsiele (from Limoges) in Monaco), Victor Wembanyama (from Nanterre to Villeurbanne)
(From France to abroad)
Mathias Lessort (from Monaco to Maccabi Tel-Aviv), Alexandre Chassang (from Dijon to Yalova / TUR), Moustapha Fall (from Villeurbanne to Olympiakos / GRE), Thomas Heurtel (from Villeurbanne to Real Madrid), Guerschon Yabusele (from Villeurbanne to Real Madrid), Dee Bost (USA, from Monaco to Galatasaray / TUR)
. The last ten winners
2021: Villeurbanne
2020: no champion due to the Covid-19 pandemic
2019: Villeurbanne
2018: Le Mans
2017: Chalon-sur-Saône
2016: Villeurbanne
2015: Limoges
2014: Limoges
2013: Nanterre
2012: Chalon-sur-Saône
2011: Nancy
. The most successful clubs
Villeurbanne: 20 titles
Limoges: 11 tracks
Pau Orthez: 9 tracks
Mulhouse: 7 titles
Le Mans: 5 titles
. On the television
In the absence of a private broadcaster, the matches are broadcast in clear on lnb.tv, the Sport channel in France and, at the rate of one regional dropout per month, on France televisions.
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