2021 Nationale 1 season

2021 Nationale 1
2021 Nationale 1
Season	2021
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	DUC Dakar (5th title)
Runners-up	AS Douanes
Relegated	;
BAL	DUC Dakar
Awards
Finals MVP	Thierno Niang (DUC)
	← 2019 →

The 2021 Nationale 1 season was the season of the Nationale 1, the premier basketball league in Senegal. The champions directly qualify for the 2022 Basketball Africa League season.

DUC Dakar won its fifth national championship after defeating defending champions AS Douanes in the final.^[1] Thierno Niang was named the league's Finals MVP.^[2]

Teams[]

and were relegated after finishing in the last two places in the 2019 Nationale 1 season. Bopp and were promoted.

Team	Location
AS Douanes	Dakar
	Thiès
Bopp	Dakar
ASFA	Dakar
DUC Dakar	Dakar
JA	Dakar
	Dakar
Louga	Louga
	Dakar
	Saint-Louis
	Rufisque
	Dakar (Sicap-Liberté)
UGB	Saint-Louis
US Rail	Thiès
USO	Dakar (Ouakam)
ASC Ville de Dakar	Dakar

Regular season[]

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Qualification or relegation
1	AS Douanes	14	12	2	Advance to championship playoffs
2	JA	14	9	5
3	Louga	14	9	5
4	USO	14	9	5
5		14	8	6
6	ASFA	14	3	11
7		14	3	11
8	(R)	14	3	11	Relegation to Nationale 2

Source: Afrobasket
(R) Relegated

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Qualification or relegation
1	DUC Dakar	14	12	2	Advance to championship playoffs
2	Ville de Dakar	14	11	3
3		14	9	5
4	UGB	14	7	7
5		14	6	8
6		14	6	8
7	Bopp	14	4	10
8	(R)	14	1	13	Relegation to Nationale 2

Source: Afrobasket
(R) Relegated

Championship playoffs[]

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final



AS Douanes	2

UGB	0
		AS Douanes	2

		Ville de Dakar	1
Ville de Dakar	2
				8 August
USO	0
				AS Douanes	65

				DUC Dakar	66
DUC Dakar	2

Louga	0
		DUC Dakar	2

		JA	1
JA	2

SLBC	1