French basketball league system

The French basketball league system is a series of interconnected competitions for professional basketball clubs in France. The system has a hierarchical format with a promotion and relegation system between competitions at different levels. Some of the competitions are: the LNB Pro A, LNB Pro B, Nationale Masculine 1 (NM1), the Nationale Masculine 2 (NM2), the Nationale Masculine 3 (NM3), and the LNB Espoirs.

The competitions[]

Level	League
1	LNB Pro A National 1st division (professional) (18 teams)
2	LNB Pro B National 2nd division (professional) (18 teams)
3	Nationale Masculine 1 (NM1) National 3rd Division (Professional) (18 teams)
4	Nationale Masculine 2 (NM2) National 4th division (Professional) (56 teams in 4 groups)
5	Nationale Masculine 3 (NM3) National 5th division (amateur) (144 teams in 12 groups)
	LNB Espoirs Under-21 age group

Other competitions[]

French Cup
French Leaders Cup
Match des Champions

v t Pro A
LNB FFBB List of Clubs List of Venues Awards French League System French Basketball Hall of Fame
2021–22 teams	AS Monaco ASVEL Bourg-en-Bresse Châlons-Reims Cholet Dijon Fos-sur-Mer Gravelines-Dunkerque Le Mans Levallois Limoges Nanterre Orléans Paris Pau-Lacq-Orthez Roanne Le Portel Strasbourg
Seasons	1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21
Other competitions	Pro A Leaders Cup (League Cup) French Cup (Federation Cup) Match des Champions (Supercup)
Awards	Awards MVP Finals MVP Best Scorer Best Defender Best Sixth Man Most Improved Player Best Young Player Best Coach
Other	All-Star Game French clubs in international competitions

v t Pro B
LNB FFBB List of Clubs List of Venues French League System
Seasons	2013–14 2017–18
Teams	Aix Maurienne Alliance Alsace Antibes Blois Boulazac Chalon Denain Voltaire Évreux Lille Nancy Nantes Quimper Rouen Saint-Chamond Saint-Quentin Saint-Vallier Tours Vichy-Clermont
Cup competition	Pro B Leaders Cup (League Cup)
Awards	MVP Finals MVP
Other	French clubs in international competitions

French basketball league system

Contents

The competitions[]

Other competitions[]

See also[]

References[]

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