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 levelLNB 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.
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 tierNationale Masculine 1 (NM1) league.
^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.
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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 Pro BOrganising bodyLigue Nationale de Basket LNB Founded1932 92 years ago 1932 First season1932 33CountryFranceConfederationFIBA EuropeNumber of teams18Level on pyramidLevel 2Promotion toPro ARelegation toNationale Masculine 1Domestic cup s French Cup Federation Cup Pro B Leaders Cup League Cup Current championsSaint Quentin 2022 23 Most championshipsFour clubs 2 titles TV partnersSport en FranceWebsitelnb fr pro b Contents 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 linksHistory editNames of the league edit 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 editAll 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 editThese 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 Elan Chalon Chalon sur Saone Le Colisee 4 948 Denain Voltaire Denain Salle Jean Degros 2 500 ALM Evreux Evreux Salle Jean Fourre 2 500 Alliance Sport Alsace a Gries amp Souffelweyersheim Espace Sport La ForetSalle des Sept Arpents 1 450 1 500 Lille Metropole Lille Palais des Sports Saint Sauveur 1 835 SLUC Nancy Nancy Palais des Sports Jean Weille 6 027 Hermine Nantes Nantes La Trocardiere 4 185 Beliers de Kemper Quimper Salle Omnisports Michel Gloaguen 2 230 Rouen Metropole Rouen Kindarena 5 789 Saint Chamond Saint Chamond Halle Andre 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 Metropole Tours Halle Monconseil 1 500 Vichy Clermont Metropole Clermont Ferrand Clermont Ferrand Sports Hall 4 534 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 edit1932 1987 edit Honneur Honor 1932 Saint Charles Alfortville 1933 SS Nilvange 1934 CS Plaisance 1935 Metro 1936 Racing Paris 1937 Championnet 1938 AS Cherbourg 1939 46 Not held due to WWII 1947 Marseille 1948 AS Roanne 1949 Championnet Excellence 1950 ASC Est Paris 1951 Olympique Antibes 1952 Olympique de Marseille 1953 Metro 1954 Racing Paris 1955 Etoile de Charleville Mezieres 1957 Stade Auto Lyon 1958 CO Billancourt 1959 Alsace Bagnolet 1960 Denain Voltaire 1961 Bordeaux 1962 Moderne 1963 Stade Francais Nationale 2 National 2 1964 Denain Voltaire 1965 Caen 1966 BC Montbrison 1967 Tours 1968 Olympique Antibes 1969 Paris Universite 1970 Caen 1971 Nantes 1972 Vichy 1973 Monaco 1974 Nice BC 1975 Orthez 1976 Valenciennes 1977 Racing Paris 1978 Mulhouse 1979 Stade Francais 1980 Challans 1981 Chorale Roanne 1982 Nice BC 1983 Lyon 1984 Saint Etienne 1985 Racing Paris 1986 Cholet 1987 Gravelines 1988 present edit 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 Chalons en Champagne 1992 93 ASA Sceaux 1993 94 SLUC Nancy SIG Strasbourg 1994 95 Besancon BCD ALM Evreux 1995 96 Toulouse Spacer s Elan Chalon 1996 97 Maurienne Savoie Toulouse Spacer s 1997 98 Levallois SC 2 1998 99 SIG Strasbourg ESPE Chalons en Champagne 1999 00 JL Bourg STB Le Havre 2000 01 Limoges Hyeres Toulon VB 2001 02 JA Vichy Chorale Roanne 2002 03 Reims CB 2 Besancon BCD 2003 04 Stade Clermontois Basket ESPE Chalons en Champagne 2004 05 Etendard de Brest SPO Rouen 2005 06 Entente Orleanaise Besancon BCD 2006 07 JA Vichy 2 2007 08 Besancon BCD 2 SPO Rouen 2008 09 Poitiers Paris Levallois 2009 10 Elan Bearnais Pau Lacq Orthez Limoges 2010 11 Nanterre Dijon 2011 12 Limoges Boulazac 2012 13 Olympique Antibes Elan Bearnais Pau Orthez 2013 14 Boulogne sur Mer JL Bourg SPO Rouen Champagne Chalons Reims a 2014 15 Monaco 2 Antibes Sharks 2015 16 Hyeres 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 Elan Chalon In the 2013 14 season two extra teams SPO Rouen and Chalons Reims were promoted to the 2014 15 Pro A season because of the expansion of the Pro A from 16 to 18 teams Logos edit nbsp The official current logo of the league 2017 present nbsp The previous official logo of the league until 2017 Awards editMain 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 edit Year LNB Pro B Best Coach LNB Pro B Most Improved Player 2006 nbsp Francois Peronnet Chalons en Champagne 2007 nbsp Olivier Cousin Quimper 2008 nbsp Michel Veyronnet Rouen 2009 nbsp Ruddy Nelhomme Poitiers 2010 nbsp Didier Dobbels Pau Lacq Orthez 2011 nbsp Pascal Donnadieu JSF Nanterre 2012 nbsp Frederic Sarre Limoges nbsp Ferdinand Prenom Antibes 2013 nbsp Remy Valin Evreux nbsp Mam Jaiteh Boulogne sur Mer 2014 nbsp Germain Castano Boulogne sur Mer nbsp Olivier Romain Saint Quentin 2015 nbsp Laurent Legname Hyeres Toulon nbsp Mathieu Wojciechowski Le Portel 2016 nbsp Kyle Milling Hyeres Toulon nbsp Isaia Cordinier Denain 2017 nbsp Cedric Heitz Charleville Mezieres nbsp Arthur Rozenfeld Roanne See also editLNB Pro B Leaders Cup List of basketball clubs in FranceReferences editExternal links editOfficial Site in French Eurobasket com France Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title LNB Pro B amp oldid 1195569043, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
