LNB Pro B

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Pro B

LNB Pro B logo.svg
Founded
1932
First season
1932–33
Country
 France
Confederation
FIBA Europe
Number of teams
18
Level on pyramid

2

Promotion to
Pro A

Relegation to
NM1
Domestic cup(s)
French Cup (Federation Cup)
Pro B Leaders Cup (League Cup)
Current champions
ADA Blois (1st title)
(2018)
Website
www.lnb.fr

2017–18 Pro B season

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 top two placed teams from each Pro B season are promoted to the top-tier level LNB Pro A. The two last placed teams are relegated to the third level NM1.




Contents





  • 1 History

    • 1.1 Names of the league



  • 2 Format


  • 3 Champions

    • 3.1 1932–1987


    • 3.2 1988–present



  • 4 Logos


  • 5 Awards

    • 5.1 LNB Pro B Best Coach and Most Improved Player



  • 6 See also


  • 7 Notes and references


  • 8 External links




History



Names of the league




  • 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


All eighteam 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.



Champions



1932–1987












Honneur (Honor)


  • 1932 Saint-Charles Alfortville

  • 1933 SS Nilvange

  • 1934 CS Plaisance

  • 1935 Métro

  • 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 Métro

  • 1954 Racing Paris

  • 1955 Étoile de Charleville-Mézières

  • 1957 Stade Auto Lyon

  • 1958 CO Billancourt

  • 1959 Alsace Bagnolet

  • 1960 Denain-Voltaire

  • 1961 Bordeaux

  • 1962 Moderne

  • 1963 Stade Français

 

Nationale 2 (National 2)


  • 1964 Denain-Voltaire

  • 1965 Caen

  • 1966 BC Montbrison

  • 1967 Tours

  • 1968 Olympique Antibes

  • 1969 Paris Université

  • 1970 Caen

  • 1971 Nantes

  • 1972 Vichy

  • 1973 Monaco

  • 1974 Nice BC

  • 1975 Orthez

  • 1976 Valenciennes

 

  • 1977 Racing Paris

  • 1978 Mulhouse

  • 1979 Stade Français

  • 1980 Challans

  • 1981 Chorale Roanne

  • 1982 Nice BC

  • 1983 Lyon

  • 1984 Saint-Etienne

  • 1985 Racing Paris

  • 1986 Cholet

  • 1987 Gravelines

 


1988–present


































































































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


  1. ^ In the 2013–14 season, two extra teams (SPO Rouen and Châlons-Reims) promoted to the 2014–15 Pro A season because of the expansion of the Pro A from 16 to 18 teams.




Logos





  • (The official current logo of the league 2017–present).







  • (The previous official logo of the league until 2017.)





Awards


  • LNB Pro B MVP

  • LNB Pro B Finals MVP


LNB Pro B Best Coach and Most Improved Player




































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


  • LNB Pro B Leaders Cup

  • List of basketball clubs in France


Notes and references





External links



  • Official Site (in French)

  • Eurobasket.com - France









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