2018–19 Pro A season

Pro A
Competition details
Season	2018–19
Teams	18
Dates	21 September 2018 – May 2019
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 Pro A season, for sponorships reasons the Jeep Élite, is the 97th season of the Pro A, the top basketball league in France organised by the Ligue Nationale de Basket (LNB).

Teams

Location of teams in the 2018–19 Pro A season

Promotion and relegation

Hyères-Toulon and Boulazac Basket Dordogne were relegated after the 2017–18 season after the teams ended in the last two places.

Blois promoted by finishing first in the regular season with a 27–7 record in the Pro B.^[1] Fos Provence made its Pro A debut after promoting, as Fos defeated Roanne in the finals of the promotion play-offs.^[2]

However, as ADA Blois did not meet the requirements for playing in Pro A, Boulazac remained in the league.

Locations and arenas

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Antibes Sharks	Antibes	Azur Arena	5,249
Boulazac Dordogne	Boulazac	Le Palio	5,200
Monaco	Fontvieille, Monaco	Salle Gaston Médecin	3,700
LDLC ASVEL	Lyon–Villeurbanne	Astroballe	5,556
BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque	Gravelines	Sportica	3,500
Champagne Châlons Reims	Reims	Complexe René-Tys	3,000
Cholet	Cholet	La Meilleraie	5,191
Élan Béarnais	Pau	Palais des Sports de Pau	7,707
Élan Chalon	Chalon-sur-Saône	Le Colisée	5,000
ESSM Le Portel	Le Portel	Le Chaudron	3,500
Fos Provence	Fos-sur-mer	Parsemain Sports Complex	7003200000000000000♠2,000
JDA Dijon	Dijon	Palais des Sports de Dijon	5,000
JL Bourg	Bourg-en-Bresse	Ekinox	3,548
Nanterre 92	Nanterre	Palais des Sports de Nanterre	3,000
Le Mans Sarthe	Le Mans	Antarès	6,003
Limoges CSP	Limoges	Beaublanc	6,000
Levallois Metropolitans	Levallois	Palais des Sports Marcel Cerdan	4,000
SIG Strasbourg	Strasbourg	Rhénus Sport	6,200

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Antibes Sharks	Julien Espinosa
Boulazac Dordogne	Thomas Andrieux
LDLC ASVEL	Zvezdan Mitrović
BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque	Julien Mahé
Champagne Châlons Reims	Nikola Antić
Cholet	Philippe Hervé
Élan Béarnais	Éric Bartecheky
Élan Chalon	Jean-Denys Choulet
ESSM Le Portel	Éric Girard
Fos Provence	Rémi Giuitta
JDA Dijon	Laurent Legname
JL Bourg	Savo Vučević
Le Mans	Alexandre Ménard
Limoges CSP	Kyle Milling
Levallois Metropolitans	Frédéric Fauthoux
Monaco	Sašo Filipovski
Nanterre 92	Pascal Donnadieu
SIG Strasbourg	Vincent Collet

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced with	Date of appointment
LDLC ASVEL	Terence Parker	End of contract	1 June 2018	Pre-season	Zvezdan Mitrović	26 June 2018^[3]
Monaco	Zvezdan Mitrović	Signed with ASVEL	26 June 2018^[3]	Pre-season	Sašo Filipovski	28 June 2018^[4]

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification or relegation
1	JDA Dijon	2	2	0	170	131	+39	Qualification for playoffs
2	SIG Strasbourg	1	1	0	112	75	+37
3	LDLC ASVEL	2	2	0	157	123	+34
4	Élan Chalon	2	2	0	169	142	+27
5	BCM Gravelines	2	2	0	183	175	+8
6	Nanterre 92	2	1	1	165	148	+17
7	Boulazac Basket Dordogne	2	1	1	148	140	+8
8	Limoges CSP	2	1	1	187	184	+3
9	Levallois Metropolitans	2	1	1	153	155	−2
10	Le Mans Sarthe	2	1	1	153	155	−2
11	JL Bourg	2	1	1	136	149	−13
12	Champagne Châlons Reims	2	1	1	146	167	−21
13	Monaco	1	0	1	63	66	−3
14	ÉB Pau-Lacq-Orthez	1	0	1	64	72	−8
15	Fos Provence Basket	2	0	2	154	169	−15
16	ESSM Le Portel	1	0	1	57	82	−25
17	Antibes Sharks	2	0	2	145	183	−38	Relegation to Pro B
18	Cholet	2	0	2	152	195	−43	Relegation to Pro B

Updated to match(es) played on 25 September 2018. Source: LNB.fr
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Results

Home \ Away	ANT	ASV	BCM	BOU	CHA	CHO	PAU	ELA	FOS	POR	DIJ	JLB	LMS	LEV	LIM	MON	NAN	STR
Antibes Sharks	—												78–92		85–92			81–86
LDLC ASVEL	91–60	—							88–64
BCM Gravelines		84–96	—													74–65	84–80
Boulazac Dordogne				—				93–84		82–57			69–74			77–61
Champagne Châlons Reims		89–92			—	94–79			81–80
Cholet						—								69–96				75–112
ÉB Pau-Lacq-Orthez							—									68–70
Élan Chalon				97–65				—	88–74
Fos Provence Basket						70–77			—		61–82
ESSM Le Portel	98–87									—					90–81			82–79
JDA Dijon				83–66	87–65		81–78				—
JL Bourg					102–83		72–64					—
Le Mans Sarthe						83–77				102–82			—
Levallois Metropolitans								68–81					85–74	—
Limoges CSP			95–99									103–74			—
Monaco		63–66														—	75–63
Nanterre 92											77–73	85–64					—
SIG Strasbourg							65–70											—

Updated to match(es) played on 13 October 2018. Source: LNB.fr
Colours: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

French clubs in European competitions

Team	Competition	Progress
LDLC ASVEL	EuroCup	Regular season
Limoges		Regular season
Monaco		Regular season
JDA Dijon	Champions League	Regular season
Le Mans Sarthe		Regular season
SIG Strasbourg		Regular season
Nanterre 92		Regular season

References

↑ "Classement - Pro B – LNB.fr". www.lnb.fr.
↑ "Fos s'offre les playoffs".
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External links

Official website

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[1] "Classement - Pro B – LNB.fr". www.lnb.fr.

[promotion-2] "Fos s'offre les playoffs".

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