French basketball league system

The French basketball league system or French basketball league pyramid, is a series of interconnected competitions for professional basketball clubs in France. The system has a hierarchical format with a promotion and demotion system between competitions at different levels. There are currently six different competitions on the pyramid: the 1st-tier LNB Pro A, the 2nd-tier LNB Pro B, the 3rd-tier Nationale Masculine 1 (NM1), the 4th-tier Nationale Masculine 2 (NM2), the 5th-tier Nationale Masculine 3 (NM3), and the 6th tier LNB Espoirs.

The tier pyramid

Level	League
1	LNB Pro A National Professional 1st Division (18 teams)
2	LNB Pro B National Professional 2nd Division (18 teams)
3	Nationale Masculine 1 (NM1) National Amateur 3rd Division (18 teams)
4	Nationale Masculine 2 (NM2) National Amateur 4th Division (56 teams in 4 groups)
5	Nationale Masculine 3 (NM3) National Amateur 5th Division (144 teams in 12 groups)
6	LNB Espoirs 6th Division (junior level)

Other competitions

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Pro A
LNB FFBB List of Clubs List of Venues Awards French League System French Basketball Hall of Fame
2017–18 teams	Antibes Sharks AS Monaco Boulazac Bourg-en-Bresse Chalon-sur-Saône Châlons-Reims Cholet Dijon Gravelines-Dunkerque Hyères-Toulon Le Mans Levallois Limoges Lyon-Villeurbanne Nanterre Pau-Lacq-Orthez 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
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

Pro B
LNB FFBB List of Clubs List of Venues French League System
Seasons	2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18
Teams	Aix Maurienne Blois Boulogne Caen Charleville-Mézières Denain Voltaire Évreux Fos-sur-Mer Le Havre Lille Nancy Nantes Orléans Poitiers Roanne Rouen Saint-Chamond Vichy
Cup competition	Pro B Leaders Cup (League Cup)
Awards	MVP Finals MVP
Other	French clubs in international competitions

French basketball league system

The tier pyramid

Other competitions

See also

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