Cholet Basket

Cholet
Cholet
Leagues	Pro A
Founded	1975
History	Cholet Basket; (1975–present)
Arena	La Meilleraie
Capacity	5,191
Location	Cholet, France
Team colors	Red and white;
President	Patrick Chiron
Vice-president(s)	Alain Lafat
Head coach	Erman Kunter
Championships	1 French Championship; 2 French Cups; 1 La Semaine des As Cup
Retired numbers	2 (4, 10)
Website	cholet-basket.com
Home	Away

Cholet Basket is a professional basketball club that is based in Cholet, France. The club plays in the French League. Their home arena is La Meilleraie. Established in 1975, Cholet won its first French championship in the 2009–10 season. In 1998 and 1999, Cholet won the French Cup.

History

Establishment

The team debuted in the 1st division in the 1987–88 season and after managing to get to the premier league in only 12 years. The team were able to sustain themselves in the league, and were consistently in the top 10 teams having a highly successful youth system. This youth system has allowed the club to produce professional players season after season. After winning the National Cup in 1999, Cholet got automatically qualified for its first participation to the Euroleague (3 victories – 13 defeats). During the 2004–05 season 10 of the 12 players in the first team derived from the youth system. Some of the most illustrious players who had their debut in the team are Antoine Rigaudeau, Jim Bilba and Mickaël Gelabale.

During the 2008–2009 season, Cholet was defeated by Virtus Bologna in the EuroChallenge's Final (75–77).

In 2010, Cholet finished 1st of the 2009–2010 Pro A League regular season and won the championship after defeating Le Mans in the Play-Offs Final (81–65). Thanks to its national champion title, Cholet is automatically qualified for the 2010–2011 Euroleague season. Cholet was eliminated during the first round (4 victories – 6 defeats) of the 2010–2011 Euroleague after defeating prestigious (and at the time unbeaten) Fenerbahçe Ülker (82–78).

In 2011, Cholet, defending its title finished 1st again of the 2011-12 Pro A League regular season and was only defeated during the finals by SLUC Nancy (74-76).

Logos

Evolution of the Logo
–2012	2012–2019	2019–present

Youth academy

Cholet Basket is intensively focusing on its Youth Academy to provide players to its professional squad. During the 2004–05 season, 10 of the 12 players of the Pro squad have progressed through the club Youth Academy. It is also one of the only six European clubs to have provided two players to the same NBA draft in 2009, with Rodrigues Beaubois and Nando De Colo beside Real Madrid (2005), Joventut Badalona (2009), Fenerbahçe Ülker (2008), KK Partizan (2002) and Pau-Ortez (2003).

Notable Players that have progressed through the Cholet Youth Academy (Espoirs)

Nando de Colo
Rodrigue Beaubois
Kévin Séraphin

Players

Retired numbers

Cholet Basket retired numbers
No.	Player	Position	Tenure
4	Antoine Rigaudeau	PG	1987–1995
10	Jim Bilba	PF	1988–1992, 2002–2007

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Cholet Basket roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
G	5	Riley, Jalen	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	27 – (1993-03-06)6 March 1993
F/C	7	Leopold, Florian	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	19 – (2000-07-28)28 July 2000
SF	9	Ruel, Quentin	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	20 – (1999-07-26)26 July 1999
G	11	N'Doye, Abdoulaye	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	22 – (1998-03-09)9 March 1998
SF	12	Fofana, Vafessa	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	28 – (1992-06-12)12 June 1992
PF	13	Karaman, İlkan	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	30 – (1990-05-13)13 May 1990
G/F	14	Jok, Peter	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	26 – (1994-03-30)30 March 1994
F	15	Miles, Isaiah	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	26 – (1994-06-09)9 June 1994
C	18	Diarra, Nianta	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	27 – (1993-04-18)18 April 1993
PG	20	Stockton, Michael	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	31 – (1989-05-07)7 May 1989
PF	21	Arledge, Jonathan	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	28 – (1991-09-21)21 September 1991
F/C	28	Govindy, Melvyn	2.12 m (6 ft 11 in)	22 – (1997-11-06)6 November 1997
PG	30	Dimanche, Karlton	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	20 – (2000-03-05)5 March 2000
G	––	Nwamu, Ike	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	27 – (1993-06-03)3 June 1993

Head coach

Erman Kunter

Assistant coach(es)

Sylvain Delorme

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: 15 June 2020

FIBA Hall of Famers

Cholet Basket Hall of Famers
Players
No.	Nat.	Name	Position	Tenure	Inducted
4		Antoine Rigaudeau	G	1987–95	2015[1]

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	French Cup	Leaders Cup	European competitions
2006–07	1	Pro A	7th
2007–08	1	Pro A	8th	Runner-up	Champion	3 FIBA EuroCup	GS
2008–09	1	Pro A	9th	Round of 16		3 EuroChallenge	RU
2009–10	1	Pro A	1st	Round of 32	Quarterfinalist	2 Eurocup	RS
2010–11	1	Pro A	2nd	Round of 16	Quarterfinalist	1 Euroleague	RS
2011–12	1	Pro A	4th	Semifinalist	Quarterfinalist	1 Euroleague	QR1
2011–12	1	Pro A	4th	Semifinalist	Quarterfinalist	2 Eurocup	RS
2012–13	1	Pro A	10th	Round of 16		2 Eurocup	RS
2013–14	1	Pro A	13th	Round of 16		3 EuroChallenge	L16
2014–15	1	Pro A	14th	Round of 16
2015–16	1	Pro A	13th	Round of 32
2016–17	1	Pro A	11th	Round of 16

Achievements

French Championship Pro A: 2010
La Semaine des As Cup: 2008
French Cup: 1998, 1999
Match des Champions (French Pro A Champion vs French Cup winner): 2010
Finalist of Pro A: 1988, 2011
French Cup Finalist: 2005, 2008
Finalist of the Tournoi des As Cup: 1988, 1989, 1990 and 1993.
Champion of Division 2 (now Pro B): 1986

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Played at least three seasons for the club. Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club. Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time. Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

France

United States

Other countries

Head coaches

1970s: Dragoş Nosievici
1987–89: Jean Galle
1989–91: Jean-Paul Rebatet
1991–95: Laurent Buffard
1995–96: Alain Thinet (7 games) then Eric Girard (1 game) then Jean Galle
1996–2001: Eric Girard
2001–02: Savo Vucević
2002–03: Jean-François Martin
2003–04: Erman Kunter
2004–06: Ruddy Nelhomme
2006–10: Erman Kunter
2010–12: Erman Kunter
2012–14: Jean-Manuel Sousa
2014–Present: Laurent Buffard

References

"FIBA.basketball". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 20 August 2019.

External links

Cholet Basket Official Website (in French)
LNB Club Profile (in French)
Euroleague Club Profile (in English)

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[1] "FIBA.basketball". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 20 August 2019.

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2011–12 Turkish Airlines Euroleague
Champions	Olympiacos
Runners-up	CSKA Moscow
Third place	FC Barcelona Regal
Fourth place	Panathinaikos
Eliminated in Quarterfinals	Gescrap Bizkaia Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv Montepaschi Siena UNICS Kazan
Eliminated in Top 16	Group E Group F Group G Group H Anadolu Efes Bennet Cantù EA7 Emporio Armani Fenerbahçe Ülker Galatasaray Medical Park Real Madrid Unicaja Žalgiris Kaunas
Eliminated in Regular Season	Group A Group B Group C Group D Asseco Prokom Gdynia Brose Baskets Caja Laboral KK Zagreb Partizan Mt:s Belgrade SLUC Nancy Spirou Basket Union Olimpija Ljubljana
Eliminated in Third Qualifying Round	ČEZ Nymburk Lietuvos Rytas
Eliminated in Second Qualifying Round	Alba Berlin ASVEL Basket BC Khimki Cibona Zagreb
Eliminated in First Qualifying Round	Banvit BC Donetsk BCM Gravelines Cholet Basket KK Budućnost P.A.O.K. PGE Turów VEF Rīga

Cholet current roster
5 Riley 7 Leopold 9 Ruel 11 N'Doye 12 Fofana 13 Karaman 14 Jok 15 Miles 18 Diarra 20 Stockton 21 Arledge 28 Govindy 30 Dimanche – Nwamu
Head coach: Kunter Assistant coaches: