Olympique Antibes
Olympique Antibes Juan-les-Pins Côte d'Azur, or OAJLP, or Antibes Sharks, is a basketball club from the city of Antibes, France. The club's men's senior team currently plays in LNB Pro A, the French first division.
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| Leagues | LNB Pro B | ||
| Founded | 1933 | ||
| History | Olympique Antibes (1933–2012) Antibes Sharks (2012–present) | ||
| Arena | Azur Arena Antibes | ||
| Capacity | 5,249 | ||
| Location | Antibes, France | ||
| Team colors | Navy, Gold, Azure, White | ||
| Championships | 3 French Championships 1 Pro B Leaders Cup | ||
| Website | sharks-antibes.com | ||
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History
The basketball team rose to prominence in the years 1950–60. In 1970, the team won the championship of France thanks to players of exception like Jean-Claude Bonato, Dan Rodriguez and Jacques Cachemire.
At the beginning of the Eighties, Antibes suffered several disappointing seasons, but improved throughout the decade, and eventually won the LNB Pro A title in 1991. At the beginning of the Nineties, Antibes regularly contended for titles alongside Limoges CSP and Pau-Orthez.
In 1995, the club won a third national title before being plagued by financial problems. In 2002, in spite of finishing in a position that would have kept them safe from relegation, the club was dropped to LNB Pro B for lack of financial guarantees. Antibes then went through difficult years in Pro B. Then, in 2006–07, the club were relegated from Pro B to the nominally amateur Nationale 1. Although their 16th-place finish that season would normally have kept them safe from relegation, that season saw three teams relegated instead of the normal two because of a decision to reduce the number of teams in the top Pro A league. They would return to the professional ranks at the first opportunity, winning the Pro B crown in 2008.
For the 2013 season, Antibes has new ambitions in a Pro B league where the other favourites are clubs like Pau-Orthez, Hyères Toulon, two teams coming from Pro A, and Bourg-en-Bresse. They end up in fifth place at the end of the regular season and win the play-offs against Champagne Châlons Reims, synonym with a spot in the Pro A championship from next season. Yet in the following year, they finish bottom of the league with 6 wins and 24 defeats, and returned once more to the Pro B.
During the 2014-2015 season, they finish 6th of the regular season, and win also the Leaders Cup, a victory that, as a matter of fact, guaranteed them a playoff spot. They win the playoffs against Denain after having defeated Nantes and Le portel on their way to the final. Just one year after leaving the Pro A championship they earned the right to go back to the elite tier.
Honours
- Winners (3):1969–70, 1990–91, 1994–95
- Winners (1): 2012–13
- Winners (1): 2007-08
- Winners (1): 2015
Top performances in European & Worldwide competitions
| Season | Achievement | Notes | |
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| 1970–71 | Quarter-finals | 4th place in a group with Ignis Varese, Slavia VŠ Praha and AŠK Olimpija | |
| FIBA Saporta Cup | |||
| 1994–95 | Semi-finals (third) | eliminated 2-1 by Benetton Treviso, 95-88 (W) in Treviso, 93-99 (L) and 83-87 (L) in Antibes | |
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| 1972 | Semi-finals | eliminated by OKK Beograd, 72-99 (L) in Belgrade and 65-61 (W) in Antibes | |
| 1983–84 | Semi-finals | eliminated by Orthez, 68-75 (L) in Orthez and 71-69 (W) in Antibes | |
| 1985–86 | Semi-finals | eliminated by Banco di Roma Virtus, 69-78 (L) in Antibes and 75-83 (L) in Rome | |
| 1993–94 | Quarter-finals | eliminated by Recoaro Milano, 85-98 (L) in Milan and 95-88 (W) in Antibes | |
Players
Current roster
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Notable players
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Season by season
| Season | Tier | League | Pos. | French Cup |
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| 2008–09 | 2 | Pro B | 11th | Round of 16 |
| 2009–10 | 2 | Pro B | 16th | Quarterfinalist |
| 2010–11 | 2 | Pro B | 14th | Quarterfinalist |
| 2011–12 | 2 | Pro B | 11th | Round of 32 |
| 2012–13 | 2 | Pro B | 5th | Round of 16 |
| 2013–14 | 1 | Pro A | 16th | Round of 64 |
| 2014–15 | 2 | Pro B | 2nd | |
| 2015–16 | 1 | Pro A | 12th | |
| 2016–17 | 1 | Pro A | 14th | |
| 2017–18 | 1 | Pro A | 16th | |