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Ligue Nationale de Basketball
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| Ligue Nationale de Basketball | |
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| Sport | Basketball |
| Founded | 1987 |
| No. of teams | 18 (Pro A) - 18 (Pro B) |
| Country |  France |
| Current champions | Le Mans Sarthe Basket |
| Official website | LNB.fr |
The LNB (Ligue Nationale de Basketball) is the top men's French professional basketball league. There are 2 divisions: Pro A (first division) and Pro B (second division).
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All 18 Pro A division teams play each other twice during the regular season. At the end of the regular season, the top 12 teams qualify for the playoffs. The first- through fourth-place teams qualify directly for the quarterfinals, while the 5th-12th place teams go to a prelimary round. The two teams with the worst regular season records are relegated to Pro B. All rounds except for the finals are two-legged; the final is a single game played at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris.
- ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne
- Basket Club Maritime Gravelines Dunkerque Grand Littoral
- Besançon BCD
- Cholet Basket
- Chorale Roanne Basket
- Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez
- Élan Sportif Chalonnais
- Entente Orléanaise 45
- Hyères-Toulon Var Basket
- Jeanne d'Arc Dijon Bourgogne
- Jeunesse Laïque de Bourg-en-Bresse
- Le Mans Sarthe Basket
- Paris Basket Racing
- Reims Champagne Basket
- Saint Thomas Basket Le Havre
- Stade Clermontois Basket Auvergne
- Stade Lorrain Université Club Nancy
- Strasbourg Illkirch Graffenstaden Basket
All 18 Pro B teams play each other twice during the regular season. The top eight regular season teams qualify for the Pro B playoffs. The regular season and playoff champions are promoted to Pro A while the bottom two regular season teams are relegated to the amateur NM1 league. The quarterfinals and the semifinals are two-legged and the final is a single game.
- Aix Maurienne
- Anjou BC
- Olympique d'Antibes
- Boulazac Basket Dordogne
- Étendard de Brest
- ESPE Basket Châlons-en-Champagne
- ALM Évreux
- Levallois Sporting Club Basket
- Cercle Saint-Pierre de Limoges
- Mulhouse Basket
- JSF Nanterre
- L'Hermine Nantes Atlantique
- Union Poitiers Basket 86
- UJAP Quimper
- SPO Rouen Basket
- Saint Étienne Basket Club
- Saint Quentin BB
- JA Vichy
- 1988, Cercle Saint-Pierre de Limoges
- 1989, Cercle Saint-Pierre de Limoges
- 1990, Cercle Saint-Pierre de Limoges
- 1991, Olympique Antibes
- 1992, Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez
- 1993, Cercle Saint-Pierre de Limoges
- 1994, Cercle Saint-Pierre de Limoges
- 1995, Olympique Antibes
- 1996, Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez
- 1997, Paris SG (now Paris Basket Racing)
- 1998, Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez
- 1999, Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez
- 2000, Cercle Saint-Pierre de Limoges
- 2001, Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez
- 2002, ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne
- 2003, Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez
- 2004, Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez
- 2005, Strasbourg Illkirch Graffenstaden Basket
- 2006, Le Mans Sarthe Basket
List of basketball clubs in France
