Fédération Française de Basket-Ball

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The Fédération Française de Basket-Ball (FFBB) (English: French Federation of Basketball ) is the governing body of basketball in France. It was founded in 1932 (and members of the FIBA since 1933).

The Fédération Française de Basket-Ball operates the French national team and organises the Coupe de France (French Cup) and the amateurs national championships; for the professional championship, the LNB (men) and the LFB (women) have a delegation from the FFBB.

France 1st Division Men's Clubs (Pro A)

(2011-12 season)

• Chalon-sur-Saône (Élan Sportif Chalonnais)
• Cholet (Cholet Basket)
• Gravelines Dunkerque (BCM Gravelines Dunkerque Grand Littoral)
• Dijon (JDA Dijon)
• Hyères-Toulon (Hyères-Toulon Var Basket)
• Le Havre (STB Le Havre)
• Le Mans (Le Mans Sarthe Basket)
• Lyon-Villeurbanne (ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne)
• Nancy (SLUC Nancy Basket)
• Nanterre (JSF Nanterre)
• Orléans (Entente Orléanaise Loiret)
• Paris-Levallois (Paris-Levallois Basket)
• Pau-Lacq-Orthez (Élan Béarnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez)
• Poitiers (Poitiers Basket 86)
• Roanne (Chorale Roanne Basket)
• Strasbourg (Strasbourg Illkirch Graffenstaden Basket)

France 1st Division Women's Clubs (LFB)

(2011-12 season)

• Aix-en-Provence (Pays d'Aix Basket 13)
• Arras (Arras Pays d'Artois Basket Féminin)
• Bourges (CJM Bourges Basket)
• Challes-les-Eaux (Challes-les-Eaux Basket)
• Charleville-Mézières (ASPTT Charleville-Mézières)
• Landes (Basket Landes)
• Lyon (Union Lyon Basket Féminin)
• Lattes Montpellier (Basket Lattes Montpellier Agglomération)
• Nice (Cavigal Nice Sports)
• Mondeville (USO Mondeville)
• Nantes-Rezé (Nantes-Rezé Basket 44)
• Hainaut Saint-Amand (Union Hainaut Basket)
• Tarbes (Tarbes Gespe Bigorre)
• Villeneuve-d’Ascq (ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq)

See also

List of basketball clubs in France

External links

• Official FFBB web site