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Denain Voltaire Basket

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ASC Denain-Voltaire PH
ASC Denain-Voltaire PH logo
LeaguesLNB Pro B
Founded1947
History1947–Present
ArenaSalle Jean Degros
Capacity2,500
Location Denain, France France
Team colorsRed, White
   
Championships1 French League
2 French Cups
1 French League 2
Websiteasvel.com

Association sportive Cail Denain Voltaire Porte du Hainaut or simply Denain-Voltaire is a French basketball club founded in 1947 and based in Denain. It currently plays in the French championship LNB Pro B (second division championship of France). The small club of Voltaire school, move up the hierarchy until reaching the French basketball elite in 1960 and won the French Cup as it evolves Excellence. Five years later, it made the feat of winning the championship of France with several Voltaire schoolchildren in the workforce. In the late 1970s, the club will gradually disappear from the French basketball landscape before climbing into the antechamber of the elite for the 2011-2012 season.

Honours

French League

  • Winners (1): 1964-65

French Cup

  • Winners (2): 1959-60, 1983-84 (amateur)

French League 2

  • Winners (1): 1959-60, 1963–64