LNB Pro B
Current season, competition or edition: 2015–16 LNB Pro B season | |
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| Sport | Basketball |
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| Founded | 1932 |
| No. of teams | 18 |
| Country |  France |
| Continent |  FIBA Europe |
| Most recent champion(s) | Hyères-Toulon Var Basket (1st title) |
| Level on pyramid | 2nd tier on French Pyramid |
| Promotion to | LNB Pro A (1st tier) |
| Relegation to | NM1 1 (3rd tier) |
| Related competitions | French Cup |
| Official website | www.LNB.fr |
The LNB Pro B, full name, Ligue Nationale de Basket Pro B (English: Pro National Basketball League B), is the 2nd-tier level men's professional basketball league in France. It is the second division of the Ligue Nationale de Basket (LNB), which has organized the league since the year 1987. The top two placed teams from each season's Pro B are promoted to the top-tier level LNB Pro A (first division).
History
Names of the league
- 1932–1949: Honneur (Honor)
- 1950–1963: Excellence
- 1964–1987: Nationale 2 (National 2)
- 1987–1992: Nationale 1B (National 1B)
- 1992–1993: Nationale A2 (National A2)
- 1993–Present: Nationale Pro B (National Pro B)
Format
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 the top-tier LNB Pro A (first division), while the bottom two regular season teams are relegated to the 3rd-tier Nationale Masculine 1 (NM1) league. The quarterfinals and the semifinals are two-legged, and the final is a single game.
2016-17 clubs
- Aix-Maurienne
- Blois
- Boulazac
- Boulogne-sur-Mer
- Bourg-en-Bresse
- Charleville-Mézières
- Denain
- Évreux
- Fos-sur-Mer
- Le Havre
- Lille
- Nantes
- Poitiers
- Roanne
- Rouen
- Saint-Chamond
- Saint-Quentin
- Vichy
Champions
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Honneur (Honor)
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Excellence
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Nationale 2 (National 2)
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- ^1 In the 2013–14 season, two extra teams promoted because of the expansion of the Pro A from 16 to 18 teams.
LNB Pro B Most Valuable Players
| Year | LNB Pro B Unified MVP |
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| 2014–15 |  Davante Gardner (Hyères-Toulon)
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| 2015–16 | Joe Burton (Évreux)
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LNB Pro B Finals Most Valuable Players
| Year | LNB Pro B Finals MVP |
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| 2005 | Pero Vasiljević (Brest)
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| 2006 | Ben Dewar (Orléans)
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| 2007 | Jimmal Ball (Vichy)
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| 2008 | Antwon Hoard (Besançon)
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| 2009 | Pierre-Yves Guillard (Poitiers)
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| 2010 | Slaven Rimac (Elan Béarnais)
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| 2011 | Nate Carter (Nanterre)
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| 2012 | Chris Massie (Limoges)
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| 2013 | Tim Blue (Antibes)
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| 2014 | Devin Booker (Bourg-en-Bresse)
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| 2015 | Tim Blue (Antibes)
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LNB Pro B Best Coach and Most Improved Player
| Year | LNB Pro B Best Coach | LNB Pro B Most Improved Player |
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| 2006 | François Peronnet (Châlons-en-Champagne)
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| 2007 | Olivier Cousin (Quimper)
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| 2008 | Michel Veyronnet (Rouen)
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| 2009 | Ruddy Nelhomme (Poitiers)
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| 2010 | Didier Dobbels (Pau-Lacq-Orthez)
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| 2011 | Pascal Donnadieu (JSF Nanterre)
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| 2012 | Frédéric Sarre (Limoges)
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Ferdinand Prénom (Antibes)
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| 2013 | Rémy Valin (Évreux)
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Mouhammadou Jaiteh (Boulogne-sur-Mer)
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| 2014 | Germain Castano (Boulogne-sur-Mer)
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Olivier Romain (Saint-Quentin)
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See also
Notes and references
- ^ Basket News, LNB, 20 years of pro basketball, Calmann-Lévy , October 2007, hardcover, 240 p. (ISBN 978-2-7021-3871-7)
- ^ PRO B UN DEUXIÈME TROPHÉE DE MVP DE LA FINALE POUR TIM BLUE Template:Fr icon.
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