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For the current year competition, see 2015–16 Lebanese Basketball League.
Pepsi Lebanese Basketball Championship (FLB)
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2015–16 FLB season
SportBasketball
Founded1994 (New Format)
CEOWalid Nassar
Claim to fame"The pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in the West Asia"
No. of teams9
Country Lebanon
ContinentFIBA Asia (Asia)
Most recent
champion(s)		Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut
Most titlesSporting Al Riyadi Beirut
TV partner(s)LBCI
Official websitewww.flbb.com

The Lebanese Basketball League or FLB League is the top basketball league in Lebanon and one of the top leagues in Asia. It is organised annually as a national championship with playoffs and a national cup by the Lebanese Basketball Federation (FLB).

As per January 2, 2016, The Men Division A made up of 9 teams is named PEPSI FLB League due to sponsorship reasons.

History

The initial Lebanese basketball league was formed in as early as the 1950s and was stopped during the civil war. After the war ended, in 1994 the league was totally reformed in a new fully professional format that is being since the foundation of the league today.

Overview

The league itself is most known in Asia due to the success of the Lebanese teams in the Asian competitions such as the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, Arab Club Championship, and West Asian Basketball League. Many undrafted and free agent players from Europe and the NBA play in the Lebanese league.

The league is the first division in Lebanese basketball: the team that finishes last in a season is relegated to the Division 2, while the Second Division's top 4 teams compete in a play-off system right after the end of the regular season, with the team that reaches the finals series being promoted to the Lebanese League for the following season.

The Competition

There are 10 teams in the league and they play against each other twice in the league, once at their home and the other away. At the end of those two rounds, the final 8 teams enter to the playoffs they play three games series. The winners of the Quarterfinals advance to the best of four game series Semifinals. The two teams that advance play best of four games in the Final to determine the league champion. The season starts in December and ends in May

FLB League (Standings since 1996)

Season Champion Runner-up
1996–1997 Al Riyadi
1997–1998 Sagesse Tadamoun Zouk
1998–1999 Sagesse Tadamoun Zouk
1999–2000 Sagesse Antranik Antelias
2000–2001 Sagesse
2001–2002 Sagesse Champville
2002–2003 Sagesse Al Riyadi
2003–2004 Sagesse Al Riyadi
2004–2005 Al Riyadi
2005–2006 Al Riyadi Sagesse
2006–2007 Al Riyadi Blue Stars
2007–2008 Al Riyadi Mouttahed
2008-2009 Al Riyadi Mouttahed
2009-2010 Al Riyadi Champville
2010-2011 Al Riyadi Champville
2011-2012 Champville Anibal
2012-2013 League Cancelled
2013-2014 Al Riyadi Sagesse
2014-2015 Al Riyadi UBA

Rivalries:

  • Al Riyadi vs Sagesse Club. It is the "biggest" match in the league, a classical game since 1994 between the two most successful teams in Lebanon and two of the most successful in the Arab world and Asia also known as the Derby of Beirut.


Friendships:

Lebanese Basketball League Current Clubs

Team City, Region Arena Head coach
Current Teams
Champville SC Dik El Mehdi Champville School Stadium Lebanon Ghassan Sarkis
Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut Beirut Saeb Salam Arena Slovenia Slobodan Subotic
Sagesse Club Beirut Ghazir Club Court Lebanon Fouad Abou Chacra
Hoops Club Jdeideh Michel Murr Stadium Lebanon Patrick Saba
Byblos Club Byblos Byblos Stadium Serbia Nenad Vucinic
Al Mouttahed Tripoli Tripoli Al Safadi Stadium Bosnia and Herzegovina Alan Abaz
Tadamon Zouk Zouk Mikael Nouhad Nawfal Stadium Serbia Vlada Vukoicic
Homenetmen Beirut Mezher Tenjoukian Stadium Lebanon Joe Moujaes
Louaize Club Louaize Louaize Stadium Lebanon Marwan Khalil

Single Season, Individual (May Not Be Fully Accurate)

Record Num. Player Team Season
Points 1356 Fadi El Khatib Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut 2009–10
Rebounds 521 Loren Woods Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut 2010–11
Assists 211 Rodrigue Akl Hekmeh BC 2013–14
3-pointers 101 Elie Stephan Hekmeh BC 2004–05
Blocks 65 Julian Khazzouh Hekmeh BC 2013–14
Steals 232 Ali Mahmoud Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut 2004–05

Division A Women

Notable players

Notable coaches

Notable women players

  • Fay Prince
  • Shada Nasr
  • Nayla Alameddine Jaroudi
  • Aida Bakhos
  • Nisrine Dandan
  • Rebecca Akl
  • Nathalie Sevadjian
  • Emma Eskedjian

Notable coaches of women teams

  • Tigran Nochkatdjian
  • Vicken Eskedjian
  • Nemanja Bjedov

See also

Lebanon futsal league

References

  1. ^ http://www.lbci.com/sports
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