2018–19 Pro A season

The 2018–19 Pro A season, for sponsorships reasons the Jeep Élite, was the 97th season of the Pro A, the top basketball league in France organised by the Ligue Nationale de Basket (LNB). It was the second season with Jeep as main sponsor. The season started on 21 September 2018 with the regular season and ended on 25 June 2019 with the last game of the finals.

2018–19 Pro A
Season	2018–19
Dates	21 September 2018 – 25 June 2019
Games played	326
Teams	18
Regular season
Top seed	LDLC ASVEL
Basketball Champions League	JDA Dijon Élan Béarnais SIG Strasbourg
Season MVP	David Holston
Relegated	Provence Antibes Sharks
Finals
Champions	LDLC ASVEL (19th title)
Runners-up	Monaco
Semifinalists	JDA Dijon Nanterre 92
Statistical leaders
Points Devin Ebanks 18.8 Rebounds Youssou Ndoye 8.8 Assists Justin Robinson 8.2 Index Rating Julian Wright 19.4
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

LDLC ASVEL won its nineteenth French championship and its first one since 2016. In the finals, they defeated Monaco.

Teams

Fos

Monaco

Antibes

Reims

Chalon

Cholet

Dijon

Gravelines

Le Mans

Limoges

ASVEL

Nanterre

Pau

Strasbourg

Levallois

Le Portel

Boulazac

Bourg

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Location of teams in the 2018–19 Pro A season

Promotion and relegation

Hyères-Toulon and Boulazac Basket Dordogne were relegated after the 2017–18 season after the teams ended in the last two places.

Blois promoted by finishing first in the regular season with a 27–7 record in the Pro B. Fos Provence made its Pro A debut after promoting, as Fos defeated Roanne in the finals of the promotion play-offs.

However, as ADA Blois did not meet the requirements for playing in Pro A, Boulazac remained in the league.

Locations and arenas

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Antibes Sharks	Antibes	Azur Arena Antibes	5,249
AS Monaco	Fontvieille, Monaco	Salle Gaston Médecin	3,700
ASVEL	Lyon–Villeurbanne	Astroballe	5,556
BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque	Gravelines	Sportica	3,500
Boulazac Dordogne	Boulazac	Le Palio	5,200
Champagne Châlons Reims	Reims	Complexe René-Tys	3,000
Cholet	Cholet	La Meilleraie	5,191
Élan Béarnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez	Pau	Palais des Sports de Pau	7,707
Élan Chalon	Chalon-sur-Saône	Le Colisée	5,000
ESSM Le Portel	Le Portel	Le Chaudron	3,500
Fos Provence	Fos-sur-mer	Parsemain Sports Complex	2,000
JDA Dijon	Dijon	Palais des Sports de Dijon	5,000
JL Bourg	Bourg-en-Bresse	Ekinox	3,548
Le Mans Sarthe	Le Mans	Antarès	6,003
Levallois Metropolitans	Levallois	Palais des Sports Marcel Cerdan	4,000
Limoges CSP	Limoges	Beaublanc	6,000
Nanterre 92	Nanterre	Palais des Sports de Nanterre	3,000
SIG Strasbourg	Strasbourg	Rhénus Sport	6,200

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head coach	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Antibes Sharks	Nikola Antić	Spalding	Mutuelles du Soleil
AS Monaco	Saša Obradović	Erreà	-
ASVEL	Zvezdan Mitrović	Peak	LDLC
BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque	Julien Mahé	BIG Sports	Caisse d'Épargne
Boulazac Dordogne	Thomas Andrieux	Kappa	E.Leclerc
Champagne Châlons Reims	Nikola Antić	Kappa	E.Leclerc
Cholet	Erman Kunter	Spalding	Système U
Élan Béarnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez	Laurent Vila	Peak	DPD
Élan Chalon	Jean-Denys Choulet	BIG Sports	Joker
ESSM Le Portel	Éric Girard	Kappa	Intersport
Fos Provence	Rémi Giuitta	Vive	Eiffage Construction
JDA Dijon	Laurent Legname	Erreà	Groupe Iserba
JL Bourg	Savo Vučević	Spalding	Charles Réma
Le Mans Sarthe	Alexandre Ménard	Kappa	Fermier de Loué
Levallois Metropolitans	Frédéric Fauthoux	Li-Ning	IDEX
Limoges CSP	Kyle Milling	BIG Sports	Intermarché
Nanterre 92	Pascal Donnadieu	Nike	GTM Bâtiment
SIG Strasbourg	Vincent Collet	Adidas	Suez

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced with	Date of appointment
ASVEL	Terence Parker	End of contract	1 June 2018	Pre-season	Zvezdan Mitrović	26 June 2018
AS Monaco	Zvezdan Mitrović	Signed with ASVEL	26 June 2018		Sašo Filipovski	28 June 2018
AS Monaco	Sašo Filipovski	Fired	1 February 2019	During Season	Saša Obradović	1 February 2019

Budgets

On 3 October 2018, the LNB published the budgets and salary expenditures of the Pro A clubs.

Club	Budget (in €)	Salary expenditures
AS Monaco	8,089,000	2,995,000
SIG Strasbourg	7,705,000	2,494,000
Le Mans Sarthe Basket	6,589,000	2,010,000
Limoges CSP	7,029,000	2,189,000
JDA Dijon	4,488,000	1,300,000
ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne	9,158,000	2,949,000
Nanterre 92	4,877,000	1,617,000
Élan Béarnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez	5,161,000	1,353,000
JL Bourg	5,123,000	1,547,000
Levallois Metropolitans	5,125,000	1,641,000
ESSM Le Portel	3,546,000	1,219,000
Élan Chalon	5,163,000	1,538,500
BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque	5,837,000	1,833,000
Champagne Châlons Reims Basket	4,129,000	1,395,000
Cholet Basket	4,111,000	1,184,500
Olympique d'Antibes	3,410,000	1,017,000
Boulazac Basket Dordogne	3,483,000	1,267,000
Provence Basket	3,179,000	1,105,500
Average	5,342,000	1,704,000

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification or relegation
1	LDLC ASVEL	34	27	7	2859	2602	+257	Qualification for playoffs
2	Monaco	34	24	10	2834	2586	+248
3	JDA Dijon	34	23	11	2761	2546	+215
4	Nanterre 92	34	23	11	2870	2684	+186
5	ÉB Pau-Lacq-Orthez	34	21	13	2692	2614	+78
6	SIG Strasbourg	34	20	14	2765	2709	+56
7	Limoges CSP	34	20	14	2865	2778	+87
8	Le Mans Sarthe	34	20	14	2782	2637	+145
9	JL Bourg	34	19	15	2793	2778	+15
10	Boulazac Basket Dordogne	34	17	17	2708	2700	+8
11	BCM Gravelines	34	16	18	2775	2815	−40
12	Levallois Metropolitans	34	14	20	2692	2759	−67
13	Champagne Châlons Reims	34	13	21	2814	2931	−117
14	Élan Chalon	34	12	22	2902	2869	+33
15	Cholet	34	11	23	2669	2882	−213
16	ESSM Le Portel	34	10	24	2647	2889	−242
17	Fos Provence Basket (R)	34	9	25	2591	2913	−322	Relegation to Pro B
18	Antibes Sharks (R)	34	7	27	2521	2848	−327

Source: LNB.fr
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ANT	ASV	BCM	BOU	CHA	CHO	PAU	ELA	FOS	POR	DIJ	JLB	LMS	LEV	LIM	MON	NAN	STR
Antibes Sharks	—	72–87	66–78	79–91	78–86	72–69	83–73	63–100	72–76	78–63	71–84	76–71	78–92	62–67	85–92	60–83	70–86	81–86
LDLC ASVEL	91–60	—	95–72	77–61	91–84	68–76	88–75	106–104	88–64	91–73	80–62	81–66	80–76	81–75	82–68	92–91	74–96	85–61
BCM Gravelines	88–71	84–96	—	69–77	85–81	87–83	52–80	66–91	116–85	86–71	70–86	65–78	69–76	97–85	88–83	74–65	84–80	78–87
Boulazac Dordogne	85–84	73–78	72–65	—	98–86	117–92	90–77	80–75	81–52	82–57	73–84	86–82	69–74	72–75	70–96	77–61	83–78	62–79
Champagne Châlons Reims	91–80	73–82	88–78	83–81	—	94–79	78–82	91–87	81–80	82–70	81–89	96–102	77–91	102–98	83–106	86–93	77–102	93–91
Cholet	74–91	76–87	84–71	77–92	75–85	—	63–70	98–94	99–83	81–79	61–67	89–82	70–64	69–96	76–84	82–87	98–92	75–112
ÉB Pau-Lacq-Orthez	73–72	82–79	82–73	97–95	77–67	70–79	—	101–96	84–77	92–69	63–59	74–85	91–90	84–69	84–69	68–70	84–75	98–57
Élan Chalon	92–70	89–92	100–102	97–65	66–98	89–84	78–82	—	88–74	92–70	81–89	76–79	85–74	90–79	73–77	79–78	94–97	77–92
Fos Provence Basket	80–87	62–85	62–88	88–76	84–73	70–77	90–91	76–73	—	67–79	61–82	78–76	68–88	64–72	87–72	80–77	73–95	74–82
ESSM Le Portel	98–87	69–72	82–87	70–72	83–81	84–92	75–69	82–85	85–83	—	90–69	86–92	76–90	83–78	90–81	83–82	82–105	82–79
JDA Dijon	84–55	94–77	82–84	83–66	87–65	76–72	81–78	80–72	112–85	94–58	—	73–76	78–70	79–75	109–87	81–84	87–81	80–55
JL Bourg	82–57	81–82	85–100	93–75	102–83	95–86	72–64	93–84	75–93	89–84	90–88	—	83–77	78–80	88–99	100–90	75–70	83–73
Le Mans Sarthe	98–89	89–83	89–87	86–78	89–74	83–77	94–74	88–74	100–84	102–82	81–57	79–61	—	80–69	60–68	76–64	75–84	71–75
Levallois Metropolitans	86–92	79–88	86–83	66–69	83–78	74–59	68–66	68–81	81–90	84–74	80–89	85–96	85–74	—	98–90	79–80	85–92	80–65
Limoges CSP	86–63	74–85	95–99	89–84	88–84	84–76	81–68	111–103	92–87	89–67	67–79	103–74	91–81	106–78	—	73–85	80–62	90–76
Monaco	103–89	63–66	94–74	85–74	83–59	88–67	91–74	93–78	78–69	90–85	89–71	85–74	82–65	87–89	87–68	—	75–63	83–79
Nanterre 92	78–73	79–78	88–82	68–90	73–67	89–70	74–82	81–78	93–71	99–93	77–73	85–64	98–77	90–82	86–65	77–82	—	92–86
SIG Strasbourg	75–55	97–92	90–84	93–88	90–97	96–82	65–70	90–81	107–74	87–73	91–78	76–71	77–75	69–58	81–61	71–101	75–85	—

Source: LNB.fr
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

Quarterfinals were played in a best-of-three games format, while the semifinals and the finals in a best-of-five (2–2–1) format.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
	1	LDLC ASVEL	2
	8	Le Mans Sarthe	0
						1	LDLC ASVEL	3
						4	Nanterre 92	0
	4	Nanterre 92	2
	5	ÉB Pau-Lacq-Orthez	1
											1	LDLC ASVEL	3
											2	Monaco	2
	2	Monaco	2
	7	Limoges	0
						2	Monaco	3
						3	JDA Dijon	0
	3	JDA Dijon	2
	6	SIG Strasbourg	0

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
LDLC ASVEL	2–0	Le Mans Sarthe	73–67	70–63	0
Monaco	2–0	Limoges	93–73	90–62	0
JDA Dijon	2–0	SIG Strasbourg	94–62	89–85	0
Nanterre 92	2–1	ÉB Pau-Lacq-Orthez	101–65	64–76	84–69

Semifinals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
LDLC ASVEL	3–0	Nanterre 92	91–72	82–70	99–56	0	0
Monaco	3–0	JDA Dijon	82–77	84–75	81–78	0	0

Finals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
LDLC ASVEL	3–2	Monaco	81–71	73–67	62–97	81–89	66–55

French clubs in European competitions

Team	Competition	Progress
LDLC ASVEL	EuroCup	Quarterfinals
Limoges		Top 16
Monaco		Top 16
JDA Dijon	Champions League	Regular season
Le Mans Sarthe		Round of 16
Nanterre 92		Round of 16
SIG Strasbourg		Regular season

Individual honours

Season awards

Main article: LNB Pro A Awards

External links

• Official website