The 2024–25 LNB Élite season, also known as Betclic Élite for sponsorship reasons, is the 103rd season of the LNB Élite, France's top basketball league. It began on 20 September 2024 with the regular season and will conclude at the latest on 24 June 2025 with the playoffs.[1]
| Betclic Élite1 | |
|---|---|
| Season | 2024–25 |
| Teams | 16 |
← 2023–24 2025–26 →
1 Sponsored league name, referring to Betclic. | |
AS Monaco is the back-to-back defending champion.
Format changes
editFor this season, the league was reduced from 18 to 16 teams. After the regular season, the play-in will be introduced in which the teams that finish between 7th and 10th will play for the last two playoffs spots like other European leagues. On the other hand, the 15th team from regular season will join to Pro B promotion playoffs to avoid relegation to the latter league.[2][3][4]
Teams
editA total of 16 teams participate in the league, including 15 teams from the 2023–24 season and one promoted from the Pro B. Stade Rochelais (which will debut in the French top flight) was promoted after winning promotion playoffs,[5] while ADA Blois, Chorale Roanne and Metropolitans 92 (relegated after two, five and 15 years in the French top flight, respectively) were relegated to Pro B.[6][7]
Promotion and relegation (pre-season)
edit Promoted from Pro B |
 Relegated to Pro B
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|---|---|
Venues and locations
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| Team | Home city | Arena | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| AS Monaco | Fontvieille, Monaco | Salle Gaston Médecin | 4,700 |
| BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque | Gravelines–Dunkirk | Stade des Flandres | 2,500 |
| Cholet | Cholet | La Meilleraie | 5,191 |
| Élan Chalon | Chalon-sur-Saône | Le Colisée | 4,540 |
| ESSM Le Portel | Le Portel | Le Chaudron | 3,500 |
| JDA Dijon | Dijon | Palais des Sports J.M. Geoffroy | 5,000 |
| JL Bourg | Bourg-en-Bresse | Ekinox | 3,548 |
| LDLC ASVEL | Lyon–Villeurbanne | Astroballe | 5,556 |
| Le Mans Sarthe | Le Mans | Antarès | 6,023 |
| Limoges CSP | Limoges | Palais des Sports de Beaublanc | 6,506 |
| Nanterre 92 | Nanterre | Palais des Sports Maurice Thorez | 3,000 |
| Paris Basketball | Paris | Adidas Arena | 8,000 |
| Saint-Quentin | Saint-Quentin, Aisne | Palais des Sports Pierre Ratte | 3,800 |
| SIG Strasbourg | Strasbourg | Rhénus Sport | 6,200 |
| SLUC Nancy | Nancy | Palais des Sports Jean Weille | 6,027 |
| Stade Rochelais | La Rochelle | Salle Gaston-Neveur | 1,994 |
Regular season
editLeague table
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | PCT | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LDLC ASVEL | 5 | 4 | 1 | 462 | 403 | +59 | .800 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 2 | Paris Basketball | 5 | 4 | 1 | 470 | 420 | +50 | .800 | |
| 3 | Saint-Quentin | 5 | 4 | 1 | 408 | 370 | +38 | .800 | |
| 4 | BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque | 5 | 4 | 1 | 393 | 388 | +5 | .800 | |
| 5 | Cholet | 4 | 3 | 1 | 338 | 286 | +52 | .750 | |
| 6 | JL Bourg | 5 | 3 | 2 | 427 | 381 | +46 | .600 | |
| 7 | AS Monaco | 5 | 3 | 2 | 385 | 355 | +30 | .600 | Qualification to play-in |
| 8 | Limoges CSP | 5 | 3 | 2 | 395 | 394 | +1 | .600 | |
| 9 | JDA Dijon | 4 | 2 | 2 | 340 | 356 | −16 | .500 | |
| 10 | SIG Strasbourg | 5 | 2 | 3 | 404 | 406 | −2 | .400 | |
| 11 | Le Mans Sarthe | 5 | 2 | 3 | 419 | 435 | −16 | .400 | |
| 12 | SLUC Nancy | 5 | 2 | 3 | 416 | 433 | −17 | .400 | |
| 13 | Nanterre 92 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 395 | 437 | −42 | .200 | |
| 14 | ESSM Le Portel | 5 | 1 | 4 | 353 | 419 | −66 | .200 | |
| 15 | Élan Chalon | 5 | 1 | 4 | 441 | 475 | −34 | .200 | Qualification to relegation playoffs |
| 16 | Stade Rochelais | 5 | 0 | 5 | 314 | 402 | −88 | .000 | Relegation to Pro B |
References
edit- ^ "Le calendrier de la saison 2024-2025 dévoilé". Betclic ELITE (in French). 16 July 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- ^ "Betclic Élite : passage à 16 clubs en 2024-2025 (Basket)". L'Équipe (in French). 27 June 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- ^ "Basket : Un play-in va voir le jour en Betclic Élite la saison prochaine". L'Équipe (in French). 17 April 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- ^ "Nouveau format de montée/descente : "La LNB donne la priorité à la Pro B au détriment de la Betclic Elite"". BasketEurope.com (in French). 3 May 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- ^ "Le Stade Rochelais rejoint la Betclic ELITE pour la première fois de son histoire !". PRO B (in French). 6 June 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- ^ "L'Élan Chalon envoie les Mets 92 en PROB". Betclic ELITE (in French). 14 April 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- ^ "Record égalé pour Paris, Roanne et Blois relégués en Pro B". Betclic ELITE (in French). 4 May 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2024.