2007–08 Pro A season
2007–08 LNB Pro A season | |
---|---|
League | 2007-08 Finals |
Champions | Nancy |
Runners-up | Roanne |
The 2007–08 LNB Pro A season was the 86th season of the
Ligue Nationale de Basketball (LNB)
. The regular season started on September 29, 2007 and ended on May 14, 2008. The play-offs were held from May 20, 2008 till June 15, 2008.
Promotion and relegation
Due to the change of the Pro A league format from 18 clubs to 16 between the
2006–07 and 2007–08 seasons, only 1 club is promoted from 2006 to 2007 Pro B
league (French 2nd division) and 3 clubs are sent to 2007-08 Pro B league.
- At the beginning of the 2007–08 season
Teams promoted from 2006 to 2007 Pro B
Teams relegated to 2007–08 Pro B
- Besançon
- Bourg-en-Bresse
- Reims
- At the end of the 2007–08 season
- 2007-08 Pro A Champion: Nancy
Teams promoted from 2007 to 2008 Pro B
- Rouen
- Besançon
Teams relegated to 2008–09 Pro B
- Paris-Levallois
- Clermont-Ferrand
Team arenas
Strasbourg
Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity |
---|---|---|---|
ÉS Chalon-sur-Saône
|
Chalon-sur-Saône | Le Colisée | 4,070 |
Cholet Basket | Cholet | La Meilleraie | 5,191 |
JDA Dijon
|
Dijon | Palais des Sports Jean-Michel Geoffroy
|
5,000 |
BCM Gravelines Dunkerque
|
Gravelines | Sportica | 3,500 |
Hyères Toulon Var Basket
|
Hyères – Toulon | Palais des Sports de Toulon Espace 3000 |
4,700 2,200 |
STB Le Havre | Le Havre | Salle des Docks Océane | 3,598 |
Le Mans Sarthe Basket | Le Mans | Antarès | 6,003 |
ASVEL Basket | Lyon – Villeurbanne | Astroballe | 5,643 |
SLUC Nancy Basket | Nancy | Palais des Sports Jean Weille | 6,027 |
Orléans Loiret Basket
|
Orléans | Zénith d'Orléans | 5,338 |
Paris-Levallois Basket
|
Paris-Levallois | Palais des Sports Marcel Cerdan
|
4,200 4,000 |
Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez
|
Pau-Orthez
|
Palais des Sports de Pau | 7,813 |
Chorale Roanne Basket | Roanne | Halle André Vacheresse | 5,020 |
SPO Rouen Basket
|
Rouen | Salle des Cotonniers | 1,300 |
Strasbourg IG
|
Strasbourg | Rhénus Sport | 6,200 |
JA Vichy | Vichy | Palais des Sports Pierre Coulon | 3,300 |
Team standings
Clinched playoff berth | |
Relegated |
# | Team [3] | Pld | W | L | PF | PA |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Le Mans | 30 | 23 | 7 | 2358 | 2176 |
2 | Nancy | 30 | 21 | 9 | 2466 | 2209 |
3 | Lyon-Villeurbanne | 30 | 21 | 9 | 2574 | 2348 |
4 | Roanne | 30 | 19 | 11 | 2480 | 2363 |
5 | Le Havre | 30 | 18 | 12 | 2537 | 2456 |
6 | Hyères Toulon |
30 | 17 | 13 | 2437 | 2376 |
7 | Vichy | 30 | 17 | 13 | 2048 | 2027 |
8 | Cholet | 30 | 15 | 15 | 2247 | 2265 |
9 | Chalon-sur-Saône |
30 | 13 | 17 | 2247 | 2268 |
10 | Dijon |
30 | 13 | 17 | 2366 | 2419 |
11 | Pau-Lacq-Orthez |
30 | 13 | 17 | 2298 | 2379 |
12 | Strasbourg |
30 | 12 | 18 | 2240 | 2295 |
13 | Orléans |
30 | 12 | 18 | 2155 | 2235 |
14 | Gravelines-Dunkerque |
30 | 11 | 19 | 2323 | 2442 |
15 | Paris-Levallois |
30 | 10 | 20 | 2172 | 2299 |
16 | Clermont-Ferrand | 30 | 4 | 26 | 2050 | 2441 |
Playoffs
Quarter Finals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
1 | Le Mans | 2 | ||||||||||||
8 | Cholet | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Le Mans | 1 | ||||||||||||
4 | Roanne | 2 | ||||||||||||
4 | Roanne | 2 | ||||||||||||
5 | Le Havre | 1 | ||||||||||||
4 | Roanne | 53 | ||||||||||||
2 | Nancy | 84 | ||||||||||||
2 | Nancy | 2 | ||||||||||||
7 | Vichy | 0 | ||||||||||||
2 | Nancy | 2 | ||||||||||||
3 | Lyon-Villeurbanne | 1 | ||||||||||||
3 | Lyon-Villeurbanne | 2 | ||||||||||||
6 | Hyères-Toulon
| 0 |
Awards
Regular Season MVPs
- "Foreign" MVP: Marc Salyers[4] (Roanne)
- "French" MVP: Nando de Colo[4] (Cholet)
Best Coach
Most Improved Player
Best Defensive Player
Rising Star Award
Player of the month
Month | Player | Team |
---|---|---|
October [5] | Marc Salyers | Roanne |
November [6] | Jimmal Ball | Vichy |
December [7] | Cyril Julian | Nancy |
January [8] | Ricardo Greer | Nancy |
February [9] | Antonio Graves | Pau-Lacq-Orthez
|
March [10] | Nicolas Batum | Le Mans |
April [11] | Marc Salyers | Roanne |
References
- LNB. Retrieved October 26, 2011.
- ^ "French League Final: June 15, 2008". Euroleague. June 15, 2008. Retrieved October 26, 2011.
- LNB. Archived from the originalon April 4, 2012. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
- ^ LNB. p. 11. Archived from the original(PDF) on February 8, 2011. Retrieved October 26, 2011.
- LNB. November 5, 2007. Retrieved October 26, 2011.
- FFBB. December 3, 2007. Archived from the originalon 2012-04-04. Retrieved October 26, 2011.
- ^ "Julian joueur de décembre". Le Figaro (in French). December 24, 2007. Retrieved October 26, 2011.
- FFBB. February 4, 2008. Archived from the originalon 2012-04-04. Retrieved October 26, 2011.
- ^ "Graves joueur du mois de février" (in French). rmcsport.fr. March 3, 2008. Retrieved October 26, 2011.
- FFBB. April 7, 2008. Archived from the originalon 2012-04-04. Retrieved October 26, 2011.
- LNB. May 6, 2008. Archived from the originalon April 25, 2012. Retrieved October 26, 2011.
External links
- (in French) LNB website