Cholet Basket

Cholet
Cholet
	La Semaine des As Cup
Retired numbers	2 (4, 10)
Website	cholet-basket.com
Home	Away

Cholet Basket is a professional

LNB Pro A. Their home arena is La Meilleraie. Established in 1975, Cholet won its first French championship in the 2009–10 season. In 1998 and 1999, Cholet won the French Cup

.

The team debuted in the 1st division in the 1987–88 season and after managing to get to the premier league in only 12 years. The team were able to sustain themselves in the league, and were consistently in the top 10 teams having a highly successful youth system. This youth system has allowed the club to produce professional players season after season. After winning the National Cup in 1999, Cholet got automatically qualified for its first participation to the

Euroleague (3 victories – 13 defeats). During the 2004–05 season 10 of the 12 players in the first team derived from the youth system. Some of the most illustrious players who had their debut in the team are Antoine Rigaudeau, Jim Bilba and Mickaël Gelabale

.

During the 2008–2009 season, Cholet was defeated by

EuroChallenge

's Final (75–77).

In 2010, Cholet finished 1st of the 2009–2010

Fenerbahçe Ülker

(82–78).

In 2011, Cholet, defending its title finished 1st again of the

2011-12 Pro A League regular season and was only defeated during the finals by SLUC Nancy

(74-76).

Logos

Evolution of the Logo
–2012	2012–2019	2019–present

Youth academy

Cholet Basket is intensively focusing on its Youth Academy to provide players to its professional squad. During the 2004–05 season, 10 of the 12 players of the Pro squad have progressed through the club Youth Academy. It is also one of the only six European clubs to have provided two players to the same

2003

).

Notable Players that have progressed through the Cholet Youth Academy (Espoirs)

Players

Retired numbers

Cholet Basket retired numbers
No.	Nat.	Player	Position	Tenure
4		Antoine Rigaudeau	PG	1987–1995
10		Jim Bilba	PF	1988–1992, 2002–2007

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Cholet Basket roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
G	11	Ayayi, Gérald	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	22 – (2001-08-24)24 August 2001
C	13	Sako, Neal	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)	25 – (1998-08-13)13 August 1998
F/C	14	Tillie, Kim	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)	35 – (1988-07-15)15 July 1988
F/C	15	Nzekwesi, Emmanuel	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	26 – (1997-09-05)5 September 1997
PG	26	Goudou-Sinha, Enzo	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	25 – (1998-11-26)26 November 1998
F/C	29	L'Etang, Amael	2.15 m (7 ft 1 in)	18 – (2005-06-29)29 June 2005
SF	31	Salaün, Tidjane	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	18 – (2005-08-10)10 August 2005
SG	40	Bordes, Matéo	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	20 – (2004-01-31)31 January 2004
PG	44	Campbell, T. J.	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	36 – (1988-01-23)23 January 1988
SF	77	Hruban, Vojtech	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	34 – (1989-08-29)29 August 1989

Head coach

Laurent Vila

Assistant coach(es)

Fabrice Lefrançois
Antoine Chevrier

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: September 27, 2023

FIBA Hall of Famers

Cholet Basket Hall of Famers
Players
No.	Nat.	Name	Position	Tenure	Inducted
4		Antoine Rigaudeau	G	1987–95	2015^[1]

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	French Cup	Leaders Cup	European competitions
2006–07	1	Pro A	7th
2007–08	1	Pro A	8th	Runner-up	Champion	3 FIBA EuroCup	GS
2008–09	1	Pro A	9th	Round of 16		2 Eurocup	Q
2008–09	1	Pro A	9th	Round of 16		3 EuroChallenge	RU
2009–10	1	Pro A	1st	Round of 32	Quarterfinalist	2 Eurocup	RS
2010–11	1	Pro A	2nd	Round of 16	Quarterfinalist	1 Euroleague	RS
2011–12	1	Pro A	4th	Semifinalist	Quarterfinalist	1 Euroleague	QR1
2011–12	1	Pro A	4th	Semifinalist	Quarterfinalist	2 Eurocup	RS
2012–13	1	Pro A	10th	Round of 16		2 Eurocup	RS
2013–14	1	Pro A	13th	Round of 16		3 EuroChallenge	L16
2014–15	1	Pro A	14th	Round of 16
2015–16	1	Pro A	13th	Round of 32
2016–17	1	Pro A	11th	Round of 16
2017–18	1	Pro A	15th
2018–19	1	Pro A	15th
2019–20	1	Pro A	6th*
2020–21	1	Pro A	14th			3 Champions League	RS
2021–22	1	Pro A	8th
2022–23	1	Pro A	7th			4 Europe Cup	RU

Achievements

French Championship
2010
La Semaine des As Cup
: 2008
French Cup: 1998, 1999
Match des Champions (French
Pro A Champion vs French Cup
winner): 2010

Finalist of

Pro A

: 1988, 2011

French Cup Finalist: 2005, 2008
Finalist of the
Tournoi des As Cup
: 1988, 1989, 1990 and 1993.
Champion of Division 2 (now Pro B): 1986

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

France

United States

Other countries

Head coaches

1970s: Dragoş Nosievici
1987–89: Jean Galle
1989–91: Jean-Paul Rebatet
1991–95: Laurent Buffard
1995–96: Alain Thinet (7 games) then Eric Girard (1 game) then Jean Galle
1996–2001: Eric Girard
2001–02: Savo Vucević
2002–03: Jean-François Martin
2003–04: Erman Kunter
2004–06: Ruddy Nelhomme
2006–10: Erman Kunter
2010–12: Erman Kunter
2012–14: Jean-Manuel Sousa
2014–15: Laurent Buffard
2015–16: Jérôme Navier
2016–18: Philippe Hervé
2018: Régis Boissié
2018–21: Erman Kunter
2021–present: Laurent Vila

References

^ "FIBA.basketball". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 20 August 2019.

External links

[1] "FIBA.basketball". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 20 August 2019.

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Cholet Basket

History

Establishment

Logos

Youth academy

Players

Retired numbers

Current roster

FIBA Hall of Famers

Season by season

Achievements

Notable players

Head coaches

References

External links

v t e Cholet current roster
2 Blakes 11 Ayayi 13 Sako 14 Tillie 15 Nzekwesi 26 Goudou-Sinha 29 L'Etang 31 Salaun 40 Bordes 44 Campbell 77 Hruban
Head coach: Vila Assistant coaches: Lefrançois Chevrier Zoa