2018-19_LNB_Pro_A_season

2018–19 Pro A season

2018–19 Pro A season

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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.

Quick Facts Season, Dates ...

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

Teams

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.[1] Fos Provence made its Pro A debut after promoting, as Fos defeated Roanne in the finals of the promotion play-offs.[2]

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

Locations and arenas

Personnel and sponsorship

More information Team, Head coach ...

Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...

Budgets

On 3 October 2018, the LNB published the budgets and salary expenditures of the Pro A clubs.[5]

More information Club, Budget (in €) ...

Regular season

League table

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

Results

More information Home \ Away, ANT ...
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

More information Team 1, Series ...

Semifinals

More information Team 1, Series ...

Finals

More information Team 1, Series ...

French clubs in European competitions

More information Team, Competition ...

Individual honours

Season awards


References

  1. "Classement - Pro B – LNB.fr". www.lnb.fr.
  2. "Saso Filipovski named AS Monaco head coach". Archived from the original on 2018-07-02. Retrieved 2018-07-02.
  3. "Budgets et masses salariales 2018/19 : L'ASVEL et Monaco tout en haut". BeBasket (in French). 3 October 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-10-03. Retrieved 2018-10-04.

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