French Basketball Cup

French Basketball Cup

Sport	Basketball
Founded	1953
No. of teams	64
Country	France
Continent	Europe
Most recent champion(s)	Le Mans (4th title)
Most titles	ASVEL (9 titles; 8 French Cups and 1 Federation Cup)
Related competitions	LNB Pro A LNB Pro B Leaders Cup Match des Champions
Official website	ffbb.com (French)

The French Basketball Cup (French: Coupe de France de Basket) is the annual national basketball cup competition of France. It is organized by the French Basketball Federation. It is also known as the Robert Busnel Trophy, named after the later basketball player Robert Busnel, who died in 1991.^[1]

A total of 54 amateur and professional teams from France participate in the competition.^[2]

History

• 1952–53 to 1968–69 French Cup (with professional clubs)*
• 1981–82 to 1984–85 Federation Cup
• 1992–93 to 1994–95 League Cup
• 1995–96 to present French Cup (with professional clubs)

*From 1971 to 1995, the French Cup was not contested by professional clubs.

Title holders

1952–53 ASVEL 1953–54 PUC 1954–55 PUC 1955–56 Auboué 1956–57 ASVEL 1957–58 Étoile de Charleville-Mézières 1958–59 Étoile de Charleville-Mézières 1959–60 Denain-Voltaire 1960–61 Stade Auto Lyon 1961–62 PUC 1962–63 PUC 1963–64 Moderne

1964–65 ASVEL 1965–66 Nantes 1966–67 ASVEL 1967–68 Not held 1968–69 Vichy 1969–70 Vichy 1970–81 Not held 1981–82 Limoges 1982–83 Limoges 1983–84 ASVEL 1984–85 Limoges 1985–92 Not held

1992–93 Dijon 1993–94 Limoges 1994–95 Limoges 1995–96 ASVEL 1996–97 ASVEL 1997–98 Cholet 1998–99 Cholet 1999–00 Limoges 2000–01 ASVEL 2001–02 Pau-Orthez 2002–03 Pau-Orthez 2003–04 Le Mans

2004–05 Gravelines 2005–06 Dijon 2006–07 Pau-Orthez 2007–08 ASVEL 2008–09 Le Mans 2009–10 Orléans 2010–11 Élan Chalon 2011–12 Élan Chalon 2012–13 Paris-Levallois 2013–14 Nanterre 2014–15 SIG 2015–16 Le Mans

Finals

Year	Champion	Finalist	Score	Venue
French Cup
1953	ASVEL	Mulhouse	43–41	Paris (Vel d'Hiv)
1954	PUC	ASVEL	54–49	Paris (Vel d'Hiv)
1955	PUC	ASVEL	46–43	Roanne
1956	Auboué	Racing Paris	63–52	Paris (Coubertin)
1957	ASVEL	PUC	61–55	Tours
1958	Étoile de Charleville-Mézières	Denain-Voltaire	79–42	Mulhouse
1959	Étoile de Charleville-Mézières	ASVEL	72–65	Paris (Coubertin)
1960	Denain-Voltaire	Auboué	67–66	Tours
1961	Stade Auto Lyon	PUC	64–55	Nantes
1962	PUC	Toulouse	65–57	Rennes
1963	PUC	Alsace Bagnolet	75–64	Paris (Coubertin)
1964	Moderne	Chorale Mulsant	70–68	Tours
1965	ASVEL	Alsace Bagnolet	59–55	Mulhouse
1966	Nantes	Denain-Voltaire	65–58	Lyon
1967	ASVEL	Denain-Voltaire	88–82	Cholet
1968	The French Cup was replaced by the Regions' Cup
1969	Vichy	Alsace Bagnolet	90–56	Tours
1970	Vichy	Moderne	78–74	Saint-Nazaire
From 1971 to 1995, the French Cup was not contested by professional clubs.
Federation Cup
1982	Limoges	ASVEL	116–100
1983	Limoges	Monaco	96–81
1984	ASVEL	Stade Français	88–87
1985	Limoges	Stade Français	88–87
League Cup
1993	Dijon	Racing Paris	101–66	85-87
1994	Limoges
1995	Limoges
French Cup
1996	ASVEL	Levallois	72–69	Marseille
1997	ASVEL	Nancy	67–58	Paris (Coubertin)
1998	Cholet	Levallois	95–54	Paris (Bercy)
1999	Cholet	SIG	85–70	Paris (Bercy)
2000	Limoges	Racing Paris	79–73	Paris (Bercy)
2001	ASVEL	Pau-Orthez	99–74	Paris (Bercy)
2002	Pau-Orthez	ASVEL	80–73	Paris (Bercy)
2003	Pau-Orthez	Gravelines	82–74	Paris (Bercy)
2004	Le Mans	Pau-Orthez	83–80	Paris (Bercy)
2005	Gravelines	Cholet	91–79	Paris (Bercy)
2006	Dijon	Orléans	66–58	Paris (Bercy)
2007	Pau-Orthez	Nanterre	92–83	Paris (Bercy)
2008	ASVEL	Cholet	86–76	Paris (Bercy)
2009	Le Mans	Nancy	79–65	Paris (Bercy)
2010	Orléans	Gravelines	73–69	Paris (Bercy)
2011	Élan Chalon	Limoges	79–71	Paris (Bercy)
2012	Élan Chalon	Limoges	83–75	Paris (Bercy)
2013	Paris-Levallois	Nanterre	77–74	Paris (Bercy)
2014	Nanterre	Nancy	55–50	Paris (Coubertin)
2015	SIG	Le Portel	87–74	Paris (Carpentier)
2016	Le Mans	ASVEL	88–75	Paris (Carpentier)

French Cup (1982–1995)

Year	Champion	Finalist	Score
1982	CO Briochin	Denain-Voltaire	81–79
1983	Challans	Croix Rousse Olympique Lyon	114–98
1984	Denain-Voltaire	OS Hyères	75–85
1985	OS Hyères	Saint-Quentin	66–63
1986	RCM Toulouse	AS Tarare	95–84
1987	Saint-Quentin	Montpellier	102–86
1988	AS Esquennoy	Villeneuve-sur-Lot	86–79
1989	Nice BC	Strasbourg	86–85
1990	Toulon	Croix Rousse Olympique Lyon	89–84
1991	EB Châlons-en-Champagne	USO Athis-Mons	107–83
1992	Anjou BC Angers	AS Poissy	82–70
1993	Besançon	Élan Chalon	79–64
1994	Anjou BC Angers	Gauloise Vitry le François	82–74
1995	Gauloise Vitry le François	Reims	73–69

Most Valuable Player

See also

• LNB Pro A
• French Leaders Cup
• Match des Champions

References

External links

• French Basketball Federation Official Site (French)