Ligue Féminine de Basketball

Ligue Féminine de Basketball

Formerly	Nationale féminine 1A (NF1A)
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1998
No. of teams	14
Country	France
Most recent champion(s)	Lattes-Montpellier
Most titles	CJM Bourges (13)
Official website	LFB.com

The LFB (Ligue féminine de basketball, Women's Basketball League) is the top women's French professional basketball league.

Champions

Season	Champion	Finalist	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Series
Under the name Nationale féminine 1A (NF1A)
1987-88	BAC Mirande	Stade Français Versailles	44-42	82-77		2-0
1988-89	BAC Mirande	Racing Paris	87-84	81-67		2-0
1989-90	BAC Mirande	Racing Paris	73-61	69-49		2-0
1990-91	Challes-les-Eaux Savoie	BAC Mirande	77-80	86-85	110-77	2-1
1991-92	Challes-les-Eaux Savoie	Racing Paris	80-68	69-63		2-0
1992-93	Challes-les-Eaux Savoie	Tarbes GB	58-66	64-60	80-75	2-1
1993-94	US Valenciennes-Orchies	Challes-les-Eaux	54-52	59-38		2-0
1994-95	CJM Bourges	Tarbes GB	58-*56	*78-69	-	2-0
1995-96	CJM Bourges	US Valenciennes-Orchies	73-76	63-49	79-45	2-1
1996-97	CJM Bourges	US Valenciennes-Orchies	65-67	76-55	71-59	2-1
1997-98	CJM Bourges	US Valenciennes-Orchies	50-*58	*56-46	*51-38	2-1
Under the name Ligue féminine de basket (LFB)
1998-99	CJM Bourges	US Valenciennes-Orchies	59-*71	*54-36	*87-52	2-1
1999-2000	CJM Bourges	US Valenciennes	*65-60 (OT)	62-*57	-	2-0
2000-01	US Valenciennes	CJM Bourges	*63-62	81-*71 (OT)	-	2-0
2001-02	US Valenciennes	CJM Bourges	*77-51	72-*62	-	2-0
2002-03	US Valenciennes	Tarbes GB	*88-59	71-*55	-	2-0
2003-04	US Valenciennes	CJM Bourges	58-*52	*79-56	-	2-0
2004-05	US Valenciennes	CJM Bourges	*63-57	54-*47	59-*55	3-0
2005-06	CJM Bourges	US Valenciennes	*68-56	66-*85	71-*58	2-1
2006-07	US Valenciennes	CJM Bourges	64-*55	*70-61	-	2-0
2007-08	CJM Bourges	Lattes-Montpellier	58-*56 (OT)	*52-45	-	2-0
2008-09	CJM Bourges	Tarbes GB	47-*55	*78-37	*72-52	2-1
2009-10	Tarbes GB	CJM Bourges	76-*73	*54-40	-	2-0
2010-11	CJM Bourges	Tarbes GB	71-*53	*71-59	-	2-0
2011-12	CJM Bourges	Lattes-Montpellier	59-*47	*53-45	-	2-0
2012-13	CJM Bourges	Lattes-Montpellier	*54-62	60-*53	64-*54	2-1
2013-14	Lattes-Montpellier	CJM Bourges	*63-54	53-*55	50-*44	2-1
2014-15	CJM Bourges	Villeneuve-d'Ascq	51-*61	*63-55	*51-49	2-1
2015-16	Lattes-Montpellier	CJM Bourges	49-*54	*61-51	*65-63	2-1

* precedes the score of the team playing at home.

Clubs

Season 2012-2013

• Pays d'Aix Basket 13 (Aix-en-Provence)
• ASPTT Arras (Arras)
• CJM Bourges Basket (Bourges)
• Challes-les-Eaux Basket (Challes-les-Eaux)
• Flammes Carolo basket (Charleville-Mézières)
• Basket Landes (Mont-de-Marsan)
• Basket Lattes Montpellier Agglomération (Lattes)
• USO Mondeville (Mondeville)
• Rezé-Nantes Basket 44 (Nantes)
• Basket Catalan Perpignan Méditerranée (Perpignan)
• Hainaut Saint-Amand (Saint-Amand-les-Eaux)
• Tarbes Gespe Bigorre (Tarbes)
• Toulouse Métropole Basket (Toulouse)
• ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq (Villeneuve-d'Ascq)

Former LFB clubs

• US Valenciennes Olympic
• RC Strasbourg (1998-2000, 2004-2006)
• Toulouse-Launaguet Basket (1998-1999, 2002-2004)
• Limoges ABC (1999-2000)
• Évolution Roubaix (2003-2004)
• W Bordeaux Basket (1997-2003)
• Saint-Jacques Sports Reims
• ASA Sceaux Basket Féminin
• Istres Sports BC (2000-2001)
• Avenir de Rennes (1998-1999)

Broadcaster

The Ligue Féminine de Basketball is currently broadcast by Canal+.

External links

• Official site