| 2014–15 Pro A | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | 2014–15 | |||||||||
| Duration | September 26, 2014 – June 20, 2015 | |||||||||
| Games played | 34 | |||||||||
| Teams | 18 | |||||||||
| TV partners | Sport+,Canal+ Sport | |||||||||
| Regular season | ||||||||||
| Top seed | SIG Strasbourg | |||||||||
| SeasonMVP | ||||||||||
| Relegated | SOMB Boulogne-sur-Mer JL Bourg-en-Bresse | |||||||||
| Finals | ||||||||||
| Champions | Limoges (11th title) | |||||||||
| Runners-up | SIG Strasbourg | |||||||||
| FinalsMVP | ||||||||||
| Statistical leaders | ||||||||||
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2015–16 → All statistics correct as of 28 April 2015. | ||||||||||
The2014–15 LNB Pro A season was the 93rd season of theFrench Basketball Championship and the 28th season since inception of theLNB.
The season started on September 26, 2014, and ended on June 20, 2015.[1]
This season the number of teams was increased to 18, afterSOMB Boulogne-sur-Mer andJL Bourg-en-Bresse promoted from theLNB Pro B andChampagne Châlons Reims Basket andSPO Rouen Basket were offered spots through awild card.
| Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOMB Boulogne-sur-Mer | Boulogne-sur-Mer | Salle Damrémont | 2,000 |
| JL Bourg-en-Bresse | Bourg-en-Bresse | Ekinox | 3,548 |
| Champagne Châlons Reims | Reims | Complexe René-Tys | 2,926 |
| SPO Rouen Basket | Rouen | Kindarena | 6,000 |
| Élan Chalon | Chalon-sur-Saône | Le Colisée | 5,000 |
| 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 |
| STB Le Havre | Le Havre | Salle des Docks Océane | 3,598 |
| Le Mans Sarthe Basket | Le Mans | Antarès | 6,003 |
| Limoges Cercle Saint-Pierre | Limoges | Beaublanc | 6,000 |
| ASVEL Basket | Lyon –Villeurbanne | Astroballe | 5,556 |
| SLUC Nancy Basket | Nancy | Palais des Sports Jean Weille | 6,027 |
| JSF Nanterre | Nanterre | Palais des Sports de Nanterre | 3,000 |
| Orléans Loiret Basket | Orléans | Zénith d'Orléans | 5,338 |
| Paris-Levallois Basket | Paris –Levallois | Stade Pierre de Coubertin Palais des Sports Marcel Cerdan | 4,200 4,000 |
| Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez | Pau | Palais des Sports de Pau | 7,707 |
| Strasbourg IG | Strasbourg | Rhénus Sport | 6,200 |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPO Rouen Basket | Sacked | 13 June 2014[3] | 13 June 2014 | ||
| Le Mans Sarthe Basket | End of contract | 30 June 2014[4] | 1 July 2014[5] | ||
| Orléans Loiret Basket | End of contract | 30 June 2014[6] | 1 July 2014[7] |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PR | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SIG Strasbourg | 34 | 30 | 4 | 2592 | 2230 | 1.162 | Advance toplayoffs |
| 2 | Nanterre | 34 | 25 | 9 | 2797 | 2517 | 1.111 | |
| 3 | Limoges | 34 | 22 | 12 | 2766 | 2593 | 1.067 | |
| 4 | Le Mans Sarthe | 34 | 19 | 15 | 2553 | 2537 | 1.006 | |
| 5 | ASVEL | 34 | 19 | 15 | 2536 | 2465 | 1.029 | |
| 6 | STB Le Havre | 34 | 19 | 15 | 2585 | 2568 | 1.007 | |
| 7 | SLUC Nancy | 34 | 18 | 16 | 2608 | 2565 | 1.017 | |
| 8 | Élan Chalon | 34 | 18 | 16 | 2618 | 2575 | 1.017 | |
| 9 | BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque | 34 | 18 | 16 | 2533 | 2441 | 1.038 | |
| 10 | JDA Dijon | 34 | 17 | 17 | 2584 | 2595 | 0.996 | |
| 11 | Paris Levallois | 34 | 17 | 17 | 2611 | 2551 | 1.024 | |
| 12 | Champagne Châlons-Reims | 34 | 17 | 17 | 2712 | 2702 | 1.004 | |
| 13 | Élan Béarnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez | 34 | 13 | 21 | 2539 | 2648 | 0.959 | |
| 14 | Cholet | 34 | 13 | 21 | 2661 | 2770 | 0.961 | |
| 15 | SPO Rouen | 34 | 12 | 22 | 2544 | 2718 | 0.936 | |
| 16 | Entente Orléanaise | 34 | 10 | 24 | 2535 | 2751 | 0.921 | |
| 17 | JL Bourg | 34 | 9 | 25 | 2635 | 2851 | 0.924 | Relegation toPro B |
| 18 | SOMB | 34 | 9 | 25 | 2632 | 2964 | 0.888 |
| Home \ Away | ASV | BSM | BEB | CHS | CHR | CHO | DIJ | GRA | HAV | MSB | LIM | NCY | NTR | ORL | PAR | PAU | ROU | SIG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASVEL Basket | 89–65 | 86–64 | 56–64 | 89–75 | 67–56 | 79–67 | 79–56 | 54–65 | 80–67 | 74–83 | 69–67 | 65–88 | 64–60 | 77–71 | 84–59 | 74–79 | 75–90 | |
| SOMB Boulogne-sur-Mer | 90–99 | 80–79 | 66–61 | 80–84 | 103–79 | 86–70 | 64–79 | 102–103 | 57–74 | 85–96 | 82–89 | 74–95 | 86–92 | 66–95 | 79–73 | 61–66 | 70–93 | |
| JL Bourg-en-Bresse | 65–95 | 94–80 | 99–88 | 62–81 | 90–80 | 96–101 | 71–78 | 73–81 | 65–87 | 67–99 | 83–68 | 83–99 | 75–98 | 76–84 | 88–67 | 87–72 | 82–86 | |
| Élan Chalon | 79–80 | 100–78 | 73–80 | 89–84 | 95–88 | 66–76 | 52–57 | 80–78 | 73–88 | 81–72 | 81–64 | 96–72 | 85–69 | 70–64 | 84–72 | 94–82 | 52–56 | |
| Châlons-Reims | 88–71 | 87–91 | 85–87 | 84–80 | 88–70 | 86–80 | 85–84 | 84–96 | 74–83 | 103–92 | 69–76 | 80–83 | 69–49 | 84–85 | 85–75 | 70–76 | 69–73 | |
| Cholet Basket | 75–73 | 115–90 | 91–77 | 79–81 | 77–80 | 81–73 | 74–73 | 79–84 | 83–85 | 66–78 | 87–84 | 77–88 | 89–67 | 78–85 | 78–79 | 80–75 | 52–67 | |
| JDA Dijon Basket | 86–71 | 81–78 | 117–113 | 68–71 | 78–57 | 68–70 | 68–62 | 72–67 | 80–79 | 63–76 | 73–87 | 100–105 | 81–73 | 77–58 | 64–76 | 90–81 | 70–74 | |
| BCM Gravelines | 61–50 | 66–80 | 68–62 | 65–74 | 75–66 | 90–71 | 73–53 | 69–78 | 69–63 | 78–81 | 66–71 | 92–84 | 83–61 | 87–68 | 95–86 | 92–49 | 62–76 | |
| STB Le Havre | 73–85 | 116–77 | 77–76 | 79–70 | 80–76 | 76–81 | 83–63 | 62–78 | 71–85 | 85–79 | 72–78 | 79–105 | 79–66 | 73–87 | 69–61 | 71–63 | 59–72 | |
| Le Mans Sarthe Basket | 92–76 | 68–61 | 96–83 | 68–66 | 79–88 | 61–82 | 63–80 | 78–73 | 70–56 | 59–74 | 74–70 | 63–81 | 82–89 | 73–67 | 83–78 | 61–63 | 76–83 | |
| Limoges CSP | 79–81 | 83–88 | 79–70 | 78–63 | 77–65 | 83–73 | 78–67 | 87–83 | 84–77 | 89–83 | 75–56 | 72–90 | 102–66 | 73–65 | 96–89 | 92–62 | 68–87 | |
| SLUC Nancy Basket | 72–66 | 105–74 | 94–68 | 74–59 | 72–77 | 98–94 | 64–73 | 67–61 | 78–84 | 71–74 | 101–107 | 70–79 | 73–64 | 64–74 | 75–83 | 96–83 | 65–78 | |
| JSF Nanterre | 76–65 | 84–70 | 84–62 | 89–66 | 106–88 | 84–71 | 61–73 | 74–68 | 61–68 | 73–61 | 72–75 | 77–84 | 94–81 | 60–71 | 82–46 | 101–89 | 73–69 | |
| Orléans Loiret Basket | 72–78 | 79–86 | 76–74 | 98–80 | 77–64 | 72–79 | 79–62 | 88–73 | 73–71 | 81–86 | 91–85 | 71–80 | 73–89 | 68–88 | 75–89 | 83–87 | 60–82 | |
| Paris-Levallois Basket | 64–60 | 86–69 | 80–76 | 84–94 | 87–66 | 89–96 | 75–87 | 99–107 | 81–59 | 74–65 | 92–66 | 64–77 | 80–76 | 76–77 | 70–71 | 83–73 | 68–83 | |
| Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez | 67–78 | 90–59 | 77–64 | 73–90 | 83–91 | 92–81 | 80–77 | 67–69 | 75–84 | 85–91 | 79–69 | 76–79 | 77–91 | 72–60 | 70–59 | 83–55 | 58–86 | |
| Rouen Métropole Basket | 82–89 | 98–84 | 68–81 | 70–77 | 84–97 | 98–66 | 84–90 | 76–83 | 68–76 | 75–68 | 76–74 | 66–67 | 60–69 | 88–86 | 64–58 | 88–69 | 76–89 | |
| Strasbourg IG | 68–58 | 93–71 | 76–63 | 85–84 | 56–63 | 77–63 | 63–56 | 77–58 | 63–54 | 67–68 | 56–65 | 82–72 | 69–49 | 80–61 | 89–80 | 70–62 | 77–68 |
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Strasbourg | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Chalon-sur-Saône | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Strasbourg | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Le Mans | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Le Mans | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | ASVEL | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Strasbourg | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Limoges | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Nanterre | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Nancy | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Nancy | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Limoges | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Limoges | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Le Havre | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Awards[8] | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| MVP | Limoges | |
| Finals MVP | Limoges | |
| Best Coach | Strasbourg | |
| Best Young Player | Le Mans | |
| Best Defender | Nancy | |
| Most Improved Player | Nancy |