The 2006–07 LNB Pro A season was the 85th season of the French Basketball Championship and the 20th season since inception of the Ligue Nationale de Basketball (LNB) . The regular season started on September 23, 2006 and ended on April 27, 2007. The play-offs were held from May 15, 2007 till June 2, 2007.
Roanne, after finishing at the second top seed of the regular season, won its second French Pro A League title by defeating Nancy in playoffs final (81-74).
Promotion and relegation Due to the change of the LNB Pro A league format from 18 clubs to 16 between the 2006–07 and 2007–08 seasons, only 1 club is promoted from 2006 to 2007 LNB Pro B league (French 2nd division) and 3 clubs are sent to 2007-08 Pro B league.
At the beginning of the 2006–07 season Teams promoted from 2005 to 2006 Pro B Besançon Orléans
Teams relegated to 2006–07 Pro B Brest Rouen
At the end of the 2006–07 season 2006-07 Pro A Champion: Roanne
Teams promoted from 2006 to 2007 Pro B Vichy
Teams relegated to 2007–08 Pro B Besançon Bourg-en-Bresse Reims
Team arenas
Team Home city Stadium Capacity Besançon BCD Besançon Palais des Sports JL Bourg-en-Bresse Bourg-en-Bresse Salle des Sports ÉS Chalon-sur-Saône Chalon-sur-Saône Le Colisée Cholet Basket Cholet La Meilleraie Stade Clermontois BA Clermont-Ferrand Maison des Sports JDA Dijon Dijon Palais des Sports Jean-Michel Geoffroy BCM Gravelines Dunkerque Gravelines Sportica Hyères Toulon Var Basket Hyères – Toulon Palais des Sports de Toulon Espace 3000 STB Le Havre Le Havre Salle des Docks Océane Le Mans Sarthe Basket Le Mans Antarès ASVEL Basket Lyon – Villeurbanne Astroballe SLUC Nancy Basket Nancy Palais des Sports Jean Weille Orléans Loiret Basket Orléans Zénith d'Orléans Paris BR Paris Stade Pierre-de-Coubertin Palais des Sports Marcel Cerdan Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez Pau-Orthez Palais des Sports de Pau Reims Champagne Basket Reims Complexe Sportif René Tys Chorale Roanne Basket Roanne Halle André Vacheresse Strasbourg IG Strasbourg Rhénus Sport
Team standings
Clinched playoff berth Relegated
#Team PldWLPFPA1Nancy 34 25 9 2825 24982Roanne 34 24 10 2942 27803Chalon-sur-Saône 34 23 11 2684 26234Strasbourg 34 22 12 2753 24805Lyon-Villeurbanne 34 21 13 2752 25496Le Mans 34 21 13 2529 23757Cholet 34 19 15 2424 24088Gravelines-Dunkerque 34 18 16 2625 25799Pau-Lacq-Orthez 34 18 16 2747 262210Dijon 34 18 16 2642 262011Orléans 34 18 16 2569 259012Le Havre 34 16 18 2637 269813Clermont-Ferrand 34 15 19 2402 235814Paris BR 34 13 21 2453 266215Hyères Toulon 34 11 23 2606 283816Besançon 34 11 23 2744 288017Bourg-en-Bresse 34 8 26 2294 267318Reims 34 5 29 2361 2755
Playoffs
Awards
Regular season MVPs "Foreign" MVP: Dewarick Spencer (Roanne) "French" MVP: Cyril Julian (Nancy)
Best Coach Jean-Denys Choulet (Roanne)
Best Defensive Player Marc-Antoine Pellin (Roanne)
Rising Star Award Nicolas Batum (Le Mans)
References
External links LNB website