The Élite 2 is the second-tier level men's professional basketball league in France. It is the second division of the Ligue Nationale de Basket (LNB), which has organized the league since the year 1987. The regular season champion and the winner of the promotion playoffs from each Élite 2 season are promoted to the top-tier level LNB Élite, replaced by the bottom two teams in LNB Élite. The two last placed teams are relegated to the third level, which is the NM1.

History Names of the league

Format All twenty competing teams play each other twice during the regular season. The team that ends in first place in the table is named league champion and promotes to the LNB Élite. The top eight regular season teams, with exception for the league champion, qualify for the promotion playoffs. During the competition, the Leaders Cup tournament is played. The champion of the Leaders Cup automatically qualifies for the playoffs. The winner of the promotion playoffs, which is played with best-of-three playoff series, promotes to the LNB Élite. The bottom two regular season teams are meanwhile relegated to the third tier Nationale Masculine 1 (NM1) league.

Current teams These are the current teams for the 2026–27 Élite 2 season: Club City Arena Capacity ADA Blois Blois Jeu de Paume Aix Maurienne Savoie Aix-les-Bains Halle Marlioz Alliance Sport Alsace Gries &Souffelweyersheim Espace Sport La Forest ALM Évreux Évreux Salle Jean Fourré Antibes Sharks Antibes Azur Arena Antibes Béliers de Kemper Quimper OS Michel Gloaguen Caen Caen Palais des Sports of Caen Châlons-Reims Châlons-Reims Complexe René-TysPierre de Coubertin Denain Voltaire Denain Salle Jean Degros Fos Provence Fos-sur-Mer Complexe sportif Parsemain Hermine Nantes Nantes La Trocardière Hyères-Toulon Var Hyères &Toulon Espace 3000Palais des Sports de Toulon La Rochelle La Rochelle Salle Gaston-Neveur Metropolitans 92 Levallois-Perret Palais des sports Marcel-Cerdan Orléans Orléans Palais des Sports Poitiers Poitiers Saint Eloi Rouen Métropole Rouen Kindarena SCABB Saint-Étienne Métropole Saint-Chamond Arena Saint Étienne Métropole STB Le Havre Le Havre Dock Océane Vichy Vichy Palais des sports Pierre Coulon

Champions 1932–1987 Honneur (Honor) 1932 Saint-Charles Alfortville 1933 SS Nilvange 1934 CS Plaisance 1935 Métro 1936 Racing Paris 1937 Championnet 1938 AS Cherbourg 1939–46 Not held due to WWII 1947 Marseille 1948 AS Roanne 1949 Championnet Excellence 1950 ASC Est Paris 1951 Olympique Antibes 1952 Olympique de Marseille 1953 Métro 1954 Racing Paris 1955 Étoile de Charleville-Mézières 1957 Stade Auto Lyon 1958 CO Billancourt 1959 Alsace Bagnolet 1960 Denain-Voltaire 1961 Bordeaux 1962 Moderne 1963 Stade Français Nationale 2 (National 2) 1964 Denain-Voltaire 1965 Caen 1966 BC Montbrison 1967 Tours 1968 Olympique Antibes 1969 Paris Université 1970 Caen 1971 Nantes 1972 Vichy 1973 Monaco 1974 Nice BC 1975 Orthez 1976 Valenciennes  1977 Racing Paris 1978 Mulhouse 1979 Stade Français 1980 Challans 1981 Chorale Roanne 1982 Nice BC 1983 Lyon 1984 Saint-Etienne 1985 Racing Paris 1986 Cholet 1987 Gravelines 

1988–present Season Champions Promoted teams 1987–88 Montpellier PSC Saint-Quentin BB, BCM Gravelines 1988–89 Reims CB Chorale Roanne 1989–90 SCM Le Mans JDA Dijon 1990–91 Lyon 1991–92 Levallois SC ESPE Châlons-en-Champagne 1992–93 ASA Sceaux 1993–94 SLUC Nancy SIG Strasbourg 1994–95 Besançon BCD ALM Évreux 1995–96 Toulouse Spacer's Élan Chalon 1996–97 Maurienne Savoie Toulouse Spacer's 1997–98 Levallois SC (2) 1998–99 SIG Strasbourg ESPE Châlons-en-Champagne 1999–00 JL Bourg STB Le Havre 2000–01 Limoges Hyères Toulon VB 2001–02 JA Vichy Chorale Roanne 2002–03 Reims CB (2) Besançon BCD 2003–04 Stade Clermontois Basket ESPE Châlons-en-Champagne 2004–05 Étendard de Brest SPO Rouen 2005–06 Entente Orléanaise Besançon BCD 2006–07 JA Vichy (2) 2007–08 Besançon BCD (2) SPO Rouen 2008–09 Poitiers Paris-Levallois 2009–10 Élan Béarnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez Limoges 2010–11 Nanterre Dijon 2011–12 Limoges Boulazac 2012–13 Olympique Antibes Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez 2013–14 Boulogne-sur-Mer JL Bourg, SPO Rouen, Champagne Châlons-Reims 2014–15 Monaco (2) Antibes Sharks 2015–16 Hyères-Toulon ESSM Le Portel 2016–17 JL Bourg Boulazac Dordogne 2017–18 ADA Blois 2018–19 Roanne Orleans Loiret 2019–20 Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2020–21 Fos Paris 2021–22 SLUC Nancy (2) ADA Blois 2022–23 Saint-Quentin Élan Chalon 2023–24 Stade Rochelais Caen, Chartres, HTV 2024–25 Boulazac 2025–26 Chorale Roanne Pau-Lacq-Orthez

Logos

Awards

LNB Pro B Best Coach and Most Improved Player Year LNB Pro B Best Coach LNB Pro B Most Improved Player 2006 François Peronnet (Châlons-en-Champagne) – 2007 Olivier Cousin (Quimper) 2008 Michel Veyronnet (Rouen) 2009 Ruddy Nelhomme (Poitiers) 2010 Didier Dobbels (Pau-Lacq-Orthez) 2011 Pascal Donnadieu (JSF Nanterre) 2012 Frédéric Sarre (Limoges) Ferdinand Prénom (Antibes) 2013 Rémy Valin (Évreux) Mam Jaiteh (Boulogne-sur-Mer) 2014 Germain Castano (Boulogne-sur-Mer) Olivier Romain (Saint-Quentin) 2015 Laurent Legname (Hyères-Toulon) Mathieu Wojciechowski (Le Portel) 2016 Kyle Milling (Hyères-Toulon) Isaia Cordinier (Denain) 2017 Cédric Heitz (Charleville-Mézières) Arthur Rozenfeld (Roanne)

See also LNB Pro B Leaders Cup List of basketball clubs in France

References

External links Official Site Eurobasket.com - France