The N1A is the premier basketball league for men' s teams in Madagascar. Currently, 12 teams play in the competition to determine the national champions of Madagascar.
The defending champions are COSPN, who have won the 2025 season. ASCUT holds the record for most titles with six championships.
The winners of each N1A season play in the Road to BAL, the qualifying rounds of the Basketball Africa League (BAL).
Format The season begins with 12 teams in two conferences (West and East), the top four qualify for the Elite 8. The bottom team from each group is relegated to the N1B (the national second level). The top four teams from the Elite 8 advance to the Final Four that are played in a best-of-three series to determine the N1A champion.
Teams These were the 12 teams of the 2022 season: Team LocationWestern ConferenceCosmosAtsimo AndrefanaSEBAMBoenyGNBCVakinankaratraTGBCBoenyMB2ALLAntananarivoSBCVakinankaratraMCBAntsinananaEastern Conference ASCB Boeny Boeny COSPN AnalamangaCOSPN 2 ASCUT Toamasina ASCB Boeny Boeny AS Fanalamanga Alaotra-Mangoro
Winners Year Winner Runners-up Third place 2007SEBAM Boeny (1)Madagascar: Sebam et Sotrata champions de Mada 20072008ASCUT (1)2010SEBAM Boeny (2)Madagascar: Basket-ball/ Championnats nationaux N1A- NDF - ASCUT remporte une première bataille2011ASCUT (2)Madagascar: Basket-ball - N1a- ndf - Ascut et Mb2all sacrés champions de madagascar 20112012ASCUT (3)Madagascar: Basket-ball championnat national N1A - L'Ascut conforte sa suprématie2013ASCUT (4)COSFAMadagascar: Basket N1A - Ascut, MB2ALL champions de Madagascar2014ASCUT (5)COSFACOSPN2015SEBAM Boeny (3)Madagascar: Basket-ball - Accueil triomphal pour le SEBAM2016 GNBC (1) COSPN ASCUT 2017 ASCB Boeny (1) SBBC Boeny ASCUT 2018 COSPN (1) ASCB Boeny Cosmos2019 GNBC (2) COSPN ASCB Boeny 2020–21 ASCUT (6) GNBC SEBAM Boeny2021 COSPN (2) SEBAM Boeny GNBC2022COSPN (3)ASCUT2023GNBC (3)ASCUT2024GNBC (4)ASCUT2025COSPN (4)GNBC Performance by club ClubWinsRunners-upSeasons wonSeasons runners-up ASCUT 6 3 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2021 2022, 2023, 2024 GNBC 4 2 2016, 2019, 2023, 2024 2021, 2025 COSPN 4 2 2018, 2021, 2022, 2025 2016, 2019 SEBAM Boeny 3 12007, 2010, 20152021 ASCB Boeny 1 1 2017 2018 SBBC Boeny 0 1– 2017 COSFA 0 2–2013, 2014
Coupe du President In Madagascar, the national federation also organises a cup competition called the Coupe du President (English: President's Cup). Year Winners Runners-upScore Third placeMVP2015ASCUTCOSFA80–75GNBC2016GNBCCOSPN79–72ASCUTNdranto Marosata 2017 ASCB Boeny TMBB Analamanga 2018 GNBC ASCUT 98–92 MB2ALLFabrice Constantinides2022GNBCCOSPNASCUT2025GNBCRBC Boeny83–49MBC Atsinanana
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