French Basketball - Pro B Facts

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Facts

• The league was founded in 1987 and is form of 18 teams.

• All 18 Pro B teams play each other twice during the regular season.

• The top eight regular season teams qualify for the Pro B playoffs.

• The regular season and playoff champions are promoted to Pro A while the bottom two regular season teams are relegated to the amateur NM1 league.

• The quarterfinals and the semifinals are two-legged and the final is a single game.

The French Second Division has been know by different names since its beginnings:

• 1932 to 1949: Honneur
• 1950 to 1963: Excellence
• 1964 to 1987: Nationale 2
• 1988 to 1992: Nationale 1B
• 1992 to 1993: Nationale A2
• after 1994: Pro B