2018–19 Pro A season

The 2018–19 Pro A season, for sponsorships reasons the Jeep Élite, was the 97th season of the Pro A, the top basketball league in France organised by the Ligue Nationale de Basket (LNB). It was the second season with Jeep as main sponsor. The season started on 21 September 2018 with the regular season and ended on 25 June 2019 with the last game of the finals.

2018–19 Pro A
Season2018–19
Dates21 September 2018 – 25 June 2019
Number of games326
Number of teams18
Regular season
Top seedLDLC ASVEL
Basketball Champions LeagueJDA Dijon
Élan Béarnais
SIG Strasbourg
Season MVPUnited States David Holston
RelegatedProvence
Antibes Sharks
Finals
ChampionsLDLC ASVEL (19th title)
  Runners-upMonaco
SemifinalistsJDA Dijon
Nanterre 92
Statistical leaders
Points United States Devin Ebanks 18.8
Rebounds Senegal Youssou Ndoye 8.8
Assists United States Justin Robinson 8.2
Index Rating United States Julian Wright 19.4

LDLC ASVEL won its nineteenth French championship and its first one since 2016. In the finals, they defeated Monaco.

Teams
Location of teams in the 2018–19 Pro A season

Promotion and relegation

Hyères-Toulon and Boulazac Basket Dordogne were relegated after the 2017–18 season after the teams ended in the last two places.

Blois promoted by finishing first in the regular season with a 27–7 record in the Pro B.[1] Fos Provence made its Pro A debut after promoting, as Fos defeated Roanne in the finals of the promotion play-offs.[2]

However, as ADA Blois did not meet the requirements for playing in Pro A, Boulazac remained in the league.

Locations and arenas
Team Home city Stadium Capacity
Antibes Sharks Antibes Azur Arena Antibes
5,249
AS Monaco Fontvieille, Monaco Salle Gaston Médecin
3,700
ASVEL Lyon–Villeurbanne Astroballe
5,556
BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque Gravelines Sportica
3,500
Boulazac Dordogne Boulazac Le Palio
5,200
Champagne Châlons Reims Reims Complexe René-Tys
3,000
Cholet Cholet La Meilleraie
5,191
Élan Béarnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez Pau Palais des Sports de Pau
7,707
Élan Chalon Chalon-sur-Saône Le Colisée
5,000
ESSM Le Portel Le Portel Le Chaudron
3,500
Fos Provence Fos-sur-mer Parsemain Sports Complex
2,000
JDA Dijon Dijon Palais des Sports de Dijon
5,000
JL Bourg Bourg-en-Bresse Ekinox
3,548
Le Mans Sarthe Le Mans Antarès
6,003
Levallois Metropolitans Levallois Palais des Sports Marcel Cerdan
4,000
Limoges CSP Limoges Beaublanc
6,000
Nanterre 92 Nanterre Palais des Sports de Nanterre
3,000
SIG Strasbourg Strasbourg Rhénus Sport
6,200

Personnel and sponsorship
Team Head coach Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Antibes Sharks Serbia Nikola Antić Spalding Mutuelles du Soleil
AS Monaco Serbia Saša Obradović Erreà -
ASVEL Montenegro Zvezdan Mitrović Peak LDLC
BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque France Julien Mahé BIG Sports Caisse d'Épargne
Boulazac Dordogne France Thomas Andrieux Kappa E.Leclerc
Champagne Châlons Reims Serbia Nikola Antić Kappa E.Leclerc
Cholet Turkey Erman Kunter Spalding Système U
Élan Béarnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez France Laurent Vila Peak DPD
Élan Chalon France Jean-Denys Choulet BIG Sports Joker
ESSM Le Portel France Éric Girard Kappa Intersport
Fos Provence France Rémi Giuitta Vive Eiffage Construction
JDA Dijon France Laurent Legname Erreà Groupe Iserba
JL Bourg France Savo Vučević Spalding Charles Réma
Le Mans Sarthe France Alexandre Ménard Kappa Fermier de Loué
Levallois Metropolitans France Frédéric Fauthoux Li-Ning IDEX
Limoges CSP France Kyle Milling BIG Sports Intermarché
Nanterre 92 France Pascal Donnadieu Nike GTM Bâtiment
SIG Strasbourg France Vincent Collet Adidas Suez

Managerial changes
TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableReplaced withDate of appointment
ASVEL France Terence Parker End of contract 1 June 2018 Pre-season Montenegro Zvezdan Mitrović 26 June 2018[3]
AS Monaco Montenegro Zvezdan Mitrović Signed with ASVEL 26 June 2018[3] Slovenia Sašo Filipovski 28 June 2018[4]
AS Monaco Slovenia Sašo Filipovski Fired 1 February 2019 During Season Serbia Saša Obradović 1 February 2019

Budgets

On 3 October 2018, the LNB published the budgets and salary expenditures of the Pro A clubs.[5]

Club Budget (in €) Salary expenditures
AS Monaco 8,089,000 2,995,000
SIG Strasbourg 7,705,000 2,494,000
Le Mans Sarthe Basket 6,589,000 2,010,000
Limoges CSP 7,029,000 2,189,000
JDA Dijon 4,488,000 1,300,000
ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne 9,158,000 2,949,000
Nanterre 92 4,877,000 1,617,000
Élan Béarnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez 5,161,000 1,353,000
JL Bourg 5,123,000 1,547,000
Levallois Metropolitans 5,125,000 1,641,000
ESSM Le Portel 3,546,000 1,219,000
Élan Chalon 5,163,000 1,538,500
BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque 5,837,000 1,833,000
Champagne Châlons Reims Basket 4,129,000 1,395,000
Cholet Basket 4,111,000 1,184,500
Olympique d'Antibes 3,410,000 1,017,000
Boulazac Basket Dordogne 3,483,000 1,267,000
Provence Basket 3,179,000 1,105,500
Average 5,342,000 1,704,000

Regular season

League table
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification or relegation
1 LDLC ASVEL 34 27 7 2859 2602 +257 Qualification for playoffs
2 Monaco 34 24 10 2834 2586 +248
3 JDA Dijon 34 23 11 2761 2546 +215
4 Nanterre 92 34 23 11 2870 2684 +186
5 ÉB Pau-Lacq-Orthez 34 21 13 2692 2614 +78
6 SIG Strasbourg 34 20 14 2765 2709 +56
7 Limoges CSP 34 20 14 2865 2778 +87
8 Le Mans Sarthe 34 20 14 2782 2637 +145
9 JL Bourg 34 19 15 2793 2778 +15
10 Boulazac Basket Dordogne 34 17 17 2708 2700 +8
11 BCM Gravelines 34 16 18 2775 2815 −40
12 Levallois Metropolitans 34 14 20 2692 2759 −67
13 Champagne Châlons Reims 34 13 21 2814 2931 −117
14 Élan Chalon 34 12 22 2902 2869 +33
15 Cholet 34 11 23 2669 2882 −213
16 ESSM Le Portel 34 10 24 2647 2889 −242
17 Fos Provence Basket (R) 34 9 25 2591 2913 −322 Relegation to Pro B
18 Antibes Sharks (R) 34 7 27 2521 2848 −327
Source: LNB.fr
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(R) Relegated

Results
Home \ Away ANT ASV BCM BOU CHA CHO PAU ELA FOS POR DIJ JLB LMS LEV LIM MON NAN STR
Antibes Sharks — 72–87 66–78 79–91 78–86 72–69 83–73 63–100 72–76 78–63 71–84 76–71 78–92 62–67 85–92 60–83 70–86 81–86
LDLC ASVEL 91–60 — 95–72 77–61 91–84 68–76 88–75 106–104 88–64 91–73 80–62 81–66 80–76 81–75 82–68 92–91 74–96 85–61
BCM Gravelines 88–71 84–96 — 69–77 85–81 87–83 52–80 66–91 116–85 86–71 70–86 65–78 69–76 97–85 88–83 74–65 84–80 78–87
Boulazac Dordogne 85–84 73–78 72–65 — 98–86 117–92 90–77 80–75 81–52 82–57 73–84 86–82 69–74 72–75 70–96 77–61 83–78 62–79
Champagne Châlons Reims 91–80 73–82 88–78 83–81 — 94–79 78–82 91–87 81–80 82–70 81–89 96–102 77–91 102–98 83–106 86–93 77–102 93–91
Cholet 74–91 76–87 84–71 77–92 75–85 — 63–70 98–94 99–83 81–79 61–67 89–82 70–64 69–96 76–84 82–87 98–92 75–112
ÉB Pau-Lacq-Orthez 73–72 82–79 82–73 97–95 77–67 70–79 — 101–96 84–77 92–69 63–59 74–85 91–90 84–69 84–69 68–70 84–75 98–57
Élan Chalon 92–70 89–92 100–102 97–65 66–98 89–84 78–82 — 88–74 92–70 81–89 76–79 85–74 90–79 73–77 79–78 94–97 77–92
Fos Provence Basket 80–87 62–85 62–88 88–76 84–73 70–77 90–91 76–73 — 67–79 61–82 78–76 68–88 64–72 87–72 80–77 73–95 74–82
ESSM Le Portel 98–87 69–72 82–87 70–72 83–81 84–92 75–69 82–85 85–83 — 90–69 86–92 76–90 83–78 90–81 83–82 82–105 82–79
JDA Dijon 84–55 94–77 82–84 83–66 87–65 76–72 81–78 80–72 112–85 94–58 — 73–76 78–70 79–75 109–87 81–84 87–81 80–55
JL Bourg 82–57 81–82 85–100 93–75 102–83 95–86 72–64 93–84 75–93 89–84 90–88 — 83–77 78–80 88–99 100–90 75–70 83–73
Le Mans Sarthe 98–89 89–83 89–87 86–78 89–74 83–77 94–74 88–74 100–84 102–82 81–57 79–61 — 80–69 60–68 76–64 75–84 71–75
Levallois Metropolitans 86–92 79–88 86–83 66–69 83–78 74–59 68–66 68–81 81–90 84–74 80–89 85–96 85–74 — 98–90 79–80 85–92 80–65
Limoges CSP 86–63 74–85 95–99 89–84 88–84 84–76 81–68 111–103 92–87 89–67 67–79 103–74 91–81 106–78 — 73–85 80–62 90–76
Monaco 103–89 63–66 94–74 85–74 83–59 88–67 91–74 93–78 78–69 90–85 89–71 85–74 82–65 87–89 87–68 — 75–63 83–79
Nanterre 92 78–73 79–78 88–82 68–90 73–67 89–70 74–82 81–78 93–71 99–93 77–73 85–64 98–77 90–82 86–65 77–82 — 92–86
SIG Strasbourg 75–55 97–92 90–84 93–88 90–97 96–82 65–70 90–81 107–74 87–73 91–78 76–71 77–75 69–58 81–61 71–101 75–85 —
Source: LNB.fr
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

Quarterfinals were played in a best-of-three games format, while the semifinals and the finals in a best-of-five (2–2–1) format.

Bracket
Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
1 LDLC ASVEL 2
8 Le Mans Sarthe 0
1 LDLC ASVEL 3
4 Nanterre 92 0
4 Nanterre 92 2
5 ÉB Pau-Lacq-Orthez 1
1 LDLC ASVEL 3
2 Monaco 2
2 Monaco 2
7 Limoges 0
2 Monaco 3
3 JDA Dijon 0
3 JDA Dijon 2
6 SIG Strasbourg 0

Quarterfinals
Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
LDLC ASVEL 2–0 Le Mans Sarthe 73–67 70–63 0
Monaco 2–0 Limoges 93–73 90–62 0
JDA Dijon 2–0 SIG Strasbourg 94–62 89–85 0
Nanterre 92 2–1 ÉB Pau-Lacq-Orthez 101–65 64–76 84–69

Semifinals
Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3Game 4Game 5
LDLC ASVEL 3–0 Nanterre 92 91–72 82–70 99–5600
Monaco 3–0 JDA Dijon 82–77 84–75 81–7800

Finals
Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3Game 4Game 5
LDLC ASVEL 3–2 Monaco 81–71 73–67 62–9781–8966–55

French clubs in European competitions
TeamCompetitionProgress
LDLC ASVELEuroCupQuarterfinals
LimogesTop 16
MonacoTop 16
JDA DijonChampions LeagueRegular season
Le Mans SartheRound of 16
Nanterre 92Round of 16
SIG StrasbourgRegular season

Individual honours

Season awards
Main article: LNB Pro A Awards

References
  1. "Classement - Pro B – LNB.fr". www.lnb.fr.
  2. "Fos s'offre les playoffs".
  3. "Zvezdan MITROVIC nouveau coach de l'ASVEL Basket". 26 June 2018.
  4. "Saso Filipovski named AS Monaco head coach". Archived from the original on 2018-07-02. Retrieved 2018-07-02.
  5. "Budgets et masses salariales 2018/19 : L'ASVEL et Monaco tout en haut". BeBasket (in French). 3 October 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-10-03. Retrieved 2018-10-04.
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