2006–07 Pro A season explained

2006–07 LNB Pro A season
League:LNB Pro A
Sport:Basketball
No Of Teams:18
No Of Games:306 (regular season)
Tv:Sport+
Season:Regular Season
Top Seed:Roanne
Mvp: Dewarick Spencer (Roanne)
Cyril Julian (Nancy)
Mvp Link:LNB Pro A MVP
Finals Mvp Link:LNB Pro A Finals MVP
Top Scorer: Dewarick Spencer (Roanne)
Top Scorer Link:LNB Pro A Best Scorer
Finals:2006-07 Finals
Finals Link:2006–07 LNB Pro A season#Playoffs
Finals Champ:Roanne
Finals Runner-Up:Nancy
Seasonslist:List of LNB Pro A seasons
Seasonslistnames:LNB Pro A
Prevseason Year:2005–06
Nextseason Link:2007–08 Pro A season
Nextseason Year:2007–08

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,[1] won its second French Pro A League title by defeating Nancy in playoffs final (81-74).[2]

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 seasonTeams promoted from 2005 to 2006 Pro B

Teams relegated to 2006–07 Pro B

At the end of the 2006–07 season

Teams promoted from 2006 to 2007 Pro B

Teams relegated to 2007–08 Pro B

Team arenas

TeamHome cityStadiumCapacity
Besançon BCDBesançonPalais des Sports
JL Bourg-en-BresseBourg-en-BresseSalle des Sports
ÉS Chalon-sur-SaôneChalon-sur-SaôneLe Colisée
Cholet BasketCholetLa Meilleraie
Stade Clermontois BAClermont-FerrandMaison des Sports
JDA DijonDijonPalais des Sports Jean-Michel Geoffroy
BCM Gravelines DunkerqueGravelinesSportica
Hyères Toulon Var BasketHyèresToulonPalais des Sports de Toulon
Espace 3000

STB Le HavreLe HavreSalle des Docks Océane
Le Mans Sarthe BasketLe MansAntarès
ASVEL BasketLyonVilleurbanneAstroballe
SLUC Nancy BasketNancyPalais des Sports Jean Weille
Orléans Loiret BasketOrléansZénith d'Orléans
Paris BRParisStade Pierre-de-Coubertin
Palais des Sports Marcel Cerdan

Élan Béarnais Pau-OrthezPau-OrthezPalais des Sports de Pau
Reims Champagne BasketReimsComplexe Sportif René Tys
Chorale Roanne BasketRoanneHalle André Vacheresse
Strasbourg IGStrasbourgRhénus Sport

Team standings

width=10px bgcolor=B0EE90Clinched playoff berth
width=10px bgcolor=FFCCCCRelegated
width=20width=150Team width=20Pldwidth=20Wwidth=20Lwidth=30PFwidth=30PA
1Nancy 34 25 9 2825 2498
2Roanne 34 24 10 2942 2780
3Chalon-sur-Saône 34 23 11 2684 2623
4Strasbourg 34 22 12 2753 2480
5Lyon-Villeurbanne 34 21 13 2752 2549
6Le Mans 34 21 13 2529 2375
7Cholet 34 19 15 2424 2408
8Gravelines-Dunkerque 34 18 16 2625 2579
9Pau-Lacq-Orthez 34 18 16 2747 2622
10Dijon 34 18 16 2642 2620
11Orléans 34 18 16 2569 2590
12Le Havre 34 16 18 2637 2698
13Clermont-Ferrand 34 15 19 2402 2358
14Paris BR 34 13 21 2453 2662
15Hyères Toulon 34 11 23 2606 2838
16Besançon 34 11 23 2744 2880
17Bourg-en-Bresse 34 8 26 2294 2673
18Reims 34 5 29 2361 2755

Awards

Regular Season MVPs

Best Coach

Best Defensive Player

Rising Star Award

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Classement général, Saison 2006/2007 . LNB. October 27, 2011. fr.
  2. Web site: French League Final: June 2, 2007 . June 2, 2007. Euroleague. October 27, 2011.
  3. Web site: Dee FOR MVPee !!!! . . May 12, 2007 . October 27, 2011 . fr . https://web.archive.org/web/20120420092351/http://www.chorale-roanne.com/default.asp?id=1&num=1257 . 2012-04-20 . dead .