2023 Nationale 1 season explained

2023 Nationale 1 season
League:Nationale 1
Sport:Basketball
Prevseason Year:2022
Duration:21 January – 17 September 2023
No Of Teams:16
Mvp:Samba Daly Fall
(AS Douanes)
Relegate To:N2
Relegate:ASFA
UCAD
Finals:Finals
Finals Champ:AS Douanes (11th title)
Finals Runner-Up:Jeanne d'Arc
Finals Mvp:Samba Daly Fall
(AS Douanes)
Prevseason Link:2022 Nationale 1 season
Nextseason Link:2024 Nationale 1 season
Nextseason Year:2024

The 2023 Nationale 1 season was the 56th season of the Nationale 1 (NM1), the top-tier basketball league in Senegal. The season began on 21 January and ended on 17 September 2023.[1]

AS Douanes won its record-setting 11th national title, after defeating Jeanne d'Arc in the finals, overtaking the record that was jointly held with ASFA.[2] The Douanes' forward Samba Daly Fall was named both MVP and Finals MVP of the season.[3]

Teams

Locations

TeamLocation
AS DouanesDakar
ASCC BoppDakar
ASC ThièsThiès
ASC Ville de DakarDakar
ASFADakar
DUC DakarDakar
Jeanne d'ArcDakar
Larry DioufZiguinchor
LougaLouga
MermozDakar
SIBACDakar (Sicap-Liberté)
UCADDakar
UGBSaint-Louis
US RailThiès
US OuakamDakar (Ouakam)

Regular season

Group B

Play-down

In the play-down round, all eight teams played each other team once. ASFA and UCAD, as the 7th- and 8th-ranked teams, were relegated to the Division 2.[4]

2023 N1 Play-down standings
Team
1ASCC Bopp229133113361394–58
2Mermoz229133112871335–48
3SIBAC229133112601356–96
4USCT Port229133113841494–110
5ASC Thiès228143013361473–137
6US Rail228143013931511–118
7ASFA228143012811429–148
8UCAD226162813441552–208

Individual awards

References

  1. Web site: Basket : le championnat national 1 démarre ce samedi – FAAPA FR . FAAPA . 2024-01-23 .
  2. News: 2023-09-17 . Championne du Sénégal après son succès sur la JA (64-56), l'AS Douanes retourne à la BAL ! . 2023-09-19 . Basketsenegal . fr-FR.
  3. Web site: Dia . Abdou Nar . 2023-10-28 . Basketball : Samba Daly Fall et Nboumbé Mbodji sacrés "Roi" et "Reine" de la saison . 2023-10-29 . Senego.com . fr-FR.
  4. News: 2023-09-10 . Play-down : ASFA accompagne UCAD SC en D2, Rail, SIBAC et ASC Thiès sauvés in extremis ! . 2024-01-23 . Basketsenegal . fr-FR.