Nanterre 92 Explained

Nanterre 92
Leagues:Pro A
History:JSF Nanterre
1927–2016
Nanterre 92
2016–present
Arena:Palais des Sports
(occasional home games in Halle Georges Carpentier)
Capacity:3,000
Location:Nanterre, France
Colors:Green, white
President:Jean Donnadieu
Coach:Pascal Donnadieu
Championships:1 FIBA Europe Cup
1 FIBA EuroChallenge
1 French Championship
2 French Cups
2 Match des Champions
Website:nanterre92.com
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Nanterre 92 is a professional basketball club from the city of Nanterre (a western suburb of Paris), France. The club has played in the top-tier level basketball league in France, the Pro A, since 2011. Founded in 2011 as JSF Nanterre, the club plays its home games in the Palais des Sports, which has a capacity of 3,000 people. The honor list of Nanterre includes one French championship and two French Cup titles as well as a FIBA Europe Cup championship.

History

The club was established in 1927 as JSF Nanterre.

Nanterre played in the French 2nd Division, for the first time, in the 2004–05 season. In 2007, the club made it to the finals of the French Cup. In 2011, the club won the French 2nd Division championship, and got promoted to the top national domestic level French League.

In the 2012–13 French League season, after finishing in the eighth position of the regular season, Nanterre won its first top-tier national domestic title, and thus qualified to play in the European-wide top-tier level EuroLeague, in the 2013–14 season.

In the French League 2013–14 season, Nanterre didn't manage to reach the league's playoffs, after finishing 10th in the Pro A regular season. Despite the disappointment in the national league competition, Nanterre won the French Cup title that season. They beat SLUC Nancy Basket, by a score of 55–50, in the Cup's Final. In the French Leaders Cup, Nanterre also reached the Cup Final, but lost to Le Mans Sarthe Basket. Nanterre also made its debut in the EuroLeague that season.

To start the 2014–15 season, Nanterre won the Match des Champions (French Super Cup). On April 26, 2015, Nanterre won its first European-wide trophy. In the 2015, EuroChallenge Final, it beat Trabzsonspor, 63–64, on a buzzer-beater by T.J. Campbell.[1]

In February 2016, the team's name was changed from JSF Nanterre, to Nanterre 92, with "92" representing the numeric code of the club's home department of Hauts-de-Seine.[2]

Arenas

Nanterre 92 plays its home French League national domestic league games, and home EuroCup games, at the 3,000 seat Palais des Sports Maurice Thorez. For home EuroLeague games, when the club played in that competition, in the 2013–14 season, they used the Halle Georges Carpentier, which has a capacity of 5,009 seats for basketball.

On 11 March, 2018, Nanterre 92 beat ASVEL Basket, by a score of 81–80, in a French League 2017–18 season game, which was held at the U Arena. The game had an attendance of 15,220, which was the highest attendance of any game in the French League's history.[3]

Season by season

SeasonTierLeagueFrench CupLeaders CupEuropean competitions
2006–072Pro B5thRunner-up
2007–082Pro B7thSemifinalist
2008–092Pro B9thRound of 32
2009–102Pro B6thRound of 16
2010–112Pro B1stRound of 32
2011–121Pro A11thRound of 16
2012–131Pro A1stRunner-up
2013–141Pro A10thChampionRunner-up
2014–151Pro A5thalign=center bgcolor=gold
2015–161Pro A8thSemifinalistQuarterfinalistalign=center
2016–171Pro A6thbgcolor=gold ChampionSemifinalistalign=center bgcolor=gold
2017–181Pro A7thSemifinalistSemifinalist
2018–191Pro A4thQuarterfinalistalign=center
2019–201Pro A7thRound of 16
2020–211Pro A10thRound of 16

Trophies

Domestic

French League

French Cup

French Super Cup

French League 2

European

FIBA Europe Cup

FIBA EuroChallenge

Players

Notable players

Head coaches

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.fibaeurope.com/eurochallenge/cid_04nV5LW1InMnPsDwhkujE0.compID_BYg5Rb55Jw-G5I3MZ6JB01.roundID_10369.season_2015.gameID_10377-8-A-1.html Trabzonspor - JSF Nanterre.
  2. http://www.francetvsport.fr/basket/pro-a/la-jsf-nanterre-change-de-nom-et-devient-la-jsf-nanterre-92-320619 La JSF Nanterre change de nom et devient Nanterre 92 .
  3. http://www.eurohoops.net/en/proa/633052/14-666-fans-u-arena/ 15.220 fans in the U Arena!