Cholet Basket
Template:Short description Template:Infobox Basketball club Cholet Basket is a professional basketball club that is based in Cholet, France. The club plays in the LNB Pro A. Their home arena is La Meilleraie. Established in 1975, Cholet won its first French championship in the 2009–10 season. In 1998 and 1999, Cholet won the French Cup.
History
Establishment
The team debuted in the 1st division in the 1987–88 season and after managing to get to the premier league in only 12 years. The team were able to sustain themselves in the league, and were consistently in the top 10 teams having a highly successful youth system. This youth system has allowed the club to produce professional players season after season. After winning the National Cup in 1999, Cholet got automatically qualified for its first participation to the Euroleague (3 victories – 13 defeats). During the 2004–05 season 10 of the 12 players in the first team derived from the youth system. Some of the most illustrious players who had their debut in the team are Antoine Rigaudeau, Jim Bilba and Mickaël Gelabale.
During the 2008–2009 season, Cholet was defeated by Virtus Bologna in the EuroChallenge's Final (75–77).
In 2010, Cholet finished 1st of the 2009–2010 Pro A League regular season and won the championship after defeating Le Mans in the Play-Offs Final (81–65). Thanks to its national champion title, Cholet is automatically qualified for the 2010–2011 Euroleague season. Cholet was eliminated during the first round (4 victories – 6 defeats) of the 2010–2011 Euroleague after defeating prestigious (and at the time unbeaten) Fenerbahçe Ülker (82–78).
In 2011, Cholet, defending its title finished 1st again of the 2011-12 Pro A League regular season and was only defeated during the finals by SLUC Nancy (74-76).
Logos
| colspan="3" style="Template:Basketball color cell;"| Evolution of the Logo | ||
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| –2012 | 2012–2019 | 2019–present |
| File:Cholet Basket Logo.svg | File:Cholet Basket new logo 2.png | File:Cholet Basket 2019 logo.png |
Youth academy
Cholet Basket is intensively focusing on its Youth Academy to provide players to its professional squad. During the 2004–05 season, 10 of the 12 players of the Pro squad have progressed through the club Youth Academy. It is also one of the only six European clubs to have provided two players to the same NBA draft in 2009, with Rodrigues Beaubois and Nando De Colo beside Real Madrid (2005), Joventut Badalona (2009), Fenerbahçe Ülker (2008), KK Partizan (2002) and Pau-Ortez (2003).
- Notable Players that have progressed through the Cholet Youth Academy (Espoirs)
Players
Retired numbers
| colspan="5" style="Template:Basketball color cell;"|Cholet Basket retired numbers | ||||
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| style="Template:Basketball color cell2;"|No. | style="Template:Basketball color cell2;"|<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Nat.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | style="Template:Basketball color cell2;"|Player | style="Template:Basketball color cell2;"|Position | style="Template:Basketball color cell2;"|Tenure |
| 4 | Template:Flagicon | Antoine Rigaudeau | PG | 1987–1995 |
| 10 | Template:Flagicon | Jim Bilba | PF | 1988–1992, 2002–2007 |
Current roster
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|- | style="text-align:center;" | Template:Bs position | style="text-align:center;" | Template:Ifnumber | style="text-align:center;" | Script error: No such module "sort". | style="text-align:left;" | Briggs, Justin | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size: 85%" | Script error: No such module "convert". | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size: 85%" | | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size: 85%" | Template:Dts Script error: No such module "age". – 19 November 1997 | style="text-align:center; white-space:nowrap; font-size: 85%"| |-
|- | style="text-align:center;" | Template:Bs position | style="text-align:center;" | Template:Ifnumber | style="text-align:center;" | Script error: No such module "sort". | style="text-align:left;" | Campbell, T. J. | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size: 85%" | Script error: No such module "convert". | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size: 85%" | | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size: 85%" | Template:Dts Script error: No such module "age". – 23 January 1988 | style="text-align:center; white-space:nowrap; font-size: 85%"| |-
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FIBA Hall of Famers
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| No. | Nat. | Name | Position | Tenure | Inducted |
| 4 | Template:Flagicon | Antoine Rigaudeau | G | 1987–95 | 2015[1] |
Season by season
| Season | Tier | League | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Pos.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | French Cup | Leaders Cup | European competitions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006–07 | 1 | Pro A | 7th | ||||
| 2007–08 | 1 | Pro A | 8th | Runner-up | Champion | 3 FIBA EuroCup | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />GSScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 2008–09 | 1 | Pro A | 9th | Round of 16 | 2 Eurocup | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />QScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 3 EuroChallenge | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />RUScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||
| 2009–10 | 1 | Pro A | 1st | Round of 32 | Quarterfinalist | 2 Eurocup | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />RSScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 2010–11 | 1 | Pro A | 2nd | Round of 16 | Quarterfinalist | 1 Euroleague | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />RSScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 2011–12 | 1 | Pro A | 4th | Semifinalist | Quarterfinalist | 1 Euroleague | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />QR1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 2 Eurocup | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />RSScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||
| 2012–13 | 1 | Pro A | 10th | Round of 16 | 2 Eurocup | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />RSScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 2013–14 | 1 | Pro A | 13th | Round of 16 | 3 EuroChallenge | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />L16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 2014–15 | 1 | Pro A | 14th | Round of 16 | |||
| 2015–16 | 1 | Pro A | 13th | Round of 32 | |||
| 2016–17 | 1 | Pro A | 11th | Round of 16 | |||
| 2017–18 | 1 | Pro A | 15th | ||||
| 2018–19 | 1 | Pro A | 15th | ||||
| 2019–20 | 1 | Pro A | 6th* | ||||
| 2020–21 | 1 | Pro A | 14th | 3 Champions League | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />RSScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||
| 2021–22 | 1 | Pro A | 8th | ||||
| 2022–23 | 1 | Pro A | 7th | 4 Europe Cup | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />RUScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||
| 2023–24 | 1 | Pro A | 7th | Round of 16 | 3 Champions League | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />R16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 2024–25 | 1 | Pro A | 4th | Quarterfinalist | 3 Champions League | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />QRScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 4 FIBA Europe Cup | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />SFScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||
Achievements
- French Championship Pro A: 2010
- La Semaine des As Cup: 2008
- French Cup: 1998, 1999
- Match des Champions (French Pro A Champion vs French Cup winner): 2010
- Finalist of Pro A: 1988, 2011
- French Cup Finalist: 2005, 2008
- Finalist of the Tournoi des As Cup: 1988, 1989, 1990 and 1993.
- Champion of Division 2 (now Pro B): 1986
Notable players
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Head coaches
- 1970s: Template:Flagicon Dragoş Nosievici
- 1987–89: Template:Flagicon Jean Galle
- 1989–91: Template:Flagicon Jean-Paul Rebatet
- 1991–95: Template:Flagicon Laurent Buffard
- 1995–96: Template:Flagicon Alain Thinet (7 games) then Template:Flagicon Eric Girard (1 game) then Template:Flagicon Jean Galle
- 1996–2001: Template:Flagicon Eric Girard
- 2001–02: Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Savo Vucević
- 2002–03: Template:Flagicon Jean-François Martin
- 2003–04: Template:Flagicon Erman Kunter
- 2004–06: Template:Flagicon Ruddy Nelhomme
- 2006–10: Template:Flagicon Erman Kunter
- 2010–12: Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Erman Kunter
- 2012–14: Template:Flagicon Jean-Manuel Sousa
- 2014–15: Template:Flagicon Laurent Buffard
- 2015–16: Template:Flagicon Jérôme Navier
- 2016–18: Template:Flagicon Philippe Hervé
- 2018: Template:Flagicon Régis Boissié
- 2018–21: Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Erman Kunter
- 2021–24: Template:Flagicon Laurent Vila
- 2024–present: Template:Flagicon Fabrice Lefrançois
References
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External links
Template:Cholet Basket current roster Template:Pro A basket-ball