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Cholet Basket
French basketball team
French basketball team
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Cholet |
| logo | Cholet Basket 2019 logo.png |
| image_size | 205px |
| leagues | Pro A |
| founded | |
| history | Cholet Basket |
| (1975–present) | |
| arena | La Meilleraie |
| capacity | 5,191 |
| location | Cholet, France |
| colors | Red and white |
| president | Patrick Chiron |
| vice-presidents | Alain Lafat |
| coach | Fabrice Lefrancois |
| championships | 1 French Championship |
| 2 French Cup | |
| 1 La Semaine des As Cup | |
| retired_numbers | 2 (4, 10) |
| website | cholet-basket.com |
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| h_pattern_b | _whiteshoulders |
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(1975–present)
| vice-presidents = Alain Lafat 2 French Cup 1 La Semaine des As Cup 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
| Cholet Basket}};" | Evolution of the Logo | –2012 | 2012–2019 | 2019–present | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Cholet Basket Logo.svg | 120px]] | [[File:Cholet Basket new logo 2.png | 120px]] | [[File:Cholet Basket 2019 logo.png | 120px]] |
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 seven 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) ,Pau-Ortez (2003) and most recently, Ratiopharm Ulm (2024 and 2025).
;Notable Players that have progressed through the Cholet Youth Academy (Espoirs)
Players
Retired numbers
| Cholet Basket}};" | Cholet Basket retired numbers | Cholet Basket}};" | No. | Cholet Basket}};" | Nat. | Cholet Basket}};" | Player | Cholet Basket}};" | Position | Cholet Basket}};" | Tenure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | FRA | Antoine Rigaudeau | PG | 1987–1995 | |||||||
| 10 | FRA | Jim Bilba | PF | 1988–1992, 2002–2007 |
Current roster
FIBA Hall of Famers
| Cholet Basket}};" | Cholet Basket Hall of Famers | Cholet Basket}};" | Players | No. | Nat. | Name | Position | Tenure | Inducted | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | FRA | Antoine Rigaudeau |
Season by season
| Season | Tier | League | Pos. | French Cup | Leaders Cup | European competitions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006–07 | 1 | Pro A | 7th | |||
| 2007–08 | 1 | Pro A | 8th | Runner-up | Champion | 3 FIBA EuroCup |
| 2008–09 | 1 | Pro A | 9th | Round of 16 | 2 Eurocup | |
| 3 EuroChallenge | RU | |||||
| 2009–10 | 1 | Pro A | 1st | Round of 32 | Quarterfinalist | 2 Eurocup |
| 2010–11 | 1 | Pro A | 2nd | Round of 16 | Quarterfinalist | 1 Euroleague |
| 2011–12 | 1 | Pro A | 4th | Semifinalist | Quarterfinalist | 1 Euroleague |
| 2 Eurocup | RS | |||||
| 2012–13 | 1 | Pro A | 10th | Round of 16 | 2 Eurocup | |
| 2013–14 | 1 | Pro A | 13th | Round of 16 | 3 EuroChallenge | |
| 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 | ||
| 2021–22 | 1 | Pro A | 8th | |||
| 2022–23 | 1 | Pro A | 7th | 4 Europe Cup | ||
| 2023–24 | 1 | Pro A | 7th | Round of 16 | 3 Champions League | |
| 2024–25 | 1 | Pro A | 4th | Quarterfinalist | 3 Champions League | |
| 4 FIBA Europe Cup | SF |
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
Head coaches
- 1970s: Romania Dragoş Nosievici
- 1987–89: France Jean Galle
- 1989–91: France Jean-Paul Rebatet
- 1991–95: France Laurent Buffard
- 1995–96: France Alain Thinet (7 games) then France Eric Girard (1 game) then France Jean Galle
- 1996–2001: France Eric Girard
- 2001–02: Montenegro France Savo Vucević
- 2002–03: France Jean-François Martin
- 2003–04: Turkey Erman Kunter
- 2004–06: France Ruddy Nelhomme
- 2006–12: Turkey Erman Kunter
- 2012–14: France Jean-Manuel Sousa
- 2014–15: France Laurent Buffard
- 2015–16: France Jérôme Navier
- 2016–18: France Philippe Hervé
- 2018: France Régis Boissié
- 2018–21: Turkey France Erman Kunter
- 2021–24: France Laurent Vila
- 2024–present: France Fabrice Lefrançois
References
References
- "FIBA.basketball". FIBA.basketball.
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