French Federation of Basketball

French Basketball Federation
SportBasketball
JurisdictionFrance
AbbreviationFFBB
Founded1932 (1932)
AffiliationFIBA
Regional affiliationFIBA Europe
HeadquartersParis
CEOJean-Pierre Siutat
Official website
www.ffbb.com
France

The French Federation of Basketball (FFBB) (French: Fédération Française de Basketball) is the governing body of basketball in France. It was founded in 1932 and has been a member of FIBA since 1933.

The Federation operates the France national teams and organises the Coupe de France (French Cup) and the amateurs national championships; for the professional championship, the Ligue Nationale de Basketball (LNB) (men) and the LFB (women) have a delegation from the FFBB. It publishes BasketBall Magazine (formerly known as Basket-Ball).

France 1st Division

Men's Clubs (Pro A)

Clubs are listed by their geographical designations on the official LNB website.

(2021–22 season)

Women's Clubs (LFB)

As in the list of men's clubs above, geographic designations are those found on LFB's official site.

(2021–22 season)

  • Angers (Union Féminine Angers Basket 49)
  • Bourges (Tango Bourges Basket)
  • Charleville-Mézières (Flammes Carolo Basket Ardennes)
  • Charnay (Charnay Basket Bourgogne Sud)
  • Landerneau (Landerneau Bretagne Basket)
  • Landes (Basket Landes)
  • Lyon (ASVEL Féminin)
  • Montpellier (BLMA)
  • Roche Vendée (Roche Vendée Basket Club)
  • Saint-Amand (Saint-Amand Hainaut Basket)
  • Tarbes (Tarbes Gespe Bigorre)
  • Villeneuve-d’Ascq (ESBVA-LM)

See also

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