French basketball league system
The French basketball league system is a series of interconnected competitions for professional basketball clubs in France. The system has a hierarchical format with a promotion and relegation system between competitions at different levels. Some of the competitions are: the LNB Pro A, LNB Pro B, Nationale Masculine 1 (NM1), the Nationale Masculine 2 (NM2), the Nationale Masculine 3 (NM3), and the LNB Espoirs.
The competitions
| Level | League | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LNB Pro A National 1st division (professional) (18 teams)  | ||||
| 2 | LNB Pro B National 2nd division (professional) (18 teams)  | ||||
| 3 | Nationale Masculine 1 (NM1) National 3rd Division (Professional) (28 teams in 2 groups)  | ||||
| 4 | Nationale Masculine 2 (NM2) National 4th division (Professional) (56 teams in 4 groups)  | ||||
| 5 | Nationale Masculine 3 (NM3) National 5th division (amateur) (144 teams in 12 groups)  | ||||
| LNB Espoirs Under-21 age group  | |||||
Other competitions
See also
- League system
 - European professional club basketball system
 - Spanish basketball league system
 - Greek basketball league system
 - Italian basketball league system
 - Russian basketball league system
 - Turkish basketball league system
 - German basketball league system
 - Serbian basketball league system
 - Polish basketball league system
 - Hungarian basketball league system
 - South American professional club basketball system