Astroballe , or L'Astroballe is an indoor sports arena that is located in the Cusset neighborhood of Villeurbanne , Lyon , France . The arena is primarily used to host basketball games. The arena has a seating capacity of 5,556.
9-587: The arena opened in the year 1995, and has been used as the home venue of the top-tier level French Pro A League club ASVEL . The arena is accessible by the Laurent Bonnevay–Astroballe station, which is served by line A of the Lyon Metro and also by many bus and trolleybus lines. This article about a French sports venue is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . French basketball league system From Misplaced Pages,
18-542: A 50-yard field in the spring and early summer). There have been attempts at forming true minor leagues for the professional game (most recently with the XFL in 2020); none so far have been able to balance the major leagues' requests with the ability to maintain financial solvency. League systems can have a negative effect on competitive balance, particularly in European professional football. This sports-related article
27-724: A governing body ( Minor League Baseball , an organization under the authority of the Commissioner of Baseball , governs baseball leagues; the United States Soccer Federation designates the American soccer pyramid.) Ice hockey 's professional minor league system is linear, with one league at most of the four levels of the game; the ice hockey league system in North America is governed by collective bargaining agreements and affiliation deals between
36-677: A lower division who finish at the top of the standings in their league are promoted (advanced to the next level of the system) while teams who finish lowest in their division are relegated (move down to a lower division). This process can be automatic each year, or can require playoffs. In North America, league systems in the most popular sports do not use promotion or relegation. Most professional sports are divided into major and minor leagues . Baseball and association football (known as soccer in North America) have well-defined pyramid shapes to their minor league hierarchies, each managed by
45-432: Is a hierarchy of leagues in a sport. They are often called pyramids , due to their tendency to split into an increasing number of regional divisions further down the system. League systems of some sort are used in many sports in many countries. In association football , rugby union , rugby league and Gaelic games , league systems are usually connected by the process of promotion and relegation , in which teams from
54-8758: 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] French Cup French Leaders Cup Match des Champions See also [ edit ] 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 References [ edit ] External links [ edit ] Ligue Nationale de Basket Official Site (in French) Eurobasket.com French Basketball (Men) Page v t e League systems in sport League system Sports league Professional sports league organization Division (sport) Promotion and relegation Closed league Semi-closed league Association football AFC Afghanistan Australia Bahrain Bangladesh China East Timor Guam Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan South Korea Kuwait Lebanon Macau Malaysia Mongolia Myanmar Northern Mariana Islands Pakistan Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Taiwan Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Vietnam CAF Algeria Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Comoros Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Ghana Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Madagascar Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Nigeria Réunion São Tomé and Príncipe Seychelles Somalia South Africa Tunisia CONCACAF Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Barbados Belize Bermuda Bonaire British Virgin Islands Canada Cayman Islands Costa Rica Cuba Curaçao Dominican Republic El Salvador French Guiana Guadeloupe Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Martinique Mexico Montserrat Nicaragua Panama Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Martin Sint Maarten Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands United States United States Virgin Islands CONMEBOL Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela OFC French Polynesia New Caledonia New Zealand Papua New Guinea Tuvalu UEFA Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England ( women's ) Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Georgia Germany ( women's ) Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey ( women's ) Ukraine Wales Basketball Continental Europe South America National France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Italy Japan Poland Russia Serbia Spain Turkey Rugby union England France Ireland New Zealand Scotland Wales Rugby league Great Britain France Handball Denmark Hungary Tennis Davis Cup Fed Cup Water polo Hungary Ice hockey United States American football Germany Shinty Scotland Sumo Japan v t e Basketball in France FFBB LNB All-Star Game List of Clubs List of Venues French League System French Basketball Hall of Fame National Teams Men France U-20 U-19 U-17 3x3 Women France U-20 U-19 U-17 3x3 League Competitions Men LNB Pro A LNB Pro B Nationale 1 Nationale 2 Nationale 3 LNB Espoirs Women Ligue Féminine Open LFB Ligue 2 Nationale 1 Nationale 2 Nationale 3 Cup Competitions & Miscellaneous Men Coupe de France (Federation Cup) Pro A Leaders Cup (Pro A League Cup) Match des Champions (Supercup) Pro B Leaders Cup (Pro B League Cup) Alain Gilles Trophy (French Player of
63-544: The NHL , AHL and ECHL . Gridiron football does not operate on a league system. Different professional leagues play by very different sets of rules in different seasons (the NFL plays 11-a-side on a 100-yard field in autumn and early winter, the CFL uses 12-a-side on a 110-yard field in summer and early fall, while arena football and the minor indoor leagues each play 8-a-side on
72-3944: The Year) Pro A Awards Pro A MVP Pro A Finals MVP French Cup MVP French clubs in international competitions Women Coupe de France Féminine v t e LNB Élite LNB FFBB List of Clubs List of Venues Awards French League System French Basketball Hall of Fame 2024–25 teams AS Monaco ASVEL Bourg-en-Bresse Cholet Dijon Élan Chalon Gravelines-Dunkerque Le Mans Le Portel Limoges Nancy Nanterre Paris Saint-Quentin Stade Rochelais Strasbourg Seasons 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 Other competitions Pro A Leaders Cup (League Cup) French Cup (Federation Cup) Match des Champions (Supercup) Awards Awards MVP Finals MVP Best Scorer Best Defender Best Sixth Man Most Improved Player Best Young Player Best Coach Other All-Star Game French clubs in international competitions v t e Pro B LNB FFBB List of Clubs List of Venues French League System Seasons 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 Teams Aix Maurienne Alliance Alsace Antibes Boulazac Chalon Châlons-Reims Denain Voltaire Évreux La Rochelle Lille Nantes Orléans Quimper Saint-Chamond Saint-Quentin Saint-Vallier Vichy-Clermont Cup competition Pro B Leaders Cup (League Cup) Awards MVP Finals MVP Best Scorer Other French clubs in international competitions Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=French_basketball_league_system&oldid=1210448897 " Categories : Basketball league systems Basketball leagues in France Hidden categories: Articles lacking sources from June 2019 All articles lacking sources Articles with French-language sources (fr) League system A league system
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