Champagne Basket

Champagne Basket is a French professional basketball club that is based in both the cities of Reims and Châlons-en-Champagne. The club was established in 2010 as part of the union between the old clubs of Reims Champagne Basket club (RCB) and the ESPE Basket Pro club of Châlons-en-Champagne. Since 2012, the team plays in the LNB Pro A, the top tier division of French basketball.

Champagne Basket
LeaguesPro A
Founded17 June 2010 (2010-06-17)
HistoryChampagne Châlons-Reims Basket
2010–2020
Champagne Basket
2020–present
ArenaComplexe René-Tys
Pierre de Coubertin
Capacity3,000
2,791
LocationChâlons-Reims, France
Team colorsBlue, Gold, White, Dark Blue
       
PresidentMichel Gobillot
Head coachCédric Heitz
Websitechampagne-basket.fr

History

The historical regional rivals of Reims Champagne Basket club (RCB) and the ESPE Basket Pro club of Châlons-en-Champagne, combined forces to create a strong, financially stable, competitive ball club on the French elite professional stage. The club was founded as Champagne Châlons-Reims Basket (CCRB) on 17 June 2010.[1] Two years following up the union, the Ligue Nationale de Basket (LNB) invited the CCRB to move up directly to the LNB Pro A through a wild-card.

In 2020, the club changed its name to "Champagne Basket".[2]

Arenas

The club's home arenas are the Complexe Sportif René Tys (Reims) and the Palais des Sports Pierre de Coubertin (Châlons). Each arena hosts half of their home games.[3]

Season by season
Season Tier Division Pos. French Cup European competitions
2010–11
2
 Pro B
10th
2011–12
2
 Pro B
3rd
2012–13
2
 Pro B
3rd
2013–14
2
 Pro B
3rd[lower-alpha 1]
2014–15
1
 Pro A
12th
2015–16
1
 Pro A
15th
2016–17
1
 Pro A
16th
  1. Entered the Pro A after the team was offered a wild card due to the expansion of the league from 16 to 18 teams.

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Champagne Basket roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
G 0 Reynolds, Scottie 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 34 – (1987-10-10)10 October 1987
PG 1 Goudou-Sinha, Enzo 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 23 – (1998-11-26)26 November 1998
G/F 3 Coleman, Orlando 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 29 – (1992-09-09)9 September 1992
PG 5 Ware, Dustin 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 32 – (1990-04-12)12 April 1990
F/C 8 Sako, Neal 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 22 – (1999-08-13)13 August 1999
G/F 13 Salumu, Jean 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 22 – (1999-08-13)13 August 1999
PG 20 Stockton, Michael 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 32 – (1989-05-07)7 May 1989
SG 24 Begarin, Jessie (C) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 33 – (1988-07-07)7 July 1988
PG 29 Bastien, Felix 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 20 – (2001-05-19)19 May 2001
SG 31 Lawal, Gani 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 33 – (1988-11-07)7 November 1988
SF 32 Grantham, Donte 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 27 – (1995-03-19)19 March 1995
Head coach
  • Cédric Heitz
Assistant coach(es)
  • Fréderic Jaudon
  • Mickael Pivaud
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: April 10, 2022

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Criteria

To appear in this section a player must have either:

  • Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club.
  • Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time.
  • Played at least one official NBA match at any time.
Da'Sean Butler

References
  1. "Histoire". Champagne Basket (in French). Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  2. "Nouveau nom et nouveau logo pour un club de Jeep® ÉLITE | LNB.fr". LNB (in French). Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  3. http://www.lnb.fr LNB Official Website


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