LNB Pro B Leaders Cup

The LNB Pro B Leaders Cup is a professional national basketball cup competition that is played in a given LNB Pro B (French 2nd Division) season. The trophy is the second tier level of its type in France, being one tier blow the LNB Pro A Leaders Cup, in which teams from the LNB Pro A (French 1st Division) compete. The Pro B Leaders Cup was introduced in 2015, in order to give Pro B teams more to play for in a given season.

LNB Pro B Leaders Cup
Founded2015 (2015)
No. of teams18
Country France
Most recent
champion(s)		Hermine Nantes (1)
Most titlesChorale Roanne (2)
Related
competitions		LNB Pro B
(French 2nd Division)
French Cup
(Federation Cup)
Official websitewww.lnb.fr

Format

In the first phase of the competition, all 18 Pro B teams are divided into groups of three teams. After that, teams play in a knock-out system, with double legs in the quarterfinals and semifinals. The final is played at a neutral venue.

Results

Finals
Year Winner Score Runners-up Venue City MVP
2015
Antibes Sharks
56–54
BC SouffelweyersheimDisneyland ParisChessy Tim Blue
2016
JL Bourg
81–69
Boulazac Dordogne Christophe Léonard
2017
Chorale Roanne
88–80
SOMB Joe Burton
2018
Denain Voltaire
98–87
(ot)
Orléans Loiret Lance Goulbourne
2019
Chorale Roanne
66–60
Rouen Métropole David Jackson (basketball)
2020
Hermine Nantes
73–58
Olympique Antibes Ludovic Négrobar

Titles by team
Rank Team Winners Runners-up
1 Chorale Roanne20
2 Olympique Antibes11
3 JL Bourg10
Denain Voltaire10
Hermine Nantes10
6 BC Souffelweyersheim01
Boulazac01
SOMB01
Orléans01
Rouen01
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