The Fédération Française de Basket-Ball (FFBB) (French Federation of Basketball ) is the governing body of basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 in France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

.
It was founded in 1932 (and members of the FIBA since 1933).

The Fédération Française de Basket-Ball operates the French national team

France national basketball team

The French national basketball team is the national basketball team representing France. It is administrated by the Fédération Française de Basket-Ball . The team has been competitive, but has yet to win a major international tournament...

 and organises the Coupe de France (French Cup) and the amateurs national championships; for the professional championship, the LNB

Ligue Nationale de Basketball

The Ligue National de Basket is the top men's French professional basketball league. There are two divisions: French Pro A League and French Pro B League .-Pro A:...

 (men) and the LFB

Ligue Féminine de Basketball

The LFB is the top women’s French professional basketball league.- Champions :* precedes the score of the team playing at home.- Season 2006-2007 :* CJM Bourges Basket...

 (women) have a delegation from the FFBB.

France 1st Division Men's Clubs (Pro A)

(2011-12 season)

• Chalon-sur-Saône (Élan Sportif Chalonnais)
• Cholet (Cholet Basket
  Cholet Basket
  Cholet Basket is a professional basketball club that is based in Cholet, France. The club plays in the French Pro A League. Their home arena is La Meilleraie.- Establishment :...
  
  )
• Gravelines Dunkerque (BCM Gravelines Dunkerque Grand Littoral)
• Dijon (JDA Dijon)
• Hyères-Toulon (Hyères-Toulon Var Basket
  Hyères-Toulon Var Basket
  Hyères-Toulon Var Basket is a professional basketball club based in Hyères and Toulon, France playing in the Pro A.Created by the merger of Omni Sport Hyerois and Club Sportif Toulonnais, the club shares its home games between the Espace 3000 in Hyères and the Palais des Sports in Toulon....
  
  )
• Le Havre (STB Le Havre)
• Le Mans (Le Mans Sarthe Basket
  Le Mans Sarthe Basket
  Le Mans Sarthe Basket is a professional basketball club that is based in the city of Le Mans, France. The club plays in the French Pro A League.-History:Le Mans was founded in the year 1939. The club won the French Championship in 1978, 1979, 1982, and 2006...
  
  )
• Lyon-Villeurbanne (ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne
  ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne
  ASVEL Basket or ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne is a French professional basketball team located in the city of Villeurbanne, which is a suburb of Lyon, France. The club, which is the basketball section of the ASVEL multi-sport club, competes in the French Pro A league. The club's home games are played at...
  
  )
• Nancy (SLUC Nancy Basket)
• Nanterre (JSF Nanterre
  JSF Nanterre
  Jeunesse sportive des Fontenelles de Nanterre is a Pro A French basketball club, based in Nanterre.The club finished 1st of the 2010-11 Pro B regular season and won the playoffs finals versus JDA Dijon....
  
  )
• Orléans (Entente Orléanaise Loiret
  Entente Orléanaise 45
  Entente Orléanaise, also known as Entente Orléanaise 45 Loiret, is a professional basketball club that is based in the city of Orléans, France. "45" is the number of the Loiret department. The club plays in the French Pro A League.-History:...
  
  )
• Paris-Levallois (Paris-Levallois Basket
  Paris-Levallois Basket
  Paris-Levallois Basket is a French professional basketball club from the Paris area. It was founded in 2007 with the merger of Paris Basket Racing, from the city of Paris, and Levallois Sporting Club Basket, from the nearby commune of Levallois-Perret...
  
  )
• Pau-Lacq-Orthez (Élan Béarnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez)
• Poitiers (Poitiers Basket 86
  Poitiers Basket 86
  Poitiers Basket 86 or PB86 is a French professional basketball team located in the city of Poitiers, capital of the Poitou-Charentes region, France. The club competes in the French Pro A league. The home game's are played at Salle de Saint-Eloi except for several matches played at Les Arênes...
  
  )
• Roanne (Chorale Roanne Basket
  Chorale Roanne Basket
  Chorale Roanne Basket is a professional basketball club that is based in Roanne, France. The club plays in the Pro A. Their coach is Jean-Denys Choulet. Their home arena is Halle André Vacheresse...
  
  )
• Strasbourg (Strasbourg Illkirch Graffenstaden Basket)

France 1st Division Women's Clubs (LFB)

(2011-12 season)

• Aix-en-Provence (Pays d'Aix Basket 13)
• Arras (Arras Pays d'Artois Basket Féminin)
• Bourges (CJM Bourges Basket)
• Challes-les-Eaux (Challes-les-Eaux Basket)
• Charleville-Mézières (ASPTT Charleville-Mézières)
• Landes (Basket Landes)
• Lyon (Union Lyon Basket Féminin)
• Lattes Montpellier (Basket Lattes Montpellier Agglomération)
• Nice (Cavigal Nice Sports)
• Mondeville (USO Mondeville)
• Nantes-Rezé (Nantes-Rezé Basket 44)
• Hainaut Saint-Amand (Union Hainaut Basket)
• Tarbes (Tarbes Gespe Bigorre)
• Villeneuve-d’Ascq (ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq)

External links

• Official FFBB web site