Paris Basket Racing
Encyclopedia
Paris Basket Racing, or PBR, is a now-defunct French
professional basketball
club from Paris
. It was founded in the year 1922 as the basketball section of the sports club
Racing Club de Paris. The team took the name "Paris Basket Racing" in 2000.
In 2007, it merged with another club from the Paris area, Levallois Sporting Club Basket, to form Paris-Levallois Basket
.
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...
professional 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...
club from Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
. It was founded in the year 1922 as the basketball section of the sports club
Sports club
A sports club or sport club, sometimes athletics club or sports association is a club for the purpose of playing one or more sports...
Racing Club de Paris. The team took the name "Paris Basket Racing" in 2000.
In 2007, it merged with another club from the Paris area, Levallois Sporting Club Basket, to form 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...
.