Élite 2 (basketball)
The Élite 2 is the second-tier level men's professional basketball league in France. It is the second division of the Ligue Nationale de Basket, which has organized the league since the year 1987. The regular season champion and the winner of the promotion playoffs from each Élite 2 season are promoted to the top-tier level LNB Élite, replaced by the bottom two teams in LNB Élite. The two last placed teams are relegated to the third level, which is the NM1.
History
Names of the league
Format
All twenty competing teams play each other twice during the regular season. The team that ends in first place in the table is named league champion and promotes to the LNB Élite. The top eight regular season teams, with exception for the league champion, qualify for the promotion playoffs. During the competition, the Leaders Cup tournament is played. The champion of the Leaders Cup automatically qualifies for the playoffs. The winner of the promotion playoffs, which is played with best-of-three playoff series, promotes to the LNB Élite. The bottom two regular season teams are meanwhile relegated to the third tier Nationale Masculine 1 league.Current teams
These are the current teams:| Club | City | Arena | Capacity |
| ADA Blois | Blois | Jeu de Paume | 2525 |
| AMSB | Aix-les-Bains | Halle Marlioz | 1500 |
| Antibes Sharks | Antibes | Azur Arena Antibes | 5249 |
| Boulazac | Boulazac | Le Palio | 5200 |
| Caen | Caen | Palais des Sports of Caen | 3000 |
| Chartres | Chartres | Halle Jean Cochet | 1200 |
| Châlons-Reims | Châlons-Reims | Complexe René-Tys Pierre de Coubertin | 3000 2791 |
| Denain Voltaire | Denain | Salle Jean Degros | 2500 |
| ALM Évreux | Évreux | Salle Jean Fourré | 2500 |
| Fos-sur-Mer | Fos-sur-Mer | Complexe sportif Parsemain | 2000 |
| Gries-Souffel | Gries & Souffelweyersheim | Espace Sport La Foret Salle des Sept Arpents | 1500 |
| HTV | Hyères & Toulon | Espace 3000 Palais des Sports de Toulon | 2500 4700 |
| Hermine Nantes | Nantes | La Trocardière | 4185 |
| Orléans | Orléans | Palais des Sports | 3222 |
| Pau-Lacq-Orthez | Pau | Palais des Sports de Pau | 7707 |
| Poitiers | Poitiers | Saint Eloi | 2700 |
| Roanne | Roanne | Halle André Vacheresse | 5020 |
| Rouen Métropole | Rouen | Kindarena | 5789 |
| Saint-Chamond | Saint-Chamond | Halle André Boullohce | 1200 |
| JA Vichy | Vichy | Palais des sports Pierre Coulon | 3200 |