Strasbourg Illkirch-Graffenstaden Basket , most commonly known as SIG Basket or SIG Strasbourg , is a French professional basketball club that is based in Strasbourg . The club, founded in 1929, competes domestically in the French Pro A League . The club's home games are played at Rhénus Sport . The players wear white and red uniforms.
11-444: The club was founded in 1929, and reached the top-tier of French basketball for the first time in 1938. Starting from the 2004–05 season, new head coach Éric Girard took over the team. In the regular season, SIG finished 3rd and Giard was named Coach of the Year. Strasbourg won the top-tier French League for the first time in the 2004–05 season. SIG beat its rival SLUC Nancy 72–68. In
22-603: A player must have either: LNB Pro A The LNB Élite , currently known for sponsorship reasons as Betclic Élite , is the top-tier men's professional basketball league in France. The competition has existed since 1921. Since 1987, the Ligue Nationale de Basket (LNB) has governed the league. Formerly known as the LNB Pro A , each season consists of 18 teams. The bottom two placed teams from each season are relegated to
33-442: A recommencement as new head coach Lassi Tuovi recruited almost entirely new players. Strasbourg aims to regain success in both the national league as well as in the 2020–21 Basketball Champions League . The 6,200 seat Rhénus Sport has been used as the home arena of SIG for many years. In January 2017, the club announced their building plans for a new arena that is to be finished in 2020, that will accommodate 10,000 people. Later,
44-728: The Pro A Awards ceremony who performed well during a given season. The awards that are handed out include: In July 2024, the LNB accounced it had signed an agreement until 2029 with DAZN which becomes the exclusive broadcaster for the Pro A. DAZN will broadcast all games, as well as the Leaders Cup and All-Star Game. The league's games are also accessible through the FIBA -operated Courtside 1891 platform. LNB Pro A Awards The LNB Pro A Awards are
55-448: The second tier level Pro B . The winner of the play-offs of the league are crowned the French national champions. All 18 Pro A League teams play each other twice during the regular season. At the end of the regular season, the top eight teams qualify for the playoffs. The two teams with the worst regular season records are relegated to the 2nd-tier Pro B . Through the 1985–86 season,
66-578: The 2005–06 season, Strasbourg played in the EuroLeague . The team had some outstanding results, as they beat top-tier team Saski Baskonia . In the Pro A, the team was defeated by Nancy 1–2 in the Semi-finals. In the 2006–07 season, the team wouldn't reach further than the Quarter-finals. After some down years, the team started to revive when Vincent Collet took over as head coach in 2012. The team reached
77-415: The Pro A Finals for three straight years in 2013, 2014, 2015. Along with that, the team won the 2015 Leaders Cup and 2014–15 French Basketball Cup . Important players for the team were Antoine Diot and Louis Campbell , who won MVP Awards in the won competitions. In 2020, Vincent Collet left the team after he had served as head coach for almost a decade. For the 2020–21 Pro A season , the team started
88-602: The date was corrected to the year 2024. The Eastern Derby is the name of the matches that are played between Strasbourg IG and SLUC Nancy . The rivalry has a strong emotional history. According to Ligue Nationale de Basket (LNB) guidelines, SIG has to publish its budget for each season. Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA -sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed. Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA -sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed. To appear in this section
99-576: The individual awards of the top-tier level men's professional club basketball league in France , the LNB Pro A . Maxi-Basket holds the vote, and calls it the referendum. The distinction of the Coach of the Year is awarded by the Coaches' Basketball Union. Before 1983, the title of the best player in the league was sometimes assigned by a panel of journalists , but the charts are incomplete. Between 1983 and 2005,
110-498: The league championship was determined by a one-off final, or solely by league play. Since then, the format for the league finals has changed many times: From the 2003–04 season, through the 2006–07 season, the Pro A League had 18 teams. Through the wild-card system, it will have 18 teams again from the 2014–15 season. Currently, LNB Pro A clubs must play in arenas that seat at least 3,000 people. In each Pro A season, individual honors are given to players and head coaches in
121-473: The monthly Maxi-Basket conducted a vote of the players and head coaches of the league. Since 2005, the coaches and captains of the LNB Pro A clubs, and a panel of fifty journalists are asked to vote. Since the 2014–15 LNB Pro A season , the MVP award is a single unified award. Prior to that, it was divided into two separate awards, one for French players, and one for non-French players. Between 1994 and 2005,
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