2024 Nationale 1 Masculin season

2024 Nationale 1 season
LeagueNationale 1
SportBasketball
DurationFebruary – 27 July 2024
Number of teams16
Regular season
Top scorerBara Ndiaye (ASC Ville de Dakar)
Finals
ChampionsASCVD (1st title)
  Runners-upDUC
Finals MVPThierry Sagna (ASCVD)
Seasons
2025 →

The 2024 Nationale 1 (N1) season was the 57th season of the Nationale 1 (NM1), the top-tier basketball league for men's teams in Senegal.

AS Douanes were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the semi-finals.[1] ASCVD won their first national championship, after defeating DUC in the final.[2][3] As champions, they qualified directly for the 2025 BAL season.[2]

Teams

Guédiawaye Academy and USPA were promoted. UCAD and ASFA were relegated to the Division 2 following their results in the 2022 season.[4]

In January, it was announced that UCAD and Larry Diouf had merged and would keep playing in the NM1 under the name Larry Diouf.[5]

Team Location
AS Douanes Dakar
ASC Ville de Dakar Dakar
ASC Thiès Thiès
Bopp Dakar
DUC Dakar Dakar
Guédiawaye Academy Dakar
Jeanne d'Arc Dakar
Larry Diouf Dakar
Louga Louga
Mermoz Dakar
SIBAC Dakar (Sicap-Liberté)
UGB Saint-Louis
USCT Port Dakar
US Rail Thiès
US Ouakam Dakar (Ouakam)
USPA Dakar (Parcelles Assainies Arrondissement)

Coaching changes

Team 2023 season 2024 season Ref.
Louga Madiene Fall Ameth Gaye [6]
UGB Ameth Gaye [6]
US Ouakam El Hadji Diakhaté Idrissa Cissokho [7]
DUC Parfait Advijon El Hadji Diakhaté [7]
USCT Port Bengali Kaba [8]

Regular season

The official schedule was announced on 19 January 2024.[9]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L Pts Qualification or relegation
1 ASCVD 13 12 0 1 24 Advance to playoffs
2 AS Douanes 12 12 0 0 24
3 GBA 14 8 0 6 16
4 Bopp 14 6 0 8 12
5 UGB 11 5 0 6 10 Qualification for play-down
6 US Ouakam 12 3 0 9 6
7 USCT Port 14 3 0 11 6
8 SIBAC 14 3 0 11 6
Source: NBN23

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Jeanne d'Arc 14 13 1 26 Advance to playoffs
2 DUC 14 12 2 24
3 Mermoz 14 7 7 14
4 US Rail 14 7 7 14
5 Louga 14 6 8 12 Qualification for play-down
6 ASUC Sports 14 5 9 10
7 USPA 14 3 11 6
8 ASFA 14 3 11 6
Source: NBN23

Final Eight

The format of the league was changed this season, and as such the eight best teams played in two groups of four. The two highest placed teams advanced to the final four.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation ASD JA UGB USR
1 AS Douanes 6 5 1 421 325 +96 10 Advance to Final Four — 80–73 63–34 85–42
2 Jeanne d'Arc 6 4 2 366 353 +13 8 50–66 — 64–54 65–54
3 UGB 6 3 3 370 347 +23 6 65–57 60–64 — 82–63
4 US Rail 6 1 5 370 424 −54 2 65–75 58–63 64–65 —
Source: NBN23

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation ASCVD DUC GBA MBC
1 ASCVD 6 5 1 366 307 +59 10 Advance to Final Four — 61–64 71–60 51–48
2 DUC 6 5 1 303 276 +27 10 55–62 — 62–52 60–34
3 GBA 6 1 5 334 368 −34 2[a] 58–68 54–62 — 55–38
4 MBC 6 1 5 265 317 −52 2[a] 44–61 46–50 48–45 —
Source: NBN23
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head: GBA wins tied series against MBC on aggregate points (+14).

Final Four

The final four playoffs were played in best-of-three series, and the first games were played on 7 June 2024. ACVD advanced to the finals for the first time in club history,[10] and went on to win its first national championship on 27 June 2024.[2]

Semifinals Finals
            
A1 AS Douanes 55 51 58 1
B2 DUC 52 55 66 2
B2 DUC 45 0
B1 ASCVD 65 1
B1 ASCVD 60 62 2
A2 Jeanne d'Arc 59 51 0

Individual awards

  • King of the Season (MVP): Mouhamed Doumbia, ASCVD[11]
  • Revelation of the Year: Ousmane Sagna, GBA[12]
  • Final MVP: Thierry Sagna (ASCVD)[13]

References

  1. ^ "Playoffs : L'AS Douane retourne en finale". Basket 221 (in French). 10 September 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Finale - N1 Masculin : L'ASCVD remporte son premier titre de champion de son histoire en dominant le DUC (65-45)" (in French). 28 July 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  3. ^ "ASCVD 65-45 DUC".
  4. ^ "Play-down : ASFA accompagne UCAD SC en D2, Rail, SIBAC et ASC Thiès sauvés in extremis !". Basketsenegal (in French). 10 September 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  5. ^ "ASUC / Larry Diouf BC : La fusion des deux clubs actée par la FSBB | Basketsenegal". Basketsenegal (in French). 24 January 2024. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Louga BC : Ameth Gaye nouveau coach, Madiene Fall promu Directeur Technique". Basketsenegal (in French). 5 January 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  7. ^ a b "N1 Masculin : Idrissa Cissokho sur le banc de l'US Ouakam !". Basketsenegal (in French). 6 January 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  8. ^ "L'ancien international revient au bercail : Bengali Kaba, nouveau coach du l'USCT Port". Basketsenegal (in French). 2 January 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  9. ^ "N1 Masculin - Saison 2024 : L'AS Douanes avec l'ASC Ville de Dakar dans la poule A" (in French). 20 January 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Final 4: Ville de Dakar en finale du championnat, une première pour le club !". Basketsenegal.com. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  11. ^ "Couronnement: Mouhmaed Doumbia". Basketsenegal.com.
  12. ^ "Révélations 2024: Ousmane Sagna". Basketsenegal.com.
  13. ^ "Thierry Sagna (MVP de la finale) : "L'essentiel était de gagner …"" (in French). 28 July 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.