French Basketball Cup Final MVP

French Basketball Cup Final MVP
SportBasketball
LeagueFrench Basketball Cup
Awarded forBest performing player in the final of a given season of the French Basketball Cup
History
First award2011–12
Most recentVitalis Chikoko, Élan Béarnais (2022)

The French Basketball Cup MVP (or the Coupe de France Final MVP) is an annual award that is given to the best player in the Final of a given French Basketball Cup tournament. The winner of the award is announced after the final game.

Vitalis Chikoko is the only player to have won the award two times, having won in 2022 and 2024. Théo Maledon is the youngest player ever to win the award at age 17, gaining the honors while with ASVEL in 2019.[1]

Winners

Théo Maledon was the youngest player ever to win the award, at age 17
Coupe de France MVP winners
Season Player Nationality Pos. Club Ref.
2011–12 Ilian Evtimov  France F Élan Chalon [2]
2012–13 Sean May  United States G Paris-Levallois [3]
2013–14 Trenton Meacham  United States G JSF Nanterre [4]
2014–15 Louis Campbell  United States G Strasbourg IG [5]
2015–16 Chris Lofton  United States G Le Mans Sarthe [6]
2016–17 Heiko Schaffartzik  Germany G Nanterre 92
2017–18 David Logan  United States G SIG Strasbourg [7]
2018–19 Théo Maledon  France G ASVEL [1]
2019–20 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020–21 Moustapha Fall  France C ASVEL [8]
2021–22 Vitalis Chikoko  Zimbabwe
C
 Élan Béarnais
[9]
2022–23 Élie Okobo  France G Monaco [10]
2023–24 Vitalis Chikoko (2)  Zimbabwe
C
 JDA Dijon [11]

Awards won by nationality

Country Total
 United States 5
 France 4
 Zimbabwe 2
 Germany 1

Awards won by club

Club Total
ASVEL Basket 2
Le Mans Sarthe Basket 2
Nanterre 92 2
Strasbourg IG 2
Élan Chalon 1
Paris-Levallois Basket 1
Élan Béarnais 1
JDA Dijon 1
Monaco 1

References

  1. ^ a b "ASVEL Villeurbanne wins French Cup, first since 2008".
  2. ^ Coupe de France : Chalon réalise un doublé historique
  3. ^ Un joli lot de consolation pour le Paris Levallois
  4. ^ par LNB. "Coupe de France : Nanterre champion ! – Article –". Lnb.fr. Retrieved 2015-08-10.
  5. ^ CAMPBELL ÉLU MVP
  6. ^ "Chris Lofton, MVP de la Finale (avec Rudy Gobert)". Archived from the original on 2017-04-04. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
  7. ^ "Strasbourg en patron".
  8. ^ "ASVEL wins 2021 French Cup".
  9. ^ "Chikoko honoured in France". The Herald. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
  10. ^ "Elie Okobo, MVP de la finale en Coupe de France : "Je montre de la sérénité, de l'engagement et après je fais ce que je sais faire"". BasketEurope.com (in French). 2023-04-22. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
  11. ^ Jeanne, La (2024-04-27). "La JDA remporte la Coupe de France 2024 !!". JDA Dijon Basket (in French). Retrieved 2024-05-17.