Championnat Nationale 1 (Tunisia)

Championnat Nationale 1
Organising bodyTunisia Basketball Federation
Founded1956; 68 years ago (1956)
First season1956–57
CountryTunisia
ConfederationFIBA Africa
Number of teams16
Level on pyramid2
Promotion toChampionnat Pro A
Relegation toChampionnat Nationale 2
Domestic cup(s)Tunisian Basketball Cup
Current championsEO La Goulette Kram (1st title)
(2022-23)
Most championshipsStade Gabèsien
(2 titles)
Websiteftbb.org.tn

The Championnat Nationale 1 is the second division of the Tunisian men's basketball system. The league is currently contested by 18 teams and is named the Nationale 1 since 2020.[1] The highest-placed teams are promoted to the Championnat Pro A.

Format

The Nationale 1 is played in the following system:[1]

  1. Preliminary round: the eighteen teams are divided in two groups of nine and play each other home and away.
  2. Play-offs: the four highest placed teams from the preliminary round play each other home and away.
  3. Super Play-off: the four highest teams from the play-offs play in the semi-finals and finals which are best-of-three series.
  4. Play-out: the teams ranked 5th to 9th play each other home and away.

Winners

Season Champions
1958–59 Espérance Sportive de Tunis
2009–10 Tunis Air Club
2013–14 Sfax Railways Sports
2014–15 DS Grombalia
2015–16 Stade Gabèsien
2016–17 Espoir Sportif Tunisien
2017–18 CA Bizertin
2018–19 Stade Gabèsien
2019–20 Ezzahra Sports
2020–21 SS Sfaxien
2021–22 Étoile du Sahel
2022–23 EO La Goulette et du Kram

References

  1. ^ a b "Championnat Nationale "1" - Seniors Garçons". FTBB (in French). Retrieved 2023-04-23.