Malagasy N1A
Organising bodyMadagascar Basketball Federation
Country Madagascar
ConfederationFIBA Africa
Number of teams12
Level on pyramid1
Domestic cup(s)Coupe du President
International cup(s)Basketball Africa League (BAL)
Current championsGNBC (3rd title)
(2023)
Most championshipsCOSPN
GNBC
(3 titles)

The Malagasy N1A[1][2] is the top basketball league in Madagascar. Currently, twelve teams play in the competition to determine who is the national champion of Madagascar.[3] The defending champions are COSPN.

The winners of each N1A season play in the Road to BAL, the qualifying rounds of the Basketball Africa League (BAL).

Format

The season begins with 12 teams in two conferences (West and East), the top four qualify for the Elite 8. The bottom team from each group is relegated to the N1B (the national second level). The top four teams from the Elite 8 advance to the Final Four that are played in a best-of-three series to determine the N1A champion.[4]

Teams

These were the 12 teams of the 2022 season:[4]

Team Location
Western Conference
Cosmos
SEBAM Boeny
GNBC Vakinankaratra
TGBC
MB2ALL
2BC
Eastern Conference
ASCB Boeny Boeny
COSPN Analamanga
COSPN 2
ASCUT Toamasina
ASCB Boeny Boeny
AS Fanalamanga Alaotra-Mangoro

Winners

Year Winner Runners-up Third place Ref.
2016 GNBC (1) COSPN ASCUT
2017 ASCB Boeny (1) SBBC Boeny ASCUT
2018 COSPN (1) ASCB Boeny Cosmos
2019 GNBC (2) COSPN ASCB Boeny
2020–21 ASCUT (1) GNBC SEBAM Boeny
2021 COSPN (2) SEBAM Boeny GNBC
2022 COSPN (3) ASCUT [5]
2023 GNBC (3) ASCUT [6][7]

Performance by club

Club Wins Runners-up Seasons won Seasons runners-up
COSPN 3 2 2018, 2021, 2022 2016, 2019
GNBC 3 1 2016, 2019, 2023 2021
ASCUT 1 1 2020–21 2023
ASCB Boeny 1 1 2017 2018
SBBC Boeny – 1 – 2017

Coupe du President

In Madagascar, the national federation also organises a cup competition called the Coupe du President (English: President's Cup).

Year Winners Runners-up Third place
2017 ASCB Boeny TMBB Analamanga
2018 Cosmos COSPN MB2ALL
2022[8] GNBC COSPN ASCUT

References

  1. ^ "Basketball –Madagascar N1A: la première phase à Antsiranana - NewsMada". www.newsmada.com. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Basketball : le COSPN et le MB2ALL vont défendre leurs titres". L'actualité de Madagascar en continu. 14 September 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Madagascar Basketball, News, Teams, Scores, Stats, Standings, Awards - afrobasket".
  4. ^ a b "SPORTS – La Fédération malgache de basketball change de formule pour le championnat national N1A hommes". 2424.mg - L'actualité quotidienne en temps réel (in French). 9 February 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  5. ^ Madagasikara, Rédaction Midi (7 November 2022). "Basket - N1A hommes : COSPN sacré champion pour la 3e fois". Midi Madagasikara (in French). Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  6. ^ Raherinjatovo, Donné (30 October 2023). "BASKETBALL-N1A HOMMES - La GNBC d'Analamanga sur le trône". L'Express de Madagascar (in French). Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  7. ^ "Madagascar-Basket : GNBC (H) et MB2ALL (D), champions !". Sport News Africa (in French). Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  8. ^ "Madagascar Matin » Basket-ball – Coupe du président – La Gnbc au firmament" (in French). Retrieved 6 August 2022.


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