- Cholet Basket
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Cholet Basket Leagues Pro A Founded 1975 History 1975 – Present Arena La Meilleraie
(capacity: 5,191)Location Cholet, France Team colors Red and White
President Patrick Chiron Vice-president(s) Alain Lafat Head coach Erman Kunter
Championships 1 French League
2010
2 French Cups
1998, 1999
La Semaine des As Cup
2008Website cholet-basket.com Uniforms HomeAwayCholet Basket is a professional basketball club that is based in Cholet, France. The club plays in the French Pro A League. Their home arena is La Meilleraie.
Contents
History
Establishment
The team debuted in the 1st division in the 1987–88 season and after managing to get to the premier league in only 12 years. The team were able to sustain themselves in the league, and were consistently in the top 10 teams having a highly successful youth system. This youth system has allowed the club to produce professional players season after season. After winning the National Cup in 1999, Cholet got automatically qualified for its first participation to the Euroleague (3 victories – 13 defeats). During the 2004–05 season 10 of the 12 players in the first team derrived from the youth system. Some of the most illustrious players who had their debut in the team are Antoine Rigaudeau, Jim Bilba and Mickaël Gelabale.
During the 2008–2009 season, Cholet was defeated by Virtus Bologna in the EuroChallenge's Final (75–77).
In 2010, Cholet finished 1st of the 2009–2010 Pro A League regular season and won the championship after defeating Le Mans in the Play-Offs Final (81–65). Thanks to its national champion title, Cholet is automatically qualified for the 2010–2011 Euroleague season. Cholet was eliminated during the first round (4 victories – 6 defeats) of the 2010–2011 Euroleague after defeating prestigious (and at the time unbeaten) Fenerbahçe Ülker (82–78).
In 2011, Cholet, defending its title finished 1st again of the 2011-12 Pro A League regular season and was only defeated during the finals by SLUC Nancy (74-76).
Youth Academy
Cholet Basket is intensively focusing on its Youth Academy to provide players to its professional squad. During the 2004–05 season, 10 of the 12 players of the Pro squad have progressed through the club Youth Academy. It is also one of the only six European clubs to have provided two players to the same NBA draft in 2009, beside Real Madrid (2005), Joventut Badalona (2009), Fenerbahçe Ülker (2008),KK Partizan (2002) and Pau-Ortez (2003).
- Notable Players that have progressed through the Cholet Youth Academy (Espoirs)
David Gautier
Current roster
Cholet Basket roster5 Causeur, Fabien 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 24 SF 6 Fofana, Vafessa (R) 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 19 PF 7 Vebobe, Luc-Arthur 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 31 PF 9 Dozier, Robert 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 26 SG 11 Hite, Robert 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 27 PG 12 Battle, Talor 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 77 kg (170 lb) 23 C 13 Duport, Romain 2.17 m (7 ft 1 in) 115 kg (254 lb) 24 C 14 Falker, Randal (C) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 26 C 15 Gobert, Rudy (R) 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 96 kg (212 lb) 19 PG 16 Ona Embo, Carl 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 22 SF 17 Gradit, William 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 96 kg (212 lb) 29 PF 19 Nichols, Demetris 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 27 PF 20 McGrath, Donnie 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 27 SG 21 Nelson, DeMarcus 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 26 - Head coach
- Assistant coach(es)
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (*) Playing only in Euroleague
Injured
Roster
Updated: 2011-11-12Note: Jerseys #4 and #10, respectively worn by Antoine Rigaudeau and Jim Bilba when in Cholet, are both withdrawn.
Achievements
- French Championship Pro A : 2010
- La Semaine des As Cup: 2008
- French Cup : 1998, 1999
- Match des Champions (French Pro A Champion vs French Cup winner): 2010
- French Cup Finalist : 2005, 2008
- Finalist of Pro A : 1988
- Finalist of the Tournoi des As : 1988, 1989, 1990 and 1993.
- Champion of Division 2 (now Pro B) : 1986
Notable players
Mike Jones
- Other countries
Artūras Karnišovas
John Amaechi
Scooter Barry
Samuel Mejia
Head coaches
- 1987–89:
- 1989–91:
- 1991–95:
- 1995–96:
- 1996–2001:
- 2001–02:
- 2002–03:
- 2003–04:
- 2004–06:
- 2006–10:
- 2010– present:
External links
- Cholet Basket Official Website (French)
- LNB Club Profile (French)
- Euroleague Club Profile (English)
Pro A 2011–12 ASVEL • Chalon-sur-Saône • Cholet • Dijon • Gravelines • Hyères-Toulon • Le Havre • Le Mans • Nancy • Nanterre • Orléans • Paris-Levallois • Pau-Orthez • Poitiers • Roanne • StrasbourgTurkish Airlines Euroleague 2011–12 Still in competition Group A · Group B · Group C · Group D
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