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French League Final: June 2, 2007
Roanne champ French league 2006-07Chorale Roanne is the French League champion! Roanne won its second French League title, its first one since 1959, and earned the right to play the 2007-08 Euroleague by beating Sluc Basket Nancy 74-81 in the title game in front of 14,500 fans at Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy on Saturday. As such, Roanne completed a dream season, as the team also won the Semaine Des As title, showing it was the best team in French basketball this year. Marc Salyers led the winners with 27 points and 8 rebounds. Dewarick Spencer had 13 of his 18 points in the fourth quarter, Pape Badiane added 11 points and 12 rebounds while Aaron Harper also posted a double-double of 10 points and 11 rebounds for Roanne. Maxime Zianveni had 21 points for Nancy, Cyril Julian added 15 while Tariq Kirksay scored 12 points and grabbed 13 rebounds for the regular season champion. Spencer had 7 points in a 2-12 final run that allowed Roanne to add a historical win!  MORE

FRENCH LEAGUE: Final Playoffs, Single-game Final in Palais Omnisports Paris-Bercy
Record Team
Final, single game: More Info! Game 1
0
Nancy (1)
74
1
Roanne (2)
81
French League Champion 2006-07: Chorale Roanne

Semifinal Playoffs, best of 3 games
Record Team
Semifinals, Game 1: More Info! Game 1
Semifinals, Game 2: More Info! Game 2
Semifinals, Game 3: More Info! Game 3
2
Nancy (1)
87
87
x
0
Adecco Asvel (5)
78
75
x
2
Roanne (2)
76
82
89
1
Chalon/Saone (3)
66
87
80

Quarterfinal Playoffs, best of 3 games
Record Team
Quarterfinals, Game 1: More Info! Game 1
Quarterfinals, Game 2: More Info! Game 2
Quarterfinals, Game 3: More Info! Game 3
2
Nancy (1)
77
89
64
1
BCM Gravelines (8)
79
66
62
0
Strasbourg (4)
74
103
x
2
Adecco Asvel (5)
90
105
x
2
Roanne (2)
68
74
x
0
Cholet (7)
60
60
x
2
Chalon/Saone (3)
73
78
89
1
Le Mans (6)
62
85
67

Final Playoffs Game
Game 1
Nancy vs. Roanne
74-81
June 2

Semifinal Playoffs Games
Game 1
Adecco Asvel vs. Nancy
78-87
May 22
Game 1
Chalon/Saone vs. Roanne
66-76
May 22
Game 2
Nancy vs. Adecco Asvel
87-75
May 24
Game 2
Roanne vs. Chalon/Saone
82-87
May 24
Game 3
Roanne vs. Chalon/Saone
89-80
May 26

Quarterfinal Playoffs Games
Game 1
BCM Gravelines vs. Nancy
79-77
May 15
Game 1
Cholet vs. Roanne
60-68
May 15
Game 1
Le Mans vs. Chalon/Saone
62-73
May 15
Game 1
Adecco Asvel vs. Strasbourg
90-74
May 16
Game 2
Nancy vs. BCM Gravelines
89-66
May 17
Game 2
Roanne vs. Cholet
74-60
May 17
Game 2
Chalon/Saone vs. Le Mans
78-85
May 17
Game 2
Strasbourg vs. Adecco Asvel
103-105
May 17
Game 3
Nancy vs. BCM Gravelines
64- 62
May 19
Game 3
Chalon/Saone vs. Le Mans
89-67
May 19

STANDINGS TG W L P+ P-
1 Nancy 34 25 9 2825 2498
2 Roanne 34 24 10 2942 2780
3 Chalon/Saone 34 23 11 2684 2623
4 Strasbourg 34 22 12 2753 2480
5 Adecco Asvel 34 21 13 2752 2547
6 Le Mans 34 21 13 2527 2375
7 Cholet 34 19 15 2424 2408
8 BCM Gravelines 34 18 16 2624 2579
9 EB Pau Orthez 34 18 16 2747 2622
10 Dijon 34 18 16 2642 2620
11 Orléans 34 18 16 2569 2590
12 Le Havre 34 16 18 2637 2698
13 Clermont 34 15 19 2402 2358
14 Paris 34 13 21 2453 2662
15 Hyeres Toulon 34 11 23 2606 2838
16 Besançon 34 11 23 2744 2880
17 Bourg 34 8 26 2294 2673
18 Reims 34 5 29 2361 2755
France League 2006-07
PLAYOFFS
FINAL
Semifinals Game 1, Game 2, Game 3
Quarterfinals Game 1, Game 2, Game 3
REGULAR SEASON
Game 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34
All-Star Game
French Cup
Preliminary round,
Semaine des As
Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Final

2006-07 FRENCH LEAGUE PREVIEW
The French League had a new champion in Le Mans, which upset Adecco Asvel and Pau-Orthez in the elimination rounds best-of-three playoffs to beat Nancy in the single-game title game. The competition system, in which the top 12 teams at the end of the regular season reached the playoffs, allows many teams to upset the so-called favourites in a thrilling way. The competition should be high, too, even when Le Mans improved its roster with the arrival of Sandro Nicevic, Nebojsa Bogavac or Frederic Adjiwanou, who will join forces with Kenny Gregory, Eric Campbell, Alain Koffi or Yannick Bokolo in a very athletic lineup. Pau-Orthez won the regular season last year and is now with renewed ambitions two years after lifting its last trophy. Pau landed Ricardo Greer, John Gilchrist or Britton Johnsen, as well as top prospect Ian Mahinmi. They will join forces with C.C. Harrison, Xane D'Almeida or Thierry Rupert. Strasbourg is ready to shock everyone like it did in 2005 with a brand new roster featuring Lonnie Cooper, Mike Smith, Chuck Eidson, Gauthier Darrigand or Afik Nissim, back in the team after a season elsewhere. Nancy will be one of the teams to follow, as it made it to the French League final in each of the last two seasons. Nancy kept Maxime Zianveni, Tariq Kirksay, Cyril Julian or Dan McClintock, as well as signing Cedrick Banks, Ricky Soliver or John Linehan to build up a highly-competitive roster. Gravelines has a strong starting five with Patch Morlende, Rickey Paulding, Dainius Adomaitis, Rahshon Turner and Uche Nsonwu, while Asvel will try to get back to its glory days earlier this decade with Amara Sy and newcomers Brian Greene, Rowan Barrett, Aymeric Jeanneau or Laurent Foirest. Chalon, featuring John Best, Jermaine Guice and Mamoutou Diarra or Dijon, now with Laurent Sciarra, Mario Bennett and T.J. Lux, may well become the surprising teams of the season.

Sunday, October 01, 2006
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