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Denain Voltaire Basket

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Denain Voltaire Basket
Denain Voltaire Basket logo
NicknameLes Dragons
LeaguesPro B
Founded1947; 77 years ago (1947)
ArenaSalle Jean Degros
Capacity2,500
LocationDenain, France
Championships1 French League
2 French Cups
1 French Second League
1 Pro B Leaders Cup
Websitewww.denainvoltairehainaut-basket.fr/wp2016/

Denain Voltaire Basket is a French professional basketball club that was founded in 1947, and is based in Denain, France. The club plays in the LNB Pro B, which is the second-tier level pro competition in France.

History

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The small club of the Voltaire school, moved up the French basketball hierarchy, until it reached the French basketball elite level in 1960, when it won the French Cup title. Five years later, the club won the top-level French League championship, with several players that had previously been Voltaire schoolchildren. In the late 1970s, the club gradually disappeared from the major French basketball landscape, before it began to once again climb up the French basketball ladder, and made it up to the French 2nd Division, for the 2011–12 season.

Honours

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French League

  • Winners (1): 1964–65

French Cup

  • Winners (2): 1959–60, 1983–84 (amateur)

French Second League

  • Winners (1): 1959–60, 1963–64

Pro B Leaders Cup

Season by season

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Season Tier League Pos. French Cup Other competitions
2011–12 2 Pro B 6th
2012–13 2 Pro B 14th
2013–14 2 Pro B
11th
2014–15 2 Pro B
3rd
2015–16 2 Pro B
13th
2016–17 2 Pro B 12th

Current roster

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Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Denain Voltaire Basket roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name
G 0 Nigeria Michael Oguine
PG 1 France Matthieu Missonnier
G/F 5 France Dimitri Radnic
G/F 8 France Babacar Niasse
SG 12 Sweden Johan Lofberg
F 13 United States Brandon Edwards
F 23 United States Chuba Ohams
F/C 30 Republic of the Congo Earvine Bassoumba
G/F 32 France Kevin Marsillon-Noleo
PF 57 France Soriah Bangura
Head coach

Sweden Kenny Grant

Assistant coach(es)

France Quentin Wadoux


Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured

Updated: 16 October 2022

Notable players

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Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Criteria

To appear in this section a player must have either:

  • Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club
  • Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time
  • Played at least one official NBA match at any time.
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