- Division Élite
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Division Élite Current season or competition:
2011 Division ÉliteSport Baseball Founded 1926 No. of teams 8 Country(ies) France Most recent champion(s) Rouen Baseball 76 Most titles Paris Université Club (22) Official website http://www.ffbsc.org/ (French) The Division Élite is the highest level of baseball in France. Its clubs compete for the Championnat de France de baseball.
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Organization
It is a eight team league that plays a 28-game schedule on weekends, with the season running from late March to early October. The top six teams qualify for the playoffs with the two first advancing directly to the semifinals. Teams ranked 3 to 6 play a best-of-five qualification for the semi-finals where they join the first two of the season. Semi-finals and finals are also played to the best-of-five. The league follows a promotion and relegation system where the last of the regular season gets to the Nationale 1 while the second-last play a barrage to the N1 finalist for a spot in the next Élite season[1].
Current Teams
Team City Cougars de Montigny Montigny, Yvelines Barracudas de Montpellier Montpellier, Hérault Paris Université Club Paris, Paris Panthères de Pessac Pessac, Gironde Rouen Baseball 76 Rouen, Seine-Maritime Lions de Savigny-sur-Orge Savigny-sur-Orge, Essonne Templiers de Sénart Savigny-le-Temple, Seine-et-Marne Tigers de Toulouse Toulouse, Haute-Garonne Champions
The Division Élite was created in 1926[2]. Not all editions were held and some results are missing.
Year Champion Runnerup 1954 Stade français Paris Université Club 1955 Paris Université Club Stade français 1963 BC Paris BC Charenton 1964 BC Charenton BC Paris 1965 Paris Université Club Saints de Saint-Germain-en-Laye 1966 Paris Université Club Saints de Saint-Germain-en-Laye 1967 Pirates de Paris Paris Université Club 1968 CSF Cagnes-sur-Mer Paris Université Club 1969 Pirates de Paris CSF Cagnes-sur-Mer 1970 Paris Université Club Nice Université Club 1971 Nice Université Club Paris Université Club 1972 Paris Université Club St Germain en Laye 1973 Paris Université Club Nice Université Club 1974 Nice Université Club Paris Université Club 1975 Paris Université Club Nice Université Club 1976 Paris Université Club Nice Université Club 1977 Paris Université Club Nice Université Club 1978 BC Nippon/Nice Université Club 1979 Nice Université Club/BC Nippon 1980 Paris Université Club Nice Université Club 1981 Nice Université Club Paris Université Club 1982 Paris Université Club BCF Paris 1983 Paris Université Club Meyzieu 1984 Paris Université Club Nice Université Club 1985 Paris Université Club Limeil-Brévannes 1986 Paris Université Club BCF Paris 1987 Paris Université Club BCF Paris 1988 Paris Université Club Lions de Savigny-sur-Orge 1989 Paris Université Club Pineuilh 1990 Paris Université Club Lions de Savigny-sur-Orge 1991 Paris Université Club BCF Paris 1992 Paris Université Club Limeil-Brévannes 1993 Barracudas de Montpellier Paris Université Club 1994 Barracudas de Montpellier Paris Université Club 1995 Barracudas de Montpellier Jimmer's de Saint-Lô 1996 Jimmer's de Saint-Lô Barracudas de Montpellier 1997 Jimmer's de Saint-Lô Barracudas de Montpellier 1998 Lions de Savigny-sur-Orge Barracudas de Montpellier 1999 Lions de Savigny-sur-Orge Barracudas de Montpellier 2000 Paris Université Club Barracudas de Montpellier 2001 Lions de Savigny-sur-Orge Barracudas de Montpellier 2002 Lions de Savigny-sur-Orge Barracudas de Montpellier 2003 Rouen Baseball 76 Lions de Savigny-sur-Orge 2004 Lions de Savigny-sur-Orge Barracudas de Montpellier 2005 Rouen Baseball 76 Lions de Savigny-sur-Orge 2006 Rouen Baseball 76 Tigers de Toulouse 2007 Rouen Huskies Templiers Senart 2008 Rouen Huskies Templiers Senart 2009 Rouen Huskies Lions de Savigny-sur-Orge 2010 Rouen Huskies Lions de Savigny-sur-Orge See also
References
Related Sites
- (French) Official Site
- (French) Results
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