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Olympique Antibes Leagues Pro B Founded 1933 History 1933 - present Arena Salle Salusse-Santoni
(1300 seats)Location Antibes, France Team colors Blue, Gold and White President Jean-Marc Casabo Head coach Savo Vucevic Championships
3 French Championships (1970), 1991, 1995)Website www.antibes-basket.com Uniforms Olympique Antibes Juan-les-Pins Côte d'Azur, or OAJLP, is a basketball club from the city of Antibes, France. The club's men's senior team currently plays in Pro B, the French second division.
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History
The basketball team rose to prominence in the years 1950-60. In 1970, the team won the championship of France thanks to players of exception like Jean-Claude Bonato, Dan Rodriguez and Jacques Cachemire.
At the beginning of the Eighties, Antibes suffered several disappointing seasons, but improved throughout the decade, and eventually won the Pro A title in 1991. At the beginning of the Nineties, Antibes regularly contended for titles alongside Limoges and Pau-Orthez.
In 1995, the club won a third national title before being plagued by financial problems. In 2002, in spite of finishing in a position that would have kept them safe from relegation, the club was dropped to Pro B for lack of financial guarantees. Antibes then went through difficult years in Pro B. Then, in 2006–07, the club were relegated from Pro B to the nominally amateur Nationale 1. Although their 16th-place finish that season would normally have kept them safe from relegation, that season saw three teams relegated instead of the normal two because of a decision to reduce the number of teams in the top Pro A league. They would return to the professional ranks at the first opportunity, winning the Pro B crown in 2008.
Honors
- French Champion: 1970, 1991, 1995
- NM1 champion: 2008
Famous players
External links
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