History 1919–49 Team colors Blue, red Home Away | Location Reims, France Championships 2 French Leagues Date founded 1919 | |
Centre Athlétique de l’Union Franco-Américaine de Reims or simply Reims was a French basketball club based in Reims. The club was known for its excellent performances in the championship of France basketball in the 1930s, counting among its members several international players.
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History
CAUFA founded in 1919 in the foyer of the Civil Union Franco-American Reims (7, Peace Boulevard became the CRDP Reims). In 1915, Emmanuel Sautter, a French general secretary of the National Alliance of YMCAs / YMCA of France from 1895 to 1910 and the World Alliance of YMCAs / YMCA from 1910 to 1915, founded the home of the soldier, for hairy French, funded by the American YMCA (Protestant youth movement at the origin of basketball in 1893). The association takes the company name of the foci of the Franco-American Union in honor of the American patrons. In 1919, the association replaces its homes soldier in civilian homes and introduces basketball. UFA based sports sections: occafioned including that of Reims. In the 1930s, the male and female teams are then caufed to the top of the poster of French basketball. In 1939 the section is mothballed, war approach and focus of the buildings are requisitioned. In 1942, the club attempts recovery and became a sports structure. In 1949, the basketball section merges and came under the control of the Stade Reims but, for lack of funds, the activity stops immediately and the club closes here last chapter in its history. Today the high-level basketball is still present in Reims through Champagne Châlons Reims Basket.
Honours
French League