French Basketball Cup

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Sport Basketball Country France Most recentchampion(s) Le Mans(4th title) Date founded 1953		No. of teams 64 Continent Europe Number of teams 64

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The French Basketball Cup (French: Coupe de France de Basket) is the annual national basketball cup competition of France. It is organized by the French Basketball Federation. It is also known as the Robert Busnel Trophy, named after the later basketball player Robert Busnel, who died in 1991.

A total of 54 amateur and professional teams from France participate in the competition.

History

1952–53 to 1968–69 French Cup (with professional clubs)*

1981–82 to 1984–85 Federation Cup

1992–93 to 1994–95 League Cup

1995–96 to present French Cup (with professional clubs)

*From 1971 to 1995, the French Cup was not contested by professional clubs.

References

French Basketball Cup Wikipedia

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