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ASVEL

ASVEL Basket
ASVEL Basket logo
Leagues Pro A
Basketball Champions League
Founded 1948
History 1948–Present
Arena L'Astroballe
Arena Capacity 5,556
Location Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
Team colors Green, White, Black
              
President Tony Parker
Head coach J. D. Jackson
Championships 18 French Championships
8 French Cups
1 Federation Cup
1 Semaine des As Cup
Retired numbers 4 Gilles & Rudd
Website asvel.com
Uniforms
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Home jersey
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Team colours
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Away jersey
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Team colours
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ASVEL Basket or ASVEL is a French professional basketball team that is located in the city of Villeurbanne, which is a suburb of Lyon, France. The club, which is the basketball section of the ASVEL multi-sports club, competes in the top-tier level French Pro A League. The club's home games are played at L'Astroballe, which seats 5,556 people. The players wear green and white uniforms.

The club's current president is San Antonio Spurs star, and former France national basketball team player, Tony Parker.

The parent club was founded in 1948, with the merger of two multi-sport clubs in Lyon and vicinity; ASVEL is an acronym combining the names of the predecessor clubs—Association Sportive Villeurbanne and Éveil Lyonnais. ASVEL has won 18 French Pro A League championships, 8 French Cups, one French Federation Cup, and one Semaine des As Cup, which makes it the most titled basketball club in France.

In the French Pro A League 2015–16 season, ASVEL won its 18th French League title, after beating Strasbourg IG 3 games to 2 in the French Pro A League Finals. ASVEL was down 2–0 in the series, but managed to win three games in a row to take the championship. In March 2017, Nicolas Batum became a shareholder in Infinity Nine Sports, the company behind the club, and took over the position as director of basketball operations. Tony Parker remained majority owner and ASVEL president.


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