French basketball league system

The French basketball league system or French basketball league pyramid, is a series of interconnected competitions for professional basketball clubs in France. The system has a hierarchical format with a promotion and demotion system between competitions at different levels. There are currently five different competitions on the pyramid: the 1st-tier LNB Pro A, the 2nd-tier LNB Pro B, the 3rd-tier Nationale Masculine 1 (NM1), the 4th-tier Nationale Masculine 2 (NM2), and the 5th-tier Nationale Masculine 3 (NM3).

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