2015 Pro A Leaders Cup

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2015 Pro A Leaders Cup
Competition details
Season 2015
Teams 8
Games played 8
Final positions
Champions SIG Strasbourg (1st title)
Runners-up Le Mans
Awards
MVP Flag of France.svg Antoine Diot
2014
2016

The 2015 LNB Pro A Leaders Cup season was the 3rd edition of the Leaders Cup. The event included the eight top teams from the first half of the 2014–15 LNB Pro A regular season and was played in Disneyland Paris.

The LNB Pro A Leaders Cup, or French Basketball League Cup, is the annual national league cup competition for teams from the top-tier level of French professional basketball, the LNB Pro A. It was created in its current form in 2003. It is organized by the Ligue Nationale de Basketball (LNB), which also organizes the top two leagues of French professional basketball.

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Final

February 22, 2015 Strasbourg IG 6058 Le Mans Sarthe Disneyland Paris  
17:00 (UTC +1)Scoring by quarter: 13–15, 18–9, 16–8, 13–26
Pts: Diot 11
Rebs: Fofana 6
Asts: Diot 5
Boxscore Pts:2 players 12
Rebs: Kahudi 8
Asts:3 players 3
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Strasbourg
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Le Mans
MVP
Flag of France.svg Antoine Diot
Game rules
Game was played under FIBA rules.
Arena
Disneyland Paris
2015 Leaders Cup Winners
Strasbourg IG
(1st title)

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