2021 Nationale 1 | |
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Season | 2021 |
Number of teams | 16 |
Regular season | |
BAL | DUC Dakar |
Season MVP | Thierno Niang (DUC) |
Relegated | Mermoz ASC Thiès |
Finals | |
Champions | DUC Dakar (5th title) |
Runners-up | AS Douanes |
Finals MVP | Thierno Niang (DUC) |
← 2019 2022 → |
The 2021 Nationale 1 season was the season of the Nationale 1, the premier basketball league in Senegal. The champions directly qualify for the 2022 Basketball Africa League season.
DUC Dakar won its fifth national championship after defeating defending champions AS Douanes in the final. [1] Thierno Niang was named the league's Finals MVP. [2]
Tamba and HLM were relegated after finishing in the last two places in the 2019 Nationale 1 season. Bopp and ISEG Sports were promoted.
Team | Location |
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AS Douanes | Dakar |
ASC Thiès | Thiès |
Bopp | Dakar |
ASFA | Dakar |
DUC Dakar | Dakar |
JA | Dakar |
ISEG Sports | Dakar |
Louga | Louga |
Mermoz | Dakar |
SLBC | Saint-Louis |
Saltigué | Rufisque |
Sibac | Dakar (Sicap-Liberté) |
UGB | Saint-Louis |
US Rail | Thiès |
USO | Dakar (Ouakam) |
ASC Ville de Dakar | Dakar |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | AS Douanes | 14 | 12 | 2 | Advance to championship playoffs |
2 | JA | 14 | 9 | 5 | |
3 | Louga | 14 | 9 | 5 | |
4 | USO | 14 | 9 | 5 | |
5 | Sibac | 14 | 8 | 6 | |
6 | ASFA | 14 | 3 | 11 | |
7 | ISEG Sports (R) | 14 | 3 | 11 | Relegation to Nationale 2 |
8 | Mermoz | 14 | 3 | 11 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | DUC Dakar | 14 | 12 | 2 | Advance to championship playoffs |
2 | Ville de Dakar | 14 | 11 | 3 | |
3 | SLBC | 14 | 9 | 5 | |
4 | UGB | 14 | 7 | 7 | |
5 | Saltigue | 14 | 6 | 8 | |
6 | US Rail | 14 | 6 | 8 | |
7 | Bopp | 14 | 4 | 10 | |
8 | ASC Thiès | 14 | 1 | 13 | Relegation to Nationale 2 |
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
AS Douanes | 2 | |||||||||
UGB | 0 | |||||||||
AS Douanes | 2 | |||||||||
Ville de Dakar | 1 | |||||||||
Ville de Dakar | 2 | |||||||||
8 August | ||||||||||
USO | 0 | |||||||||
AS Douanes | 65 | |||||||||
DUC Dakar | 66 | |||||||||
DUC Dakar | 2 | |||||||||
Louga | 0 | |||||||||
DUC Dakar | 2 | |||||||||
JA | 1 | |||||||||
JA | 2 | |||||||||
SLBC | 1 | |||||||||
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