2023 Nationale 1 season

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2023 Nationale 1 season
League Nationale 1
Sport Basketball
Duration21 January – 17 September 2023
Number of teams16
Season MVP Samba Daly Fall
(AS Douanes)
Relegated to N2 ASFA
UCAD
Finals
Champions AS Douanes (11th title)
  Runners-up Jeanne d'Arc
Finals MVP Samba Daly Fall
(AS Douanes)
Seasons

The 2023 Nationale 1 season was the 56th season of the Nationale 1 (NM1), the top-tier basketball league in Senegal. The season began on 21 January and ended on 17 September 2023. [1]

Contents

AS Douanes won its record-setting 11th national title, after defeating Jeanne d'Arc in the finals, overtaking the record that was jointly held with ASFA. [2] The Douanes' forward Samba Daly Fall was named both MVP and Finals MVP of the season. [3]

Teams

Changes

Increase2.svg Promoted from Division 2Decrease2.svg Relegated from 2022 N1 season
Larry Diouf
UCAD
USPA
SLBC

Locations

TeamLocation
AS Douanes Dakar
ASCC Bopp Dakar
ASC Thiès Thiès
ASC Ville de Dakar Dakar
ASFA Dakar
DUC Dakar Dakar
Jeanne d'Arc Dakar
Larry Diouf Ziguinchor
Louga Louga
Mermoz Dakar
SIBAC Dakar (Sicap-Liberté)
UCAD Dakar
UGB Saint-Louis
US Rail Thiès
US Ouakam Dakar (Ouakam)

Regular season

Group A

PosTeamPldWLPtsQualification or relegation
1 AS Douanes 1414028Advance to playoffs
2 Louga BC 148616
3 US Ouakam 148616
4 UGB 136712
5 Mermoz 136712Qualification for play-down
6 ASC Bopp 145910
7 SIBAC 145910
8 ASFA 143116
Source: [ citation needed ]

Group B

PosTeamPldWLPtsQualification or relegation
1 JA 1412224Advance to playoffs
2 ASC Ville de Dakar 1311222
3 DUC 1310320
4 Larry Diouf 146812
5 USCT Port 146812Qualification for play-down
6 US Rail 144108
7 UCAD SC 143116
8 ASC Thiès 143116
Source: [ citation needed ]

Playoffs

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
A1 AS Douanes 2
B4 Larry Diouf 0
A1 AS Douanes2
B2 ASC Ville de Dakar 0
B2 ASCVD 2
A3 Louga 0
A1 AS Douanes2
B1 Jeanne d'Arc 1
B1 Jeanne d'Arc 2
A4 UGB 1
B1 Jeanne d'Arc2
A2 DUC 1
A2 DUC 2
B3 US Ouakam 1

Play-down

In the play-down round, all eight teams played each other team once. ASFA and UCAD, as the 7th- and 8th-ranked teams, were relegated to the Division 2. [4]

2023 N1 Play-down standings
PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsRelegation
1 ASC Bopp 22913133613945831
2 Mermoz 22913128713354831
3 SIBAC 22913126013569631
4 USCT Port 229131384149411031
5 ASC Thiès 228141336147313730
6 US Rail 228141393151111830
7 ASFA 228141281142914830Relegated to Division 2
8 UCAD SC 226161344155220828
Source: [ citation needed ]

Individual awards

References

  1. "Basket : le championnat national 1 démarre ce samedi – FAAPA FR". FAAPA. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
  2. "Championne du Sénégal après son succès sur la JA (64-56), l'AS Douanes retourne à la BAL !". Basketsenegal (in French). 2023-09-17. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Dia, Abdou Nar (2023-10-28). "Basketball : Samba Daly Fall et Nboumbé Mbodji sacrés "Roi" et "Reine" de la saison". Senego.com (in French). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
  4. "Play-down : ASFA accompagne UCAD SC en D2, Rail, SIBAC et ASC Thiès sauvés in extremis !". Basketsenegal (in French). 2023-09-10. Retrieved 2024-01-23.