2024 Nationale 1 Masculin season

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2024 Nationale 1 season
League Nationale 1
Sport Basketball
DurationFebruary – 27 July 2024
Number of teams16
Regular season
Top scorerBara Ndiaye (ASC Ville de Dakar)
Finals
Champions ASCVD (1st title)
  Runners-up DUC
Finals MVPThierry Sagna (ASCVD)
Seasons
2025 →

The 2024 Nationale 1 (N1) season was the 57th season of the Nationale 1 (NM1), the top-tier basketball league for men's teams in Senegal.

Contents

AS Douanes were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the semi-finals. [1] ASCVD won their first national championship, after defeating DUC in the final. [2] [3] As champions, they qualified directly for the 2025 BAL season. [2]

Teams

Guédiawaye Academy and USPA were promoted. UCAD and ASFA were relegated to the Division 2 following their results in the 2022 season. [4]

In January, it was announced that UCAD and Larry Diouf had merged and would keep playing in the NM1 under the name Larry Diouf. [5]

TeamLocation
AS Douanes Dakar
ASC Ville de Dakar Dakar
ASC Thiès Thiès
Bopp Dakar
DUC Dakar Dakar
Guédiawaye Academy Dakar
Jeanne d'Arc Dakar
Larry Diouf Dakar
Louga Louga
Mermoz Dakar
SIBAC Dakar (Sicap-Liberté)
UGB Saint-Louis
USCT Port Dakar
US Rail Thiès
US Ouakam Dakar (Ouakam)
USPA Dakar (Parcelles Assainies Arrondissement)

Coaching changes

Team2023 season2024 seasonRef.
Louga Madiene FallAmeth Gaye [6]
UGB Ameth Gaye [6]
US Ouakam El Hadji DiakhatéIdrissa Cissokho [7]
DUC Parfait AdvijonEl Hadji Diakhaté [7]
USCT Port Bengali Kaba [8]

Regular season

The official schedule was announced on 19 January 2024. [9]

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLPtsQualification or relegation
1 ASCVD 13120124Advance to playoffs
2 AS Douanes 12120024
3 GBA 1480616
4 Bopp 1460812
5 UGB 1150610Qualification for play-down
6 US Ouakam 123096
7 USCT Port 1430116
8 SIBAC 1430116
Source: NBN23

Group B

PosTeamPldWLPtsQualification or relegation
1 Jeanne d'Arc 1413126Advance to playoffs
2 DUC 1412224
3 Mermoz 147714
4 US Rail 147714
5 Louga 146812Qualification for play-down
6 ASUC Sports 145910
7 USPA 143116
8 ASFA 143116
Source: NBN23

Final Eight

The format of the league was changed this season, and as such the eight best teams played in two groups of four. The two highest placed teams advanced to the final four.

Group A

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification or relegation ASD JA UGB USR
1 AS Douanes 651421325+9610Advance to Final Four —80–7363–3485–42
2 Jeanne d'Arc 642366353+13850–66—64–5465–54
3 UGB 633370347+23665–5760–64—82–63
4 US Rail 615370424−54265–7558–6364–65—
Source: NBN23

Group B

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification or relegation ASCVD DUC GBA MBC
1 ASCVD 651366307+5910Advance to Final Four —61–6471–6051–48
2 DUC 651303276+271055–62—62–5260–34
3 GBA 615334368−342 [a] 58–6854–62—55–38
4 MBC 615265317−522 [a] 44–6146–5048–45—
Source: NBN23
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head: GBA wins tied series against MBC on aggregate points (+14).

Final Four

The final four playoffs were played in best-of-three series, and the first games were played on 7 June 2024. ACVD advanced to the finals for the first time in club history, [10] and went on to win its first national championship on 27 June 2024. [2]

Semifinals Finals
            
A1 AS Douanes 55 51 58 1
B2 DUC 52 55 66 2
B2 DUC 45 0
B1 ASCVD 65 1
B1 ASCVD 60 62 2
A2 Jeanne d'Arc 59 51 0

Individual awards

References

  1. ↑ "Playoffs : L'AS Douane retourne en finale". Basket 221 (in French). 10 September 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 "Finale - N1 Masculin : L'ASCVD remporte son premier titre de champion de son histoire en dominant le DUC (65-45)" (in French). 28 July 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  3. ↑ "ASCVD 65-45 DUC".
  4. ↑ "Play-down : ASFA accompagne UCAD SC en D2, Rail, SIBAC et ASC Thiès sauvés in extremis !". Basketsenegal (in French). 10 September 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  5. ↑ "ASUC / Larry Diouf BC : La fusion des deux clubs actée par la FSBB | Basketsenegal". Basketsenegal (in French). 24 January 2024. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  6. 1 2 "Louga BC : Ameth Gaye nouveau coach, Madiene Fall promu Directeur Technique". Basketsenegal (in French). 5 January 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  7. 1 2 "N1 Masculin : Idrissa Cissokho sur le banc de l'US Ouakam !". Basketsenegal (in French). 6 January 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  8. ↑ "L'ancien international revient au bercail : Bengali Kaba, nouveau coach du l'USCT Port". Basketsenegal (in French). 2 January 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  9. ↑ "N1 Masculin - Saison 2024 : L'AS Douanes avec l'ASC Ville de Dakar dans la poule A" (in French). 20 January 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  10. ↑ "Final 4: Ville de Dakar en finale du championnat, une première pour le club !". Basketsenegal.com. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  11. ↑ "Couronnement: Mouhmaed Doumbia". Basketsenegal.com.
  12. ↑ "Révélations 2024: Ousmane Sagna". Basketsenegal.com.
  13. ↑ "Thierry Sagna (MVP de la finale) : "L'essentiel était de gagner …"" (in French). 28 July 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
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