Elan Coton

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Elan Coton
Elan Coton logo.png
League Benin Basketball Super League
Founded2021
HistoryElan Coton
2021–present
Location Cotonou, Benin
OwnershipSodeco
Championships4 (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)

Elan Coton Basketball Club is a Beninese basketball club based in Cotonou. They play in the Benin Basketball Super League, the premier national league and have won the championship four times. [1]

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The team was previously named Elan Sport Pro, [2] until it became a part of a multi-sports club named Coton Sport that was founded on 21 January 2021 and is owned by Sodeco (Societé pour le Développement du Coton). [3] Coton Sport also features a football club (Coton Sport FC).

In 2022, Elan Coton play in the BAL Qualifying Tournaments as the representative from Benin. [4]

Honours

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Criteria

To appear in this section a player must have either:

  • Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club
  • Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time
  • Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

References

  1. ↑ "Elan Coton crowned champions of the Benin Professional Basketball League". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
  2. ↑ "À propos EC - Coton Sport" (in French). 2022-08-23. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
  3. ↑ "Historique - Coton Sport" (in French). 2021-12-31. Archived from the original on 2022-09-07. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
  4. ↑ "African clubs to compete in 2022 Road to BAL and Elite 16 Qualifying Tournaments confirmed". FIBA.basketball. 2022-09-21. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
  5. ↑ "Elan Coton crowned champions of the Benin Professional Basketball League". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
  6. ↑ "Basket YouZou Ligue Pro 2022-2023 : Double sacre de Élan Coton, Renaissance Bbc, médaillé de bronze". LE MATINAL (in French). 2023-06-27. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
  7. ↑ "YOUZOU LIGUE PRO MASCULINE - FEDERATION BENINOISE DE BASKETBALL". FEDERATION BENINOISE DE BASKETBALL (in French). Retrieved 2024-08-03.
  8. ↑ "African Basketball News, Scores, Stats, Analysis, Standings". www.afrobasket.com. Retrieved 2025-08-18.
  9. ↑ "Robert GILCHRIST at the Africa Champions Clubs ROAD TO B.A.L. 2023 2022". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2022-11-15.


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