French Basketball Cup Final MVP

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French Basketball Cup Final MVP
Sport Basketball
League French Basketball Cup
Awarded forBest performing player in the final of a given season of the French Basketball Cup
History
First award2011–12
Most recent Vitalis Chikoko, Élan Béarnais (2022)

The French Basketball Cup MVP (or the Coupe de France Final MVP) is an annual award that is given to the best player in the Final of a given French Basketball Cup tournament. The winner of the award is announced after the final game.

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No player has won the MVP award more than once. Théo Maledon is the youngest player ever to win the award at age 17, when he did with ASVEL in 2019. [1]

Winners

Theo Maledon was the youngest player ever to win the award, at age 17 Theo Maledon.jpg
Théo Maledon was the youngest player ever to win the award, at age 17
Coupe de France MVP winners
SeasonPlayerNationalityPos.ClubRef.
2011–12 Ilian Evtimov Flag of France.svg  France F Élan Chalon [2]
2012–13 Sean May Flag of the United States.svg  United States G Paris-Levallois [3]
2013–14 Trenton Meacham Flag of the United States.svg  United States G JSF Nanterre [4]
2014–15 Louis Campbell Flag of the United States.svg  United States G Strasbourg IG [5]
2015–16 Chris Lofton Flag of the United States.svg  United States G Le Mans Sarthe [6]
2016–17 Heiko Schaffartzik Flag of Germany.svg  Germany G Nanterre 92
2017–18 David Logan Flag of the United States.svg  United States G SIG Strasbourg [7]
2018–19 Théo Maledon Flag of France.svg  France G ASVEL [1]
2019–20Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020–21 Moustapha Fall Flag of France.svg  France C ASVEL [8]
2021–22 Vitalis Chikoko Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
C
Élan Béarnais
[9]

Awards won by nationality

CountryTotal
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 5
Flag of France.svg  France 3
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 1

Awards won by club

ClubTotal
ASVEL Basket 2
Le Mans Sarthe Basket 2
Nanterre 92 2
Strasbourg IG 2
Élan Chalon 1
Paris-Levallois Basket 1
Élan Béarnais 1

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References

  1. 1 2 "ASVEL Villeurbanne wins French Cup, first since 2008".
  2. ↑ Coupe de France : Chalon réalise un doublé historique
  3. ↑ Un joli lot de consolation pour le Paris Levallois
  4. ↑ par LNB. "Coupe de France : Nanterre champion ! – Article –". Lnb.fr. Retrieved 2015-08-10.
  5. ↑ CAMPBELL ÉLU MVP
  6. ↑ "Chris Lofton, MVP de la Finale (avec Rudy Gobert)".
  7. ↑ "Strasbourg en patron".
  8. ↑ "ASVEL wins 2021 French Cup".
  9. ↑ "Chikoko honoured in France". The Herald. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
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