Nationale 1 (Senegal)

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Nationale 1
Founded1971;53 years ago (1971)
First season1971
Country Senegal
Confederation FIBA Africa
Number of teams16
Level on pyramid1
Relegation to Nationale 2
Domestic cup(s) Senegalese Cup
Supercup Senegalese Super Cup
International cup(s) Basketball Africa League (BAL)
Current champions AS Douanes (11th title)
(2023)
Most championships AS Douanes
(11 titles)
Basketball current event.svg 2024 Nationale 1 season

The Nationale 1 Masculin (abbreviated as NM1; in English: National 1 Men) is the highest professional basketball league in Senegal. Established in 1971, the league consists of 16 teams.

Contents

Each season is finished with a final in a single-game elimination format, held at the Marius Ndiaye Stadium in Dakar. AS Douanes is the most successful team in NM1 history with 11 won titles.

The champions of the NM1 qualify directly for the regular season of the Basketball Africa League (BAL), the premiere continental league. The bottom two teams are relegated to the second division Nationale 2.

Teams

The following 16 teams play in the 2022 season:

TeamLocation
AS Douanes Dakar
ASC Thiès Thiès
Bopp Dakar
ASFA Dakar
DUC Dakar Dakar
Jeanne d'Arc Dakar
Louga Louga
Mermoz BCDakar
Saint-Louis BC Saint-Louis
Sibac BCDakar (Sicap-Liberté)
UGB Saint-Louis
US Rail Thiès
USO Dakar (Ouakam)
US Parcelles AssainieDakar (Parcelles Assainies)
ASC Ville de Dakar Dakar

Champions

This is a list of the champions of the Senegalese championship: [1]

Recent finals

The finals were originally played in a single-game format. In 2022, the league switched to a best-of-three series format.

YearWinnerRunner-upScoreFinals MVPTop scorerNotes
2011 AS Douanes (3) UGB
2012 UGB DUC 68–59 Mamadou N'Doye Pape Mor Faye (21) [3]
2013 DUC (3) UGB 63–57Younouss DiopMohamed Diop (14) [4]
2014 AS Douanes (4) ASFA
77–60
Birahim GayeBirahim Gaye (28)
[5]
2015 DUC Dakar (5) UGB
51–49
Adama Lo
[6]
2016 AS Douanes (6) SLBC
51–71
[7]
2017 AS Douanes (7) SLBC
71–61
 Louis Adams Louis Adams (21)
[8]
2018 AS Douanes (8) DUC
2019 AS Douanes (9) DUC
61–54
 Pape Moustapha Diop [9]
2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 DUC (4) AS Douanes
66–65
 Thierno Niang Pape Fall (17) [10]
2022 AS Douanes (10) DUC 2–0 (best-of-three) Samba Daly Fall Samba Daly Fall [11]
2023 AS Douanes (11) JA 2-1 (best-of-three) Samba Daly Fall Samba Daly Fall [12]
  1. ↑ The final of the 2018 season was never finished due to a fight on the court.

Performance by club

Teams shown in italics are no longer in existence.

ClubWinnersRunners-upSeasons wonSeasons runners-up
AS Douanes 1111998, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023 2021
ASFA 1011974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1994, 19952014
JA 711986, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1997, 2002 2023
US Gorée 6–1971, 1985, 1989, 1991, 2000, 2003–
DUC 542009, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2021 2012, 2018, 2019, 2022
Bopp 4–1993, 1999, 2001, 2004–
Police3–1981, 1982, 1983–
US Rail 2–2005, 2006–
Dial Diop2–1972, 1973–
SEIB1–1988–
UGB 1220122013, 2015
SLBC –2–2016, 2017

Individual awards

King of the Season

The King of the Season award (in French: Roi du Saison) is given each year to the best performing player of the NM1 season. Since 2014, the awards were re-named to the Most valuable player awards, in line with International practice. [13]

SeasonWinnerTeamRef.
2010Mouhamed DiopUGB [14]
2011Ibrahima MbengueAS Douanes [15]
2012 Mamadou N'Doye UGB [16]
2013Pape Mor FayeUGB [17]
2014Birahim GayeAS Douanes [13]
2015Not awarded [18]
2016Serigne Bamba GueyeUGB [19]
2017 Louis Adams AS Douanes [20]
2018 Pape Moustapha Diop AS Douanes [21]
2019 Pape Moustapha Diop (2)AS Douanes [22]
2021 Thierno Niang DUC [23]
2022Bara NdiayeAS Douanes [24]
2023 Samba Daly Fall AS Douanes [25]

Revelation of the Year

SeasonWinnerTeamRef.
2011Ibrahima NiangDUC [15]
2012Abdoulaye NdoyeSibac [16]
2013Ibrahima SankharéUS Rail [17]
2016Papa Abdou Karim KebeUS Ouakam [19]
2018 Brancou Badio Saltigué [26]
2019Yoro BarryDUC [22]
2021 Jean Jacques Boissy Sibac [23]
2022Saliou GueyeUS Ouakam [27]
2023Abdoulaye DièyeDUC [25]

Coach of the Year

SeasonWinnerTeamRef.
2011 Cheikh Sarr AS Douanes [15]
2012Maguette DiopDUC [16]
2013Cheikh Sarr Senegal national team [17]
2016 Pabi Guèye AS Douanes [19]
2019 Pabi Guèye AS Douanes [22]
2021Sir Parfait AdjivonDUC [23]
2022 Pabi Guèye AS Douanes [28]
2023 Pabi Guèye AS Douanes [25]

Notable players

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