French Leagues System
Evolution of the French basketball league system
| Tier\Years | 1920-31 | 1931-49 | 1949-61 | 1961-63 | 1963-64 | 1964-65 | 1965-73 | 1973-74 | 1974-87 | 1987-92 | 1992-93 | 1993-98 | 1998-18 | 2018-21 | 2021-25 | 2025- | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Excellence | Nationale | Premiere | Nationale 1 | N1A | NA1 | ProA | Jeep ELITE | Betclic ELITE | ||||||||
| 2 | Honneur Ligue | Excellence | Nationale 2 | N1B | NA2 | ProB | ELITE 2 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Honneur Ligue | Federale | Nationale 3 | Nationale 2 | NM1 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Excellence Reg. | Nationale 4 | Nationale 3 | NM2 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Prom.Excellence | Nationale 4 | NM3 | ||||||||||||||
| 6 | ProA U21 | Espoirs ELITE | |||||||||||||||
| 7 | U18 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | RM1 | ||||||||||||||||
