Wikipedia - Caen Basket Calvados

Caen Basket Calvados is a French basketball team located in the commune of Caen in Northwestern France. The club competes in LNB Pro B, France's second-division men's league.

History

Caen Basket Club (CBC) was founded in 1959 after the scrapping of older basketball club Stade Malherbe Caennais. This section dissolved in September 1959 and the 80% of the chamber joined the new club, mostly to keep athletes and administrative benefits. The home games are played at the Palais des Sports of Caen (3000 seats). The beginnings of the club was promising despite performance instability. Caen BC finished third in the National Championship 1 A in 1960, before two demotions in 1964 and 1969 that were followed by two lifts in 1966 and 1970.

In the 1970s, CBC knows its heyday with a first participation in the European Cups in 1971. CBC gradually stabilizes at the highest level of French basketball. From 1976 to 1979, under the chairmanship of Guy Chambily, the club finished every season on the podium French championship, disputing including two finals (lost) against ASVEL and Moderne in 1977 and 1979. In 1978 the club even reached the Semi finals (third) of the European Cup Winner's Cup where they eliminated by the Italian powerhouse Sinudyne Bologna.

However, the late 1980s sounded the death knell for the CBC. Renamed Caen Basket Calvados in 1982, the club was relegated to the lower level at the end of the 1988–1989 season. After several failed attempts to go back in National 1A, dark CBC in 1997 with a 16th place and financial problems. The club is then downgraded to National 4.

Started from scratch, Caen Basket Calvados rebuilds and goes successively in National 3 in 1998 and National 2 in 1999. Supported since 2013 by Nicolas Batum, the club sign Hervé Coudray as coach in May 2013.

Most recently, they won the championship of the third-level Nationale Masculine 1 (NM1) in 2017, thereby gaining promotion to Pro B.

Caen BC, známy aj ako Caen Basket Calvados, je francúzsky basketbalový klub so sídlom v meste Caen. Tím vznikol v roku 1966 a v súčasnosti hrá v druhej najvyššej francúzskej lige, LNB Pro B. Domovské zápasy hrá v Palais des Sports de Caen, ktorý má kapacitu 4 000 divákov. Klubové farby sú modrá, zelená a biela.

Najväčším úspechom Caen BC je víťazstvo v druhej najvyššej francúzskej lige v sezóne 2008-09, čo mu zabezpečilo postup do najvyššej francúzskej ligy, LNB Pro A. V najvyššej lige pôsobil klub dve sezóny, než v roku 2011 zostúpil späť do druhej ligy.

V súčasnej zostave Caen BC pôsobí niekoľko skúsených hráčov, ako napríklad Frédéric Fauthoux, Mickaël Gelabale a Jhornan Zamora. Tím vedie tréner Hervé Coudray, ktorý pôsobí v klube od roku 2017.

Caen BC je známy svojím silným fanúšikovským zázemím a má veľa verných priaznivcov. Klub je tiež aktívny v miestnej komunite a organizuje rôzne podujatia a akcie pre deti a mládež.