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The first basketball Coupe de France for women was played during the season 1956-57 and was won by As Monferrand. They defended the title the following season.

The competition was played once more in the 1959-60 season. (The list of all the winners from the various competitions including the youth one can be found on our Coupe de France history honours page.)

From 1960 until 1995 the competition was not played at a national level.

In 1995 the competition became national with all the teams in France having the right to participate. However during the 2004-2005 season the competition was modified and split into two competitions.

The French cup became the Trophée Joë Jaunay and was restricted to teams in the LFB and the LF2 (former NF1).

Yet the finalists from the Trophée Coupe de France féminine are also allowed to participate in this competition.

The amateur version of the French cup is open to all the other teams of any division in France. There are a number of regional qualification rounds before the first round proper of this competition.

Yet the French Basketball Federation rewards the finalists of the amateur cup from the previous season by allowing them to participate in the Joë Jaunay competition if they have not been promoted to LF2.

Since the number of teams in LF2 was reduced, other clubs from NF1 are invited to take part, too, while skipping the early rounds of the amateur version. Once these amateur teams are eliminated, they are reintegrated into the current round of the amateur version of the competition.

The third national basketball cup competition is known as the Cadette Cup (Coupe de l’Avenir) with the name of the trophy tending to take on the sponsor name. This competition was restricted to players in the under 18 categories and is since 2013 restricted to players under the age of 17.

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1. French Cup news

2. Trophée Coupe de France - French amateur cup news

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French Cup News

Season 2013

05 May 2013: Montpellier have won the Joë Jaunay trophy again

05 May 2013: Châlon-sur-Saône take home the U17 French Cup trophy

28 March 2013: Lattes Montpellier to meet Nantes-Rezé in Paris Bercy

13 March  2013: Bourges out, Edwige Lawson-Wade's buzzer beater

20 February 2013: The draw for the quarter-final

17 February 2013: Arras with 7 other LFB teams qualify for quarter-final

30 January 2013: 3 LFB Derby games in the eighth-final

27 January 2013: Amel Bouderra at home in Illkirch-Graffenstaden

22 January 2013: 30 teams drawn for the first round of the French Cup

Season 2012

20 May 2012: Arras beat Bourges Basket for the trophy (64-58)

20 May 2012: USO Mondeville edge Challes-les-Eaux (60-59) to win the U18 French Cup

05 April 2012: Arras and Bourges qualify for French Cup final

24 March 2012: Semi-final draw took place on LFB-TV

21 March 2012: Arras and Bourges ease their way into the semi-final

21 March 2012: Lenae Williams fires Nantes-Rezé into semi-final

12 March 2012: Perpignan Basket draw Bourges Basket in quarter-final

11 March 2012: Perpignan joins 7 clubs from the LFB in the quarter-final

29 January 2012: First round defeats for Basket Landes and Tarbes

29 January 2012: Arras beat the SIG (82-70)

28 January 2012: Charleville-Mézières and Nantes Rezé qualify for next round

28 January 2012: First round is always tricky for the giants

Season 2011

15 May 2011: Lattes Montpellier win competition for first time

15 May 2011: Basket Landes win the U18 French Cup

18 April 2011: Road wins for Mondeville and Montpellier qualify them for final

18 April 2011: U18 finalists are Bourges Basket and Basket Landes

23 March 2011: Mondeville and Montpellier win on the road

22 March 2011: Bourges Basket eliminated Nantes-Rezé in quarter-final

11 March 2011: Lack of atmosphere during the French Cup eight-final

30 January 2011: French Cup Eight-final pairs

29 January 2011: Bourges Basket took the SIG challenge seriously

23 January 2011: Change in bracket system and first round draw

Season 2010

16 May 2010: Bourges Basket defend the French cup for the third time

16 May 2010: Bourges defeat Mondeville in the U18 cup final

18 April 2010: Bourges and Tarbes will meet again in the final in 2010

27 March 2010: Bourges and Tarbes qualify for semi-final

27 February 2010: Clubs from NF1 qualify for quarter-final

27 January 2010: Calais, Limoges and Villeneuve d'Ascq fall at the first hurdle

12 January 2010: Download the 2010 French Cup Bracket Chart

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Trophée Coupe de France - Amateur French Cup News

05 May 2013: Saint-Etienne (CASE Basket) lift the winners trophy

19 May 2012: L'Union Féminine Angers Basket 49 win trophy for second time

15 May 2011: US Laveyron win the cup second time around

19 April 2011: CSP Rezé and US Laveyron qualify for Amateur cup final

16 May 2010: Angers Union Féminine Basket take the amateur cup home

19 April 2010: Angers-UFB & AS Villeurbanne will contest Amateur Cup final

22 March 2010: Beaupréau Fief Sauvin Basket dreams continues

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Date created: 12 January 2010
Last update: 05 May 2013