2011-2012 Championnat de la
Ligue Féminine de Basket

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The regular season format remains unchanged. That is all the teams play each other twice for a 26-round regular season.

However the play-off system has been modified slightly with just 4 teams in the Challenge Round instead of previously 8 teams. This means that the teams that finish below 8th place have no post season. The teams that finish in 13th and 14 place are relegated.

Informations générales en français

Il n'y a pas de changement pour le déroulement pendant la saison régulière. Depuis 2005-2006 le championnat voit jouer 14 équipes.

Le principe des playoffs reste le même et se poursuit avec les 4 équipes de la phase régulière, ça veut dire le premier dans le classement joue le 4ème classé avec un match retour chez le mieux classé, le 2ème classé joue contre le 3ème, aussi avec un match retour chez le mieux classé.

Le Challenge Round a été modifié car il n'y a que 4 équipes qui y participent. Ce sont les formations qui terminent 5ème à 8ème pendant la phase régulière. Celles qui se classent de la 9ème et plus bas n'ont plus de playoffs.

Comme d'habitude 2 équipes sont reléguées en LF2 qui se classent 13ème et 14ème pendant la phase régulière.

LFB Championship play-off

04 May 2012: Bourges Basket beat Lattes Montpellier again and are once again champions of France

28 April 2012: Bourges Basket take final series lead on the road against Lattes Montpellier

26 April 2012: Montpellier ended LFB season for Challes-les-Eaux

23 April 2012: Bourges sweep Mondeville - Lattes-Montpellier and Challes-les-Eaux need game three

23 April 2012: LFB play-offs get off to an explosive start

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LFB Challenge Round

2 May 2012: Nantes-Rezé lift trophy for the third time

27 April 2012: Nantes-Rezé win the first game against Hainaut Basket

26 April 2012: Hainaut Basket beat Basket Landes (50-46) to qualify for final

23 April 2012: Amisha Carter's 33 points keep Hainaut Basket alive - Nantes-Rezé in final

18 April 2012: Victories for Basket Landes and Nantes-Rezé

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2011/2012 Regular season standing

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Ligue Féminine de Basket: General news and information

8 July 2012: Lyon remain in the LFB while Challes-les-Eaux disappears

30 May 2012: Is this the end of women's basketball in Challes-les-Eaux ?

29 May 2012: USO are simply the best in youth basketball- U18 national champions again

27 April 2012: LFB player Awards: Edwige Lawson-Wade, Mistie Mims, Sara Chevaugeon

11 April 2012: USO Mondeville clinch 4th while Lyon are relegated

08 April 2012: Bourges Basket are regular season champions

05 April 2012: Pauline Akonga-N'Simbo, 5th LFB pregnancy of the season

05 April 2012: Tarbes win the appeal to end soap opera

25 March 2012: The 2012 LFB post-season scenario - La chasse pour les playoffs

25 March 2012: Cavigal Nice relegated after losing Lyon

18 March 2012: Bruno Blier returned to Arras and won

17 March 2012: Lattes Montpellier topple Challes-les-Eaux - Kristen Mann injured

07 March 2012: Midweek's LFB games went to Bourges Basket and Lattes Montpellier

04 March 2012: Round 22: Three teams qualifiy for LFB championship play-off

02 March 2012: LFB contract news: Mistie Mims stays at Challes-les-Eaux until 2015

26 February 2012: Round 21: Tarbes are finally playing excellent basketball

20 February 2012: Arras topple Challes-les-Eaux

17 February 2012: The crisis in Tarbes turns into a soap opera

16 February 2012: Laurent Buffard will not coach Nantes-Rezé next season

12 February 2012: Round 19: Freezing temperatures can't stop basketball

12 February 2012: Aix-en-Provence and Villeneuve win big in round 19

05 February 2012: Watch out: Bourges Basket are back

31 January 2012: Bineta Diouf-Diongue from Basket Landes ends season goes on maternity leave

30 January 2012: Playing basketball - The ladies from Arras Pays d'Artois Basket Féminin

23 January 2012: Sandra Dijon-Gérardin with Montpellier are top of the table

18 January 2012: LFB news from rounds 15 and 16

23 December 2011: Challes-les-Eaux end 2011 on top - roster changes already announced for 2012

19 December 2011: Regular season reached halfway point

11 December 2011: Round 12: Remember not to forget Lenae Williams

11 December 2011: Round 12: Natalie Hurst fires Aix-en-Provence to victory

04 December 2011: Round 11 summary - Diandra Tchatchouang makes her début

03 December 2011: Challes-les-Eaux drop first game

27 November 2011: Round 10: Lyon BF beat Basket Landes

27 November 2011: Round 10: Challes-les-Eaux down Montpellier to lead championship

25 November 2011: Face à la rélégation ou au maintien (review in French)

20 November 2011: Round 9: Cavigal Nice win at last but so does Lyon

16 November 2011: Emmanuel Coeuret leaves Aix-en-Provence after poor start to season

13 November 2011: Eight wins have been enough for LFB survival in the past

12 November 2011: Arthroscopic surgery for Clémence Beikes

07 November 2011: Montpellier and Challes-les-Eaux battle away

07 November 2011: Flammes Carolo Basket show Lyon BF the way

30 October 2011 Round 6: LFB finally takes off with more suspense and excitement

26 October 2011 The third LFB pregnancy of the season - Géraldine Bertal

24 October 2011 Round 5 LFB basketball news: Lattes Montpellier go strong - Charleville like local TV

23 October 2011 Round 5: Challes-les-Eaux stroll on LFB TV

16 October 2011 Round 4: Edwige Lawson-Wade's double-double stops Arras

09 October 2011 Challes and Arras share lead with Montpellier

08 October 2011 Road wins for Lattes Montpellier and Tarbes in round 3

03 October 2011 A week after the Open: five teams unbeaten

28 September 2011 2011 Open LFB - A basketball weekend in Paris

09 September 2011 Elodie Bertal is expecting her first child

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LFB Roster Information

10 February 2012: Allison Hightower signs for Basket Landes

08 February 2012: Lyon BF sign Marissa Coleman for three weeks

30 November 2011: Kelsey Bolte is off the Cavigal Nice roster

29 November 2011: Roster addition in Basket Landes - Agne Abromaite

29 November 2011: Anna Vida in Mondeville for six week medical cover

26 November 2011: Alex Montgomery in, Daria Mieloszynska gone

25 November 2011: Radoslava Bachvarova signs as medical cover in Hainaut

25 0ctober 2011 Maja Miljkovic to play in Tarbes until 2012

06 0ctober 2011 Aminata Nar Diop last signing for Nantes-Rezé

24 September 2011 Change in coach and structure at Bourges Basket

23 September 2011 Tarbes Gespe Bigorre keep it familiar

22 September 2011 Just LFB action for Challes-les-Eaux

22 September 2011 Basket Lattes Montpellier Agglomération 2011 roster

22 September 2011 One change to Basket Landes' roster

22 September 2011 Nantes Rezé Basket roster

21 September 2011 Arras Pays d'Artois Basket Féminin roster

20 September 2011 A new cycle at USO Mondeville

20 September 2011 Saint-Amand Hainaut Basket have a new LFB roster for 2011-2012

19 September 2011 Villeneuve d'Ascq bring back familiar faces to the North

18 September 2011 Charleville-Mézières 2011-2012 LFB roster is stronger than last year

17 September 2011 Spanish accents in Aix-en-Provence

17 September 2011 Cavigal Nice Basket 06 (CNB06) 2011-2012 roster - "NISS’ANGELS"

16 September 2011 SASP Lyon Basket Féminin 2011-2012 roster

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The Interviews

03 October 2011: Video interview - Touty Gandega and Kadidia Minte from USO Mondeville

03 October 2011: Video interview - Anaël Lardy from Challes-les-Eaux

30 September 2011: one on one with Diandra Tchatchouang - focused on the next stage of her career

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Regular season match reports from Ligue Féminine de Basket

23 March 2012: Round 24: Nantes-Rezé beat USO Mondeville (66-64)

18 February 2012: Tarbes taken to the wire by Basket Landes (70-67)

11 February 2012: Bourges Basket ease to victory against Tarbes (63-48)

08 February 2012: Bourges Basket go top after beating Charleville-Mézières (63-31)

26 January 2012: At last Basket Landes defeats Arras (70-57)

21 January 2012: Charleville-Mézières cruise past Villeneuve d'Ascq (80-56)

17 December 2011: Basket Landes beat USO Mondeville (68-62) and move into third place

02 December 2011: Charleville-Mézières beat Aix-en-Provence (78-62)

05 November 2011: Laetitia Kamba spoils Catherine Kraayeveld's evening Mondeville (59-57 Villeneuve d'Ascq

29 October 2011: Nantes-Rezé down Arras (88-82) with 34 points from Lenae Williams

14 October 2011: Villeneuve d'Ascq 75-70 Charleville-Mézières

30 September 2011: Villeneuve d'Ascq 60-79 Bourges Basket

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