Tours Métropole Basket
Basketball team in Tours, France / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tours Métropole Basket (English: Tours Metropolis Basketball) is a French professional basketball club based in the city of Tours in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.
Tours Métropole Basket | |
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Leagues | LNB Pro B |
Founded | 1925 |
History | AS Paris-Orléans 1925–195? ASPO Tours 195?-1981 Tours B.C. 1981–1997 NPO Tours 1997–1998 Touraine B.C. 1998–2004; 2009–2014 Tours Joué Basket 2004–2009 Union Tours Basket Métropole 2014–2021 Tours Métropole Basket 2021–present |
Arena | Gymnase Monconseil |
Capacity | 1,200 |
Location | Tours, France |
Team colors | Blue, White |
President | Bruno de l'Espinay |
Head coach | Sébastien Duval |
Championships | 2 Domestic Championships 1976, 1980 |
Website | toursbasketmetropole.com |
Founded in 1925, its heyday was in the 1970s under the name ASPO Tours, with two league titles in 1976 and 1980 and a European Cup Winners' Cup final in 1976.
After going through financial strife and successive reorganisations, Tours Métropole Basket is now the heir of the bankrupt club. As recently as the 2017–18 season, it had played in the fourth-tier Nationale 2, but earned promotion to Nationale 1 for 2018–19, and returned to the professional ranks by earning promotion to LNB Pro B for 2021–22.