2023 Nationale 1 season

The 2023 Nationale 1 season was the 56th season of the Nationale 1 (NM1), the top-tier basketball league in Senegal. The season began on 21 January and ended on 17 September 2023.^[1]

2023 Nationale 1 season
League	Nationale 1
Sport	Basketball
Duration	21 January – 17 September 2023
Number of teams	16
Season MVP	Samba Daly Fall (AS Douanes)
Relegated to N2	ASFA UCAD
Finals
Champions	AS Douanes (11th title)
Runners-up	Jeanne d'Arc
Finals MVP	Samba Daly Fall (AS Douanes)

AS Douanes won its record-setting 11th national title, after defeating Jeanne d'Arc in the finals, overtaking the record that was jointly held with ASFA.^[2] The Douanes' forward Samba Daly Fall was named both MVP and Finals MVP of the season.^[3]

Teams

Changes

Promoted from Division 2	Relegated from 2022 N1 season
Larry Diouf UCAD	USPA SLBC

Locations

Team	Location
AS Douanes	Dakar
ASCC Bopp	Dakar
ASC Thiès	Thiès
ASC Ville de Dakar	Dakar
ASFA	Dakar
DUC Dakar	Dakar
Jeanne d'Arc	Dakar
Larry Diouf	Ziguinchor
Louga	Louga
Mermoz	Dakar
SIBAC	Dakar (Sicap-Liberté)
UCAD	Dakar
UGB	Saint-Louis
US Rail	Thiès
US Ouakam	Dakar (Ouakam)

Regular season

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	AS Douanes	14	14	0	28	Advance to playoffs
2	Louga BC	14	8	6	16
3	US Ouakam	14	8	6	16
4	UGB	13	6	7	12
5	Mermoz	13	6	7	12	Qualification for play-down
6	ASC Bopp	14	5	9	10
7	SIBAC	14	5	9	10
8	ASFA	14	3	11	6

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	JA	14	12	2	24	Advance to playoffs
2	ASC Ville de Dakar	13	11	2	22
3	DUC	13	10	3	20
4	Larry Diouf	14	6	8	12
5	USCT Port	14	6	8	12	Qualification for play-down
6	US Rail	14	4	10	8
7	UCAD SC	14	3	11	6
8	ASC Thiès	14	3	11	6

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

A1

AS Douanes

2

B4

Larry Diouf

0

A1

AS Douanes

2

B2

ASC Ville de Dakar

0

B2

ASCVD

2

A3

Louga

0

A1

AS Douanes

2

B1

Jeanne d'Arc

1

B1

Jeanne d'Arc

2

A4

UGB

1

B1

Jeanne d'Arc

2

A2

DUC

1

A2

DUC

2

B3

US Ouakam

1

Play-down

In the play-down round, all eight teams played each other team once. ASFA and UCAD, as the 7th- and 8th-ranked teams, were relegated to the Division 2.^[4]

  Relegated to Division 2

Pos	2023 N1 Play-down standings
	Team	Pld	W	L	Pnt	PF	PA	PD
1	ASCC Bopp	22	9	13	31	1336	1394	–58
2	Mermoz	22	9	13	31	1287	1335	–48
3	SIBAC	22	9	13	31	1260	1356	–96
4	USCT Port	22	9	13	31	1384	1494	–110
5	ASC Thiès	22	8	14	30	1336	1473	–137
6	US Rail	22	8	14	30	1393	1511	–118
7	ASFA	22	8	14	30	1281	1429	–148
8	UCAD	22	6	16	28	1344	1552	–208

Individual awards

• King of the Season (Most valuable player): Samba Daly Fall, AS Douanes^[3]
• Finals MVP: Samba Daly Fall, AS Douanes^[3]
• Relevation of the Year (Young player of the Year): Abdoulaye Dièye, DUC^[3]
• Coach of the Year: Pabi Guèye, AS Douanes^[3]

References

1. "Basket : le championnat national 1 démarre ce samedi – FAAPA FR". FAAPA. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
2. "Championne du Sénégal après son succès sur la JA (64-56), l'AS Douanes retourne à la BAL !". Basketsenegal (in French). 2023-09-17. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
3. Dia, Abdou Nar (2023-10-28). "Basketball : Samba Daly Fall et Nboumbé Mbodji sacrés "Roi" et "Reine" de la saison". Senego.com (in French). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
4. "Play-down : ASFA accompagne UCAD SC en D2, Rail, SIBAC et ASC Thiès sauvés in extremis !". Basketsenegal (in French). 2023-09-10. Retrieved 2024-01-23.