The 2024 Nationale 1 (N1) season will be the 57th season of the Nationale 1 (NM1), the top-tier basketball league for men's teams in Senegal.
| 2024 Nationale 1 season | |
|---|---|
| League | Nationale 1 |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Duration | TBA |
| Number of teams | 16 |
| Regular season | |
| Top scorer | Bara Ndiaye (ASC Ville de Dakar) |
| Finals | |
AS Douanes are the defending champions.[1]
Teams
editGuédiawaye Academy and USPA were promoted. UCAD and ASFA were relegated to the Division 2 following their results in the 2022 season.[2]
In January, it was announced that UCAD and Larry Diouf had merged and would keep playing in the NM1 under the name Larry Diouf.[3]
| Team | Location |
|---|---|
| AS Douanes | Dakar |
| ASC Ville de Dakar | Dakar |
| ASC Thiès | Thiès |
| Bopp | Dakar |
| DUC Dakar | Dakar |
| Guédiawaye Academy | Dakar |
| Jeanne d'Arc | Dakar |
| Larry Diouf | Dakar |
| Louga | Louga |
| Mermoz | Dakar |
| SIBAC | Dakar (Sicap-Liberté) |
| UGB | Saint-Louis |
| USCT Port | Dakar |
| US Rail | Thiès |
| US Ouakam | Dakar (Ouakam) |
| USPA | Dakar (Parcelles Assainies Arrondissement) |
Coaching changes
edit| Team | 2023 season | 2024 season | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louga | Madiene Fall | Ameth Gaye | [4] |
| UGB | Ameth Gaye | [4] | |
| US Ouakam | El Hadji Diakhaté | Idrissa Cissokho | [5] |
| DUC | Parfait Advijon | El Hadji Diakhaté | [5] |
| USCT Port | Bengali Kaba | [6] |
Regular season
editThe official schedule was announced on 19 January 2024.[7]
Group A
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASCVD | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 24 | Advance to playoffs |
| 2 | AS Douanes | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |
| 3 | GBA | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 16 | |
| 4 | Bopp | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 12 | |
| 5 | UGB | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 10 | Qualification for play-down |
| 6 | US Ouakam | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | |
| 7 | USCT Port | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 6 | |
| 8 | SIBAC | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 6 |
Group B
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeanne d'Arc | 14 | 13 | 1 | 26 | Advance to playoffs |
| 2 | DUC | 14 | 12 | 2 | 24 | |
| 3 | Mermoz | 14 | 7 | 7 | 14 | |
| 4 | US Rail | 14 | 7 | 7 | 14 | |
| 5 | Louga | 14 | 6 | 8 | 12 | Qualification for play-down |
| 6 | ASUC Sports | 14 | 5 | 9 | 10 | |
| 7 | USPA | 14 | 3 | 11 | 6 | |
| 8 | ASFA | 14 | 3 | 11 | 6 |
Final Eight
editThe format of the league was changed this season, and as such the eight best teams played in two groups of four. The two highest placed teams advanced to the final four.
Group A
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | ASD | JA | UGB | USR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AS Douanes | 6 | 5 | 1 | 421 | 325 | +96 | 10 | Advance to Final Four | — | 80–73 | 63–34 | 85–42 | |
| 2 | Jeanne d'Arc | 6 | 4 | 2 | 366 | 353 | +13 | 8 | 50–66 | — | 64–54 | 65–54 | ||
| 3 | UGB | 6 | 3 | 3 | 370 | 347 | +23 | 6 | 65–57 | 60–64 | — | 82–63 | ||
| 4 | US Rail | 6 | 1 | 5 | 370 | 424 | −54 | 2 | 65–75 | 58–63 | 64–65 | — |
Group B
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | ASCVD | DUC | GBA | MBC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASCVD | 6 | 5 | 1 | 366 | 307 | +59 | 10 | Advance to Final Four | — | 61–64 | 71–60 | 51–48 | |
| 2 | DUC | 6 | 5 | 1 | 303 | 276 | +27 | 10 | 55–62 | — | 62–52 | 60–34 | ||
| 3 | GBA | 6 | 1 | 5 | 334 | 368 | −34 | 2[a] | 58–68 | 54–62 | — | 55–38 | ||
| 4 | MBC | 6 | 1 | 5 | 265 | 317 | −52 | 2[a] | 44–61 | 46–50 | 48–45 | — |
Notes:
Final Four
editThe final four playoffs were played in best-of-three series, and the first games were played on 7 June 2024. ACVD advanced to the finals for the first time in club history.[8]
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||
| A1 | AS Douanes | 55 | 51 | 58 | 1 | ||||||||||
| B2 | DUC | 52 | 55 | 66 | 2 | ||||||||||
| B2 | DUC | ||||||||||||||
| B1 | ASCVD | ||||||||||||||
| B1 | ASCVD | 60 | 62 | 2 | |||||||||||
| A2 | Jeanne d'Arc | 59 | 51 | 0 | |||||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Playoffs : L'AS Douane retourne en finale". Basket 221 (in French). 10 September 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
- ^ "Play-down : ASFA accompagne UCAD SC en D2, Rail, SIBAC et ASC Thiès sauvés in extremis !". Basketsenegal (in French). 10 September 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ "ASUC / Larry Diouf BC : La fusion des deux clubs actée par la FSBB | Basketsenegal". Basketsenegal (in French). 24 January 2024. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ^ a b "Louga BC : Ameth Gaye nouveau coach, Madiene Fall promu Directeur Technique". Basketsenegal (in French). 5 January 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ a b "N1 Masculin : Idrissa Cissokho sur le banc de l'US Ouakam !". Basketsenegal (in French). 6 January 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ "L'ancien international revient au bercail : Bengali Kaba, nouveau coach du l'USCT Port". Basketsenegal (in French). 2 January 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ "N1 Masculin - Saison 2024 : L'AS Douanes avec l'ASC Ville de Dakar dans la poule A" (in French). 20 January 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ "Final 4: Ville de Dakar en finale du championnat, une première pour le club !". Basketsenegal.com. Retrieved 12 July 2024.