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Paris-Levallois Basket is a
FrenchThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
professional
basketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
club from the
ParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
area. It was founded in 2007 with the merger of
Paris Basket RacingParis Basket Racing, or PBR, is a now-defunct French professional basketball club from Paris. It was founded in the year 1922 as the basketball section of the sports club Racing Club de Paris. The team took the name "Paris Basket Racing" in 2000....
, from the city of Paris, and Levallois Sporting Club Basket, from the nearby commune of
Levallois-PerretLevallois-Perret is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris.-Name:The name Levallois-Perret comes from two housing developments, Champerret and Village Levallois , and which resulted in the incorporation of the...
. The club maintains its headquarters in Levallois-Perret, and plays home games at the former arenas of both its predecessor clubs.
Paris-Levallois began in the top tier of French basketball,
LNB Pro AThe Ligue National de Basket is the top men's French professional basketball league. There are two divisions: French Pro A League and French Pro B League .-Pro A:...
, but were relegated to the second-tier Pro B after finishing second from bottom in 2007–08. The club returned to Pro A at the first opportunity by claiming the Pro B title in 2008–09.
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