ASVEL Basket, currently known as LDLC ASVEL for sponsorship reasons, is a French professional basketball team that is located in the city of Villeurbanne, which is a suburb of Lyon, France. The club, which is the basketball section of the ASVEL multi-sports club, competes in the top-tier level French Pro A League. The club's home games are played at L'Astroballe, which seats 5,556 people.
Interior view of L'Astroballe in 2017
LDLC Arena in December 2023
The ASVEL team during the 2008–09 season
Alain Gilles played 21 years with the club, and coached the team for 9 years.
The LNB Élite, currently known for sponsorship reasons as Betclic Élite, is the top-tier men's professional basketball league in France. The competition has existed since 1921. Since 1987, the Ligue Nationale de Basket (LNB) has governed the league.
D. J. Cooper receiving the Most Valuable Player award in 2017