Étoile Charleville-Mézières (French pronunciation: [etwal ʃaʁləvil mezjɛʁ], "Charleville-Mézières Star") is a French professional basketball club, that is based in Charleville-Mézières. The team currently plays in the Nationale Masculine 1 (3rd division of the French basketball championship)
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History
The club founded in 1921 in Charleville-Mézières. In 1958, the club moved to Charleville and after the merger of Charleville Mézières and in 1966, the association became Etoile of Charleville-Mézières. Ardenne's club disappears from the top French level, then it rises in national 2 (NM2) in 1999, NM1 in 2004 and Pro B in 2005 before declining in NM1 after the season 2005–2006. At the end of the 2007–2008 season, the Etoile of Charleville Mézières back in Pro B being second NM1 and during the 2008–2009 season, the Etoile of Charleville Mézières surprised everyone by integrating into the play- Pro B offs while back only 1 of the National.
The club played at the Salle Dubois-Crancé before negotiating to host its matches at the Salle Bayard from 2011 onward, until a shared facility with 2,903 seats became available in Hall B of the exhibition center. This new hall, named the Caisse d’Epargne Arena following a partnership agreement, was inaugurated in September 2015.
Ending last Pro B in the 2010–11 season, the team is demoted in NM1 but there remains one season: it is promoted in Pro B at the end of the 2011–12 season NM1 winning the final of the playoffs against Blois. The Etoile of Charleville Mézières is only one season in Pro B in NM1 and down for the 2013–14 season. But she did not stay long because for the 2014–15 season will be again in Pro B, despite the announcement of his late accession. After six wins for twenty-eight losses in the 2017–2018 French Pro B Basketball Championship, the Etoile is relegated to NM1 for the following season.
In the summer of 2019, the club was administratively relegated to NM2.
Six years after leaving it, the Charleroi club returned to National 1. A place that the FFBB granted it following its 2023/2024 season in National 2 (3rd position with 18 wins and 8 losses) and the precaurious financial situation experienced by many elite clubs, Pro B, National 1 and National 2.
Sports results
Awards
French League 2
Winners (1): 1954–55
French Cup
Winners (2): 1957–58, 1958–59
French League
Winners (2): 1957–58, 1959–60
European Champion Clubs Cup
1/4 finals (1): 1958–59
NM1
Vice-champion (1): 2007–08
NM1
Play-Off Champion (1): 2011–12
NM1
Play-Off finalist (1): 2013–14