leader Villeneuve d’Ascq finishes strong

Large leader of the championship, Villeneuve d’Ascq concluded the last day of the regular phase with a victory against Saint-Amand (85-61).

Villeneuve d’Ascq, already assured of first place in the regular season, concluded the 22nd and final day of the Women’s Basketball League with a success on Saturday in Saint-Amand (85-61).

Outgoing French champions, the Lyon-Asvel players, dominated at home by Charnay (86-69) on Saturday, finished sixth, their worst ranking since the takeover by Tony Parker in 2017.

Deprived of Gabby Williams, released, and Julie Allemand, injured, they inherited Basket Landes in the final phase. An opponent who has beaten them four times in their last five meetings.

A new stronghold of French basketball, the ESBVA will therefore face Angers (8th) in the quarter-finals, which took the last place in the final phase, at the expense of Charleville-Mézières, ninth and condemned to play in the play-offs to avoid the descent . In the meantime, the northern club will have played its first Euroleague Final Four next week.

These quarters, contested from April 18, will also offer a classic between Bourges (2nd) and Tarbes (7th). A shock having been the poster for the championship final four times over the last fifteen years.

Montpellier dominated on Saturday in great width by Bourges (91-58) inherits from Charnay. The quarter-finals, like the semi-finals, are played in a two-legged match.