French Division 1 Baseball Championship

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French Division 1 Baseball Championship
Sport	Baseball
Founded	1926
No. of teams	8
Country	France
Most recent champion(s)	Barracudas de Montpellier
Most titles	Paris Université Club (22)
Official website	https://ffbs.fr/ (French)

The Division Élite is the highest level of Baseball in France. Its clubs compete for the Championnat de France de baseball.

Organization

It is an eight-team league that plays a 28-game schedule on weekends, with the season running from late March to early October. The top six teams qualify for the playoffs with the two first advancing directly to the semifinals. Teams ranked 3 to 6 play a best-of-five qualification for the semi-finals where they join the first two of the season. Semi-finals and finals are also played to the best-of-five. The league follows a promotion and relegation system where the last of the regular season gets to the Nationale 1 while the second-last play a barrage to the N1 finalist for a spot in the next Élite season.^[1]

Current teams

Team	City
Cougars de Montigny	Montigny, Yvelines
Barracudas de Montpellier	Montpellier, Hérault
Paris Université Club	Paris, Paris
Panthères de Pessac	Pessac, Gironde
Huskies de Rouen	Rouen, Seine-Maritime
Lions de Savigny-sur-Orge	Savigny-sur-Orge, Essonne
Templiers de Sénart	Savigny-le-Temple, Seine-et-Marne
Tigers de Toulouse	Toulouse, Haute-Garonne
La rochelle boucaniers	La Rochelle, France

Champions

The Division Élite was created in 1926.^[2] Not all editions were held and some results are missing.

Year	Champion	Runner-up
1954	Stade français	Paris Université Club
1955	Paris Université Club	Stade français
1963	BC Paris	BC Charenton
1964	BC Charenton	BC Paris
1965	Paris Université Club	Saints de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
1966	Paris Université Club	Saints de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
1967	Pirates de Paris	Paris Université Club
1968	CSF Cagnes-sur-Mer	Paris Université Club
1969	Pirates de Paris	CSF Cagnes-sur-Mer
1970	Paris Université Club	Nice Université Club
1971	Nice Université Club	Paris Université Club
1972	Paris Université Club	St Germain en Laye
1973	Paris Université Club	Nice Université Club
1974	Nice Université Club	Paris Université Club
1975	Paris Université Club	Nice Université Club
1976	Paris Université Club	Nice Université Club
1977	Paris Université Club	Nice Université Club
1978	BC Nippon/Nice Université Club
1979	Nice Université Club/BC Nippon
1980	Paris Université Club	Nice Université Club
1981	Nice Université Club	Paris Université Club
1982	Paris Université Club	BCF Paris
1983	Paris Université Club	Meyzieu
1984	Paris Université Club	Nice Université Club
1985	Paris Université Club	Limeil-Brévannes
1986	Paris Université Club	BCF Paris
1987	Paris Université Club	BCF Paris
1988	Paris Université Club	Lions de Savigny-sur-Orge
1989	Paris Université Club	Pineuilh
1990	Paris Université Club	Lions de Savigny-sur-Orge
1991	Paris Université Club	BCF Paris
1992	Paris Université Club	Limeil-Brévannes
1993	Barracudas de Montpellier	Paris Université Club
1994	Barracudas de Montpellier	Paris Université Club
1995	Barracudas de Montpellier	Jimmer's de Saint-Lô
1996	Jimmer's de Saint-Lô	Barracudas de Montpellier
1997	Jimmer's de Saint-Lô	Barracudas de Montpellier
1998	Lions de Savigny-sur-Orge	Barracudas de Montpellier
1999	Lions de Savigny-sur-Orge	Barracudas de Montpellier
2000	Paris Université Club	Barracudas de Montpellier
2001	Lions de Savigny-sur-Orge	Barracudas de Montpellier
2002	Lions de Savigny-sur-Orge	Barracudas de Montpellier
2003	Rouen Baseball 76	Lions de Savigny-sur-Orge
2004	Lions de Savigny-sur-Orge	Barracudas de Montpellier
2005	Rouen Baseball 76	Lions de Savigny-sur-Orge
2006	Rouen Baseball 76	Tigers de Toulouse
2007	Rouen Huskies	Templiers de Sénart
2008	Rouen Huskies	Templiers de Sénart
2009	Rouen Huskies	Lions de Savigny-sur-Orge
2010	Rouen Huskies	Lions de Savigny-sur-Orge
2011	Rouen Huskies	Barracudas de Montpellier
2012	Rouen Huskies	Templiers de Sénart
2013	Rouen Huskies	Templiers de Sénart
2014	Templiers de Sénart	Paris Université Club
2015	Huskies de Rouen	Barracudas de Montpellier
2016	Huskies de Rouen	Templiers de Sénart
2017	Huskies de Rouen	Templiers de Sénart
2018	Huskies de Rouen	Cougars de Montigny
2019	Huskies de Rouen	Templiers de Sénart
2021	Huskies de Rouen	Templiers de Sénart
2022	Huskies de Rouen	Lions de Savigny-sur-Orge
2023	Barracudas de Montpellier	Cougars de Montigny

References

^ (in French) 2011 Division Élite Schedule
^ (in French) Baseball historic, French baseball federation documentation, p. 12 Archived July 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

External links

(in French) Official Site
(in French) Results

v t e Division Élite
Teams	Cougars de Montigny Barracudas de Montpellier Paris Université Club Panthères de Pessac Rouen Baseball 76 Lions de Savigny-sur-Orge Templiers de Sénart Tigers de Toulouse
Seasons	2010 2011

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