Vendée Challans Basket is a French basketball club based in the city of Challans and playing in NM1. The club was founded in 1936 as Étoile Sportive du Marais Challans. Under the abbreviated name ESM Challans in 1971 the team was promoted to the first division of the French Basketball Championship, the National 1. There Challans finished in seventh place, which represented the beginning of the establishment in the first division. In the 1975-76 season the team came out seventh in final standings and acquired a right to the FIBA Korać Cup of the next season. There, they lost despite a strong 69-58 victory in the second leg against Cannon Venezia, since the first leg was clearly lost. The sixth place in 1977-78 league season was reached again, it was followed by the second part in the Korać Cup. This time the club eliminated by the Spaniards of Cotonificio. After many years in the top league, the benefits were finally worse, the descent into the second division could not be prevented in the season 1981-82. More information...
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