Jeanne d'Arc (basketball)
Basketball team in Dakar, Senegal
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Jeanne d'Arc de Dakar, also known as simply JA, is a Senegalese basketball team based in Dakar. It is part of the ASC Jeanne d'Arc multi-sports club which is most known for its football section. They have won seven Nationale 1 championships, the most recent being in 2002. In 1991, JA won the African Clubs Championship and was crowned the continental champion.
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| Leagues | Nationale 1 | |
| Founded | 23 April 1923 | |
| History | Jeanne d'Arc de Dakar 1923–present | |
| Location | Dakar, Senegal | |
| Head coach | Mouhamed Sène | |
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The most famous player of JA was Mathieu Faye, who has been enshrined into the FIBA Basketball Hall of Fame.[1]
Honours
- Champions (1): 1991
- Runners-up: 1992
- Champions (7): 1986, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1997, 2002
Saint-Michel Cup (record)
- Winners (7): 1978, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 2003, 2022[2]
Season by season
| Season | Group | Regular season | Playoffs | |||
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| Finish | Wins | Losses | Pct. | |||
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| 2019 | – | 9th | 9 | 8 | .529 | – |
| 2020 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||||
| 2021 | Group A | 2nd | 9 | 5 | .643 | Won quarterfinals (SLBC, 2–1) Lost semifinals (DUC, 1–2) |
| 2022 | Group B | 2nd | 9 | 5 | .643 | Won quarterfinals (UGB, 2–1) Lost semifinals (AS Douanes, 0–2) |
| 2023 | Group B | 1st | 12 | 2 | .857 | Won quarterfinals (UGB, 2–1) Won semifinals (DUC, 2–0) Lost finals (AS Douanes, 1–2) |
| 2024 | Group B | 1st | 13 | 1 | .929 | 2nd in Group A of Final Eight (4–2) Lost semifinals (ASCVD, 0–2) |
| Regular season record | 52 | 21 | .716 | |||
| Playoff record | 13 | 13 | .500 | |||
