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The Roca Team in attack ( Kazan , April 30 , 2021 )
AS Monaco Basket , La Roca Team , has become an institution in the Monaco sports scene constantly rising in the galaxy of international basketball . Its popularity keeps the name of the Principality very high , thanks to a team of true talent and with their success . All this gives emphasis to the natural sporting character of Monaco where every discipline finds its own special ground thus encouraging the creation of unique professional clubs targeting international competitions .
Saša Obradović
MONACO AND BASKETBALL : THE ORIGIN OF AN AMAZING PARTNERSHIP
AS Monaco Basket , La Roca Team , is the result of a long promising history that came to light under the Princely Rock , in the early Twentieth century .
Monaco ’ s association with basketball sprang forth in 1928 when AS Monaco was created in the auspices of a new American team game conceived in the late 19th century by James Naismith , a Canadian physical education instructor based in Massachusetts . The Club progressed strategically until it reached an important goal in the 1950 ’ s being classified Vice-Champion of France in the Nationale 1 Championship , which corresponds to the present Jeep Élite , the major basketball league on French soil .
But for Roca Boys there still remained a lengthy challenge and finally the team gained its splendour with the arrival of Sergey Dyadechko , a Ukrainian businessman who became the new president of the Team in 2014 . A huge wave had just started which allowed La Roca Team to jump from the fourth division ( NM2 ) to the first division ( Pro A ) in only four years as well as to win the title Champion of France in the Pro B division , in 2015 . A Guinness record hardly reachable in basketball !
The Team kept catching more waves of success for the next three years staying at the top of Pro A ( currently : Jeep Élite ) thanks to an effective team game honed under the guidance of their experienced coach , Zvezdan Mitrović . The 2017 – 2018 Season resulted in a great performance at the French level , pushing Roca Boys to reach the Championnat de France Final and play some memorable matches .
In light of the above , AS Monaco Basket joined the prestigious EuroLeague
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