Étoile Charleville-Mézières (in English: Charleville-Mézières Star) is a French professional basketball club, that is based in Charleville-Mézières. The team currently plays in the Nationale masculine 2 (4th division of the French basketball championship)

History

The club founded in 1921 in Charleville-Mézières. In 1958, the club moved to Charleville and after the merger of Charleville Mézières and in 1966, the association became Etoile of Charleville-Mézières. Ardenne's club disappears from the top French level, then it rises in national 2 (NM2) in 1999, NM1 in 2004 and Pro B in 2005 before declining in NM1 after the season 2005- 2006. At the end of the 2007–2008 season, the Etoile of Charleville Mézières back in Pro B being second NM1 and during the 2008–2009 season, the Etoile of Charleville Mézières surprised everyone by integrating into the play- Pro B offs while back only 1 of the National.

The club plays at the Salle Dubois-Crancé, but manages to negotiate to play matches at the Salle Bayard from 2011 onwards until a common facility with 2,903 seats is available in hall B of the exhibition center. This new hall, called Caisse d'Epargne Arena following a partnership agreement, was inaugurated in September 2015.

Ending last Pro B in the 2010–11 season, the team is demoted in NM1 but there remains one season: it is promoted in Pro B at the end of the 2011–12 season NM1 winning the final of the playoffs against Blois. The Etoile of Charleville Mézières is only one season in Pro B in NM1 and down for the 2013–14 season. But she did not stay long because for the 2014–15 season will be again in Pro B, despite the announcement of his late accession. After six wins for twenty-eight losses in the 2017-2018 French Pro B Basketball Championship, the Etoile is relegated to NM1 for the following season. In the summer of 2019, the club is administratively relegated to NM2.

Charleville-Mézières jest zawodowym klubem koszykarskim z Francji z siedzibą w Charleville-Mézières. Drużyna rywalizuje w Lidze Narodowej, najwyższej klasie rozgrywkowej we francuskiej koszykówce.

Klub został założony w 1954 roku jako Union Sportive Charleville-Mézières (USCM). W 1978 roku klub zdobył swój pierwszy duży tytuł, wygrywając Puchar Francji. USCM zdobył Puchar Francji ponownie w 2000 roku.

W 2008 roku klub zmienił nazwę na Charleville-Mézières Basket-Ball. W 2012 roku klub awansował do najwyższej klasy rozgrywkowej we francuskiej koszykówce, Ligi Narodowej.

Charleville-Mézières gra swoje mecze u siebie w Salle Dubois Crancé, która ma pojemność ponad 3000 miejsc.