Montréal accueillera le week-end du Championnat 2024 de la LECB

August 23, 2023

Les partisans sont encouragés à agir rapidement pour faire partie de l’action à l’Auditorium de Verdun

La Ligue élite canadienne de basketball (LECB) a annoncé mercredi que l’Alliance de Montréal s’est vu attribuer le week-end du Championnat 2024 (WC24) de la ligue, qui comprendra les deux finales de conférence le vendredi 9 août, suivi de la finale du championnat de la LECB le dimanche 11 août. 


L’Alliance, qui évolue à l’Auditorium de Verdun, figure parmi les meilleures de la ligue en termes d’assistance depuis qu’elle s’est jointe à la LECB avant la saison 2022. Le club s’est également enraciné dans la communauté montréalaise depuis sa création en 2021, participant à plus de 75 événements communautaires au cours de la dernière année seulement. 


Le week-end du Championnat met en vedette quatre équipes de la LECB, y compris l’équipe hôte, qui s’affrontent pour remporter le trophée du championnat de la ligue, ainsi qu’un programme de concerts mettant en vedette des artistes musicaux de premier plan, des événements de basketball mineur et un éventail d’activés conçues pour la population locale. 


« Le week-end du Championnat de la LECB est devenu la plus grande célébration annuelle du basketball au Canada et un événement qui non seulement couronne notre champion, mais célèbre notre culture, notre musique et nos communautés à travers le pays, a déclaré Mike Morreale, commissaire et cofondateur de la LECB. Montréal a accueilli son équipe et notre ligue à bras ouverts depuis le premier jour et mérite que l’Alliance accueille le week-end du Championnat qui couronne notre saison en 2024. »


Avec une capacité limitée à l’Auditorium de Verdun et une forte demande de billets, les partisans de la LECB sont encouragés à prendre des mesures immédiates pour ne pas manquer l’occasion de faire partie de la célébration. Le forfait Tournoi WC24 sera disponible au grand public du 23 au 30 août exclusivement en visitant le cebl.ca/championshipweekend, offrant aux partisans l’accès aux meilleurs sièges disponibles pour les trois matchs du WC24. Après cette semaine de mise en vente, la seule façon pour les partisans d’obtenir des billets pour le week-end du Championnat avant 2024 sera d’acheter un abonnement de saison de l’Alliance de Montréal. 


« Nous sommes honorés d’avoir été choisis comme hôte du week-end du Championnat 2024 de la LECB et d’ajouter à la longue histoire de Montréal en tant qu’hôte d’événements sportifs nationaux majeurs et de matchs de championnat dans notre grande ville, a déclaré Annie Larouche, présidente de l’Alliance de Montréal. Cette célébration annuelle de la LECB et du basketball canadien a pris de l’importance chaque année depuis sa création et est devenue très bénéfique pour les communautés hôtes. Toute notre organisation et nos partenaires ont hâte d’accueillir les amateurs de basketball de Montréal et de tout le pays à cet événement de premier plan. »


Plus de détails sur les billets et de l’information générale sur l’événement peuvent être trouvés à https://www.cebl.ca/fr-ca/championshipweekend ou en suivant le compte de médias sociaux du week-end du Championnat de la LECB sur Instagram et Twitter (@CEBLCW). Les villes hôtes précédentes du week-end du Championnat comprennent Saskatoon (2019), Edmonton (2021), Ottawa (2022) et Vancouver (2023). Le week-end du Championnat 2023 de la LECB a couronné les Shooting Stars de Scarborough en tant que nouveaux champions de la ligue, avec les trois matchs de la fin de semaine joués devant des foules à guichets fermés de 5 000 partisans au Langley Events Centre. 


Le calendrier 2023 de la LECB se termine le samedi 26 août avec le Duel de la LECB, qui mettra en vedette 20 joueurs de la ligue dans un match au Centre Vidéotron de Québec et qui sera télédiffusé à l’échelle nationale sur les ondes de TSN. Les billets pour le Duel sont en vente dès maintenant sur ticketmaster.ca. Le match sera également diffusé sur RDS.ca, TSN+ et CEBL+. 


À propos de la LECB

Une ligue créée par des Canadiens pour des Canadiens avec comme mission de former des joueurs, des entraîneurs, des dirigeants sportifs et des arbitres canadiens, la LECB peut se vanter d’avoir le plus haut pourcentage de joueurs canadiens de toutes les ligues professionnelles du pays avec 73 % de son effectif de 2023 qui est canadien. Les joueurs apportent leur expérience de la NBA, de la NBA G League, des meilleures ligues professionnelles internationales, du programme de l’équipe nationale canadienne et des meilleurs programmes de la NCAA ainsi que du U Sports. Neuf joueurs sont passés de la LECB à la NBA après une saison jouée dans la LECB, et 28 joueurs de la LECB ont participé à des camps d’entraînement de la NBA G League en octobre dernier. La saison de la LECB se déroule de mai à août. Plus d’informations sur la LECB sont disponibles au CEBL.ca et @cebleague sur Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, LinkedIn, Facebook et YouTube. 


À propos de l’Alliance de Montréal

L’Alliance de Montréal est une équipe de basketball professionnelle qui évolue dans la Ligue élite canadienne de basketball (LECB). L’équipe a complété sa deuxième saison dans la LECB en juillet 2023 et joue tous ses matchs à domicile à l’Auditorium de Verdun. Retrouvez plus d’informations sur l’équipe au www.alliancemontreal.ca et sur les médias sociaux, sur Instagram, YouTube et TikTok (@alliancemontreal), Twitter (@mtl_alliance), LinkedIn et Facebook (Montréal Alliance). 


À propos de l’Auditorium de Verdun

Plus vieil aréna de Montréal, l’Auditorium de Verdun fait la fierté des citoyens de Verdun depuis près d’un siècle. Construit pendant la Grande Dépression, il a ouvert ses portes pour la première fois le 9 novembre 1939. Il a récemment fait l’objet de rénovations spectaculaires de 44 millions de dollars, ce qui a nécessité sa fermeture temporaire pendant quatre ans. Ayant connu différentes vocations au fil des ans, comme celle d’être occupé par les Forces armées canadiennes et d’abriter de nombreuses équipes sportives, notamment dans le monde du hockey, ce bâtiment historique accueille aujourd’hui l’Alliance de Montréal de la Ligue élite canadienne de basketball. Situé dans le 11e quartier le plus « cool » au monde selon le magazine Time Out, l’Auditorium a contribué au sentiment de fierté des Verdunois. L’édifice symbolique et historique compte deux patinoires et espaces, dont l’un a été nommé en l’honneur de Scotty Bowman et l’autre, en l’honneur de Denis Savard.



Contacts médias :
Ansh Sanyal, Directeur principal de la marque et du marketing – Ligue élite canadienne de basketball

(416) 579-0988 | [email protected]


Zachary Favreau, Gestionnaire des communications et des relations communautaires – Alliance de Montréal

(514) 962-2798 | [email protected]

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