# 2023 Nationale 1 season

The 2023 Nationale 1 season was the 56th season of the Nationale 1 (NM1), the top-tier basketball league in Senegal. The season began on 21 January and ended on 17 September 2023.
AS Douanes won its record-setting 11th national title, after defeating Jeanne d'Arc in the finals, overtaking the record that was jointly held with ASFA. The Douanes' forward Samba Daly Fall was named both MVP and Finals MVP of the season.

## Teams
### Changes

| Promoted from Division 2 | Relegated from 2022 N1 season |
| Larry Diouf UCAD | USPA SLBC |

### Locations

| Team | Location |
| AS Douanes | Dakar |
| ASCC Bopp | Dakar |
| ASC Thiès | Thiès |
| ASC Ville de Dakar | Dakar |
| ASFA | Dakar |
| DUC Dakar | Dakar |
| Jeanne d'Arc | Dakar |
| Larry Diouf | Ziguinchor |
| Louga | Louga |
| Mermoz | Dakar |
| SIBAC | Dakar (Sicap-Liberté) |
| UCAD | Dakar |
| UGB | Saint-Louis |
| US Rail | Thiès |
| US Ouakam | Dakar (Ouakam) |

## Regular season
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | AS Douanes | 14 | 14 | 0 | 28 | Advance to playoffs |
| 2 | Louga BC | 14 | 8 | 6 | 16 | Advance to playoffs |
| 3 | US Ouakam | 14 | 8 | 6 | 16 | Advance to playoffs |
| 4 | UGB | 13 | 6 | 7 | 12 | Advance to playoffs |
| 5 | Mermoz | 13 | 6 | 7 | 12 | Qualification for play-down |
| 6 | ASC Bopp | 14 | 5 | 9 | 10 | Qualification for play-down |
| 7 | SIBAC | 14 | 5 | 9 | 10 | Qualification for play-down |
| 8 | ASFA | 14 | 3 | 11 | 6 | Qualification for play-down |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | JA | 14 | 12 | 2 | 24 | Advance to playoffs |
| 2 | ASC Ville de Dakar | 13 | 11 | 2 | 22 | Advance to playoffs |
| 3 | DUC | 13 | 10 | 3 | 20 | Advance to playoffs |
| 4 | Larry Diouf | 14 | 6 | 8 | 12 | Advance to playoffs |
| 5 | USCT Port | 14 | 6 | 8 | 12 | Qualification for play-down |
| 6 | US Rail | 14 | 4 | 10 | 8 | Qualification for play-down |
| 7 | UCAD SC | 14 | 3 | 11 | 6 | Qualification for play-down |
| 8 | ASC Thiès | 14 | 3 | 11 | 6 | Qualification for play-down |

## Playoffs

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| A1 | AS Douanes | 2 | | | | | | |
| B4 | Larry Diouf | 0 | | | | | | |
| B4 | Larry Diouf | 0 | A1 | AS Douanes | 2 | | | |
| | | | B2 | ASC Ville de Dakar | 0 | | | |
| B2 | ASCVD | 2 | B2 | ASC Ville de Dakar | 0 | | | |
| A3 | Louga | 0 | | | | | | |
| A3 | Louga | 0 | | | | A1 | AS Douanes | 2 |
| | | | | | | B1 | Jeanne d'Arc | 1 |
| B1 | Jeanne d'Arc | 2 | | | | | | | B1 | Jeanne d'Arc | 1 |
| A4 | UGB | 1 | | | | | | |
| A4 | UGB | 1 | B1 | Jeanne d'Arc | 2 | | | |
| | | | A2 | DUC | 1 | | | |
| A2 | DUC | 2 | A2 | DUC | 1 | | | |
| B3 | US Ouakam | 1 | | | | | | |

## Play-down

In the play-down round, all eight teams played each other team once. ASFA and UCAD, as the 7th- and 8th-ranked teams, were relegated to the Division 2.
| Pos | 2023 N1 Play-down standings | 2023 N1 Play-down standings | 2023 N1 Play-down standings | 2023 N1 Play-down standings | 2023 N1 Play-down standings | 2023 N1 Play-down standings | 2023 N1 Play-down standings | 2023 N1 Play-down standings |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pnt | PF | PA | PD |
| 1 | ASCC Bopp | 22 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 1336 | 1394 | –58 |
| 2 | Mermoz | 22 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 1287 | 1335 | –48 |
| 3 | SIBAC | 22 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 1260 | 1356 | –96 |
| 4 | USCT Port | 22 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 1384 | 1494 | –110 |
| 5 | ASC Thiès | 22 | 8 | 14 | 30 | 1336 | 1473 | –137 |
| 6 | US Rail | 22 | 8 | 14 | 30 | 1393 | 1511 | –118 |
| 7 | ASFA | 22 | 8 | 14 | 30 | 1281 | 1429 | –148 |
| 8 | UCAD | 22 | 6 | 16 | 28 | 1344 | 1552 | –208 |

## Individual awards

* King of the Season (Most valuable player): Samba Daly Fall, AS Douanes
* Finals MVP: Samba Daly Fall, AS Douanes
* Relevation of the Year (Young player of the Year): Abdoulaye Dièye, DUC
* Coach of the Year: Pabi Guèye, AS Douanes