Monaco appears set to spend next season outside France’s professional basketball leagues after its latest attempt to have its case reconsidered was rejected.

According to “Nice-Matin,” the French federation declined to send Monaco’s case back to its appeals chamber despite the club requesting another review following changes to its financial situation.

“The CNOSF (French National Olympic and Sports Committee) applied a precedent already established in the case of the Girondins de Bordeaux football club: only new elements supplementing what had already been debated before the Appeals Chamber could be taken into account. Monaco’s new financial situation and the new project presented since then could therefore not be examined on their merits”.

Monaco could theoretically challenge the decision in an administrative court, but the club reportedly does not intend to pursue that option.

Its exclusion from the French professional structure therefore appears effectively settled. Saint-Quentin is expected to remain in Betclic Elite despite previously being relegated, while Fos-sur-Mer would move back into Elite 2.

Monaco could now be forced into the semi-professional third division or potentially drop as far as the amateur level.