France women's national basketball team

The France women's national basketball team (French: Équipe de France féminine de basketball) represents France in international women's basketball and is administered by the French Federation of Basketball. The team is nicknamed Les Bleues {The Blues}. However, after their unexpected triumph at the 2009 EuroBasket the team earned the name Les Braqueuses (The Robbers) due their spectacular play.[2] France is the leading nation in terms of EuroBasket Women qualifications. (Alongside Italy)

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see France men's national basketball team.

France
FIBA ranking6 1 (15 February 2022)[1]
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationFFBB
CoachValérie Garnier
Nickname(s)Les Bleues (The Blues)
Olympic Games
Appearances4
Medals Silver: (2012)
Bronze: (2020)
World Cup
Appearances10
Medals Bronze: (1953)
EuroBasket
Appearances33
Medals Gold: (2001, 2009)
Silver: (1970, 1993, 1999, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021)
Bronze: (2011)
Home
Away
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 1 1
Women's World Cup 0 0 1
EuroBasket Women 2 8 1
Mediterranean Games 0 1 1
Total 2 10 4

Competitive record

Olympic Games

Olympic Games Qualifying
Year Position Pld W L Pld W L
1976 Did not qualify 3 1 2
1980 8 3 5
1984
1988 5 3 2
1992
1996
2000 5th 7 5 2
2004 Did not qualify
2008
2012 8 7 1 3 3 0
2016 4th 8 4 4 3 3 0
2020 6 3 3
Total 39 19 10 22 13 9

FIBA Women's World Cup

Women's World Cup
Year Position Pld W L
1953 6 4 2
1957 Did not qualify
1959
1964 10th 8 3 5
1967 Did not qualify
1971 6th 9 3 6
1975 Did not qualify
1979 7th 8 2 6
1983 Did not qualify
1986
1990
1994 9th 8 6 2
1998 Did not qualify
2002 8th 9 4 5
2006 5th 9 5 4
2010 6th 9 6 3
2014 7th 7 4 3
2018 5th 7 5 2.
2022 Qualified
Total 80 42 38

EuroBasket Women

EuroBasket Women Qualification
Year Position Pld W L Pld W L
1938 4th 4 1 3
1950 4th 7 4 3
1952 7th 5 3 2
1954 6th 8 2 6
1956 7th 8 4 4
1958 6th 7 1 6
1960 Did not qualify
1962 8th 5 1 4 7 5 2
1964 10th 5 0 5
1966 11th 7 2 5
1968 11th 8 2 6 3 2 1
1970 7 5 2
1972 4th 8 5 3
1974 7th 8 3 5
1976 4th 6 3 3
1978 4th 8 5 3
1980 11th 7 3 4
1981 Did not qualify
1983 4 3 1
1985 8th 7 3 4
1987 8th 7 2 5
1989 8th 5 1 4 5 3 2
1991 Did not qualify 5 1 4
1993 5 3 2 5 4 1
1995 11th 6 2 4
1997 Did not qualify 5 3 2
1999 8 6 2 5 4 1
2001 8 8 0
2003 5th 8 5 3
2005 5th 8 6 2 6 5 1
2007 8th 9 4 5
2009 9 9 0 8 7 1
2011 9 6 3
2013 9 8 1
2015 10 8 2
2017 6 5 1 6 6 0
2019 6 5 1
2021 6 5 1 Qualified as co-host
2023 To be determined
Total 234 130 104 59 43 16

Team

2020 Olympics roster

A 15-player roster was announced on 1 July 2021.[3] The final roster was revealed on 5 July 2021.[4]

France women's national basketball team – 2020 Summer Olympics roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
PG 4 Marine Fauthoux 20 – (2001-01-23)23 January 2001 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) ASVEL Féminin
PF 5 Endéné Miyem 33 – (1988-05-15)15 May 1988 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Flammes Carolo
PF 6 Alexia Chartereau 22 – (1998-09-05)5 September 1998 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Tango Bourges Basket
C 7 Sandrine Gruda 34 – (1987-06-25)25 June 1987 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) PF Schio
C 8 Héléna Ciak 31 – (1989-12-15)15 December 1989 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) ASVEL Féminin
SG 10 Sarah Michel 32 – (1989-01-10)10 January 1989 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Tango Bourges Basket
SF 11 Valériane Vukosavljević 27 – (1994-04-29)29 April 1994 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Basket Lattes
C 12 Iliana Rupert 20 – (2001-07-12)12 July 2001 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Tango Bourges Basket
F 15 Gabby Williams 24 – (1996-09-09)9 September 1996 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Sopron Basket
SG 23 Marine Johannès 26 – (1995-01-21)21 January 1995 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) ASVEL Féminin
PG 39 Alix Duchet 23 – (1997-12-30)30 December 1997 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Tango Bourges Basket
SF 93 Diandra Tchatchouang 30 – (1991-06-14)14 June 1991 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Basket Lattes
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Grégory Halin
  • Olivier Lafargue
  • Rachid Meziane
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 26 July 2021

Notable players

Successive coaches

Media coverage

France's matches are currently broadcast by Canal+.

See also

References
  1. "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 15 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  2. SPORT, RMC. "Euro : dix choses à savoir sur les Braqueuses". RMC SPORT (in French). Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  3. "15 joueuses pour la préparation olympique". ffbb.com. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  4. "France keeps the faith with its final 12 for Tokyo". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  5. "Team Roster France" (PDF). olympics.com. Retrieved 26 July 2021.

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