France women's national basketball team

France

FIBA ranking	5 (9 August 2021)[1]
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	FFBB
Coach	Valérie Garnier
Nickname(s)	Les Bleues (The Blues)
Olympic Games
Appearances	4
Medals	Silver: (2012) Bronze: (2020)
World Cup
Appearances	10
Medals	Bronze: (1953)
EuroBasket
Appearances	33
Medals	Gold: (2001, 2009) Silver: (1970, 1993, 1999, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021) Bronze: (2011)
Home Away
hide 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

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)

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 To be determined 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 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
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. 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) 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 Valérie Garnier[5] 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[]

• Nicole Antibe
• Isabelle Fijalkowski
• Jacky Chazalon
• Céline Dumerc
• Christine Gomis
• Edwige Lawson
• Catherine Melain
• Lætitia Moussard
• Élisabeth Riffiod
• Laure Savasta
• Yannick Souvré

Successive coaches[]

• Pierre Vincent

Media coverage[]

France's matches are currently broadcast by Canal+.

See also[]

• France women's national under-19 basketball team
• France women's national under-17 basketball team
• France women's national 3x3 team

References[]

External links[]

Media related to France women's national basketball team at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website
• FIBA profile