France: Roster, Stats & News

Find all the latest news about the France basketball team (France), competing notably in Qualif' EuroBasket and in EuroBasket. in 2025.

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Qualif' Coupe du Monde

00h00Evan Fournier explains his withdrawal: « My physical and mental health did not allow me to join the national team »

ByGabriel Pantel-Jouve-

#Evan Fournier,

#Gérald Ayayi,

#Cholet,

#France,

#Qualif' Coupe du Monde

Équipe de France

00h00Vincent Poirier puts French national team on pause: health comes first

ByGabriel Pantel-Jouve-

#Vincent Poirier,

#France

EuroLeague

00h00Evan Fournier considering retirement in 2028: « I think I’ll finish this contract and hang it up »

Evan Fournier took advantage of his time in France with Olympiacos to open up to L'Équipe. Between a disrupted season, a new role and his future, the French guard clearly mentions a possible retirement in 2028.

ByGabriel Pantel-Jouve-

#Evan Fournier,

#EuroLeague,

#France,

#Olympiacos Piraeus

Qualif' Coupe du Monde

00h00First Team: Sylvain Francisco, the undisputed starting point guard for the French national team? Paul Lacombe gives clues

French National Team - Sylvain Francisco. After two victories for the French men's national team against Hungary (74-71 in Hungary, then 98-79 in Le Mans) in qualifications for the 2027 World Cup, First Team debriefed the window with Paul Lacombe, the veteran forward from Nanterre 92. And inevitably, one question took center stage: Is Sylvain Francisco establishing himself as the number 1 point guard for Les Bleus?

ByGabriel Pantel-Jouve-

#Sylvain Francisco,

#Paul Lacombe,

#First Team,

#Qualif' Coupe du Monde,

#France

Équipe de France

00h00Frédéric Fauthoux: « We’ll have to integrate players after half a training session » before the double duel against Hungary

French National Team - Frédéric Fauthoux and the French national team are preparing in Nanterre for a decisive stretch against Hungary. Two games, Friday in Szombathely then Sunday in Le Mans, to position themselves ideally towards qualification for the 2027 World Cup.

00h00The big interview with Alain Contensoux, CEO and Technical Director of FFBB: « We know how to do things very well, but we don’t know how to sell them »

In Katowice, during the first round of EuroBasket, Alain Contensoux, CEO and Technical Director of FFBB for fifteen years, spoke candidly about French basketball's mixed summer and upcoming challenges. Between lucidity about difficulties and long-term vision, the behind-the-scenes architect of French success outlines a future where professionalization remains the key focus.

ByGabriel Pantel-Jouve-

00h00Maxime Raynaud could have participated in EuroBasket, but Sacramento « preferred to keep him for the summer »

ByGabriel Pantel-Jouve-

#Maxime Raynaud,

#Sacramento Kings,

#NBA,

#France,

#EuroBasket

EuroLeague

00h00Evan Fournier, still loyal to the French team, wants « to end with titles with Team France »

French National Team - Injured in his right ankle, Evan Fournier missed the last EuroBasket. But the Olympiacos guard isn't done with Les Bleus: at 32, he still aims high with Team France, while dreaming of a European title with his club.

ByGabriel Pantel-Jouve-

00h0012 years ago, France’s national team reached the top of Europe

12 years ago, on September 22, 2013, the French men's basketball team won its only European championship title. Two days after defeating Spain in the semi-finals, Tony Parker's team dominated Lithuania (80-66) in Ljubljana to write the most beautiful page in their history.

ByGabriel Pantel-Jouve-

#France

EuroBasket

00h00Frédéric Fauthoux understands Victor Wembanyama’s absence and hopes to see him again in 2027

EuroBasket - French national team coach Frédéric Fauthoux admits he would have advised Wembanyama not to participate in EuroBasket 2025, while remaining hopeful for the 2027 World Cup in Qatar.

#NBA,

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