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France women's national basketball team

France

FIBA ranking	7 (15 February 2024)[1]
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	FFBB
Coach	Jean-Aimé Toupane
Nickname(s)	Les Bleues (The Blues)
Olympic Games
Appearances	4
Medals	Silver: (2012) Bronze: (2020)
World Cup
Appearances	11
Medals	Bronze: (1953)
EuroBasket
Appearances	34
Medals	Gold: (2001, 2009) Silver: (1970, 1993, 1999, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021) Bronze: (2011, 2023)
Home Away
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 1 1 Women's World Cup 0 0 1 EuroBasket Women 2 8 2 Mediterranean Games 0 1 1 Total 2 10 5

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[edit]

Olympic Games[edit] 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 2024 Qualified as host Total 29 19 10 22 13 9 FIBA Women's World Cup[edit] 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 5 4 2014 7th 7 4 3 2018 5th 7 5 2 2022 7th 6 3 3 2026 To be determined Total 86 44 42

EuroBasket Women[edit] 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 6 5 1 6 5 1 2025 To be determined 2027 Total 240 135 105 65 48 17

Team[edit]

Current roster[edit]

Roster for the EuroBasket Women 2023.^[3][4]

France women's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. SF 2 Marie-Paule Foppossi 25 – (1998-01-28)28 January 1998 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Tarbes GB PG 4 Marine Fauthoux 22 – (2001-01-23)23 January 2001 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) Basket Landes PF 6 Alexia Chartereau 24 – (1998-09-05)5 September 1998 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) ASVEL Féminin C 7 Sandrine Gruda 35 – (1987-06-25)25 June 1987 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) ASVEL Féminin SG 10 Sarah Michel (C) 34 – (1989-01-10)10 January 1989 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Bourges Basket SF 11 Valériane Vukosavljević 29 – (1994-04-29)29 April 1994 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) USK Praha C 12 Iliana Rupert 21 – (2001-07-12)12 July 2001 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Virtus Bologna F 13 Janelle Salaun 21 – (2001-09-05)5 September 2001 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Villeneuve d'Ascq C 22 Marième Badiane 28 – (1994-11-24)24 November 1994 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) BLMA SG 28 Mamignan Touré 28 – (1994-12-19)19 December 1994 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) BLMA G 42 Leila Lacan 19 – (2004-06-02)2 June 2004 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) Angers UFAB 49 PG 47 Romane Bernies 29 – (1993-06-27)27 June 1993 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) BLMA	Head coach Jean-Aimé Toupane Assistant coach(es) David Gautier Catherine Melain Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 15 June 2023

Notable players[edit]

• Nicole Antibe
• Isabelle Fijalkowski
• Jacky Chazalon
• Céline Dumerc
• Christine Gomis
• Irène Guidotti
• Marine Johannès
• Edwige Lawson
• Catherine Melain
• Lætitia Moussard
• Élisabeth Riffiod
• Odile Santaniello
• Laure Savasta
• Yannick Souvré

Successive coaches[edit]

• Alain Jardel
• Jacques Commères
• Pierre Vincent

Media coverage[edit]

France's matches are currently broadcast by Canal+.

See also[edit]

• France women's national under-20 basketball team
• France women's national under-19 basketball team
• France women's national under-17 basketball team
• France women's national 3x3 team

References[edit]

External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to France women's national basketball team.

• Official website
• FIBA profile
• France National Team – Women at Eurobasket.com