French national basketball team

This article covers the men's team. The article on the women's team can be found under French women's basketball team .

France France
Association	FFBB
FIBA member since	1933
FIBA world rankings	5
Technical sponsor	Nike
Trainer	Vincent Collet
Record player	Hervé Dubuisson (254)
World championships
Participation in the finals	6 (first: 1950 )
Best results	. Place ( 2014 , 2019 )
Olympic games
Participation in the finals	8 (first: 1948 )
Best results	. Place ( 1948 , 2000 )
Continental championships
championship	European Championship
Participation in the finals	36 (first: 1935 )
Best results	. Course ( 2013 ) . Course ( 1949 , 2011 ) . Place ( 1937 , 1951 , 1953 , 1959 , 2005 , 2015 )
(As of September 22, 2015)

The French national basketball team for men is the selection of basketball players from the French basketball federation FFBB (Fédération Française de Basket-Ball). She represents France at international tournaments and friendly matches.

history

After it was founded in 1933, the French national team took part in both the first European Championships in 1935 and the Olympic Games in 1936. The period up to the end of the 1950s was one of the more successful years for the French team. During this time the French won five medals at the European Championships. Another outstanding success of this period was second place at the 1948 Olympic Games.

The following decades were less glorious for the French. By the end of the 1990s, the team only managed to qualify for the 1963 World Cup and the 1984 Olympic Games. The team also played a subordinate role at the European Championships.

A trend reversal was in 1999 when the team with players like Antoine Rigaudeau , Laurent Sciarra , Jim Bilba first won fourth place at the 1999 European Championships and then the silver medal at the 2000 Olympic Games. In the following tournaments after this success, more and more NBA players belonged to the French national team. Three-time NBA winner Tony Parker occupies a prominent position among them . Under his leadership, the French managed to win a bronze medal at the 2005 European Championships. At the EM 2011, the French team won the silver medal.

At the EM 2013 the French started with a surprising defeat against Germany , but improved significantly in the course of the tournament and ultimately won the final against Lithuania for the first time. The following year, the French won the bronze medal at the 2014 World Cup .

The final round of the 2015 European Championship was held in France, and the French also played their preliminary round in their own country. Against the eventual European champions Spain, the French were eliminated in the semi-finals after extra time. The game for 3rd place was won against Serbia with 81:68 . The French secured the sixth bronze medal at a European championship.

Squad

Squad of France at the 2016 Olympic Games

player No. Surname birth size info Calls society Guards ( PG , SG ) 4th Thomas Heurtel 04/10/1989 1.88 51  Anadolu Efes SK 6th Antoine Diot January 17, 1989 1.93 77  Valencia Basket Club 9 Tony Parker 05/17/1982 1.88 175  San Antonio Spurs 12 Nando de Colo 06/23/1987 1.96 138  PBK CSKA Moscow Forwards ( SF , PF ) 5 Nicolas Batum December 14, 1988 2.03 116  Charlotte Hornets 8th Charles Kahudi 07/19/1986 1.99 87  ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne 11 Florent Pietrus 01/19/1981 2.02 223  SLUC Nancy Basket 13 Boris Diaw 04/16/1982 2.03 220  Utah Jazz 15th Mickaël Gelabale 05/22/1983 2.01 147  Le Mans Sarthe Basket Center ( C ) 7th Joffrey Lauvergne 09/30/1991 2.11 66  Denver nuggets 16 Rudy Gobert 06/26/1992 2.15 41  Utah Jazz 17th Kim Tillie 07/15/1988 2.11 27  Laboral Kutxa

Trainer Nat. Surname position Vincent Collet Head coach Jacques Commères Assistant coach Ruddy Nelhomme Assistant coach Legend Abbr. meaning Team captain swell Team homepage League homepage As of August 5, 2016

Performing in international tournaments

Olympic Summer Games

1936 - not placed 1948 - silver medal 1952 - 8th place 1956 - 4th place 1960 - 10th place 1964 - did not qualify 1968 - did not qualify

1972 - did not qualify 1976 - did not qualify 1980 - did not qualify 1984 - 11th place 1988 - did not qualify 1992 - did not qualify 1996 - did not qualify

2000 - silver medal 2004 - did not qualify 2008 - did not qualify 2012 - 6th place 2016 - 6th place

World championships

1950 - 6th place 1954 - 4th place 1959 - did not qualify 1963 - 5th place 1967 - did not qualify 1970 - did not qualify

1974 - did not qualify 1978 - did not qualify 1982 - did not qualify 1986 - not placed 1990 - did not qualify 1994 - did not qualify

1998 - did not qualify 2002 - did not qualify 2006 - 5th place 2010 - round of 16 2014 - bronze medal 2019 - bronze medal

European championships

National team at the 2011 European Championships

1935 - 5th place 1937 - bronze medal 1939 - 4th place 1946 - 4th place 1947 - 5th place 1949 - silver medal 1951 - bronze medal 1953 - bronze medal 1955 - 9th place 1957 - 8th place 1959 - bronze medal 1961 - 4th place 1963 - 13th place

1965 - 9th place 1967 - 11th place 1969 - did not qualify 1971 - 10th place 1973 - 10th place 1975 - did not qualify 1977 - 11th place 1979 - 8th place 1981 - 8th place 1983 - 5th place 1985 - 6th place 1987 - 9th place 1989 - 6th place

1991 - 4th place 1993 - 7th place 1995 - 8th place 1997 - 10th place 1999 - 4th place 2001 - 6th place 2003 - 4th place 2005 - bronze medal 2007 - 8th place 2009 - 5th place 2011 - silver medal 2013 - European Champion 2015 - bronze medal

European Champion 2013

France's squad at the 2013 European Championship

player No. Surname birth size info Calls society Guards ( PG , SG ) 6th Antoine Diot January 17, 1989 1.90 43  Strasbourg IG 9 Tony Parker 05/17/1982 1.88 149  San Antonio Spurs 10 Thomas Heurtel 04/10/1989 1.87 19th  Laboral Kutxa 12 Nando de Colo 06/23/1987 1.96 105  Toronto Raptors Forwards ( SF , PF ) 5 Nicolas Batum December 14, 1988 2.03 78  Portland Trail Blazers 8th Charles Lombahe-Kahudi 07/19/1986 1.99 48  Le Mans Sarthe Basket 11 Florent Pietrus 01/19/1981 2.02 176  SLUC Nancy Basket 13 Boris Diaw 04/16/1982 2.03 178 San Antonio Spurs 15th Mickaël Gelabale 05/22/1983 2.01 105  BK Khimki Center ( C ) 4th Joffrey Lauvergne 09/30/1991 2.11 19th  Partizan Belgrade 7th Johan Petro 01/27/1986 2.14 45 Zhejiang Guangsha ( ChBA ) 14th Alexis Ajinça 05/06/1988 2.15 28  Strasbourg IG

Trainer Nat. Surname position Vincent Collet Head coach Legend Abbr. meaning Team captain swell Team homepage League homepage Status: August 26, 2013

Record international player

Tony Parker in the 2011 national shirt

International matches				Points scored
space	Surname	Games		space	Surname	Points
1	Hervé Dubuisson	259		1	Hervé Dubuisson	3916
2	Jacques Cachemire	250		2	Jacques Cachemire	2837
3	Florent Pietrus	213		3	Stéphane Ostrowski	2815
4th	Eric Beugnot	212		4th	Tony Parker	2584
5	Jean-Michel Sénégal Boris Diaw	210		5	Eric Beugnot	2493
6th	Jacques Monclar	201		6th	Philip Szanyiel	2363
7th	Stéphane Ostrowski	193		7th	Alain Gilles	2282
8th	Philip Szanyiel	192		8th	Richard Dacoury	2230
9	Jean-Claude Bonato	174		9	Jean-Claude Bonato	2147
10	Tony Parker	168		10	Boris Diaw	1806

As of September 29, 2015

References and comments

1. ↑ Historique des matches. FFBB , accessed on September 29, 2015 (French). 
2. ↑ Historique des matches. FFBB , accessed on September 29, 2015 (French). 

Web links

Commons : France national basketball team  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• National team on the official website of the French Basketball Federation (French)