The French basketball team will enter the competition this Thursday, June 15 in the EuroBasket against Germany.
France are among the favorite teams for the title in this EuroBasket which began this Thursday, June 15 in Slovenia and Israel. Les Bleues group is largely affordable with theoretically weaker teams like Great Britain, Slovenia and Germany who they will challenge tonight at the Arena Stožice in Ljubljana. The French women also have the chance to play the majority of their matches in Slovenia because the final stages will take place in this country bordering Italy. The France team is also on a very good dynamic with 5 victories in the preparation matches.
The objective at the end of the ten days of competition is to acquire gold on June 25th. Coach Jean-Aimé Toupane will “not hide. The new staff has been put in place to obtain this title by relying on the work of our predecessors, constant in the results”. The France team remains so far on 5 consecutive European finals. The trophy has been refused to this training since 2009. In this tournament, the coach has also decided to ignore the best French basketball player Marine Johannès. The tricolor with 108 selections was excluded from the group due to a trip to the United States to sign a contract with New York Liberty in the WNBA. Gabby Williams will also be out with a concussion. He can however count against the Germans on Janelle Salaun (1.88 m, 21 years old) called up for the first time and the experienced Sandrine Gruda (35 years old, 219 caps).
The second confrontation between France and Germany in a Euro will begin only from 8:45 p.m.
The first match of the French basketball team will be broadcast by the channel BeIN Sports.