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Time for Women
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Ilona Korstin, the face of the FIBA Europe Year of Women’s Basketball campaign, started playing basketball professionally in France with Bourges in 1997 and was voted French young player of 1999. She left France in 2003 to return to her native country, Russia, to continue her basketball career.
Today the top professional league in France, the Ligue Féminine de BasketBall (LFB), is one of the best in Europe and attracts players from all over the world.
For a general insight on what "Women's basketball in France" is all about, this page will provide you with the following information:
who is who in the women’s game,
about their professional status, nationality and basketball roots and
all the essentials for being successful in the LFB
, NF1 (national féminine) and of course how to become a top basketball player in France.
On top you'll discover the procedures about
how to make a career in this sport starting often at junior level through the excellent youth development system.
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| Sandra Dijon playing basketball for Lattes Montpellier |
You will also learn more about
how and why the women have chosen to play basketball in France at different levels.
You will be able to read about
who is who in the clubs, who is playing where, which league,
what is their basketball background, and also
their off-court incentives that are just as important like youth development, nutrition, exercise and training methods and so on.
And you can get to know
the basketball history of the "basket féminin" and, of course,
you have a field day about the latest news on women playing basketball in France professionally, semi-professionally or on a amateur status
as well as news on the youth players and academies (centres de formation).
In addition there are
live match reports with after-match comments (when possible)
as well as audios in different languages and
occasionally reports in French,
plus a glossary of basketball terms.
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| All LFB players at the Basket and the City 3 |
Picture Credits:
1. Ilona Korstin womensbasketball-in-France.com (EuroBasket 2007)
2. Sandra Dijon Basquetbol.org (Open LFB 2007)
3. Group photo Ligue Féminine de BasketBall (Basket and the City 3)
| WBBiF Blog - What's New This blog about Women playing basketball in France. |
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| NF1 Basketball - Nationale Féminine 1 - NF1 basket NF1 Basketball is the news from the French second division for women playing basketball in France. It is the highest level in Amateur basketball in France. Sixteen teams will challenge for the title i |
| Women Amateur Basketball news index page for France Amateur Basketball news in France for women is made up of three national leagues and 24 regional leagues. Some of the news and events from these leagues excluding NF1 will be published in this section |
| FIBA Europe EuroLeague Women 2008-2009 home page The EuroLeague Women competition, organised by FIBA Europe, is the top inter-continental club competition for women playing professional basketball in Europe. |
| FIBA Europe EuroCup Women 2008-2009 home page The EuroCup Women competition, organised by FIBA Europe, is the second inter-continental club competition for women playing professional basketball in Europe. 58 teams will take part this season |
| French Women senior international basketball team page for 2008 The senior international basketball season 2008 for France and Pierre Vincent is all about the EuroBasket 2009 qualifiers. The other main international event of the season is the Olympic games. |
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| Youth International Basketball page index for 2008 The youth international basketball season is now in full swing as the FIBA Europe youth international competition approaches. We will be covering several events this summer, not only in France. |
| LFB TV is the new video service of the LFB LFB TV made its first appearance during the Open LFB in October as trail. It is now available and 9 regular seasons basketball games, the semi-final and final series will be streamed |
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| Women playing basketball - Competition stucture in France A guide to the competition structure for women playing basketball in France |
| WomensBasketBall-in-France site search page Site search is a facilty that helps you to find everything you need about womens basketball in France |
| Contact page This is the contact page for womensbasketball-in-france.com website |
| Basketball News on women playing and having links to France 2007-2008 Basketball news involving French National teams at all levels and covering information about French players abroad and foreign players who excelled in LFB or NF1 |
| LFB information: Ligue Féminine de BasketBall news from around the clubs Ligue Féminine de BasketBall: LFB information, articles and news pages. Links to EuroLeague Women and EuroCup Women stories concerning professional teams from France for 2007-2008 season. |
| Women’s amateur basketball in France - Top amateur leagues (NF1,NF2,NF3) Information about women playing amateur basketball in the top leagues in France, NF1, NF2 and NF3 will be provided in this section. You will also be able to find information on youth basketball. |
