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With the completion of the basketball Olympic qualifying tournament, the senior international basketball season moves towards the EuroBasket women 2009 qualifiers.

France 2007 EuroBasket Women Roster

France EuroBasket Women 2007 Team Picture

Pierre Vincent and his team's preparation will start on the 26 June with a two-week training camp.

France will play a total of 12 friendly matches before their first official EuroBasket qualifier match against Croatia in August.

This page will be updated with all the links to the news concerning "l'équipe de France" during the next few weeks.

Although France has not qualified for the Beijing Olympics, there are many players who play in France that will participate at this event. We will be following some of the players during their preparation.

Already Mali have started their preparation. Their training camp is based in France. Belarus, another nation qualified for the Beijing 2008 game will play a friendly against France in July.

The official French training schedule was released in May.

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You will be able to view the section that interests you by Clicking on the link below or by scrolling down the page. And here are the following sections:

1. French Team News

2. FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for women in Madrid, Spain

France 2005 EuroBasket Women Roster

France EuroBasket Women 2005 Team Picture

French team news

13 September: France edge out Romania as jigsaw puzzle is completed

10 September: Qualification jigsaw is almost complete

06 September: France need overtime to beat Hungary

03 September: Slovakia end France unbeaten record

30 August: France cruise past Croatia

27 August: France make light work of Romania

23 August: France have a rest while Great Britain record first win

20 August: Thriller in Pecs as France hang on

18 August: Perfect start for France with two wins

12 August: France are ready and the final roster is confirmed

27 July: France beat Canada, Poland and Belarus

23 July: France win series against Germany (3:0)

12 July: France sweep Turkey and 5 players removed from roster

25 June: Caroline Aubert's withdrawals and new players join roster

20 May: Pierre Vincent announced preliminary roster

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2008 FIBA Olympic qualifying tournament for Women in Madrid

FIBA Olympic tournament for women poster

Anne Donovan, Tom Maher and Michelle Timms Audio Interviews

Olympic qualifying tournament match Angola-Brazil

Olympic qualifying tournament match Cuba-Japan

Olympic qualifying tournament match Belarus-Brazil

Olympic qualifying tournament match Latvia-Angola

Olympic qualifying tournament match Czech Republic-Japan
Olympic qualifying tournament match
Cuba-Spain

Olympic qualifying tournament highlights from Day three action

Olympic qualifying tournament highlights from Day two action

Olympic qualifying tournament highlights from Day one action

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picture credit: FFBB
Date created: 26 June 2008
Last Update 10 September 2008


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