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The senior international basketball news section covers the progress of France in qualifying for EuroBasket Women, Olympic Games and World Championships.

You also find all the information concerning team rosters, training camps and preparation tournaments.

In addition we also cover major international tournaments and events that we acquire accreditation for even if the French national team does not qualify.

In 2008 we attended the Olympic qualifying tournament in Spain and you find the links for our coverage further down the page.

France 2009 EuroBasket Women Roster

France EuroBasket Women 2009 Team Picture

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France 2007 EuroBasket Women Roster

France EuroBasket Women 2007 Team Picture

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EuroBasket Women 2009 Final - Latvia

French Team's News 2009

Eurobasket Women 2009 Additional Qualification Round - January 2009

EuroBasket Women 2009 Qualification - August/September 2008

French Team's News 2008

2008 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for women in Madrid, Spain


EuroBasket Women 2009 Final - 2009 European Championship, Latvia

The French women 2009 teams and staff at last training session in Riga, Latvia

20 June 2009: France are European Champions for the second time

20 June 2009: Spain win bronze and Greece qualify to the World championship

19 June 2009: France will meet Russia in the final

18 June 2009: France beat Greece while Russia eliminates hosts

17 June 2009: Belarus and Italy in semi-final

17 June 2009: Maris Moviks speaks about his role and passion at the championships

Eurobasket Mascot posing for a picture

16 June 2009: France beat Russia while Belarus and Italy qualify for quarter-final

15 June 2009: Poland fall and Greece qualified. Latvia beat by Spain

14 June 2009: France beat Turkey in a defensive game (55-43)

14 June 2009: Russia continue to win while Belarus improve chance of qualifying

13 June 2009: Latvia lose to the Slovak Republic. Spain & Greece win

12 June 2009: France pushed all the way by Lithuania (57-65)

12 June 2009: Russia qualify for quarter-final

11 June 2009: Latvia and Spain qualify for quarter-final

09 June 2009: France hold off Israel (73-70) and remain undefeated

09 June 2009: 4 teams go home

08 June 2009: 5 teams qualify for next round

08 June 2009: France required overtime to beat Belarus

07 June 2009: News from all the groups

07 June 2009: France beat Italy in EuroBasket Women opening game

07 June 2009: 1 on 1 with Cindy Lima and Evaristo Pérez from Spain

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French team' news 2009

06 June 2009: France EuroBasket Women 2009 final roster

18 May 2009: Roster reduced to 16 players

02 May 2009: EuroBasket Women preparation will be short for France

01 May 2009: EuroBasket Women 2009 final training roster announced

12 January 2009: France training report from Monaco

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Eurobasket Women 2009 Additional Qualification Round

Eurobasket Women 2009 poster Latvia

19 January 2009: Great Britain not sure of qualifying for 2012 olympics

16 January 2009: Italy & Ukraine qualify for EuroBasket Women 2009

13 January 2009: Bulgaria eliminated, Bosnia and Herzegovina relegated

11 January 2009: Italy crushed Croatia for victory number two

07 January 2009: Ukraine blew away Germany

04 January 2009: Additional qualification round starts with wins for Croatia and Ukraine

18 October 2008: EuroBasket Women 2009 Draw

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EuroBasket Women 2009 Qualification - August/September 2008

2008 EuroBasket Women 2009 qualifiers stories

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

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French team's news 2008

08 November 2008: January 2009 training roster announcement

France National 2008 preparations

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
26 June: Pierre Vincent prepares for the challenge
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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France 2005 EuroBasket Women Roster

France EuroBasket Women 2005 Team Picture

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Castoria - FIBA Europe (France EuroBasket 2009 - Team picture
Date created: 26 June 2008
Last Update 21 June 2009


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