France women's national basketball team

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see France men's national basketball team.

France
FIBA ranking3 (9 February 2025)[1]
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationFFBB
CoachJean-Aimé Toupane
Nickname(s)Les Bleues (The Blues)
Olympic Games
Appearances5
Medals Silver: (2012, 2024)
Bronze: (2020)
World Cup
Appearances11
Medals Bronze: (1953)
EuroBasket
Appearances35
Medals Gold: (2001, 2009)
Silver: (1970, 1993, 1999, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021)
Bronze: (2011, 2023)
Home
Away
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 2 1
Women's World Cup 0 0 1
EuroBasket Women 2 8 2
Mediterranean Games 0 1 1
Total 2 11 5

The France women's national basketball team (French: Équipe de France féminine de basketball) represents France in international women's basketball and is administered by the French Federation of Basketball. The team is nicknamed Les Bleues {The Blues}. However, after their unexpected triumph at the 2009 EuroBasket the team earned the name Les Braqueuses (The Robbers) due their spectacular play.[2] France is the leading nation in terms of EuroBasket Women qualifications. (Alongside Italy)

Competitive record

Olympic Games

Olympic Games Qualifying
Year Position Pld W L Pld W L
1976 Did not qualify 3 1 2
1980 8 3 5
1984
1988 5 3 2
1992
1996
2000 5th 7 5 2
2004 Did not qualify
2008
2012 8 7 1 3 3 0
2016 4th 8 4 4 3 3 0
2020 6 3 3
2024 6 4 2
Total 35 23 12 22 13 9

FIBA Women's World Cup

Women's World Cup
Year Position Pld W L
1953 6 4 2
1957 Did not qualify
1959
1964 10th 8 3 5
1967 Did not qualify
1971 6th 9 3 6
1975 Did not qualify
1979 7th 8 2 6
1983 Did not qualify
1986
1990
1994 9th 8 6 2
1998 Did not qualify
2002 8th 9 4 5
2006 5th 9 5 4
2010 6th 9 5 4
2014 7th 7 4 3
2018 5th 7 5 2
2022 7th 6 3 3
2026 To be determined
Total 86 44 42

EuroBasket Women

EuroBasket Women Qualification
Year Position Pld W L Pld W L
1938 4th 4 1 3
1950 4th 7 4 3
1952 7th 5 3 2
1954 6th 8 2 6
1956 7th 8 4 4
1958 6th 7 1 6
1960 Did not qualify
1962 8th 5 1 4 7 5 2
1964 10th 5 0 5
1966 11th 7 2 5
1968 11th 8 2 6 3 2 1
1970 7 5 2
1972 4th 8 5 3
1974 7th 8 3 5
1976 4th 6 3 3
1978 4th 8 5 3
1980 11th 7 3 4
1981 Did not qualify
1983 4 3 1
1985 8th 7 3 4
1987 8th 7 2 5
1989 8th 5 1 4 5 3 2
1991 Did not qualify 5 1 4
1993 5 3 2 5 4 1
1995 11th 6 2 4
1997 Did not qualify 5 3 2
1999 8 6 2 5 4 1
2001 8 8 0
2003 5th 8 5 3
2005 5th 8 6 2 6 5 1
2007 8th 9 4 5
2009 9 9 0 8 7 1
2011 9 6 3
2013 9 8 1
2015 10 8 2
2017 6 5 1 6 6 0
2019 6 5 1
2021 6 5 1 Qualified as co-host
2023 6 5 1 6 5 1
2025 4th 6 4 2 6 6 0
2027 To be determined To be determined
Total 246 139 107 71 54 17

Team

Current roster

Roster for EuroBasket Women 2025.[3][4]

France women's national basketball roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
PF 1 Noémie Brochant 25 – (1999-10-25)25 October 1999 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Flammes Carolo
SF 2 Marie-Paule Foppossi 27 – (1998-01-28)28 January 1998 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq
SF 11 Valériane Ayayi (C) 31 – (1994-04-29)29 April 1994 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) USK Praha
C 12 Iliana Rupert 23 – (2001-07-12)12 July 2001 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Çukurova Basketbol
F 13 Janelle Salaün 23 – (2001-09-05)5 September 2001 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) PF Schio
C 22 Marième Badiane 30 – (1994-11-24)24 November 1994 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Fenerbahçe
SG 28 Mamignan Touré 30 – (1994-12-19)19 December 1994 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Spar Girona
SG 32 Tima Pouye 26 – (1999-04-07)7 April 1999 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Tango Bourges Basket
C 33 Maëva Djaldi-Tabdi 26 – (1998-12-03)3 December 1998 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Charnay
G 42 Leïla Lacan 21 – (2004-06-02)2 June 2004 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) Basket Landes
PG 47 Romane Bernies 31 – (1993-06-27)27 June 1993 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) BLMA
G 98 Pauline Astier 23 – (2002-02-15)15 February 2002 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) Tango Bourges Basket
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • David Gautier
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 18 June 2025

Notable players

Successive coaches

Media coverage

France's matches are currently broadcast by Canal+.

See also

References

  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 9 February 2025. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
  2. ^ SPORT, RMC. "Euro : dix choses à savoir sur les Braqueuses". RMC SPORT (in French). Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Les 12 joueuses pour l'Euro 2025" (in French). ffbb.com. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
  4. ^ "Team roster: France" (PDF). fiba.basketball. p. 3. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
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