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France men's national basketball team

France France
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FIBA ranking 4 Increase 1
Joined FIBA 1933
FIBA zone FIBA Europe
National federation FFBB
Coach Vincent Collet
Nickname(s) Les Bleus (The Blues)
Olympic Games
Appearances 9
Medals Silver medal.svg Silver: (1948, 2000)
FIBA World Cup
Appearances 7
Medals Bronze medal world centered-2.svg Bronze: (2014)
EuroBasket
Appearances 38
Medals

Gold medal europe.svg Gold: (2013)
Silver medal europe.svg Silver: (1949, 2011)

Bronze medal europe.svg Bronze: (1937, 1951, 1953, 1959, 2005, 2015)
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Gold medal europe.svg Gold: (2013)
Silver medal europe.svg Silver: (1949, 2011)


The French national basketball team is administered by the Fédération Française de Basket-Ball (French Basketball Federation). France has been a regular at FIBA EuroBasket, with 37 appearances, the most of any nation. Its best results have been a gold medal at FIBA EuroBasket 2013 and silver medals in 1949 and 2011. The French squad has also won two silver medals at the Summer Olympics, in 1948 and 2000. France's best result at the FIBA Basketball World Cup came in 2014, when it finished in third place.

Throughout its history, France's national basketball team has experienced many ups and downs. The time periods where the national team earned medals have been quite streaky.

In Europe, team France started out as a fierce competitor. The team won 5 medals at the FIBA EuroBasket between 1937 and 1959.
1937: Bronze Medal, 3–2 overall, second in preliminary group, lost semifinal, won bronze medal match
1947: Silver Medal, 5–1 overall, round robin tournament, no playoffs
1949: Bronze Medal; 6–3 overall, second in preliminary group at 3–1, won semifinal group in three-way tie-breaker with 2–1 record, lost semifinal, won bronze medal match
1953: Bronze Medal, 6–4 overall, second in preliminary group at 2–1, second position of four-way tiebreaker for 2nd place in final round with 4–3 record.
1959: Bronze Medal, 7–3 overall, second in preliminary group at 3–1, first in Semi-final round at 3–0, third in final round with 1–2 record.


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