Passed a bit unnoticed yesterday between two previews of NBA Playoffs, the info nevertheless deserves that we look at it for a few minutes: the staff of the French women’s team has made its choices and has therefore unveiled the list of 23 who will prepare EuroBasket 2023. Of these 23 only 12 will stay and leave for Slovenia and Israel next June.
23 girls for the May 15 internship at INSEP, and a funnel that will be reduced to 16 a week later then 12 to finish. 23 girls, including the vast majority of globalists in 2022 (missing only Lisa Berkani and Marie-Eve Paget), the return of Sandrine Gruda or Valeriane Vukosavljevic, no Isa Yacoubou whose return had been mentioned in recent weeks , and the presence once again of the nugget Dominique Malonga, here is for the main information surrounding the list of Jean-Aimé Toupane, who will coach his second international competition at the head of the Blue.
To prepare for a Euro that our girls will want to finish on another step than their eternal second place (silver medal of… the last five Euros!), the French women will face Serbia, China twice and will end their preparation with a match against to Great Britain in the fabulous town of Bourg-en-Bresse.
The goal? The European title, which has escaped Les Bleues since 2009. The roster has the means of its ambitions with Marine Johannes, Marine Fauthoux, Sarah Michel, Gaby Williams, Sandrine Gruda or Iliana Rupert as executives then, please, stop with these second places there, it stretches us, too.