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The France national basketball team is the national basketball team representing France. It is administrated by the Fédération Française de Basket-Ball (French Federation).
[edit] Famous players
[edit] Olympic Games record
- 1936 - not classified
- 1948 - 2nd (Silver medal)
- 1952 - 8th place
- 1956 - 4th place
- 1960 - 10th place
- 1964 - Did not qualify
- 1968 - Did not qualify
- 1972 - Did not qualify
- 1976 - Did not qualify
- 1980 - Did not qualify
- 1984 - 11th place
- 1988 - Did not qualify
- 1992 - Did not qualify
- 1996 - Did not qualify
- 2000 - 2nd (Silver medal)
- 2004 - Did not qualify
[edit] World Championship record
- 1950 - 6th place
- 1954 - 4th place
- 1959 - Did not qualify
- 1963 - 5th place
- 1967 - Did not qualify
- 1970 - Did not qualify
- 1974 - Did not qualify
- 1978 - Did not qualify
- 1982 - Did not qualify
- 1986 - not classified
- 1990 - Did not qualify
- 1994 - Did not qualify
- 1998 - Did not qualify
- 2002 - Did not qualify
- 2006 - 5th place
[edit] European Championship record
- 1935 - 5th place; 3-1 (lost preliminary, won all classification matches)
- 1937 - 3rd place; 3-2 (second in preliminary group, lost semifinal, won bronze medal match)
- 1939 - 4th place; 4-3 (won tie-breaker against Estonia, also 4-3, by head-to-head results)
- 1946 - 4th place; 2-2 (won preliminary group with 2-0 record, lost semifinal and then the bronze medal match)
- 1947 - 5th place; 4-2 (won preliminary group with 2-0 record, 1-2 in semifinal group, won 5th/6th playoff)
- 1949 - 2nd place; 5-1 (round robin tournament, no playoffs)
- 1951 - 3rd place; 6-3 (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 - 3rd place; 6-4 (second in preliminary group at 2-1, second position of four-way tiebreaker for 2nd place in final round with 4-3 record)
- 1955 - 9th place; 7-3 (fourth in preliminary group at 1-3, won classification group with 4-0 record, won classification 9-12 and 9/10 games)
- 1957 - 8th place; 2-8 (second in preliminary group at 2-1, 8th and last in final round at 0-7)
- 1959 - 3rd place
- 1961 - 4th place
- 1963 - 13th place
- 1965 - 9th place
- 1967 - 11th place
- 1969 - Did not qualify
- 1971 - 10th place
- 1973 - 10th place
- 1975 - Did not qualify
- 1977 - 11th place
- 1979 - 8th place
- 1981 - 8th place
- 1983 - 5th place
- 1985 - 6th place
- 1987 - 9th place
- 1989 - 6th place
- 1991 - 4th place
- 1993 - 7th place
- 1995 - 8th place
- 1997 - 10th place
- 1999 - 4th place
- 2001 - 6th place
- 2003 - 4th place
- 2005 - 3th place
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