The French men's wheelchair basketball team is not yet guaranteed to participate in the Paralympic Games in Paris this summer. Historically, the host country was automatically qualified for the Games, but not for this 2024 edition.
From this Friday, April 12 and until Monday in Antibes, the Blues will try to qualify. The Blues met last week in Spain for a preparation tournament and were able to implement new strategies and work on their automatisms. “We are putting more defensive rigor, more ball movement,” explains Sofyane Mehiaoui. For the women's team, the road to Bercy stops next week in Japan. Their qualifying tournament will take place in Osaka from April 17-20. The most important thing is to believe in and to go fully in the same direction, insisted Sofyne Mehiai. Both will therefore be determined on Monday about their participation in the Olympics. The French team has failed to qualify for the Paralypic Games since Athens in 2004 where it took 11th place.