A little over a year ago, the French women's 3X3 team returned from the Tokyo Olympics with a very bitter chocolate medal around their necks and an immense feeling of injustice after their defeat in the semi-finals of the event against the United States.
Since then the tears of sadness have stopped flowing to give way to laughter and cries of joy.
Les Bleues have since become irresistible, invincible, in this new discipline in full development.
Three months after the historic title of world champion last June, the French team, carried by Myriam Djekoundade (MVP of the competition), achieved a new performance by winning, Sunday evening in Graz (Austria), the title of European champion.
In the final, the tricolor won with style (21-14) ahead of the Netherlands.
This is the third time in their history that they have won this title (after 2018 and 2019).
But this coronation was obtained without Marie-Ève Paget and Migna Touré, two executives of the team, who were called for the World Cup, from September 22 to October 1 in Australia, with the French 5x5 team.
"Repeating a major feat following the Gold Medal obtained at the 2022 World Cup constitutes an exceptional performance obtained by the players and the staff led by Yann Julien", savors Jacques Commères, Director of Performance and Teams of France and director of the High Level Pole.
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A new medal in the pocket of Laëtitia Guapo, one of the most impressive awards of the season.
Winner of the Eurocoupe and champion of France with Bourges in 5 against 5, she added to her list of hunters the title of world champion 3×3, where she was crowned MVP of the competition, and now that of champion of 'Europe.
“Congratulations to our blue, world champions and European champions the same year, applauds Jean-Pierre Siutat, president of the French Federation of BasketBall.
A real signal for Paris 2024!
A real pride for French basketball!
I would like to congratulate the group present in Graz, the extended staff without forgetting all the players who have contributed since the beginning to these magnificent results.
Two years before the Paris Games, the French women's team has become a world reference in the discipline and one of the main contenders for the gold medal.
