The French team, an Olympic vice-champion in reigning, will compete, from August 27, its group phase of the Euro in Katowice, Poland, a nation which is among its future opponents.

The Blues of Frédéric Faux are now fixed. The drawing of the hens of the Eurobasket on Thursday, March 27, placed the French team in the company of Iceland, Slovenia, Poland, Belgium and Israel in Pool D of the competition, which will take place from August 27 to September 14 in four countries (Poland, Finland, Cyprus and Latvia).

In particular drawn with Poland, the Blues, reigning European vice-champions, will therefore compete in their group stage in Katowice, with the aim of joining Riga (Latvia), host city of the final phase. To do this, it will be necessary to finish among the first four. Their entry in the running is scheduled for August 28 against Belgium, 19th nation in the FIBA ​​ranking.

They will also meet the iron with the Slovenia of NBA star Luka Donoic, as in the semi-finals of the 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo and in the group stage of the last euro, from their second match, on August 30. The most raised group should be group C, with which the Blues group will come across for the competition, where we will find the European champions in Spanish reigning, Italy, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Greece of Giannis Antetokoun.

For this Eurobasket, the Blues, who will compete in their first international competition since the pensions of Nicolas Batum and Nando de Colo and the departure of Vincent Collet, still do not know if they will be able to count on Victor Wembanyama, victim of a venous thrombosis on the right shoulder and which should not find the parquet floors before the end of the season.