Basketball: Serbia, Germany, Canada… we know the Blues’ opponents ahead of the 2024 Olympics in Paris

In less than 200 days – from July 27 – the French national basketball team will begin its Olympic tournament. Vincent Collet’s players will start the competition at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Villeneuve-d’Ascq and then, if all goes well, join the Accor Arena in Paris for the final stages. Tokyo Games silver medalists, the Blues come into this event with the goal of winning another Olympic medal.

For this purpose, the French national basketball team carried out serious preparation. The Blues’ roadbook has been set. The partners of Victor Vembanyama, who has confirmed his desire to participate in the Games, will meet on June 17 in Insep, in the Bois de Vincennes, which will also be their base camp for the final stages of the Games.

After fifteen days of preparation, they will begin their campaign of preparatory matches with a match against Turkey on July 3 at the Quindaren in Rouen. A short introduction before raising your voice.

They will then travel to Montpellier to face defending world champions Germany at the Sud de France on July 8. France will then travel to the LDLC Arena in Lyon-Decines on July 12 to face Nikola Jokic’s Serbia. The tour will conclude at the Co’Met Arena in Orleans with matches against Canada and Australia on the 19th and 21st.

Ticket offices will open in March. Meanwhile, the Blues will meet again in February for Euro 2025 qualifiers… without the NBA players. The preparations of the French women’s team will be known after the February Olympic qualifying tournaments.