Women Playing Basketball
All the news links from stories on women playing basketball in France website for the season 2008-2009 have been archived to this page.
You will be able to scroll to the section of interest by clicking on the links below:1. LFB and Coupe de France 2008-2009 FIBA Europe EuroLeague Women 2008-2009 FIBA Europe EuroCup Women 2008-2009 Nationale Féminine 1 2008-2009 Senior International Basketball 2008-2009 Youth International Basketball 2009 Amateur Basketball News 2009
Ligue Féminine de Basketball 2008 -2009
Regular Season Standing 2008-2009
Club
Points
1 Bourges Basket
51
2 Tarbes
50
3 Villeneuve d'Ascq
44
4 Lattes Montpellier 40
5 Union Hainaut
39
6 COB Calais
39
7 Aix-en-Provence
39
8 Challes-les-Eaux
39
9 Asptt Arras
37
10 SJS Reims
36
11 USO Mondeville
36
12 Basket Landes
35
13 Clermont-Ferrand
32
14 Nantes Rezé
28
Green = EuroLeague Women Qualification
LFB Championship play-off LFB Challenge Round LFB full match reports LFB match summaries General LFB Basketball News LFB roster news French Cup - Coupe de France 2007-2008 season for LFB and FIBA Europe club competitions
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LFB Championship play-off 2009
12 May 2009: Bourges Basket are champions for the ninth time Bourges Basket crush Tarbes to force game three Tarbes beat Bourges basket (55-47) in game 1 of final Bourges Basket and Tarbes qualified for final Bourges Basket and Tarbes win game one 2009 LFB Championship play-off time-table and broadcast schedule
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LFB Challenge Round 2009
08 May 2009: USO Mondeville won 2009 LFB Challenge round USO Mondeville beat Challes-les-Eaux in first leg of final Challes, Mondeville, Reims and UHB qualify for semi-final SJS Reims 73-51 COB Calais News from the quarter-final first leg games Asptt Arras 87-80 Challes-les-Eaux 2009 LFB Challenge round introduction
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LFB full match reports
07 February 2009: Villeneuve d'Ascq win against Asptt Arras (66-59) Aix leave it late but win against Nantes-Rezé (56-51) Mondeville win first match of the season at Nantes-Rezé (53-37)
OPEN LFB 2008 - Basket and the City 4
28 September 2008: Union Hainaut Basket work hard to down COB Calais(63-57) Montpellier cruise past Basket Landes (79-41) Challes down Arras in overtime (72-63) Bourges Basket beat Basket Landes(83-52) Villeneuve win against Aix en Provence (64-52) Clermont-Ferrand leave it late to beat Mondeville (76-72) Tarbes beat Reims (70-60) in the first match of the Open LFB
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LFB match summaries
16 April 2009: Bourges win showdown for the regular season title Bourges and Tarbes ready for showdown Clement-Ferrand snap 13 game losing streak Basket Landes beat Clermont-Ferrand Nantes-Rezé cannot qualify for end of season play-offs Tarbes left it late again Jolene Anderson shines in tough round for the leaders Bourges & Tarbes need one win to qualify for LFB championship play-offs Basketball news from Saint Valentine's day Arras & Clermont-Ferrand join relegation battle Nantes-Rezé stun UHB Bourges and Tarbes continue to dominate the LFB Tarbes and Bourges win in round 14 Tarbes go top after beating Bourges in round 13 Villeneuve d'Ascq put on the style to beat Mondeville No stopping Bourges basket Villneuve d'Ascq good form continues Arras beat UHB in dramatic fashion Tarbes make it eight wins Bourges still leading the way No change at the top while Aix make it four win in a row Arras down Clermont, Tarbes suffer while Bourges cruise Montpellier topple Union Hainaut Basket in overtime Bourges, Union Hainaut and Tarbes remain unbeaten Results and stories from round 2
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General LFB basketball news
03 February 2009: January Basketball news from around the clubs Calais doing well in the LFB The Basket Landes story. Injury Woes at Mondeville and UHB. Bye bye Kaela Chapdelaine Video clip from Arras & Nantes-Rezé and news on Naignouma Coulibaly News from Clermont-Ferrand, Mondeville & Nantes-Rezé Joanne P. McCallie at the Open LFB LFB basketball news as the 2008 Open LFB approaches New FIBA rules - Nouvelles règles FIBA - 2008 Basket and the City 4 is almost here (Open LFB)
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LFB roster news
23 June 2009: USOM Mondeville complete LFB roster for 2009-2010
06 June 2009:
Basket Landes roster already in place for 2009-2010
18 May 2009:
New Look Villeneuve d'Ascq for 2009-2010
10 May 2009:
Aldo Corno will coach Challes-les-Eaux for 2009-2010
07 May 2009:
7 players and Coach leave Aix-en-Provence
11 October 2008:
Mia Fisher & Ivona Bogoje on medical cover at Arras and Challes
27 September 2008:
2008-2009 LFB roster review part 2
26 September 2008:
2008-2009 LFB roster review part 1
17 September 2008:
Michele Van Gorp added to Nantes-Rezé team roster
11 September 2008:
Jolene Anderson and Sanni Olayinka join the LFB
23 June 2008: LFB team roster news from around the clubs LFB team roster update as of June 6 part (2) LFB team roster update as of June 6 part (1) News from Clermont-Ferrand, Nantes-Rezé and Tarbes All the LFB roster news for May Roster news from Bourges, Challes-les-Eaux and Villeneuve d'Ascq Roster news from Aix-en-Provence, Lattes-Montpellier and Bourges Mondeville, Reims, Bourges and USV0-Saint Amand make Roster announcements
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LFB French Cup - Coupe de France
18 May 2009: Bourges take home two cups while Lyon win the Amateur version Tarbes and Tarbes qualify for the final French Cup quarter-final stories Summary from round 1 & 2 The brackets confirmed for 2009 Winners of the French Cup qualify for EuroLeague Women
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FIBA Europe EuroLeague Women 2008-2009
EuroLeague Women 2008 Champions: Spartak Moscow Region
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EuroLeague 2009 Final Four EuroLeague 2009 Play-off Basketball News All star games news Qualification group stage stories and news EuroLeague match reports
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EuroLeague Women 2009 Final Four
05 April 2009: Spartak Moscow Region are champions are again Spartak Moscow Region & Halcon Avenida qualify for final Perfumerías (Halcon) Avenida will host final four
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EuroLeague Women 2008-2009 Play-off stories
20 February 2009: Bourges Basket are eliminated UMMC, Spartak Moscow, Halcon Avenida & MKB win first game Bourges, Fernerbahçe, Halcon Avenida and MKB make the last 8 UMMC, Spartak, Ros Casares and MiZo Pécs qualify in game 2 Bourges Basket just 1-of-7 teams that win at home Eurosport 2 have acquired the television rights
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EuroLeague Women 2009 all star game
11 March 2009: 2009 all star game video on demand All star game highlights video Behind the scenes of the all star game weekend video Europe beat the Rest of the World (101-78) Sylvia Fowles is in the all star game as player withdraw Live coverage of all star game Rosters and coaches announced for all star game
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Group stage stories and news
18 December 2008: Play-off seedings (Brackets) confirmed UMMC Ekaterinburg and Sparktak Moscow Region reach the 100 point mark Unbeaten teams fall in round 8 CSKA Moscow reinstated Umana Reyer the only team to win on the road CSKA Moscow forfeit EuroLeague Not much luck for the clubs in the LFB in round 6 Umana Reyer and UMMC Ekaterinburg remain unbeaten Defeat for all the clubs in the LFB during round 4 Bourges cruise while CSKA Moscow fall in round 3 Week two round-up Week one round-up Group stage preview
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Match reports
25 February 2009: Dynamo Moscow Region beat Ros Casares in game three (79-70) UHB lost out to UMMC Ekaterinburg (65-85) Montpellier no match at home for Spartak Moscow Region (70-93) Fenerbahce requires overtime to beat Montpellier (90-83) Villeneuve D'Ascq fall at home to Gambrinus Sika Brno (63-67) Union Hainaut basket win against ZVVZ-USK Prague (78-62)
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FIBA Europe EuroCup Women 2008-2009
EuroCup Women 2008 Champions: Beretta-Famila
Only 58 clubs are registered this season. As a result only one round of preliminary games will be required.
38 teams have qualified directly for the group stage, while 20 clubs will take part in an elimination round.
The elimination round is scheduled for early October with the games decided on aggregate score over two legs. The ten winners will then join the other 38 teams for the group phase.
The 48 teams will be divided into 12 groups of four teams. The competition will follow the same format as last season. 16 teams will qualify for the knockout stage. There is no final four in this competition.
France were allocated four spots this year but only three clubs have accepted to participate: Challes-les-Eaux, Mondeville and Tarbes.
Clermont-Ferrand had qualified for this competition but due to not meeting certain condition by the French Federation have had to decline.
The 58 teams participating this season can be located at the bottom of 2007-2008 second leg of the final .
You can follow the play by play action here .
The draw for this competition took place on Thursday, 10th July 2008.
This page will be updated all along the season as we follow the competition.09 April 2009: Galatasaray needed overtime to become champions Cras Basket Taranto lead Galatasaray (67-55) in final first leg Cras Basket Taranto & Galatasaray qualify for the final Cras Basket Taranto & Dynamo Kursk lead after first leg Galatasaray back in semi-final Galatasaray and Dynamo Moscow winning on the road Tarbes are eliminated by Cras Basket 1/8 finals first leg news 1/16 finals second leg news Tarbes already qualified for 1/8 finals Preliminary round completed 22 clubs have qualified, Mondeville must wait 9 teams have qualified for next phase Challes remain on course Good wins for Challes and Tarbes Prilimary qualification round starts with two wins for clubs in the LFB
NF1 Basketball
NF1 Basketball: Limoges ABC celebrate NF1 regular season title (Photo: Olivier Saare)
NF1 basketball will bring you news from the clubs and women playing basketball in the top amateur basketball league in France, also known as Nationale Féminine 1.
Unlike last season (2007-2008) where NF1 information was classified under amateur news, this year we will give this division its own index.
There are no changes to the 2007-2008 competition structure .
Unlike the LFB, NF1 is administered by the French Basketball Federation (FFBB). The only time clubs from the LFB and NF1 will play against each other in the season is during the French Cup (Coupe de France).
You will be able to find all the news from the 2007-2008 season by either clicking on the Amateur 2007-2008 button on the left of the screen or by clicking the on this link .
Nationale Féminine 1 (NF1) page index
You can move to any section by clicking on the link below or by scrolling down the page.
NF1 General Basketball News Nationale Féminine 1 weekly reports Nationale Féminine 1 match reports
NF1 General Basketball News
26 April 2009: Illkirch-Graffenstaden will go to NF1 final four NF1 basketball 2008-2009 preview NF1 2008-2009 team roster's NF1 pre-season news
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Nationale Féminine 1 weekly reports
09 May 2009: Regular season comes to an end - Toulouse in NF1 final 4
02 May 2009: Limoges secure title,Armentières secure final four berth
26 April 2009: Limoges must wait, while the SIG celebrate Drama at both ends of the table Limoges claim ticket for the 2009 NF1 final four Lets not forget about Laure Ecard and the young players from Nice
29 March 2009: No change as the leaders all won Limoges leading the way for the NF1 final four A tough weekend in NF1 Stefan Pettersson makes a winning start Toulouse beat Charleville-Mézières & are back in play-off picture Four teams tied for second place Limoges destroy the CFBB 1178 points scored in round 17 SIG ended Limoges 14 game winning streak Colomiers end year on a high Pleyber-Christ & Colomiers in trouble at the bottom. Limoges go two game clear Toulouse required overtime to beat Armentières Limoges hold off Toulouse and the CFBB win Limoges ended winning streak of Roche Vendeé Overtime was needed by Roche Vendeé and Limoges 8 victories for the teams at home Limoges second behind Roche Vendée The team in red leading the way Roche Vendée make five wins in five games CFBB are struggling in Nationale Féminine 1 Nationale Féminine 1 basketball round 3 summary
20 September 2008: Nationale Féminine 1 basketball enjoying the limelight The new season is back with a bang
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Nationale Féminine 1 match reports
23 November 2008: Illkirch-Graffenstaden 76-73 Nice Cavigal Olympic
05 October 2008: Roche Vendée 96-85 Pleyber-Christ
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Senior International women's Basketball 2008 - 2009
France EuroBasket Women 2007 Team Picture
You can view the section that interests you by clicking on the link below or by scrolling down the page. And here are the following sections:EuroBasket Women 2009 Final - Latvia French Team's News 2009 Eurobasket Women 2009 Additional Qualification Round - January 2009 EuroBasket Women 2009 Qualification - August/September 2008 French Team's News 2008 2008 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for women in Madrid, Spain
EuroBasket Women 2009 Final - 2009 European Championship, Latvia
20 June 2009: France are European Champions for the second time Spain win bronze and Greece qualify to the World championship France will meet Russia in the final France beat Greece while Russia eliminates hosts Belarus and Italy in semi-final Maris Moviks speaks about his role and passion at the championships
16 June 2009: France beat Russia while Belarus and Italy qualify for quarter-final Poland fall and Greece qualified. Latvia beat by Spain France beat Turkey in a defensive game (55-43) Russia continue to win while Belarus improve chance of qualifying Latvia lose to the Slovak Republic. Spain & Greece win France pushed all the way by Lithuania (57-65) Russia qualify for quarter-final Latvia and Spain qualify for quarter-final France hold off Israel (73-70) and remain undefeated 4 teams go home 5 teams qualify for next round France required overtime to beat Belarus News from all the groups France beat Italy in EuroBasket Women opening game 1 on 1 with Cindy Lima and Evaristo Pérez from Spain
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French team' news 2009
06 June 2009: France EuroBasket Women 2009 final roster Roster reduced to 16 players EuroBasket Women preparation will be short for France EuroBasket Women 2009 final training roster announced France training report from Monaco
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Eurobasket Women 2009 Additional Qualification Round
19 January 2009: Great Britain not sure of qualifying for 2012 olympics Italy & Ukraine qualify for EuroBasket Women 2009 Bulgaria eliminated, Bosnia and Herzegovina relegated Italy crushed Croatia for victory number two Ukraine blew away Germany Additional qualification round starts with wins for Croatia and Ukraine EuroBasket Women 2009 Draw
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EuroBasket Women 2009 Qualification - August/September 2008
2008 EuroBasket Women 2009 qualifiers stories France edge out Romania as jigsaw puzzle is completed
Qualification jigsaw is almost complete
France need overtime to beat Hungary
Slovakia end France unbeaten record
France cruise past Croatia
France make light work of Romania
France have a rest while Great Britain record first win
Thriller in Pecs as France hang on
Perfect start for France with two wins
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French team's news 2008
08 November 2008: January 2009 training roster announcement
France National 2008 preparations
France are ready and the final roster is confirmed
France beat Canada, Poland and Belarus
France win series against Germany (3:0)
France sweep Turkey and 5 players removed from roster
Pierre Vincent prepares for the challenge
Caroline Aubert's withdrawals and new players join roster
Pierre Vincent announced preliminary roster
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2008 FIBA Olympic qualifying tournament for Women in Madrid
Anne Donovan, Tom Maher and Michelle Timms Audio Interviews
Olympic qualifying tournament match Angola-Brazil Cuba-Japan Belarus-Brazil Latvia-Angola Czech Republic-Japan
Cuba-Spain Day three action Day two action Day one action
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France EuroBasket Women 2005 Team Picture
Youth International Basketball 2009
For news on the French teams you will be able to select the age group of interest by clicking on the links below.
1. France U16 France U18 France U19 France U20
Youth International basketball events and competitions
We will also be able to find the links to the FIBA Europe European Championships and FIBA World Championships.
5. FIBA Europe Youth European Championships News Index 2009 FIBA U19 World Championship Women News Tournoi International de Basket /International Basketball Tournaments
France U16
30 July 2009: France U16 roster confirmed France win 2009 Tournoi International du Poinçonnet Tournoi International du Poinçonnet preparation
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France U18
France U18 preparing at Fougères 01 July 2009: The French 12 are known European training roster released - Rezé & Fougères teams known Australia Gems complete European tour in France Notre Dame to play CFBB and France U18 France lost 2-0 to Canada NEDA France start 2009 preparation with series against Canada
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France U19
01 July 2009: The U19 French 2009 World Championship Roster confirmed
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France U20
01 July 2009: five wins from six games as preparation goes well Alain Jardel selects 19 players for U20 preparation Alain Jardel is new coach for France U20 Women
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FIBA Europe Youth European Championships Index
U20 European Championship Women Division A 2009 U18 European Championship Women Division A 2009 U18 European Championship Women Division B 2009 U16 European Championship Women Division A 2009
07 March 2009: Dates and Venues for 2009 Youth European Championships
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FIBA U19 World Championship Women - Thailand 2009
USA are the best youth international basketball team again 02 August 2009: The USA make three titles in a row
01 August 2009: Spain will meet team USA in the final
31 July 2009: Tears of joy for Argentina, Canada, Spain and the USA
29 July 2009: Qualification Round Comes to an end
28 July 2009: USA in quarter-final, France must wait
27 July 2009: France bounce back in beating Brazil
27 July 2009: Qualification Round Preview
25 July 2009: France are beaten by Argentina
24 July 2009: Australia beat France on day 2
23 July 2009: France beat Korea in opening game while USA lose to Spain
03 April 2009: Australia complete European tour in France
05 March 2009: France in Group A with Argentina, Australia & Korea
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2009 U20 European Championship Women Division A
France are U20 European Champions for the second time 18 July 2009: France beat Spain in final
17 July 2009: France and Spain qualify for final
15 July 2009: 8 teams left for the title
12 July 2009: France, Latvia, Poland, Serbia and Spain already in qualification round
10 July 2009: France get off to a good start
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2009 U18 European Championship Women Division A
12 July 2009: Spain beat France for title
11 July 2009: France will play Spain in the final
10 July 2009: France hold off Latvia
10 July 2009: quarter-final review for Division A and B
08 July 2009: All quarter-finalist known
07 July 2009: France and Spain Remain undefeated
05 July 2009: France in pole position for qualification round
04 July 2009: France and 5 other teams already in qualifying round
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2009 U18 European Championship Women Division B
Hungary return back to Division A as Champions
12 July 2009: Hungary are the champions
11 July 2009: Hungary and Slovenia win promotion
10 July 2009: No upsets as top four teams qualify for semi-final
10 July 2009: Quarter-final review for Division A and B
08 July 2009: Finland, Greece and Portugal win the last places
07 July 2009: Germany and Slovenia are in the quarter-final
06 July 2009: Bosnia, Israel and Hungary qualify for quarter-final
06 July 2009: Israel make home advantage count on day 3
05 July 2009: Relief for Croatia, joy for Denmark and sadness for the Netherlands
04 July 2009: Bosnia, Germany, Greece and Slovenia qualify for next round
03 July 2009: No major upsets on day 1
02 July 2009: Isreal ready to host U18 European Championship Women B
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2009 U16 European Championship Women Division A
09 August 2009: Spain beat Belgium in overtime
08 August 2009: Belgium and Spain to play in final
07 August 2009: France required Quadruple overtime and Russia also needed overtime
06 August 2009: Delight for Greece. France drop first game to Russia
04 August 2009: Plenty of excitement on day 5 in Naples
03 August 2009: France beat the Czech Republic in Qualification round opener
01 August 2009: Italy play hard to beat Serbia
31 July 2009: France have it easy against Poland
30 July 2009: France start with a victory
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Women Amateur Basketball News 2008-2009
Amateur Basketball news: 2007-2008 NF3 Champions Castelnau Basket
All the divisions below the LFB are amateur basketball leagues in France for women playing basketball. The NF designation stands for Nationale Féminine while for the men's league the designation used is NM.
We have given Nationale Féminine 1 its own page as we will be following this league during the season.
During the 2007-2008 season we started our coverage of Amateur Basketball (NF2) for the lower division by following Strasbourg IG (SIG)
For this season we will give Nationale Féminine 2 (NF2) more coverage with brief reports from one of the four groups per week. If the clubs in the division provide us with more information then we will write some club reports.
We will also follow the progress of the LFB Espoir teams playing in the division.
Nationale Féminine 3 (NF3) , the fourth division, is split into eight groups. For this season our main interest will be the LFB Espoir teams, however like last season we will follow the play-off.
The fifth division, known as Pré-nationale , is split into 24 regional divisions. We will follow some of the teams from around the region as they play in the French Amateur Cup.
You will be able to find detailed information about the various league structures by reading our page on the competition guide for the 2007-2008 season .
Amatuer Basketball news index Nationale Féminine 2 Nationale Féminine 3
Nationale Féminine 2
05 March 2009: NF2 2008-2009 player awards
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Nationale Féminine 3
24 September 2008: Stéphanie Vivenot is back in NF3
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