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Four-nation youth international basketball tournament for U16Youth international basketball success for France U16Arnaud Guppillotte, the U16 French trainer, got off to a good start with his team for the youth international basketball season as France went undefeated in winning the four-nation tournament in the region of Landes. The matches were played in three locations, Hagetmau, Saint-Sever and Dax.
The two teams matched each other for the rest of the game with France holding off the late surge of their opponents with aggressive defence. Akmouche led the scoring with 17 points and was joined in double digits by Florine Basque with 11 points.
In the their final match France overcame a tired looking Swedish team (66-40). Basque (right) led a balanced French attack with 11 points. Guppillotte did not play the same team in any game, as he needed to test his full squad. It should also be noted that Adja Kontehidid not play at all for France. Sweden new generation have a hard act to follow Swedish basketball has been on the up in the last three years. The 92/93 generation have a hard act to follow. However in their first match against Poland the two teams were level (54-54) with three minutes left to play. Yet a couple of poor plays and turnovers cost Sweden the game as they lost (55-63). In their second game they held Turkey during the first period before falling away in the second quarter to trail by 6 points. Turkey then went to work and put an end to the contest during the third period before going on to win (68-48).
Turkey finished second as they thumped Poland in their final match (104-64). France U16 preliminary roster 2008 Return from Youth International Basketball to "What's New" page Return to youth international basketball index picture credits: Date created: 30 June 2008
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France played Turkey on the first day and won (73-61). Héléna Akmouche (left) was fired up for France and scored 15 points during the first period as France led (27-12) going into the second quarter. 
In their second match against Poland, France trailed for most of the game. Only at the very end of the match the French player Agathe Degorces came up with some magic to lead France to victory (51-50) Degorces led the scoring for France with 10 points.
