Victor Wembanyama confirmed his presence at the Euro to the president of the FFBB

Jean-Pierre Huckler first indicated that the increase in the number of licensees is currently 3% but that over the last two seasons, there are 350,000 young people who have not been taken into clubs. “Potentially, we should have 800,000 or 820,000 licensees.”

Victor Wembanyama will therefore be present at the European Championship which will be held from August 27 to September 14 in Latvia, Cyprus, Finland and Poland.

“The luck we have is that he is a young man who has a good head and who thinks about French Basketball and its development,” Jean-Pierre Huckler told Le Progrès. Every time Boris Diaw is with him, he only talks about one thing, the France team. I spoke with Victor for five minutes during the week, because he is very busy and he assured me that barring a physical problem, he would be there for Euro 2025.”

Jean-Pierre Huckler also affirmed his confidence in Freddy Fauthoux, who succeeds Vincent Collet.

“I knew him before having refereed him when he played in Pau (smile). Our desire was to maintain a French coach. Freddy is a man of conviction, of duty, capable of transcending teams. We saw it in Levallois and at JL Bourg. In his coaching, we find his player mentality, and he was a fighter. He is capable of making a very good coach. I remember, when Vincent started, many people thought we were wrong. We saw the results afterwards! The proximity between Freddy and Boris Diaw (general manager) is important because it is the pair who must make the system work. »