The French women's basketball team discovered the Palais des Sports Caen la Mer this Monday. Thursday evening, the Blues face Israel: a match which counts towards qualifying for the next European Championship. 13 players were selected.
Thursday evening, the Blues will face Israel, a match counting for qualifying for the next European Championship. 13 players were selected. They started training yesterday in the brand new Caen enclosure. Unfortunately, the native of Lisieux Marine Johannès is missing. The nugget who made his debut at USO Mondeville injured his ankle with his club in Türkiye, ÇBK Mersin.
Marine Johannes absent but Dominique Malonga will be there
Two other players are also missing due to injury: Carla Leite and Iliana Rupert. On the other hand, Ornaise Dominique Malonga is there. She is one of the 13 players selected by coach Jean Aimé Toupane for this match against Israel. At only 18 years old, the basketball player who plays with the ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne club recently became the first French woman to score a dunk in an official match. It was last October 30 against the Limassol Cypriots in the Euro Cup.
France-Israel, Thursday evening at the Palais des Sports, Kick-off 9 p.m.. Also to follow is Marième Badiane, former Mondeville player, currently in Lyon.
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