the Vendespace in Mouilleron le Captif near La Roche-sur-Yon will be packed this Monday evening. 4,500 spectators are expected to support the French basketball team! Last February all the places were sold out in 3 hours. At 8:30 p.m., the blues, without their stars, vice Olympic champions (Rudy Gobert, Evan Fournier…) will face the Hungary for qualifying for the 2023 World Cup. Coach Vincent Collet still had the choice and other French players like the young Théo Maledon will take the opportunity to show themselves for the euro in September.
“For us it is a great joy – rejoices the president of the departmental basketball committee in Vendée Jacky Rousselot– in addition there are new players who will be there like Theo Maledon. It’s going to be full to bursting. We were able to have a quota of places reserved for Vendée basketball players and we didn’t have enough room. The Vendée has more than 80 clubs and 11,000 basketball licensees… That’s why the international federation and the French federation also attribute these major events to us”.