Victor Wembanyama’s teammates largely dominated Bosnia and Herzegovina (92-56) on Monday to validate their qualification for the 2023 World Cup organized in Indonesia, Japan and the Philippines.
The Blues now know what they will do with their next summer. The French men’s basketball team qualified for the 2023 World Cup thanks to its victory against Bosnia and Herzegovina (92-56), Monday, November 14, in Pau, during the eighth day of qualifications. France is one of the sixteen nations already qualified for the World Cup organized in Japan, Indonesia and the Philippines (from August 25 to September 10) even before its last two meetings, in February, against the Czech Republic and Lithuania.
Three days after its great success in Lithuania (90-65), France again dominated its subject, almost from start to finish, thanks in particular to Victor Wembanyama. The 18-year-old prodigy, who was celebrating his second selection in the blue jersey, himself created an already substantial gap at the end of the first period (38-22, 19th) on a three-point shot followed by a basket in racket.
It was he again, five minutes from the final buzzer, who planted a magnificent award-winning basket on one foot and unbalanced to give even greater relief to the gap in favor of the Blues (76-48, 35th). The end of the match then allowed everyone to taste their share of the cake to win, in the end, by 36 points. “I had a lot of fun on these two selectionssavored the interior, author of 19 points, at the microphone of France Télévisions. We knew we had to hit first, we were able to hit hard from the start.”
The Boulogne-Levallois player was the first to show the way to his partners by scoring the first seven points for his team (7-2, 4th). If he forced his shooting choices a little at the end of the first quarter, he was quickly replaced by Juhann Begarin (17 points) and Yoan Makoundou (7 points). The back of Paris Basket and the interior of Monaco, also novices in blue before last Friday, were the symbol of the density of the tricolor tank.
Carried by an aggressive defense, a desire to deploy quickly on the counter-attack and a good long-distance address (14/26 from three-pointers), the Blues were attractive. “The game was less successful than against Lithuania but there was still enthusiasm and defensive energy which made the differencerejoiced Vincent Collet on France Télévisions. The reservoir is a chance for French basketball, there are players who have a chance of playing in the World Cup.”
“It’s promising for the future of French basketball”, continued Victor Wembanyama. The standard of the tricolor training will again have the opportunity to perform in France with the blue jersey on the shoulders in a match without stake against Lithuania, on February 26, 2023.