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It was the first time that the Greek national team won a major tournament in any sport, instantly making basketball the national sport while the national team became cherished throughout the country. The European champions failed to qualify for the 1988 Summer Olympic Games for a first time in 36 years, despite a decent performance in the pre ...
The list of EuroCup-winning head coaches shows all of the head coaches that have won the EuroCup championship. The EuroCup is the European-wide 2nd-tier level men's professional basketball club competition. The competition was founded under the name the ULEB Cup.
Vincent Florent Antoine Collet (born 6 June 1963) is a French former professional basketball player and a current professional basketball coach.. He is the head coach of France national team since 2009, winning a total of 13 medals under his tenure.
He has been in 15 Finals so far with different teams in different countries as a Head coach. [5] He has NCAA, CBA, ACB, Eurocup, Uleb, Euroleague, Liga de las Americas, Olympic Games Tournament, Afrobasket and World Cup Qualifiers. He has been Head Coach with 5 National Teams. He is the first coach (in any sport) in history who has won a ...
Throughout its history, France's national basketball team has experienced many ups and downs. The time periods where the national team earned medals have been quite streaky. In Europe, team France started out as a fierce competitor. The team won five medals at the EuroBasket between 1937 and 1959.
Zouros was announced as the new head coach of the senior men's Greek national basketball team in March 2011. [10] He coached Greece at the EuroBasket 2011.After the failure of Greece to qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics at the 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Zouros' contract to coach the Greek national team was not renewed.
The national team is governed by Basketball Finland. Finland has played in 17 EuroBasket tournaments, with their best finish coming in sixth place at EuroBasket 1967 , on home soil. Finland has appeared at the Olympic Games twice, in 1952 as hosts , and 1964 .
The men's national basketball team of the United States competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, and won the gold medal.They qualified for the Olympics as one of the top two FIBA Basketball World Cup finishers from the Americas in 2023. [1]