Wembanyama to return to French national basketball team for World Cup
Summary
French basketball star Victor Wembanyama is returning to the French national team for the first time since the 2024 Olympics. He will play in warm-up games and the main qualifiers for the 2027 Basketball World Cup after recovering from a shoulder illness.Key Facts
- Victor Wembanyama will join France’s national basketball team for matches against Slovenia and Sweden in August 2026.
- He will also play two warm-up games against Serbia one week before those qualifiers.
- Wembanyama missed Euro 2025 due to a venous thrombosis (a blood clot) in his right shoulder.
- French coach Frederic Fauthoux called Wembanyama "the undisputed leader" of the current team generation.
- France lost the 2024 Olympic basketball final to the United States, with Wembanyama scoring 26 points and grabbing 7 rebounds.
- In the last NBA season, Wembanyama averaged 25 points, 11.5 rebounds, and led the league with 3.1 blocks per game for the San Antonio Spurs.
- Wembanyama was named NBA Defensive Player of the Year and helped the Spurs reach the NBA Finals in his first playoff run.
- Frederic Fauthoux became the coach of the French national team after the Paris Games, replacing Vincent Collet.
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