{"id":248705,"date":"2021-11-24T16:24:18","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T15:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=248705"},"modified":"2021-11-24T16:24:18","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T15:24:18","slug":"fiba-strikes-deal-for-france-television-to-become-free-to-air-home-of-national-team-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/fiba-strikes-deal-for-france-television-to-become-free-to-air-home-of-national-team-games\/","title":{"rendered":"FIBA strikes deal for France Television to become free-to-air home of national team games"},"content":{"rendered":"

Basketball fans in France will now be able to watch the men’s and women’s national teams in the sport’s biggest tournaments free-to-air, FIBA and France T\u00e9l\u00e9visions have announced. France\u00a0T\u00e9l\u00e9visions\u00a0will show the national team games through to the\u00a0FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A new agreement has been reached that includes the rights to show not only the World Cup, which will be played in the Philippines, Japan and Indonesia from August 25 to September 10 in 2023, but also the Qualifiers for the event, beginning this week when\u00a0France<\/a>\u00a0host Montenegro this Friday, November 26 and visit Hungary on Monday, November 29.<\/p>\n

The deal also gives France T\u00e9l\u00e9visions the rights to the\u00a0FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup 2022<\/a>, which will be staged in Sydney, Australia, from September 22 to October 1, as well as its Qualifiers tournaments from February 10 to 13, 2022, withFrance<\/a>\u00a0playing in Belgrade against China, Nigeria and Mali. Additionally, France T\u00e9l\u00e9visions will show the FIBA Women’s EuroBasket 2023.<\/p>\n

Games are to be shared between three free-to-air channels: France 2, France 3 and France 4. France 2 and France 3 are two of the top three channels in the country by audience share.<\/p>\n

France’s men are among the elite teams in international basketball after finishing third at the last two FIBA Basketball World Cups, including the 2019 event in China. This past summer,\u00a0France claimed the Olympic silver medal<\/a>\u00a0after playing the United States in a thrilling Final in Tokyo.<\/p>\n

The French women’s team has also been flying high with its latest success, theOlympic bronze medal<\/a>\u00a0in Japan. Before that, Les Bleues reached the\u00a0FIBA Women’s EuroBasket Final<\/a>\u00a0for the fifth consecutive time in Valencia, Spain.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, France T\u00e9l\u00e9visions is the free-to-air home of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in France, with the broadcaster investing significantly in supporting French national teams.<\/p>\n

France T\u00e9l\u00e9visions will manage the production of the six home games which France is due to play as part of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Qualifiers.<\/p>\n

Frank Leenders, Director General of FIBA Media and Marketing Services, said: “We are thrilled to announce this partnership and achieve such outstanding visibility of our events for all French basketball fans in the coming years. We thank the France T\u00e9l\u00e9visions\u00a0Group for their commitment to national team basketball, which reflects in the strong track record and popularity of the French national teams on the international stage.”<\/p>\n

Laurent-Eric Le Lay, Sports Director of France T\u00e9l\u00e9visions said:\u00a0“The France T\u00e9l\u00e9visions Group is pleased to announce this agreement with FIBA, which will allow the French women’s and men’s basketball teams to be broadcast\u00a0free-to-air up until the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. With this partnership, we reaffirm our desire to support French Olympic sports by offering fans the power of the France T\u00e9l\u00e9visions Group antennas.<\/p>\n

“Following the Tokyo Olympic Games where our French national basketball teams performed exceptionally\u00a0well, this is a new step leading up to the next Games in Paris, to promote basketball in France and to excite all fans of the sport.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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