The France men's national basketball team represents France in international basketball and is administered by the French Federation of Basketball. France is currently ranked fourth in the FIBA World Ranking.
Paris Basket Racing, or PBR, was a French professional basketball club from Paris. It was founded in 1922, as the basketball section of the multi-sports club Racing Club de Paris. The team took the name "Paris Basket Racing" in 2000. In 2007, the club merged with another club from the Paris area, Levallois Sporting Club Basket, to form the current version of the club, known first as Paris-Levallois Basket, and later as Levallois Metropolitans and Metropolitans 92.
Alexander Yakovlevich Gomelsky was a Russian professional basketball player and coach. The Father of Soviet and Russian basketball, he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1995 and the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2007.
Cesare Rubini was an Italian professional basketball player and coach, and a water polo player. He was considered to be one of the greatest European basketball coaches of all time, Rubini was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1994, making him the first, and to this day, just one of three Italian basketball figures to receive such an honour, alongside Dino Meneghin and Sandro Gamba. He was also inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 2000.
The Switzerland men's national basketball team represents Switzerland in international basketball. The managing body for the national team is Swiss Basketball.
Alessandro "Sandro" Gamba is an Italian former professional basketball player and coach. Gamba was a finalist for induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2005, and was elected as a member in 2006. He was inducted in 2006 to the Italian Basketball Hall of Fame.
Óscar Alberto Furlong Chretienneau was an Argentine basketball player, and tennis player and coach. He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. As a basketball player, he was a FIBA World Cup champion in 1950, who also competed at the 1948 Summer Olympic Games, and at the 1952 Summer Olympic Games. Furlong was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame in September 2007.
Otar Korkia was a Georgian professional basketball player and coach. He was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players, in 1991. He was also named the Best Georgian Basketball Player of the 20th Century, and the Best Georgian Sportsman of the 20th Century. He was born in Kutaisi.
Stepas Butautas was a Soviet and Lithuanian professional basketball player and coach. He trained at the VSS Žalgiris, in Kaunas. He played with the Soviet Union men's national basketball team at the 1952 Summer Olympic Games, where he won a silver medal. During the tournament, he played in all eight games.
Robert Busnel was a French professional basketball player, coach, and administrator. During his playing career, the 1.92 m tall Busnel, played at the power forward position. He was made an Officer of the Legion of Honor, in 1989, and was awarded the Olympic Order, by the IOC, in 1990. He was inducted into the French National Sports Hall of Fame in 1994. He was inducted into the French Basketball Hall of Fame, in 2005. In 2007, he was enshrined as a contributor to the FIBA Hall of Fame.
Ralph Klein, also known as Rafael "Ralph" Ram was an Israeli professional basketball player and coach. In Israel, he was known as "Mr. Basketball".
André Vacheresse was a player and coach for the French basketball club Chorale Roanne Basket. He was inducted into the French Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016.
Jiří Baumruk was a Czech professional basketball player and coach.
Étoile Charleville-Mézières is a French professional basketball club, that is based in Charleville-Mézières. The team currently plays in the Nationale Masculine 1
Gérard Sturla was a French basketball player coach. He played for ASVEL Basket from 1951 through 1960, winning LNB Nationale championships with the team in 1952, 1955, 1956 and 1957, and French Basketball Cups in 1953 and 1957. He coached ASVEL from 1960 until 1963, and coached Chorale Roanne Basket during the 1971–1972 season. He played with the France national basketball team, finishing fourth in the 1956 Summer Olympics and eighth in EuroBasket 1957. He died in Décines.
Miodrag "Sija" Nikolić was a Serbian professional basketball player and coach. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally.
Jean-Paul Beugnot was a French professional basketball player and coach. Standing at 2.07 m tall, Beugnot played at the power forward and center positions. He was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players, in 1991. He was inducted into the French Basketball Hall of Fame in 2004. He was inducted into the French National Sports Hall of Fame in 2013.
Cándido Antonio Sibilio Hughes, most commonly known as Chicho Sibilio, was a Dominican-Spanish professional basketball player and coach. During his pro club playing career, Sibilio, who was well-known for being a great three-point shooter, won the FIBA Club World Cup championship in 1985, and the European Super Cup championship in 1986. He was also a EuroLeague Finalist in 1984.
Hervé Dubuisson is a French former professional basketball player and coach. During his playing career, at a height of 1.97 m tall, he played at the shooting guard and small forward positions. Dubuisson is the French Championship's all-time career leader in total points scored. He is also the senior French national team's all-time career leader in total points scored.
Philippe "Philip" Szanyiel is a French former professional basketball player and coach. He was inducted into the French Basketball Hall of Fame, as a player, in 2011.
