Evan Fournier and Jaylen Hoard will miss the upcoming FIBA EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers window for France due to personal reasons and injury, respectively, prompting the call-up of Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot and Petr Cornelie.
Olympiacos Piraeus guard Evan Fournier will not participate in the upcoming FIBA window for the French national team.
Despite previously confirming his availability and receiving a call-up, Fournier has decided to withdraw from the FIBA EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers due to personal reasons, according to the French Basketball Federation's official announcement.
Additionally, Maccabi big man Jaylen Hoard, who is currently injured, will also miss the competition.
Evan Fournier
| Team: |
Olympiacos Piraeus |
| Position: | SG |
| Age: | 32 |
| Height: | 201 cm |
| Weight: | 93 kg |
| Birth place: | Saint-Maurice, France |
In light of these withdrawals, coach Frederic Fauthoux and his staff have called up Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot from Baskonia and Petr Cornelie from Monaco.
During this window, France will play their final qualification games against Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. While they have not yet officially qualified for the tournament, France has won all their matches in the qualifiers so far.
France's 12-man squad in the last FIBA window:
- Andrew Albicy (Gran Canaria)
- Isaia Cordinier (Virtus Bologna)
- Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot (Baskonia)
- Petr Cornelie (Monaco)
- Yoan Makoundou (Turk Telekom)
- Theo Maledon (ASVEL)
- Adam Mokoka (Cluj-Napoca)
- Amine Noua (Granada)
- Elie Okobo (Monaco)
- Vincent Poirier (Anadolu Efes)
- Neal Sako (ASVEL)
- Matthew Strazel (Monaco)
