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Union Sportive Valenciennes Olympic
US Valenciennes Olympic (or USVO, previously ''Union Sportive Valenciennes-Orchies'') is a former French basketball team based in Valenciennes. It will be replaced by Union Hainaut Basket, because of the merging with Union Saint-Amand Porte du Hainaut (Saint-Amand-les-Eaux). Notable players * Nicole Antibe * Isabelle Fijalkowski * Edwige Lawson-Wade * Jurgita Štreimikytė * Teresa Edwards Teresa Edwards (born July 19, 1964) is an American former women's basketball player and four time Olympic gold medalist. In 2000, ''Sports Illustrated'' magazine placed her as 22nd of the "100 Greatest Female Athletes of the 20th Century". She ... References External links *http://www.fibaeurope.com/cid_KNce8jInH7Qj1EsyH5rjn2.teamID_1240.compID_jr6ZiXqeGhMBtfq1yxqV83.season_2003.roundID_3556.html Basketball teams in France {{France-basketball-team-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ligue Féminine De Basketball
The Ligue Féminine de Basketball (LFB; ''Women's Basketball League'') is the top women's French professional basketball league. Champions * precedes the score of the team playing at home. Clubs Current season (2021–22) * Union Féminine Angers Basket 49 (Angers) * Tango Bourges Basket (Bourges) * Flammes Carolo Basket Ardennes (Charleville-Mézières) * Charnay Basket Bourgogne Sud (Charnay-lès-Mâcon) * Landerneau Bretagne Basket (Landerneau) * Basket Landes (Mont-de-Marsan) * Basket Lattes Montpellier Agglomération ( Lattes) * ASVEL Féminin (Lyon) * Roche Vendée Basket Club (La Roche-sur-Yon) * Saint-Amand Hainaut Basket (Saint-Amand-les-Eaux) * Tarbes Gespe Bigorre (Tarbes) * ESB de Villeneuve d'Ascq – Lille Métropole (Villeneuve-d'Ascq) Season 2012-2013 * Pays d'Aix Basket 13 (Aix-en-Provence) * ASPTT Arras (Arras) * CJM Bourges Basket (Bourges) * Challes-les-Eaux Basket (Challes-les-Eaux) * Flammes Carolo basket (Charleville-Mézières) * Basket Landes (M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its Metropolitan France, metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea; overseas territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean. Due to its several coastal territories, France has the largest exclusive economic zone in the world. France borders Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Andorra, and Spain in continental Europe, as well as the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Netherlands, Suriname, and Brazil in the Americas via its overseas territories in French Guiana and Saint Martin (island), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's hoop (a basket in diameter mounted high to a Backboard (basketball), backboard at each end of the court, while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. A Field goal (basketball), field goal is worth two points, unless made from behind the 3 point line, three-point line, when it is worth three. After a foul, timed play stops and the player fouled or designated to shoot a technical foul is given one, two or three one-point free throws. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins, but if regulation play expires with the score tied, an additional period of play (Overtime (sports), overtime) is mandated. Players advance the ball by bouncing it while walking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valenciennes
Valenciennes (, also , , ; nl, label=also Dutch, Valencijn; pcd, Valincyinnes or ; la, Valentianae) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France. It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a steady population decline between 1975 and 1990, it has since rebounded. The 1999 census recorded that the population of the commune of Valenciennes was 41,278, and that of the metropolitan area was 399,677. History Before 1500 Valenciennes is first mentioned in 693 in a legal document written by Clovis II (''Valentiana''). In the 843 Treaty of Verdun, it was made a neutral city between Neustria and the Austrasia. Later in the 9th century the region was overrun by the Normans, and in 881 the town passed to them. In 923 it passed to the Duchy of Lower Lotharingia dependent on the Holy Roman Empire. Once the Empire of the Franks was established, the city began to develop, though the archaeological record has still not revealed all it has to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Hainaut Basket
Union commonly refers to: * Trade union, an organization of workers * Union (set theory), in mathematics, a fundamental operation on sets Union may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * Union (band), an American rock group ** ''Union'' (Union album), 1998 * ''Union'' (Chara album), 2007 * ''Union'' (Toni Childs album), 1988 * ''Union'' (Cuff the Duke album), 2012 * ''Union'' (Paradoxical Frog album), 2011 * ''Union'', a 2001 album by Puya * ''Union'', a 2001 album by Rasa * ''Union'' (The Boxer Rebellion album), 2009 * ''Union'' (Yes album), 1991 * "Union" (Black Eyed Peas song), 2005 Other uses in arts and entertainment * ''Union'' (Star Wars), a Dark Horse comics limited series * Union, in the fictional Alliance–Union universe of C. J. Cherryh * '' Union (Horse with Two Discs)'', a bronze sculpture by Christopher Le Brun, 1999–2000 * The Union (Marvel Team), a Marvel Comics superhero team and comic series Education * Union Academy (other), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Saint-Amand Porte Du Hainaut
Union commonly refers to: * Trade union, an organization of workers * Union (set theory), in mathematics, a fundamental operation on sets Union may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * Union (band), an American rock group ** ''Union'' (Union album), 1998 * ''Union'' (Chara album), 2007 * ''Union'' (Toni Childs album), 1988 * ''Union'' (Cuff the Duke album), 2012 * ''Union'' (Paradoxical Frog album), 2011 * ''Union'', a 2001 album by Puya * ''Union'', a 2001 album by Rasa * ''Union'' (The Boxer Rebellion album), 2009 * ''Union'' (Yes album), 1991 * "Union" (Black Eyed Peas song), 2005 Other uses in arts and entertainment * ''Union'' (Star Wars), a Dark Horse comics limited series * Union, in the fictional Alliance–Union universe of C. J. Cherryh * '' Union (Horse with Two Discs)'', a bronze sculpture by Christopher Le Brun, 1999–2000 * The Union (Marvel Team), a Marvel Comics superhero team and comic series Education * Union Academy (other), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Amand-les-Eaux
Saint-Amand-les-Eaux (; former nl, Sint-Amands-aan-de-Skarpe, link=no) is a commune in the Nord department, northern France. It lies on the river Scarpe, 12 km northwest of Valenciennes. In French, the town people are named ''Amandinois'' (m), ''Amandinoise'' (f). The composer Robert Lannoy (1915–1979) was born in Saint-Amand-les-Eaux. Saint-Amand Abbey, formerly Elnon Abbey, was located here from its foundation in the 630s by Saint Amand until its dissolution in 1789. Population Heraldry Local culture and heritage Industries Saint Amand has an industrial belt, casino, shopping centre, thermal baths, and several springs. The Tower The tower on the Grand'Place standing 82 metres tall is the symbol of this town. It is one of the remaining structures of the former Saint-Amand Abbey, and it was the west façade of the former abbey church, which has been demolished. It has a carillon with 48 bells and a museum devoted to faience. The abbey was founded in the 7th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicole Antibe
Nicole Antibe (born 11 April 1974 in Paris, France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...) is a French basketball player. Antibe has had 193 selections on the French national women's basketball team from 1993 to 2005 . References sports reference federation francaise de basket-ball French women's basketball players [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabelle Fijalkowski
Isabelle Fijalkowski, now Isabelle Fijalkowski-Tournebize (born May 23, 1972 in Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme), is a retired French basketball player. She was inducted into the French Basketball Hall of Fame, in 2011. Career United States Fijalkowski played college basketball for University of Colorado, then was drafted by the Cleveland Rockers in 1997. Achievements France national team * 9th at 1994 World Championship * Finalist of EuroBasket 1993 and EuroBasket 1999 * 5th at the 2000 Olympic Games of Sydney * EuroBasket 2001: champion * 200 selections. Club * Winner of the EuroLeague Women: 1997, 2002 (Runner-up: 1999, 2001) * Winner of French championship: 1992, 1996, 1997, 2001 et 2002 * Winner of the Italian championship: 1998, 1999 * Tournoi de la Fédération: 1996, 2001, 2002 * MVP of the French championship 1996-1997 * MVP of the Italian championship 1998-1999 Career statistics Regular season , - , style="text-align:left;", 1997 , style="text-align: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwige Lawson-Wade
Edwige Lawson (born May 14, 1979), also Edwige Lawson-Wade, is a French former professional women's basketball player. A point guard, Lawson started her professional career at the age of 17. She has played in Bordeaux, Aix-en-Provence, and Valenciennes in France. She has also played in the WNBA for the San Antonio Silver Stars, New York Liberty, the Houston Comets and the Seattle Storm, and also for CSKA Moscow in the Russian Superleague. Lawson was also the starting point guard for the France national women's basketball team, with whom she won a silver medal at the 2012 London Olympic Games. Her resume includes three French championships, two Russian championships and three Euroleague titles (two with Valenciennes and one with CSKA Samara) and one European Championship with France. Edwige was the three-point competition champion at the 2008 FIBA Europe All-Star game. Lawson is married to professional basketball coach James Wade. They have a son, James "Jet" Wade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jurgita Štreimikytė
Jurgita Štreimikytė (born 14 May 1972 in Alytus, Lithuania) is a Lithuanian former basketball forward who played the WNBA for Indiana Fever and the Euroleague Women with Kaunas, Valenciennes Olympic and SG Comense among others. She was a member of the Lithuanian national team, winning the 1997 Eurobasket. She retired from international basketball following the 2006 World Championship. After retiring in 2010, she currently serves as Kaunas' second coach. On 30 November 2022, she was inducted to the FIBA Hall of Fame The FIBA Hall of Fame, or FIBA Basketball Hall of Fame, honors players, coaches, teams, referees, and administrators who have greatly contributed to international competitive basketball. It was established by FIBA, in 1991. It includes the " Samar ... in appreciation of her stunning career contributions. References 1972 births Living people Small forwards Indiana Fever draft picks Indiana Fever players Lithuanian expatriate basketball people in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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