Vincent Collet handed out his preliminary list of 24 players out of which 12 will eventually be selected to take part in the Euro 2011. Here is the full squad:
Point-guards (5): Tony Parker (1,88 m, San Antonio/NBA), Rodrigue Beaubois (1,84 m, Dallas/NBA), Antoine Diot (1,90 m, Le Mans), Andrew Albicy (1,78 m, Paris-Levallois), Steed Tchicamboud (1,93 m, Chalon-sur-Saône)
Guards (4): Nando De Colo (1,95 m, Valence/ESP), Yannick Bokolo (1,88 m, Gravelines), Fabien Causeur (1,93 m, Cholet), Abdoulaye M'Baye (1,89 m, Strasbourg)
Forwards (6): Nicolas Batum (2,03 m, Portland/NBA), Mickaël Pietrus (1,98 m, Phoenix/NBA), Mickaël Gelabale (2 m, Villeurbanne), Evan Fournier (1,97 m, Poitiers), Charles Lombahe-Kahudi (1,99 m, Le Mans), Ilian Evtimov (2 m, Chalon-sur-Saône)
Power-fowards (4): Boris Diaw (2,03 m, Charlotte/NBA), Florent Pietrus (2,02 m, Valence/ESP), Kim Tillie (2,10 m, Villeurbanne), Luc-Arthur Vebobe (2,02 m, Cholet)
Centers (5): Joakim Noah (2,11 m, Chicago/NBA), Ali Traoré (2,05 m, Rome/ITA), Ian Mahinmi (2,06 m, Dallas/NBA), Ronny Turiaf (2,06 m, New York/NBA), Kevin Séraphin (2,06 m, Washington/NBA)