Toulouse. The TMB finds the elite of women’s basketball with a prestigious match against a favorite
By Anthony Assemat
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While the TO XIII is – unfortunately – returned to the leaguethe elevator ran the other way for the women in the Basket Toulouse Métropole. In May 2022, the Toulousaines acquired their rise in Women’s Basketball League (LFB) by beating the Iséroises of La Tronche Meylan, winning the title of champion of France in Women’s League 2 (LF2).
“The objective remains maintenance”
Coach’s players Xavier Noguera had not known the elite since the 2015-2016 season. This is an event in the 4e city in France, which has no shortage of high-level teams (Stade Toulousain, TFC, Fenix, Spacers, etc.). The Toulousaines will go back to the LFB with a good appetite but a measured ambition. “We want to be competitive but the objective remains maintenance”, tempers Xavier Noguera withToulouse News.
Toulouse, “Tom Thumb”
Of the 12 teams involved in LFB, only one descent to the lower floor. But the label of Toulouse’s “Petit Poucet”, as the coach says, does not scare the Pionnières, the nickname of the players of the Pink City. Behind the leaders that are Bourges (Cher) and Basket Landes, among others, the real championship of Toulouse is rather played against formations like Angers (Maine et Loire), Landerneau (Finistère), Tarbes (Hautes-Pyrenees) we Saint-Amand (North).
The TMB hopes for massive support from the Toulouse public for this return to the big leagues. In 2021-2022, for the climb season, the Pioneers were able to count on an average of more than a thousand spectators at the Petit Palais des Sports, “and even up to 1,800 for the play-offs”, specifies Xavier Noguera.
A gala match
For its first match, the Toulousains will have a hard time facing Basket Landes, a Euroleague level team and winner of the Coupe de France last season. A gala match against a big car. And the opportunity to see evaluate, perhaps, one of the legends of the women’s basket who has returned for a year in the Landes: Celine Dumerc.
TMB/Basket Landes at the Petit Palais des Sports. Saturday October 29, 2022 at 8 p.m.
Rue Pierre Laplace.
The Toulouse players to follow this season
The strength of TMB has always been its collective. “We integrated a group, not individuals”, Xavier Noguera.
But many players will be to follow this season. Around captain Isabelle Strunc, Toulouse will be able to count on former international Kalis Loyd and rookies like leaders Yvanna Enjolvy and American Kyra Lambert, or interior Aminata Gueye and Megan Huff.
We will also follow the nuggets of the training center like Noémie Brochant and Margot de Freitas.
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