Bathiste Tchouaffé

Bathiste Tchouaffé (born May 19, 1998 in Poitiers) is a French professional basketball player. He is currently playing for Champagne Basket of the French LNB Pro B.

Bathiste Tchouaffé
Tchouaffé with Nanterre in 2017
No. 8 – Champagne Basket
PositionShooting guard
LeagueLNB Pro B
Personal information
Born (1998-05-19) May 19, 1998
Poitiers, France
NationalityFrench
Listed height1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Listed weight87 kg (192 lb)
Career information
Playing career2016–present
Career history
2016–2018Nanterre 92
2018–2019JL Bourg
2019–2020→Poitiers Basket 86
2020–2021UJAP Quimper Basket
2021–2023Boulazac Basket Dordogne
2023–presentChampagne Basket
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing France France
FIBA Europe U18 Championship
Gold medal – first place 2016 TurkeyU-18 Team
FIBA Europe U16 Championship
Gold medal – first place 2014 LatviaU-16 Team
Men’s 3x3 Basketball
FIBA 3x3 U18 World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2015 HungaryU-18 Team

Early career

The product of a basketball family, both his mother and father played the game.[1] Tchouaffé played in the youth sides of ASPTT Poitiers, PVBC Pouzioux Vouneuil Basket Club, CEP Poitiers and Poitiers Basket 86.[2] From 2012 to 2016, he attended INSEP, the French National Institute of Sport, expertise, and performance, averaging 12.6 points, 3.4 rebounds, 2.3 assists a game in his final season (2015–16) in the NM1, the third tier of French basketball.[3]

Professional career

In May 2016, he signed his first professional contract, a three-year deal with Nanterre 92 of the French elite league LNB Pro A.[4] Tchouaffé attended the 2018 Nike Hoop Summit, recording two points in 9:11 minutes of play.[5]

On 3 August 2018, Tchouaffé signed a three-year contract with JL Bourg.[6]

On June 20, 2019, he has loaned to Poitiers Basket 86 of the French LNB Pro B for one season in order to continue his development.[7] In the 2020-21 season, Tchouaffé averaged 12.5 points a game for Pro B outfit Quimper, in the summer of 2021, he inked a deal with another second-division side, Boulazac Basket Dordogne.[8]

Tchouaffé signed with Champagne Basket of the LNB Pro B in June 2023.[9]

National team career

He was a key part of the French under-16 national team that won gold at the 2014 European Championships, tallying 14.7 points, 4.4 boards, 1.9 assists and 1.1 steals per outing during the tournament. For his efforts, he was named to the Eurobasket.com All-European Championships U16 1st Team, alongside players like his teammate Kilian Tillie, Latvia's Rodions Kurucs and Turkey's Ömer Yurtseven.[10]

In 2015, Tchouaffé was a member of the French squad that went third at the FIBA 3x3 U18 World Championships in Hungary, and he also won the shoot out contest.[11] He won gold at the 2016 U18 European Championships with France,[12] averaging 10.0 points as well as 4.7 boards a game in the tournament.[13]

He competed for France in the 2017 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup, averaging 10.9 points a contest.[14]

References
  1. "ITW Bathiste Tchouaffé : "Tout faire pour que le basket français se souvienne de la génération 98" - Basket-BallWorld". Basket-BallWorld (in French). 2015-11-24. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
  2. "Les jeunes au pouvoir avec Bathiste Tchouaffé – 5by5.fr – Actu basket 86 !". www.5by5.fr. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
  3. "Stats joueur | FFBB". www.ffbb.com. Archived from the original on 2016-11-25. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
  4. "Bathiste Tchouaffé signe à Nanterre". Basket Europe. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
  5. "Nike Hoop Summit FIBA Boxscore" (PDF). basketball.ca. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-19. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
  6. Carchia, E. (3 August 2018). "JL Bourg signs Bathiste Tchouaffe to a multi-year deal". Sportando. Archived from the original on 5 August 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  7. "Bathiste Tchouaffé retrouve Poitiers" (in French). LaNouvelleRepublique. June 20, 2019. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
  8. "Bathiste Tchouaffé". Boulazac Basketball (in French). Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  9. "Bathiste Tchouaffé au Champagne Basket jusqu'en 2025". BeBasket (in French). 2023-06-25. Retrieved 2023-06-25.
  10. "European Championships U16 Basketball, Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Standings - eurobasket.com". www.eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
  11. "Shoot-Out Contest - FIBA.com". FIBA.com. Archived from the original on September 24, 2020. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
  12. "France crowned champions at FIBA U18 European Championship". FIBA.com. Archived from the original on October 6, 2017. Retrieved 2016-12-22.
  13. "France at the FIBA U18 European Championship Division A 2016 - FIBA.com". FIBA.com. Archived from the original on September 2, 2017. Retrieved 2016-12-22.
  14. "France at the FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup 2017 - FIBA.basketball". FIBA.basketball (in French). Retrieved 2017-07-09.
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