Les Bleus

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Les Bleus is the widely used nickname for France’s national sports teams, especially the French national football team, referencing their traditional blue kit.

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Label	Occurrences
Les Bleus canonical	6
France 1984 European Championship squad	1
France 1986 World Cup squad	1
France national team at 1958 FIFA World Cup	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17070512 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Les Bleus
Context triple: [Team France, nickname, Les Bleus]

A. Les Bleus
Les Bleus is the popular nickname for France’s national rugby union team, renowned for its flair, passion, and strong presence in international competitions like the Rugby World Cup and Six Nations Championship.
B. Les Bleus
Les Bleus is the nickname of France’s men’s national ice hockey team, which represents the country in international ice hockey competitions.
C. Les Bleus
Les Bleus is the traditional nickname of French football club Racing Club de Strasbourg Alsace, referencing the team’s iconic blue kit.
D. Les Bleus
Les Bleus is the traditional nickname of French football club SC Bastia, referring to the team’s iconic blue kit and identity.
E. Aigles Bleus
Aigles Bleus is the Université de Moncton’s varsity athletics program, best known for its French-language university sports teams competing in Canadian intercollegiate leagues.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Les Bleus
Target entity description: Les Bleus is the widely used nickname for France’s national sports teams, especially the French national football team, referencing their traditional blue kit.

A. Les Bleus
Les Bleus is the popular nickname for France’s national rugby union team, renowned for its flair, passion, and strong presence in international competitions like the Rugby World Cup and Six Nations Championship.
B. Les Bleus
Les Bleus is the nickname of France’s men’s national ice hockey team, which represents the country in international ice hockey competitions.
C. Les Bleus
Les Bleus is the traditional nickname of French football club Racing Club de Strasbourg Alsace, referencing the team’s iconic blue kit.
D. Les Bleus
Les Bleus is the traditional nickname of French football club SC Bastia, referring to the team’s iconic blue kit and identity.
E. Aigles Bleus
Aigles Bleus is the Université de Moncton’s varsity athletics program, best known for its French-language university sports teams competing in Canadian intercollegiate leagues.
F. None of above. chosen

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Team France → nickname → Les Bleus ⓘ

France men's national basketball team → nickname → Les Bleus ⓘ

France RL → nickname → Les Bleus ⓘ

Stade de Reims team of the 1950s → contributedPlayersTo → France national team at 1958 FIFA World Cup ⓘ

linked to: Les Bleus

France vs Argentina → FranceTeamNickname → Les Bleus ⓘ

Argentina defeated France in opening match → teamNicknameOfFrance → Les Bleus ⓘ

Luis Fernandez → partOf → France 1984 European Championship squad ⓘ

linked to: Les Bleus

Luis Fernandez → partOf → France 1986 World Cup squad ⓘ

linked to: Les Bleus

France vs New Zealand → team1Nickname → Les Bleus ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

How this entity was disambiguated