France men's national volleyball team

The France national men's volleyball team represents the country in international competitions and friendly matches. It was the reigning European Champion in 2015 and is ranked 3rd (as of 1st January 2023) in the FIVB world ranking. France have been competing in the World League ever since the inaugural edition in 1990 and continuously since 1999. In 2006 they finished second to Brazil but had their share of disappointment in subsequent seasons. In 2009 they narrowly missed making the Final Six, falling at the last hurdle to Slovenia. They suffered another setback in 2010 when they again missed the finals and finished 12th.

France
Nickname(s)Roosters
Team Yavbou
Les Survivants
AssociationFédération française de volley-ball (FFVB)
ConfederationCEV
Head coachAndrea Giani
FIVB ranking4 (as of 10 July 2024)
Uniforms
Home
Away
Third
Summer Olympics
Appearances6 (First in 1988)
Best resultGold (2020, 2024)
World Championship
Appearances16 (First in 1949)
Best resultBronze (2002)
World Cup
Appearances2 (First in 1965)
Best result5th (2003)
European Championship
Appearances28 (First in 1948)
Best resultGold (2015)
French Volleyball Federation (in French)

France competed at the Olympic Games for the fourth time in Rio 2016, finishing ninth. Five years later, they won gold after defeating Russia in Tokyo 2020. In 2015, France won the European Championship and World League (also in 2017).

Results

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Olympic Games

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2016 Summer Olympics, Brazil v France

  1st place    2nd place    3rd place    4th place

Summer Olympics record
Year Round Position Pld W L SW SL Squad
  1964 did not qualify
  1968
  1972
  1976
  1980
  1984
  1988 8th place 7 3 4 12 13 Squad
  1992 11th place 6 2 4 9 14 Squad
  1996 did not qualify
  2000 did not qualify
  2004 9th place 5 2 3 8 10 Squad
  2008 did not qualify
  2012 did not qualify
  2016 9th place 5 2 3 8 9 Squad
  2020 Final 1st place 8 5 3 19 14 Squad
  2024 Final 1st place 6 5 1 17 7 Squad
  2028 future event
  2032
Total 1 Title 5/15 37 19 18 73 67

World Championship

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France team in World Championship 2014.

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

FIVB World Championship record
Year Round Position Pld W L SW SL Squad
  1949 6th place Squad
  1952 6th place Squad
  1956 7th place Squad
  1960 9th place Squad
  1962 did not enter
  1966 18th place Squad
  1970 17th place Squad
  1974 16th place Squad
  1978 15th place Squad
  1982 16th place Squad
  1986 6th place Squad
  1990 8th place Squad
  1994 did not qualify
  1998
  2002 Semifinals 3rd place Squad
  2006 6th place Squad
  2010 11th place Squad
  2014 Semifinals 4th place Squad
    2018 Second round 7th place 8 5 3 21 12 Squad
    2022 Quarterfinals 5th place 5 4 1 14 7 Squad
  2025 qualified
Total 0 Title(s) 18/21

World Cup

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  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

FIVB World Cup record
Year Result Pld W L SW SL PW PL
  1965 11th place 6 0 6 4 18 208 318
  1969 did not qualify
  1977
  1981
  1985
  1989
  1991
  1995
  1999
  2003 5th place 11 7 4 24 16 950 868
  2007 did not qualify
  2011
  2015
  2019
  2023
Total 3/15 17 7 10 28 34 1158 1186

World Grand Champions Cup

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  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

World Grand Champions record
Year Round Position GP MW ML SW SL Squad
  1993 did not qualify
  1997
  2001
  2005
  2009
  2013
  2017 Round Robin 5th place 5 1 4 6 12 Squad
Total 0 Titles 1/7 5 1 4 6 12

World League

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  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

FIVB World League record
Year Round Position Pld W L SW SL Squad
  1990 5th place Squad
  1991 7th place Squad
  1992 10th place Squad
  1993 did not enter
  1994
  1995
  1996
  1997
  1998
  1999 7th place Squad
  2000 7th place Squad
  2001 5th place Squad
  2002 7th place Squad
  2003 10th place Squad
  2004 5th place Squad
  2005 10th place Squad
  2006 Final 2nd place Squad
  2007 6th place Squad
  2008 10th place Squad
  2009 9th place Squad
  2010 12th place Squad
  2011 12th place Squad
  2012 7th place Squad
  2013 10th place Squad
  2014 G2 Final 10th place 14 11 3 38 14 Squad
  2015 G1 Final 1st place 18 17 1 48 7 Squad
  2016 G1 Semifinals 3rd place 13 8 5 32 18 Squad
  2017 G1 Final 1st place 13 12 1 38 14 Squad
Total 2 Titles 22/28

Nations League

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  1st place    2nd place    3rd place    4th place

FIVB Nations League record
Year Round Position GP MW ML SW SL Squad
  2018 Final 2nd place 19 15 4 47 23 Squad
  2019 Final six 6th place 17 11 6 39 24 Squad
  2021 Semifinals 3rd place 17 12 5 44 25 Squad
  2022 Final 1st place 15 12 3 40 13 Squad
  2023 Quarterfinals 8th place 13 6 7 25 24 Squad
  2024 Final 1st place 15 11 4 39 25 Squad
Total 2 Title(s) 6/6 96 67 29 234 134

European Championship

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  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

European Championship record
Year Round Position Pld W L SW SL Squad
  1948   2nd place Squad
  1950 did not enter
  1951   3rd place Squad
  1955 8th place Squad
  1958 8th place Squad
  1963 8th place Squad
  1967 10th place Squad
  1971 14th place Squad
  1975 8th place Squad
  1977 10th place Squad
  1979 4th place Squad
  1981 8th place Squad
  1983 12th place Squad
  1985   3rd place Squad
  1987 Final   2nd place Squad
  1989 5th place Squad
  1991 9th place Squad
  1993 9th place Squad
  1995 did not qualify
  1997 Semifinals 4th place Squad
  1999 6th place 5 2 3 11 9 Squad
  2001 7th place Squad
  2003 Final   2nd place Squad
  /   2005 7th place Squad
  2007 9th place Squad
  2009 Final   2nd place Squad
    2011 7th place Squad
    2013 5th place Squad
    2015 Final   Champions 6 6 0 18 6 Squad
  2017 Playoffs 9th place 4 2 2 9 8 Squad
        2019 Semifinals 4th place 9 7 2 23 7 Squad
        2021 Round of 16 9th place 6 5 1 15 4 Squad
        2023 Semifinals 4th place 9 6 3 21 10 Squad
        2026
Total 1 Title 31/33

Team

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Current squad

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Roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

The roster was announced on 8 July 2024.[1]

Head coach:   Andrea Giani[2]

Coach history

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  • 1938–1946 :   Plaswick
  • 1946–1947 :   René Verdier
  • 1947–1965 :   Marcel Mathor
  • 1965-1965 :   Shigeyoshi Nagasaki
  • 1965–1968 :   Nicolae Sotir
  • 1968–1970 :   Georges Derose
  • 1970–1979 :   Roger Schmitt
  • 1979–1983 :   Jean-Marc Buchel
  • 1983-1983 :   Georges Komatov
  • 1983–1984 :   Éric Daniel
  • 1984–1985 :   Jean-Marc Buchel
  • 1985–1988 :   Éric Daniel
  • 1988–1992 :   Gérard Castan
  • 1993–1994 :   Jean-Marie Fabiani
  • 1994–1995 :   Jean-Michel Roche
  • 1995-1995 :   Gérard Castan
  • 1995–1999 :   Vladimir Kondra
  • 1999–2000 :   Pierre Laborie
  • 2001–2012 :   Philippe Blain
  • 2012–2021 :   Laurent Tillie
  • 2021 :   Bernardo Rezende
  • 2022–present :   Andrea Giani

Record attendance

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# Player Years Appearances
1 Hervé Mazzon 1980–1991 417
2 Christophe Meneau 1986–2000 407
3 Laurent Tillie 1982–1995 406
4 Alain Fabiani 1977–1992 392
5 Stéphane Faure 1977–1988 350
6 Philippe Blain 1980–1991 340
7 Laurent Chambertin 1987–2002 336
8 Éric Bouvier 1979–1992 325
9 Luc Marquet 1990–2003 325
10 Stéphane Antiga 1998–2010 306
11 Laurent Capet 1993–2004 300
12 Olivier Rossard 1986–1995 294
13 Jean-Marc Jurkovitz 1983–1993 290
14 Frantz Granvorka 1996–2007 288
15 Dominique Daquin 1994–2006 267
  • Last updated table : December 2021.[3]

Kit providers

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The table below shows the history of kit providers for the France national volleyball team.

Period Kit provider
2000– Asics
Erreà

Sponsorship

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Primary sponsors include: main sponsors like Herbalife Nutrition, Generali other sponsors: Gerflor, L'Équipe, Française des Jeux lottery, Molten, Zamst, Moneaucristaline, Veinoplus, Appartcity, Herbalife International France and Pointp-tp.

Head-to-head record

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This page shows France men's national volleyball team's Head-to-head record at the Volleyball at the Summer Olympics, FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup, FIVB Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup.

Opponent GP MW ML SW SL
  Algeria 1 1 0 3 0
  Argentina 4 2 2 8 6
  Brazil 4 0 4 4 12
  Bulgaria 2 0 2 0 6
  Canada 4 3 1 9 3
  China 1 1 0 3 1
  Egypt 1 1 0 3 0
  Germany 1 1 0 3 2
  Greece 1 0 1 2 3
  Hungary 1 0 1 1 3
  Iran 1 0 1 2 3
  Italy 5 1 4 5 12
  Japan 4 4 0 12 3
  Mexico 1 1 0 3 0
  Netherlands 2 0 2 2 6
  Poland 4 3 1 9 5
  Russia 2 2 0 6 3
  Serbia 1 1 0 3 2
  Serbia and Montenegro 2 1 1 3 4
  Slovenia 1 0 1 2 3
  South Korea 1 0 1 1 3
  Soviet Union 1 0 1 1 3
  Spain 1 0 1 2 3
  Sweden 1 0 1 2 3
  Tunisia 4 4 0 12 3
  United States 6 0 6 2 18
  Venezuela 1 1 0 3 0
  Yugoslavia 1 0 1 1 3
Total 59 27 32 107 113

References

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  1. ^ "JO-Volley : Les listes dévoilées" [Olympic Volleyball: Lists revealed] (in French). French Volleyball Federation. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Team roster: France" (PDF). Olympics.com. 26 July 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  3. ^ Records att in France A team
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