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 2nd (as of 25th July 2022) 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
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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 competed at the
Olympic Games
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for the fourth time in
Rio 2016, finishing ninth. Five years later, they unexpectedly won gold after defeating Russia in
Tokyo 2020. In 2015, France won the
European Championship and
World League (also in 2017).
Results
Olympic Games
Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
World Championship
Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
World Cup
Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
World Grand Champions Cup
Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
World League
Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
Nations League
Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
European Championship
Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
Team
Current squad
The following is the French roster in the
2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship.
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Head coach: Andrea Giani
Coach history
* 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
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* 1999–2000 : Pierre Laborie
* 2001–2012 : Philippe Blain
* 2012–2021 : Laurent Tillie
* 2021–2021 : Bernardo Rezende
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* 2022–present : Andrea Giani
Record attendance
*Last updated table : December 2021.Records att in France A team
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Kit providers
The table below shows the history of kit providers for the France national volleyball team.
Sponsorship
Primary sponsors include: main sponsors like Herbalife Nutrition, Generali other sponsors: Gerflor, L'Équipe
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, Française des Jeux lottery, Molten
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, Zamst, Moneaucristaline, Veinoplus, Appartcity, Herbalife International France and Pointp-tp.
References
External links
Official websiteFIVB profile
{{Men's Mediterranean Games Volleyball winners
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Volleyball in France
Men's sport in France