France men's national volleyball team

	; France team in World Championship 2014
Medal record
World Championship
World League
Nations League
European Championship

France
Nickname(s)	Roosters; Team Yavbou
Association	Fédération Française de Volley-Ball (FFVB)
Confederation	CEV
Head coach	Laurent Tillie
FIVB ranking	9 (as of October 2019)
Uniforms
Summer Olympics
Appearances	4 (First in 1988)
Best result	8th (1988)
World Championship
Appearances	16 (First in 1949)
Best result	(2002)
World Cup
Appearances	2 (First in 1965)
Best result	5th (2003)
European Championship
Appearances	28 (First in 1948)
Best result	(2015)
	www.ffvb.org (in French)

The France national men's volleyball team represents the country in international competitions and friendly matches. It is the reigning European Champion since 2015 and is ranked 10th (as of August 2016) 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 Argentina. They suffered another setback in 2010 when they again missed the finals and finished 12th. France competed in the Olympic Games for the fourth time in Rio 2016, finishing ninth. Their best ever Olympic performance was an eighth place in Seoul 1988. France in 2015 year winner gold medalist European Championship and World League.

Results

Olympic Games

Champions Runners up Third place Fourth 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	8	3	5	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	Qualified
2024	Automatically qualified as hosts
2028	Future event
Total	0 Titles	4/14	24	9	15	37	46

World Championship

France in the FIVB World Championship
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	Did not qualify
2002	Semifinals	3rd Place						Squad
2006		6th place						Squad
2010		11th place						Squad
2014	Semifinals	4th place						Squad
2018		7th place						Squad
Total	0 Titles	16/19

European Championship

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						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	Champions	1st Place	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
Total	1 Title	29/31

World League

2016 Summer Olympics, Brazil v France

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						Squad
2015	G1 Final	1st Place						Squad
2016	G1 Semifinals	3rd Place						Squad
2017	G1 Final	1st Place						Squad
Total	2 Titles	22/28

Nations League

Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place

Year	Rank	Pld	W	L	SW	SL
2018	2nd place	19	15	4	47	23
2019	6th place	17	11	6	39	24
2020	Qualified	–	–	–	–	–
2021	Qualified	–	–	–	–	–
Total	2/2	36	26	10	86	47

World Grand Champions Cup

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 Cup

Year	Result	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	PW	PL
1965	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1969	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1977	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1981	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1985	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1989	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1991	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1999	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2003	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2011	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2015	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0/12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Team

Current squad

The following is the French roster in the 2019 Men's Nations League.[1]

Head coach: Laurent Tillie

No.	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2020–21 club
1	Jonas Aguenier	28 April 1992	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	340 cm (130 in)	310 cm (120 in)	NBV Verona
2	Jenia Grebennikov	13 August 1990	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	345 cm (136 in)	330 cm (130 in)	Modena Volley
3	Luka Bašič	29 January 1995	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	77 kg (170 lb)	330 cm (130 in)	302 cm (119 in)	Allianz Milano
4	Jean Patry	27 December 1996	2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	357 cm (141 in)	334 cm (131 in)	Allianz Milano
5	Raphaël Corre	21 November 1989	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	335 cm (132 in)	315 cm (124 in)
6	Benjamin Toniutti	30 October 1989	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	72 kg (159 lb)	320 cm (130 in)	300 cm (120 in)	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
7	Kévin Tillie	2 November 1990	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	345 cm (136 in)	325 cm (128 in)	Top Volley Cisterna
8	Julien Lyneel	15 April 1990	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	345 cm (136 in)	325 cm (128 in)
9	Earvin N'Gapeth	12 February 1991	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	358 cm (141 in)	327 cm (129 in)	Zenit Kazan
10	Kévin Le Roux	11 May 1989	2.09 m (6 ft 10 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	365 cm (144 in)	345 cm (136 in)
11	Antoine Brizard(C)	22 May 1994	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	340 cm (130 in)	310 cm (120 in)	Zenit Saint Petersburg
12	Stéphen Boyer	10 April 1996	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	77 kg (170 lb)	355 cm (140 in)	334 cm (131 in)	NBV Verona
13	Gildas Prevert	15 June 1996	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	350 cm (140 in)	330 cm (130 in)	RENNES EC
14	Nicolas Le Goff	15 February 1992	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	114 kg (251 lb)	365 cm (144 in)	345 cm (136 in)	SCC BERLIN
15	Jérémie Mouiel	4 May 1995	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	52 kg (115 lb)	290 cm (110 in)	260 cm (100 in)	Chaumont
16	Daryl Bultor	17 November 1995	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	352 cm (139 in)	327 cm (129 in)	Arago de Sète
17	Trévor Clévenot	28 June 1994	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	89 kg (196 lb)	345 cm (136 in)	326 cm (128 in)	Revivre Axipower Milano
18	Thibault Rossard	28 August 1993	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	350 cm (140 in)	320 cm (130 in)	Rzeszów
19	Yacine Louati	4 March 1992	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	345 cm (136 in)	320 cm (130 in)	Kioene Padova
20	Nicolas Rossard	23 May 1990	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	64 kg (141 lb)	315 cm (124 in)	305 cm (120 in)	SCC BERLIN
21	Barthélémy Chinenyeze	28 February 1998	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	81 kg (179 lb)	357 cm (141 in)	332 cm (131 in)	Tours Volley-Ball
22	Meliuahel Takaniko	29 May 1985	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	340 cm (130 in)	330 cm (130 in)	TOAC TUC
23	Timothée Carle	30 November 1995	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	336 cm (132 in)	314 cm (124 in)	GFCA VOLLEY BALL
25	Kévin Kaba	8 June 1994	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	335 cm (132 in)	315 cm (124 in)	Montpellier VUC
25	Benjamin Diez	4 April 1998	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	320 cm (130 in)	305 cm (120 in)	Montpellier VUC

Coach history

1938–1946 : Plaswick
1946–1947 : René Verdier

Current head coach – Laurent Tillie.

1947–1965 : Marcel Mathor
1965-1965 : 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– : Laurent Tillie

Record Attendance

#	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 2012.[2]

Kit providers

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

Period	Kit provider
2000–	Asics Erreà

Sponsorship

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.

References

"Team Roster - France - FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2019". www.volleyball.world. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
Records att in France A team

External links

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[1] "Team Roster - France - FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2019". www.volleyball.world. Retrieved 30 May 2019.

[2] Records att in France A team

Medal record
France team in World Championship 2014
World Championship
	2002 Argentina
World League
	2015 Rio de Janeiro
	2017 Curitiba
	2006 Moscow
	2018 Lille
	2016 Kraków
Nations League
	2018 Lille
European Championship
	2015 Bulgaria/Italy
	1948 Italy
	1987 Belgium
	2003 Germany
	2009 Turkey
	1951 France
	1985 Netherlands