France men's national volleyball team explained

France
Nickname:	Roosters Team Yavbou Les Survivants
Federation:	Fédération française de volley-ball (FFVB)
Website:	French Volleyball Federation
Confederation:	CEV
Coach:	Andrea Giani
Olympic Apps:	6
Olympic First:	1988
Olympic Best:	(2020, 2024)
World Champs Apps:	16
World Champs First:	1949
World Champs Best:	(2002)
World Cup Apps:	2
World Cup First:	1965
World Cup Best:	5th (2003)
Regional Name:	European Championship
Regional Cup Apps:	28
Regional Cup First:	1948
Regional Cup Best:	(2015)
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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 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

Olympic Games

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


Year	Round	Position						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

Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place

FIVB World Championship record
Year	Round							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

See main article: article and FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup. Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place

FIVB World Cup record
width=90	Year	width=120	Result	width=35	Pld	width=35	W	width=35	L	width=35	SW	width=35	SL	width=35	PW	width=35	PL
1965	11th place	6	0	6	4	18	208	318
1969	did not qualify
1977

1985
1989
1991
1995
1999
2003	5th place	11	7	4	24	16	950	868
2007	did not qualify

2015
2019
2023
Total	3/15	17	7	10	28	34	1158	1186

World Grand Champions Cup

Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place

See main article: article and FIVB Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup.


Year	Round	Position	width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30	width=30	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

Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place

FIVB World League record
Year	Round	Position						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

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

FIVB Nations League record
Year	Round	Position	width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30	width=30	Squad
2018	Final	2nd place	19	15	4	47	23
2019	Final six	6th place	17	11	6	39	24
2021	Semifinals	3rd place	17	12	5	44	25
2022	Final	1st place	15	12	3	40	13
2023	Quarterfinals	8th place	13	6	7	25	24
2024	Final	1st place	15	11	4	39	25
Total	2 Title(s)	6/6						—

European Championship

Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place

European Championship record
Year	Round	Position						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

Current squad

Roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

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
1999–2000 : Pierre Laborie
2001–2012 : Philippe Blain
2012–2021 : Laurent Tillie
2021 : Bernardo Rezende
2022–present : Andrea Giani

Record attendance

	Player	Years	Appearances
1		1980–1991	417
2		1986–2000	407
3		1982–1995	406
4		1977–1992	392
5		1977–1988	350
6		1980–1991	340
7		1987–2002	336
8		1979–1992	325
9		1990–2003	325
10		1998–2010	306
11		1993–2004	300
12		1986–1995	294
13		1983–1993	290
14		1996–2007	288
15		1994–2006	267

Last updated table : December 2021.^[1]

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, Française des Jeux lottery, Molten, Zamst, Moneaucristaline, Veinoplus, Appartcity, Herbalife International France and Pointp-tp.

Head-to-head record

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.

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	1	1	0	3	0
	4	2	2	8	6
	4	0	4	4	12
	2	0	2	0	6
	4	3	1	9	3
	1	1	0	3	1
	1	1	0	3	0
	1	1	0	3	2
	1	0	1	2	3
	1	0	1	1	3
	1	0	1	2	3
	5	1	4	5	12
	4	4	0	12	3
	1	1	0	3	0
	2	0	2	2	6
	4	3	1	9	5
	2	2	0	6	3
	1	1	0	3	2
	2	1	1	3	4
	1	0	1	2	3
	1	0	1	1	3
	1	0	1	1	3
	1	0	1	2	3
	1	0	1	2	3
	4	4	0	12	3
	6	0	6	2	18
	1	1	0	3	0
	1	0	1	1	3
Total	59	27	32	107	113

External links

- FIVB profile

Notes and References

http://www.internationaux-volleyball.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=72&Itemid=123 Records att in France A team