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 1 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
Association	Fédération française de volley-ball (FFVB)
Confederation	CEV
Head coach	Andrea Giani
FIVB ranking	2 (as of 8 January 2025)
Uniforms
Home Away Third
Summer Olympics
Appearances	6 (First in 1988)
Best result	(2020, 2024)
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)
French Volleyball Federation (in French)
Honours Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Team 2024 Paris Team World Championship 2002 Argentina World League 2015 Rio de Janeiro 2017 Curitiba 2006 Moscow 2016 Kraków Nations League 2022 Bologna Team 2024 Łódź Team 2018 Lille Team 2021 Rimini Team European Championship 2015 Bulgaria/Italy 1948 Italy 1987 Belgium 2003 Germany 2009 Turkey 1951 France 1985 Netherlands

In 2015, France won the European Championship and World League (also in 2017).

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. she retained her Olympic title at Paris 2024.

Results

Olympic Games

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	2 Titles	5/15	37	19	18	73	67

World Championship

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

Main article: FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup

  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

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

Main article: FIVB Volleyball 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 League

  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

  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

  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

Current squad

Roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

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

Head coach: Andrea Giani^[2]

• 1 Barthélémy Chinenyeze MB
• 2 Jenia Grebennikov L
• 4 Jean Patry OP
• 6 Benjamin Toniutti (c) S
• 7 Kévin Tillie OH
• 9 Earvin N'Gapeth OH
• 11 Antoine Brizard S
• 14 Nicolas Le Goff MB
• 17 Trévor Clévenot OH
• 19 Yacine Louati OH
• 21 Théo Faure OP
• 25 Quentin Jouffroy MB

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	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

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.

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.

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