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Volleyball national side

France

National team · France

«Les Bleus»

134 Matches
90 wins
44 losses
323–193 Sets
+130 Difference
2.4 Average per match
Form W 15 Sep · Home Germany · 3:0 L 16 Sep · Away Romania · 2:3 W 20 Sep · Home Portugal · 3:0 W 22 Sep · Home Romania · 3:0 W 25 Sep · Away Finland · 3:1 L 26 Sep · Home Poland · 1:3

Prague, August 1946: France's men made their international debut against Czechoslovakia and lost 0–3, a quiet start for a side that would need decades to find its footing in Europe. The wait for a first continental title ran until 2015, when the team won the European Championship on shared home ground in Bulgaria and Italy, and by then the federation behind the shirt, the Fédération française de volley, was already approaching its own eightieth year, founded in Créteil in February 1936.

What followed the 2015 title reshaped the team's standing in the sport. Under Laurent Tillie, France reached the Tokyo Olympic final in 2021 and beat Russia 3–2 for their first Olympic gold. Three years later, with Andrea Giani now in charge, they did it again on home soil in Paris, defeating Poland to become back-to-back champions. Between those two finals the squad also collected the Volleyball Nations League twice, in Bologna in 2022 and Łódź in 2024, a run that left no doubt the Olympic title was not a one-off.

The team plays as Les Bleus, in royal blue at home and white away, and its oldest running story on court is with Italy: the "derby Italie-France" has produced some of the team's sharpest European finals, including a 3–2 win over the Italians in 2003. Earvin N'Gapeth has been the player most associated with that era of finals, alongside a captain in Benjamin Toniutti who steadied the side through the transition from Tillie's group to Giani's.

France has no single home ground; matches are spread across cities nationwide. For the biggest occasions, the team returns to the Accor Arena in Paris, a 20,300-seat hall in Bercy that has hosted the sport's largest French crowds and, in 2024, an Olympic final played in front of them.

Latest results

Fixtures and results
26 Sep CEV European Championship Poland H 1:3 L
25 Sep CEV European Championship Finland A 3:1 W
22 Sep CEV European Championship Romania H 3:0 W
20 Sep CEV European Championship Portugal H 3:0 W
16 Sep CEV European Championship Romania A 2:3 L
15 Sep CEV European Championship Germany H 3:0 W

Standing

CEV European Championship

Group stage · Group D

# Team M W L Goals Pts
1 Estonia 4 3 1 11:5 10
1 France 5 4 1 14:4 13
2 Israel 4 3 1 10:8 7
2 Germany 5 4 1 12:7 11
3 Croatia 4 0 4 4:12 1
Full table

Team statistics

matches counted in total: 134
134 Matches
90 wins
44 losses
323–193 Sets
+130 Difference
2.4 Average per match
Match outcomes matches counted in total: 134
90wins: 90 · 67% 44losses: 44 · 32%
wins losses
Scored and conceded last matches
15 Sep · Home Germany · 3:0
16 Sep · Away Romania · 2:3
20 Sep · Home Portugal · 3:0
22 Sep · Home Romania · 3:0
25 Sep · Away Finland · 3:1
26 Sep · Home Poland · 1:3
scored — above the line conceded — below the line
Metric Total Home Away
Matches 134 69 65
Scored 323 177 146
Conceded 193 90 103
Average per match 2.4 2.6 2.2
Conceded per game 1.4 1.3 1.6
Difference +130 +87 +43

Fixtures of France

Honours of France

  • Mediterranean Games 1993, 1997, 2026 3
  • Olympic Games 2020, 2024 2
  • Volleyball Nations League 2022, 2024 2
  • CEV European Championship 2015 1
  • CEV European Championship 1948, 1987, 2003, 2009 4
  • Mediterranean Games 1967, 1983 2
  • Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner 2017, 2026 2
  • Volleyball Nations League 2018 1
  • Mediterranean Games 1975, 1979, 2013 3
  • Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner 2015, 2018, 2023 3
  • CEV European Championship 1951, 1985 2
  • FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship 2002 1
  • Volleyball Nations League 2021 1

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