France men's national volleyball team

France

Association	Fédération Française de Volley-Ball
Confederation	CEV
Website	www.volley.asso.fr (French)
Head coach	Philippe Blain
FIVB ranking	18 (as of 2008-08-25)

The France men's national volleyball team is the volleyball national team of France.

Results

Olympic Games

• 1988 — 8th place

  Philippe Blain, Éric Bouvier, Patrick Duflos, Alain Fabiani, Jean-Marc Jurkovitz, Jean-Baptiste Martzluff, Hervé Mazzon, Christophe Meneau, Éric N'Gapeth, Olivier Rossard, Philippe Salvan, and Laurent Tillie. Head Coach: Éric Daniel.

• 1992 — 11th place

  Rivo Andriamamonjy, Éric Bouvier, Laurent Chambertin, Arnaud Josserand, Olivier Lecat, Luc Marquet, Christophe Meneau, David Romann, Olivier Rossard, Philippe Salvan, Laurent Tillie, and Éric Wolfer. Head Coach: Gérard Castan.

• 2004 — 9th place

  Stéphane Antiga, Philippe Barça-Cysique, Laurent Capet, Dominique Daquin, Loïc De Kergret, Sébastien Frangolacci, Frantz Granvorka, Hubert Henno, Oliver Kieffer, Vincent Montméat, Mathias Patin, and Guillaume Samica. Head Coach: Philippe Blain.

World League

• 2006 FIVB World League — 2nd place

  Xavier Kapfer, Hubert Henno, Gérald Hardy Dessources, Sébastien Ruette, Junot Mistoco, Jean Charles Monneraye, Stéphane Antiga, Ludovic Castard, Frantz Granvorka, Vincent Montmeat, Loïc Le Marrec, Florian Kilama, Pierre Pujol, Philippe Barca-Cysique, Guillaume Samica, Bertrand Carletti, Oliver Kieffer, Jean-François Exiga. Head Coach: Philippe Blain.

• 2007 FIVB World League — 6th place

  Stéphane Antiga, Ludovic Castard, Jean-François Exiga, Loic Geiler, Frantz Granvorka, Gérald Hardy Dessources, Xavier Kapfer, Oliver Kieffer, Loïc Le Marrec, Julien Lemay, Vincent Montmeat, Pierre Pujol, Antonin Rouzier, Guillaume Samica, Bojidar Slavev, Jean-Philippe Sol, Toafa Takaniko, and Romain Vadeleux. Head Coach: Philippe Blain.

Goodwill Games

• 1986 — 4th place

  Philippe Blain, Eric Bouvier, Gerard Castan, Eric Daniel, Lionel Devos, Patrick Duflos, Alain Fabiani, Bertrand Faitge, Stephan Faure, Michel Genson, Jean-Marc Jurkovitz, Herve Mazzon, Olivier Rossard, Philippe Salvan, and Laurent Tillie.

European Championship

• 1985 — Bronze Medal

  Pierre Bezault, Philippe Blain, Eric Bouvier, Lionel Devos, Alain Fabiani, Bertrand Faitg, Stéphane Faure, Jean Hornain, Jean-Marc Jurkovitz, Jean-Baptiste Martzluff, Hervé Mazzon, and Laurent Tillie. Head Coach: Jean-Marc Buchel.

• 1987 — Silver Medal

  Philippe Blain, Eric Bouvier, Patrick Duflos, Alain Fabiani, Stéphane Faure, Luc Garlenc, Jean-Marc Jurkovitz, Hervé Mazzon, Christophe Meneau, Eric N'Gapeth, Olivier Rossard, and Laurent Tillie. Head Coach: Eric Daniel.

• 1989 — 5th place

  Rivo Andriamamonjy, Eric Bouvier, Laurent Chambertin, Patrick Duflos, Arnaud Josserand, Jean-Marc Jurkovitz, Hervé Mazzon, Christophe Meneau, Eric N'Gapeth, Olivier Rossard, Laurent Tillie, and Jean-Michel Vandelanootte. Head Coach: Gérard Castan.

• 1991 — 9th place

  Rivo Andriamamonjy, Laurent Chambertin, Arnaud Josserand, Reynald Lammens, Olivier Lecat, Luc Marquet, Christophe Meneau, David Romann, Olivier Rossard, Philippe Salvan, Laurent Tillie, and Eric Wolfer. Head Coach: Gérard Castan.

• 1993 — 9th place

  Laurent Capet, Laurent Chambertin, Philippe Jungling, Gwenaël Le Rouzic, Olivier Lecat, Luc Marquet, Christophe Meneau, David Romann, Olivier Rossard, Christophe Patte, Stéphane Sapinart, and Eric Wolfer. Head Coach: Jean-Marie Fabiani.

• 1995 — Did not qualify
• 1997 — 4th place

  Fabrice Bry, Laurent Capet, Laurent Chambertin, Loïc De Kergret, Frantz Granvorka, Renaud Herpe, Luc Marquet, Christophe Meneau, Christophe Patte, Yann Sanchez, Stéphane Sapinart, and Jacques Yoko. Head Coach: Vladimir Kondra.

• 1999 — 6th place

  Stéphane Antiga, Fabrice Bry, Laurent Capet, Laurent Chambertin, Dominique Daquin, Loïc De Kergret, Frantz Granvorka, Frédéric Havas, Hubert Henno, Renaud Herpe, Luc Marquet, and Christophe Meneau. Head Coach: Pierre Laborie.

• 2001 — 7th place

  Philippe Barça-Cysique, Fabrice Bry, Laurent Capet, Laurent Chambertin, Dominique Daquin, Frantz Granvorka, Hubert Henno, Renaud Herpe, Olivier Lecat, Luc Marquet, Jean-Charles Monneraye, and Vincent Montméat. Head Coach: Philippe Blain.

• 2003 — Silver Medal

  Stéphane Antiga, Laurent Capet, Johan Cohen, Dominique Daquin, Loïc De Kergret, Sébastien Frangolacci, Frantz Granvorka, Hubert Henno, Olivier Kieffer, Luc Marquet, Vincent Montméat, and Mathias Patin. Head Coach: Philippe Blain.

• 2005 — 7th place

  Stéphane Antiga, Philippe Barça-Cysique, Ludovic Castard, Dominique Daquin, Frantz Granvorka, Hubert Henno, Olivier Kieffer, Loïc Lemarrec, Jean-Charles Monneraye, Pierre Pujol, Guillaume Samica, and Gabriel Zobo-Lebay. Head Coach: Philippe Blain.

• 2007 — 9th place

  Stéphane Antiga, Ludovic Castard, Gérald Hardy-Dessources, Hubert Henno, Xavier Kapfer, Loïc Lemarrec, Vincent Montméat, Pierre Pujol, Antonin Rouzier, Guillaume Samica, Bojidar Slavev, and Romain Vadeleux. Head Coach: Philippe Blain.

• 2009 — Silver Medal

Mediterranean Games

• 2005 — 6th place

Current Team

• Team Manager: Gérard Castan
• Head coach: Philippe Blain
• Assistant Coach: Oliver Lecat
• Trainer: Laurent Cadic

#	Name	Birthdate	Age (2007)	Club
1	Xavier Kapfer	1981	26	Nice Volley-Ball
2	Bojidar Slavev	1984	23	Tourcoing LM
3	Gérald Hardy-Dessources	1983	24	AS Cannes
4	Antonin Rouzier	1986	21	Knack Roeselare
5	Romain Vadeleux	1983	24	AS Cannes
6	Jean-Philippe Sol	1985	22	Stade Poitevin
7	Stéphane Antiga (C)	1976	31	PGE Skra Bełchatów
8	Ludovic Castard	1983	24	AS Cannes
9	Frantz Granvorka	1976	31	Ziraat Bankası Ankara
10	Vincent Montméat	1977	30	Tours Volley-Ball
11	Loïc Lemarrec	1977	30	Tours Volley-Ball
12	Florian Kilama	1982	25	Stade Poitevin
13	Pierre Pujol	1984	23	AS Cannes
14	Loïc Geiler	1984	23	AS Cannes
15	Guillaume Samica	1981	26	Jastrzębski Węgiel
16	Toafa Takaniko	1985	22	Spacer's de Toulouse
17	Oliver Kieffer	1979	28	Stade Poitevin
18	Jean-François Exiga	1982	25	AS Cannes
19	Julien Lemay	1982	25	Tourcoing LM

See also

• Volleyball
• France women's national volleyball team

References

• (French) l'Equipe
• (French) French Volleyball Federation

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