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Tokyo 2020 Games: where are the French teams at?

2020-01-05T08:35:10.920Z


As the Blues of volleyball compete from this Sunday in Berlin their qualification for the Olympic Games, a quick overview of col sports


Yes, no, maybe ... With less than seven months to go before the Tokyo Games (July 24 - August 9), most of the French athletes are not definitively fixed on their participation in the Olympic festival. In individual sports, a handful of elected officials (in open water, sailing, gymnastics, climbing, etc.) can already calmly prepare for the Japanese challenge. In team sports, only three teams from France (men's football and basketball and women's handball) have already qualified. State of play.

VOLLEYBALL

No for girls, last chance for boys. For the girls, there was not much suspense. Their world ranking (39th) does not allow them to open the doors of the qualifying events at the Games. The boys shoot their last card in Berlin from January 5 to 10. After missing their sesame in a four-man competition last August, the players of Laurent Tillie must this time absolutely win the German qualifying tournament in front of seven other European contenders. Victory or the door in a real obstacle course. In their pool, the teammates of Earvin Ngapeth will find Serbia, Bulgaria and the Netherlands.

SOCCER

Yes for boys, no for girls. Thanks to its semi-final of Euro 2019, the France Espoirs team qualified for its first Olympic Games since 1996. This may allow Kylian Mbappé to come and help in July. On the other hand, the girls will not make the trip to Japan. Out in the quarterfinals of their World Cup by the United States, the players of Corinne Deacon missed the boat by not finishing among the three best European nations in the competition.

BASKETBALL (5 vs 5)

Yes for boys, not yet for girls. The epic of Vincent Collet's men at the Chinese World Cup (defeat in the semifinals 80-66 against Argentina after having left the United States in quarters) allowed them to afford a direct ticket to Tokyo. Their female counterparts will have to wait a little longer. Les Bleues will have to go through a TQO (Olympic Qualification Tournament) which will take place from 6 to 9 February 2020 in Bourges.

BASKETBALL (3 vs 3)

Everyone is waiting. In both women and men, the top four teams in the world ranking will directly win their ticket to Tokyo, with a maximum of two teams for the same continent. A first Olympic qualification tournament then a second called "Olympic qualification tournament for Universality" will issue the last eight tickets.

HANDBALL

Yes for girls, maybe soon for boys. Crowned European champion at home in December 2018, the French women's team, very disappointing during the last Worlds (13th), secured its place at the ball of the rings. The boys, however, have to wait a little longer to know which way to dance. The European champion at the end of Euro 2020 (January 9 to 26) will be on the plane (or the finalist if the Danes, already qualified, prevail). If France, semi-finalist of the 2019 World Cup, misses the meeting, it will compete in one of the three world TQOs (April 16 to 19, 2020) with 4 teams which will qualify the two best teams of each TQO.

WATER POLO

Still waiting. The male and female teams will try to win their qualification at the European Championship which will take place in the Duna Arena in Budapest (Hungary) from 12 to 26 January. If this fails, you will have to go through a qualification tournament in the spring.

RUGBY A 7

All at the draft. After missing the mark in the summer events, men and women will have to go through draft tournaments in June to participate in the party. The task promises to be arduous…

FIELD HOCKEY

Everyone at home. The girls had been out of the race for a long time. The boys, they missed the march last October in a qualifying match against Spain. The Blues had already missed the last three Olympics (Beijing, London and Rio) by failing on the last obstacle. In 2024, in Paris, it will be automatically qualified as an organizing country.

Source: leparis

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