In the early 1980s, in the wake of the magic square of Michel Hidalgo and the French flair of the XV of France embodied by Serge Blanco, the French team of collective sports which stands out comes from volleyball.
The Fabiani, Bouvier, Tillie (the current coach) and Cie won medals (bronze in 1985, silver in 1987 during the European championship), some of its players try the adventure in clubs abroad.
Volleyball is an integral part of the landscape.
Before being overwhelmed by the success of handball (first Olympic medal in 1992) and basketball (silver medalist at the Olympics in 2000, before going on to attack the NBA).
To discover
The full Olympic program
The Olympic medal table
The gold medal won (25-23, 25-17, 21-25, 21-25, 15-12 after a suffocating match) in Tokyo shone the light on volleyball (less than 150,000 licensees ), a discipline little used to honors, despite its regularity.
Since 2012, when Laurent Tillie, the coach, took office, the Blues have won the
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