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Overview

Team France came through their pool in Montpellier with relative comfort.  Whilst "Les Blues" were pushed hard by the likes of Italy and Bulgaria they were able to rotate their squad and still keep their 100% record.  Finland on the other hand took their fate right to the wire, securing their place in the 1/8 Finals with a tie-break win over Turkey on the final day.  With the eventual winner set to take on the team emerging from EF2 (Italy or Turkey) on Sunday, all eyes will be on Nantes this weekend.

Article - Eighth Finals pairs confirmed

"I don't know the team of Finland at all. It's definitely great to play in front of my family and friends given that I'm from the area but I still have a sore back so we'll see if I can play with it."

Kévin Le Roux
France's middle blocker
Kévin Le Roux

"We're excited to be here. We're playing better game after game and if we have a chance to beat France, it's definitely thanks to our team spirit. Whenever we score, whenever we lose, it's always together."

Markus Kaurto
Finland's middle blocker
Markus Kaurto

Head-to-Head
· France and Finland will clash for the eighth time in the European Championship. France won five of the previous seven encounters (W5-L2).
· These nations will meet for the first time in the European Championship since 2011, when France beat Finland 3-1 in the preliminary round. Antonin Rouzier scored 20 points, more than any other player on the court.
· Finland's last European Championship victory over France was a 3-1 win in the 1983 consolation round (15-10, 4-15, 15-6, 15-12).

France
· France are aiming for their eighth EuroVolley podium finish and their second European title after 2015.
· Co-hosts France won all their five group stage matches in this year's European Championship. They only dropped one set, in their final fixture against Italy on 18 September (3-1 win).
· The last team to claim the European title with a maximum of one lost set was the Netherlands in 1997. Only Yugoslavia avoided a straight-set defeat against Holland that campaign (3-1 loss in the final).
· On 12 September, France recorded a 3-0 group stage win in their opener against Greece to claim their 100th European championship victory. They became the sixth side to reach this landmark.
· Stephen Boyer has scored 89 points for France in this year's EuroVolley final round, at least 33 more than any of his teammates (Julien Lyneel has piled up 56 points).
· Boyer was France's top scorer in three of their five group stage matches. Lyneel and Earvin Ngapeth both claimed top scoring honours once.

Finland
· Finland are hoping to claim their first ever podium spot in the European Championship. In 2007, they missed out on a medal as Serbia proved too strong in the third-place decider (3-1 loss).
· Finland can reach the European Championship quarter-finals for the first time since 2013, when they were eliminated by Italy (3-1 loss).
· Finland beat North Macedonia (3-1) and Turkey (3-2) in this year's group phase. They can claim more than two wins in a single edition of the European Championship for the first time since 2007 (W4-L4).
· Urpo Sivula (55) and Tommi Siirilä (52) are Finland's leading scorers in this year's competition. The last player to score more points for Finland in the final round of a single edition was Olli-Pekka Ojansivu (62) in 2015.
· Only Siarhei Busel (13) from Belarus and North Macedonia's Risto Nikolov (13) scored more points from blocks in Pool C than Siirilä (12).

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  • Officials
    First Referee
    David FERNANDEZ FUENTES
    ESP
    Second Referee
    Andrea PUECHER
    ITA
  • Venue Information
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    The Nantes exhibition centre is equipped with the "Hall XXL" designed to host international events in a sports configuration. This space is modular with removable stands according to the needs of the event. It meets international sporting standards and norms. Capacity: 10750
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    Route de Saint-Joseph de Porterie, NANTES, 44300 Capacity: 10750

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FRANCE

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Team Schedule

Previous Games

28/09/2019 vs. 0 - 3 L play circle Go to Match Centre
27/09/2019 vs. 2 - 3 L play circle Go to Match Centre
24/09/2019 vs. 3 - 0 W play circle Go to Match Centre
  • All Time
  • 32
    Competitions Played
  • 3
    Titles
  • Competition
  • 9
    Matches Played
  • 7
    Matches Won
  • 78%
    Win %
  • 23
    Sets Won
  • 718
    Points Won
  • 53%
    Attack %
  • 54%
    Reception %

Team

C
6
TONIUTTI Benjamin
Setter
  • Birth Date: 1989
  • Birth Place: Mulhouse
  • Height: 183 cm
2
GREBENNIKOV Jénia
Libero
  • Birth Date: 1990
  • Birth Place: Rennes
  • Height: 188 cm
4
PATRY Jean
Opposite
  • Birth Date: 1996
  • Birth Place: Montpellier
  • Height: 207 cm
7
TILLIE Kévin
Outside spiker
  • Birth Date: 1990
  • Birth Place: Cagnes-sur-Mer
  • Height: 200 cm
8
LYNEEL Julien
Outside spiker
  • Birth Date: 1990
  • Birth Place: Montpellier
  • Height: 192 cm
9
NGAPETH Earvin
Libero
  • Birth Date: 1991
  • Birth Place: Saint-Raphaël
  • Height: 194 cm
10
LE ROUX Kevin
Middle blocker
  • Birth Date: 1989
  • Birth Place: Champigny-sur-Marne
  • Height: 209 cm
11
BRIZARD Antoine Arthur Fabien
Setter
  • Birth Date: 1994
  • Birth Place: Poitiers
  • Height: 196 cm
12
BOYER Stephen
Opposite
  • Birth Date: 1996
  • Height: 196 cm
14
LE GOFF Nicolas
Middle blocker
  • Birth Date: 1992
  • Birth Place: Paris
  • Height: 207 cm
16
BULTOR Daryl
Middle blocker
  • Birth Date: 1995
  • Height: 197 cm
17
CLEVENOT Trévor
Outside spiker
  • Birth Date: 1994
  • Birth Place: Royan
  • Height: 199 cm
18
ROSSARD Thibault
Outside spiker
  • Birth Date: 1993
  • Birth Place: Soisy-sous-Montmorency
  • Height: 194 cm
21
CHINENYEZE Barthélémy
Middle blocker
  • Birth Date: 1998
  • Birth Place: Dunkerque
  • Height: 202 cm

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Recent Results

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FRANCE

Overview

FINLAND

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Match Report

France easily qualify for quarterfinals

Article 21 September 2019

France easily defeated Finland in three sets despite being behind most of the second. That is when the Finnish made a pleasant display of their analysing and blocking skills. But Tillie’s men were much too strong for this matchup. Note that the French coach opted for Ngapeth and his son to fill the spots of outside hitters, as excellent-during-the-pool-phase Lyneel sat on the bench.

 

Hall XXL Nantes welcomed Team France as it should, with a wave that went on for no fewer than thirty laps to start the third set! Les Bleus will have to wait until tomorrow to know the identity of their opponents for the quarterfinals which will occur on Tuesday at 8:45pm in the same exhilarating atmosphere in Nantes.

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94
Points

The combined total number of points scored by both teams throughout the entire match.

75
Duration

The total length of the match, from the first serve through until the last point has ended.

7293
Spectators

Total number of people in attendance at the venue – taken at the end of the second set.

160
Match Spikes

The combined total number of successful spikes achieved by both teams throughout the entire match.

50%
Reception Level

An average of the two team service reception percentages from the complete match.

6-6
Net Domination

The number of successful point winning blocks of FRANCE compared to FINLAND.

4-2
Ace Count

FRANCE number of service aces compared to FINLAND

24-23
Error Difference

Errors leading to points of FRANCE, next to those from FINLAND

"It's wonderful to play in such an atmosphere of course, it's the first time that we have that in France. But the real match will be next Tuesday, so hopefully the crowd will be even able to top itself, even though it was incredible tonight."

Earvin Ngapeth
France's outside hitter
Earvin Ngapeth attacking

"We lost the reception/pass battle, and we cannot win in these conditions. Reaching the quarterfinals was our main goal but we may have been able to go further."

Antti Siltala
Finland's outside hitter
Siltala spiking

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