Highlights
FRANCE
Play By Play
FINLAND

6
RONKAINEN Antti
Serve
25 - 21

11
SINKKONEN Sauli
Block
24 - 21

6
RONKAINEN Antti
Serve
24 - 21

7
SUIHKONEN Niko
Spike
24 - 20

6
RONKAINEN Antti
Serve
24 - 20

10
SIVULA Urpo
Spike
24 - 19

9
NGAPETH Earvin
Serve
24 - 19

14
LE GOFF Nicolas
Block
24 - 18

9
NGAPETH Earvin
Serve
24 - 18

9
NGAPETH Earvin
Serve
23 - 18

6
RONKAINEN Antti
Spike
22 - 18

9
NGAPETH Earvin
Serve
22 - 18

12
BOYER Stephen
Spike
21 - 18

9
NGAPETH Earvin
Serve
21 - 18

12
BOYER Stephen
Spike
20 - 18

15
PORKKA Henrik
Serve
20 - 18

6
RONKAINEN Antti
Spike
19 - 18

11
BRIZARD Antoine Arthur Fabien
Serve
19 - 18

9
NGAPETH Earvin
Spike
19 - 17

9
SIIRILÄ Tommi
Serve
19 - 17

10
LE ROUX Kevin
Serve
18 - 17

9
NGAPETH Earvin
Spike
18 - 16

7
SUIHKONEN Niko
Serve
18 - 16

9
SIIRILÄ Tommi
Spike
17 - 16

7
TILLIE Kévin
Serve
17 - 16

9
NGAPETH Earvin
Spike
17 - 15

2
TERVAPORTTI Eemi
Serve
17 - 15

12
BOYER Stephen
Serve
16 - 15

10
LE ROUX Kevin
Spike
16 - 14

12
BOYER Stephen
Serve
16 - 14

11
SINKKONEN Sauli
Serve
15 - 14

9
SIIRILÄ Tommi
Block
14 - 14

11
SINKKONEN Sauli
Serve
14 - 14

10
SIVULA Urpo
Spike
14 - 13

14
LE GOFF Nicolas
Serve
14 - 13

7
TILLIE Kévin
Block
14 - 12

14
LE GOFF Nicolas
Serve
14 - 12

7
TILLIE Kévin
Spike
13 - 12

6
RONKAINEN Antti
Serve
13 - 12

9
NGAPETH Earvin
Serve
12 - 12

14
LE GOFF Nicolas
Spike
12 - 11

10
SIVULA Urpo
Serve
12 - 11

7
SUIHKONEN Niko
Spike
11 - 11

6
TONIUTTI Benjamin
Serve
11 - 11

12
BOYER Stephen
Spike
11 - 10

9
SIIRILÄ Tommi
Serve
11 - 10

9
SIIRILÄ Tommi
Serve
10 - 10

6
RONKAINEN Antti
Spike
10 - 9

10
LE ROUX Kevin
Serve
10 - 9

10
SIVULA Urpo
Spike
10 - 8

10
LE ROUX Kevin
Serve
10 - 8

12
BOYER Stephen
Spike
9 - 8

7
SUIHKONEN Niko
Serve
9 - 8

9
NGAPETH Earvin
Spike
8 - 8

7
TILLIE Kévin
Serve
8 - 8

10
LE ROUX Kevin
Spike
8 - 7

2
TERVAPORTTI Eemi
Serve
8 - 7

7
SUIHKONEN Niko
Spike
7 - 7

2
TERVAPORTTI Eemi
Serve
7 - 7

7
SUIHKONEN Niko
Spike
7 - 6

12
BOYER Stephen
Serve
7 - 6

11
SINKKONEN Sauli
Serve
7 - 5

7
SUIHKONEN Niko
Spike
6 - 5

14
LE GOFF Nicolas
Serve
6 - 5

6
RONKAINEN Antti
Serve
6 - 4

2
TERVAPORTTI Eemi
Spike
5 - 4

9
NGAPETH Earvin
Serve
5 - 4

10
SIVULA Urpo
Serve
5 - 3

11
SINKKONEN Sauli
Block
4 - 3

6
TONIUTTI Benjamin
Serve
4 - 3

7
SUIHKONEN Niko
Spike
4 - 2

6
TONIUTTI Benjamin
Serve
4 - 2

6
RONKAINEN Antti
Spike
3 - 2

6
TONIUTTI Benjamin
Serve
3 - 2

6
RONKAINEN Antti
Spike
2 - 2

6
TONIUTTI Benjamin
Serve
2 - 2

7
TILLIE Kévin
Spike
1 - 2

9
SIIRILÄ Tommi
Serve
1 - 2

10
SIVULA Urpo
Spike
0 - 2

9
SIIRILÄ Tommi
Serve
0 - 2

11
SINKKONEN Sauli
Spike
0 - 1

9
SIIRILÄ Tommi
Serve
0 - 1
Top Scorer
- 19 - Stephen BOYER (FRA)
- 16 - Earvin NGAPETH (FRA)
- 11 - Urpo SIVULA (FIN)
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.
Kévin Le Roux"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."
France's middle blocker

Kévin Le Roux
Markus Kaurto"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."
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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Match Polls
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Officials
First RefereeDavid FERNANDEZ FUENTESESPSecond RefereeAndrea PUECHERITA
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Venue Information
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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Team

7
TILLIE Kévin

12
BOYER Stephen

14
LE GOFF Nicolas

10
LE ROUX Kevin

11
BRIZARD Antoine Arthur Fabien

9
NGAPETH Earvin
FRANCE
GREBENNIKOV Jénia
Libero

2
BULTOR Daryl
Middle blocker

16
- PATRY Jean4 Opposite
- TONIUTTI Benjamin6 Setter
- LYNEEL Julien8 Outside spiker
- CLEVENOT Trévor17 Outside spiker
- ROSSARD Thibault18 Outside spiker
- CHINENYEZE Barthélémy21 Middle blocker
Head Coach
TILLIE Laurent
Team Profile
FRANCE
Address
2/4 rue des Sarrazins CRETEIL cedexContacts
Team Schedule
Previous Games
28/09/2019 | vs. |
0 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
27/09/2019 | vs. |
2 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
24/09/2019 | vs. |
3 - 0 | W | Go to Match Centre |
- All Time
-
32Competitions Played
-
3Titles
- Competition
-
9Matches Played
-
7Matches Won
-
78%Win %
-
23Sets Won
-
718Points Won
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53%Attack %
-
54%Reception %
Team
6
TONIUTTI Benjamin
Setter
- Birth Date: 1989
- Birth Place: Mulhouse
- Height: 183 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
14
LE GOFF Nicolas
Middle blocker
- Birth Date: 1992
- Birth Place: Paris
- Height: 207 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
Team

7
SUIHKONEN Niko

2
TERVAPORTTI Eemi

11
SINKKONEN Sauli

9
SIIRILÄ Tommi

10
SIVULA Urpo

6
RONKAINEN Antti
FINLAND
KAURTO Markus
Middle blocker

14
KERMINEN Lauri
Libero

4
- SILTALA Antti3 Outside spiker
- KRASTINS Elviss8 Outside spiker
- KAISLASALO Samuli12 Opposite
- PORKKA Henrik15 Libero
- LANKINEN Akseli18 Setter
- IVANOV Fedor21 Setter
Head Coach
BANKS Joel
Team Profile
FINLAND
Address
Valimotie 10 HelsinkiContacts
+358 40 754 5109
office@lentopalloliitto.fi
Team Schedule
Previous Games
21/09/2019 | vs. |
0 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
18/09/2019 | vs. |
3 - 2 | W | Go to Match Centre |
16/09/2019 | vs. |
0 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
- All Time
-
26Competitions Played
-
0Titles
- Competition
-
10Matches Played
-
4Matches Won
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40%Win %
-
18Sets Won
-
870Points Won
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44%Attack %
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47%Reception %
Team
9
SIIRILÄ Tommi
Middle blocker
- Birth Date: 1993
- Birth Place: Alajärvi
- Height: 203 cm
11
SINKKONEN Sauli
Middle blocker
- Birth Date: 1989
- Birth Place: Äetsä
- Height: 201 cm
12
KAISLASALO Samuli
Opposite
- Birth Date: 1995
- Birth Place: Forssa
- Height: 205 cm
Recent Results
Last 5 results
MONTPELLIER - PEROLS, FRA
Pool A in FRA
18.9.19 - 20:30 (Local)
FRANCE
ITALY
3
–
1
(25 - 22, 22 - 25, 25 - 21, 25 - 22)
MONTPELLIER - PEROLS, FRA
Pool A in FRA
16.9.19 - 20:45 (Local)
FRANCE
BULGARIA
3
–
0
(25 - 19, 25 - 21, 25 - 14)
MONTPELLIER - PEROLS, FRA
Pool A in FRA
15.9.19 - 17:30 (Local)
PORTUGAL
FRANCE
0
–
3
(11 - 25, 20 - 25, 23 - 25)
Team Statistics
Player Statistics
Head to Head
2
Jénia GREBENNIKOV
Libero
FRANCE
3
Antti SILTALA
Outside spiker
FINLAND
0 Winning Spikes 2
0% Spike % 29%
0 Kill Blocks 0
0 Aces 0
50% Positive Reception % 21%
0 Errors 2
0 Points 2
Highlights
Team Finland during National anthem
Highlights
Team France during National anthem
Highlights
Nicolas LE GOFF (FRA) spikes on Finland block
Highlights
Urpo SIVULA (FIN) spikes on Earvin NGAPETH (FRA)
Highlights
Earvin NGAPETH (FRA) and Team France celebrate the victory
Gallery
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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.
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
Earvin Ngapeth"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."
France's outside hitter

Earvin Ngapeth attacking
Antti Siltala"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."
Finland's outside hitter

Siltala spiking

Daily Recap
PlayTop Scorer
- 19 - Stephen BOYER (FRA)
- 16 - Earvin NGAPETH (FRA)
- 11 - Urpo SIVULA (FIN)
Top Attacker
- 17 - Stephen BOYER (FRA)
- 14 - Earvin NGAPETH (FRA)
- 11 - Urpo SIVULA (FIN)
Top Blocker
- 3 - Sauli SINKKONEN (FIN)
- 3 - Tommi SIIRILÄ (FIN)
- 2 - Stephen BOYER (FRA)
Top Server
- 1 - Earvin NGAPETH (FRA)
- 1 - Julien LYNEEL (FRA)
- 1 - Kévin TILLIE (FRA)
Top Receiver
- 8 - Earvin NGAPETH (FRA)
- 7 - Kévin TILLIE (FRA)
- 5 - Antti RONKAINEN (FIN)