Paris 2024 Olympic Games: the Blues with Le Goff, Patry but without Seddik, Cazaute and Gélin present among the girls… discover the final volleyball lists

Le jeune Lozérien Joris Seddik devra patienter avant de disputer ses premiers Jeux. MAXPPP – Marian Zubrzycki

The experienced Quentin Jouffroy was preferred to the young Joris Seddik to occupy the position of third center in the French volleyball team selected Monday to defend its Olympic title at the Paris Olympics (July 26-August 11 ).

Jouffroy (31 years old), present at the World Cup-2022 and Euro-2023, was decisive when he came into play in the final phase of the Ligue des nations (VNL) won by the Blues two weeks ago in Lodz (Poland). He is one of two players from the group of 12 selected who did not win the Olympic title three years ago in Tokyo, with the sharp Théo Faure, preferred to Stephen Boyer during the VNL in June.

Shield reception

Star Earvin Ngapeth and center Barthélémy Chinenyeze, injured for a large part of this competition, are part of the group for which receiver-attacker Thimothée Carle is the replacement.

Unlike his counterpart Andrea Giani, the Bleues coach Emile Rousseaux chose to call only three attacker-receivers (and not 4) and two liberos (on instead of 1), in order to secure the reception, a weak point identified during the first Nations League in the history of the selection. Les Bleues will also play the first Olympic Games in the history of the selection.

The group of 12 French people selected

Smugglers: Antoine Brizard, Benjamin Toniutti (cap)

Receivers-attackers: Yacine Louati, Trévor Clevenot, Kevin Tillie, Earvin Ngapeth

Pointus: Théo Faure, Jean Patry

Central: Nicolas Le Goff, Barthélémy Chinenyeze, Quentin Jouffroy

Libero: Jenia Grebennikov.

Substitute: Timothée Carle

The boys' schedule for the preliminary round of the Olympic Games (at the Arena Paris Sud)

July 28 (5 p.m.): France – Serbia July 30 (9 p.m.): France – Canada August 2 (5 p.m.): France – Slovenia

The group of 12 French women selected

Setters: Nina Stojiljkovic, Emilie Respaut

Receivers-attackers: Héléna Cazaute (cap), Amélie Rotar, Halimatou Bah Pointues: Lucille Gicquel, Iman Ndiaye

Centrals: Léandra Olinga Andela, Christina Bauer, Amandha Sylves

Liberos: Amandine Giardino, Juliette Gelin

Substitute: Maeva Schalk.

The schedule for the girls in the preliminary round of the Olympic Games (at the Arena Paris Sud): < /p> July 29 (9 p.m.): France – Serbia  August 1 (9 p.m.): France – China  August 4 (1 p.m.): France – United States.