The French men's combat team, made up of Raybak Abdesselem, Enzo Berthon, Kilian Cizo, Mehdi Filali, Ryan Gari, Amine Hellal, Thanh-Liêm Lê and Younesse Salmi, was beaten 1 victory to 3 (and 1 draw) against in Japan in the quarter-finals during the first edition of the World Cup, Friday in Pamplona (Spain). In the group stage, the Blues lost against Kazakhstan (0-5) but beat Greece (3-2), Kosovo (5-0) and the United States (5-0).