French volleyball players will face Brazil, Greece and Puerto Rico at the 2025 World Cup, scheduled for Thailand from August 22 to September 7, 2025.
The French women’s volleyball team inherited an affordable draw for the 2025 World Cup on Tuesday (August 22-September 7 in Thailand), placed in the pool of Brazil, Puerto Rico and Greece. The Blues, who will participate in their first World Cup since 1974 thanks to the expansion of the competition to 32 teams, should compete for second place in Pool C, in Chiang Mai (north), in Puerto Rico, behind the medal-winning Brazilians. bronze at the Olympics this summer and second in the world.
The French women, coached from 2025 by the Spaniard Cesar Hernandez who succeeds the Belgian Emile Rousseaux, are in 19th place, three behind the Puerto Ricans. The Greeks are 30th in the world. The first two from each of the eight groups join the round of 16, played in Bangkok like the entire final phase.
Group A (in Bangkok): Thailand, Netherlands, Sweden, Egypt
Group B (in Phuket): Italy, Belgium, Cuba, Slovakia
Group C (in Chiang Mai): Brazil, Puerto Rico, FranceGreece
Group D (in Nakhon Ratchasima): United States, Czech Republic, Argentina, Slovenia
Group E (in Nakhon Ratchasima): Türkiye, Canada, Bulgaria, Spain
Group F (in Chiang Mai): China, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Mexico
Group G (in Phuket): Poland, Germany, Kenya, Vietnam
Group H (in Bangkok): Japan, Serbia, Ukraine, Cameroon
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