Team sports: women’s volleyball, field hockey, water polo… these Blues also finally want to shine

In the big BHV family (basketball, handball, volleyball), there is a poor relation that we never or almost never talk about: the French women’s volleyball team. Shy, she has never been invited to the Olympic table since the event was on the program in 1964. Her record is non-existent: no international medals, nothing, nada. His last participation in a World Cup dates back to… 1974. Émile Rousseaux, the Belgian coach of Les Bleues, has a bit of explanation to analyze this void: “In 2020, out of 14 clubs with at least ten players, there were only 23 French women holders. Among them, 39% of Liberos. If we played the Libero Worlds, France would have a chance. »