France: Laurent Tillie’s 17 players to prepare for Olympic Qualifiers
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Laurent Tillie, the head coach of France Volleyball National Team, has announced the preliminary list of 17 players for the European Qualifier for the Olympic Games in Tokyo, scheduled on January 5-10 in Berlin, Germany.
Out of these 17 players, as many as 13 competed at the recent CEV EuroVolley. Only Thibault Rossard is missing due to edema in his left foot. Tillie will have to choose a 14-man list for the qualifications at the end of the preparations in Tours, on January 3. France will play Pool B and will face European champion Serbia, Bulgaria, and the Netherlands.
The preliminary list of France:
Setters: Benjamin Toniutti (Zaksa/Poland, captain), Antoine Brizard (Warszawa/ Poland).
Outside hitters: KĆ©vin Tillie (Warszawa/ Poland), Julien Lyneel (JastrzÄbski/ Poland), Earvin Ngapeth (Zenit-Kazan/Russia), TrĆ©vor ClĆ©venot (Milano/Italy), Yacine Louati (Monza/Italy), TimothĆ©e Carle (Vibo/Italy).
Opposite hitters: Jean Patry (Latina/Italy), StƩphen Boyer (Verona/Italy), Julien Winkelmuller (Chaumont), Jhon Wendt (ASK/Russia).
Middle blockers: KĆ©vin Le Roux (Beijing/China), Nicolas Le Goff (Berlin/Germany), BarthĆ©lĆ©my Chinenyeze (Vibo/Italy), Daryl Bultor (SĆØte).
Libero: JĆ©nia Grebennikov (Trentino/Italy).
