France will lock horns with Bulgaria in the pre-quarter-final phase of the CEV Men's European Volleyball Championship 2023.
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The CEV Men’s European Volleyball Championship 2023 is currently underway from August 28 to September 16, 2023. Four countries – Italy, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, and Israel – are sharing hosting duties for the event. Out of the original 24 teams in the tournament, 16 have advanced to the round before the quarter-finals. They will be competing for a spot in the quarter-finals. The top three teams will earn a place in the CEV Men’s World Volleyball Championship 2025. However, Italy already has a spot in the championship as they are the reigning world champions.
France will lock horns with Bulgaria in the pre-quarter-final phase of the CEV Men’s EuroVolley 2023. France took the top spot in Pool D with four wins and one loss in five matches during the preliminary stage and reached the pre-quarter-final. Meanwhile, Bulgaria finished fourth in the Pool B and qualified for the pre-quarters phase. Both teams will battle it out for a place in the quarters to remain in contention for the World Championship 2025 berth.
Barthélémy Chinenyeze (Middle Blocker), Jénia Grebennikov (Libero), Raphaël Corre (Setter), Jean Patry (Opposite), Kellian Motta Paes (Setter), Benjamin Toniutti (Setter), Kévin Tillie (Outside Spiker), Ibrahim Lawani (Outside Spiker), Earvin Ngapeth (Outside Spiker), Antoine Arthur Fabien Brizard (Setter), Stephen Boyer (Opposite), Luca Ramon (Libero), Nicolas Le Goff (Middle Blocker), Médéric Henry (Middle Blocker), Daryl Bultor (Middle Blocker), Trévor Clevenot (Outside Spiker), Antoine Pothron (Outside Spiker), Yacine Louati (Outside Spiker), Benjamin Diez (Libero), Théo Faure (Opposite), Luka Basic (Outside Spiker), Timothée Carle (Outside Spiker), Mousse Gueye (Middle Blocker), Quentin Jouffroy (Middle Blocker), Hilir Henno (Outside Spiker), Joachim Panou (Opposite), Thibault Loubeyre (Libero), Simon Roehrig (Middle Blocker), Francois Huetz (Outside Spiker), Joris Seddik (Middle Blocker), Anatole Chaboissant (Opposite), Andrea Giani (Head Coach), Loïc Geiler (Assistant Coach), Roberto Ciamarra (Assistant Coach 2)
Georgi Bratoev (Setter), Stefan Chavdarov (Middle blocker), Nikolay Kolev (Middle blocker), Martin Atanasov (Outside spiker), Svetoslav Gotsev (Middle blocker), Venislav Antov (Opposite), Krasimir Georgiev (Middle blocker), Asparuh Asparuhov (Outside spiker), Georgi Seganov (Setter), Valentin Bratoev (Outside spiker), Aleks Grozdanov (Middle blocker), Dimitar Dimitrov (Opposite), Teodor Salparov (Libero), Martin Bozhilov (Libero), Delcho Raev (Setter), Vladislav Ivanov (Libero), Nikolay Penchev (Outside spiker), Svetoslav Ivanov (Outside spiker), Tsvetan Sokolov (Opposite), Denis Karyagin (Outside spiker), Simeon Dobrev (Libero), Simeon Nikolov (Setter), Aleksandar Nikolov (Outside spiker), Iliya Petkov (Middle blocker), Radoslav Parapunov (Opposite), Samuil Valchinov (Outside spiker), Dobromir Dimitrov (Setter), Nikolay Kartev (Middle blocker), Plamen Konstantinov (Head Coach), Andrey Zhekov (Assistant Coach), Boris Nikolov (Assistant Coach 2)
| Schedule | Date | Timing (All the timings are in Central European Summer Time or Indian Standard Time) |
| Croatia vs Romania | September 8, 2023 | 17:30 (CEST) or 20:00 (IST) |
| France vs Bulgaria | September 8, 2023 | 20:30 (CEST) or 23:00 (IST) |
| Slovenia vs Turkey | September 9, 2023 | 17:30 (CEST) or 20:00 (IST) |
| Portugal vs Ukraine | September 9, 2023 | 20:30 (CEST) or 23:00 (IST) |
The CEV Men’s European Volleyball Championship 2023 is scheduled to be held from August 28 to September 16, 2023.
The LIVE Streaming of the competition will be available on Eurovolley.tv. The CEV has the exclusive rights for the Men’s European Volleyball Championship 2023. One can also watch the championship on the YouTube channel of European Volleyball.
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