Men's Coupe de France First-Round Draw Revealed
The men's Coupe de France first-round draw is out, with eleven ties on November 3 and the final set for March 27 at Paris's Adidas Arena.
The draw for the first round of the men's Coupe de France took place on Wednesday, October 7, with eleven ties set to be played on Tuesday, November 3, all at 20:00. The draw was conducted by French Volleyball Federation president Éric Tanguy, following the women's draw.
The five best-ranked Alterna Volstar teams from the 2025-26 season, Montpellier, Poitiers, Tours, Tourcoing, and Toulouse, are exempt from this round and go straight to the round of 16. The two ties involving Elite Division clubs will be streamed for free on the federation's social media channels, while the other nine matches will be shown on LNVtv.
The ties are: Conflans-Andrésy-Jouy (Elite) vs. Saint-Quentin (Division 2); Hyères-Pierrefeu-la-Londe (Elite) vs. Royan (Division 1); Le Plessis-Robinson vs. Cannes (both Division 1); Fréjus (Division 2) vs. Nice (Division 1); Reims (Division 2) vs. Saint-Nazaire (Division 1); Ajaccio (Division 2) vs. Narbonne (Division 1); Harnes (Division 2) vs. Nancy (Division 2); Chalon (Division 2) vs. Cambrai (Division 2); Rennes (Division 2) vs. Martigues (Division 2); L'Abeille Girondine (Division 2) vs. Sète (Division 1); and Paris vs. Chaumont (both Division 1).
The round of 16 will be played on November 24, the quarterfinals on December 15, and the semifinals on February 23. The final is scheduled for March 27 at the Adidas Arena in Paris, for the second consecutive season. Paris Volley won the 2026 edition, beating Nice 3-1 in the final.
Tanguy said of the venue: "We had signed for two years after the success of the first edition. Two matches with 7,000 people, even 8,000 with guests, so two sold-out matches. We're renewing the operation this year. Volleyball is starting to take its place in this beautiful Adidas Arena, a place where we live great moments of our sport." Tickets for the finals will go on sale in October.
