The German volleyball players suffered their fourth defeat in a row against France in the Nations League.
The team of the new national coach Michal Winiarski lost 1:3 (16:25, 19:25, 25:19, 21:25) against the French, who won gold at the Olympic Games last year. The best attacker in the German team in Quezon (Philippines) was Linus Weber with 16 points.
The squad comes in with a young squad and without star player Georg Grozer, who is focusing on recovery this summer. Germany has now won three games and lost five. The team did not play the game against China after a controversy about corona cases with the opponent. The game was scored for the Chinese.
In the Nations League, the top 16 teams in the world for men and women play against each other at three venues over six weeks. After twelve games per team, the eight best advance to the final round. The games in the Nations League are important for the world rankings. The German men first played in Ottawa, Canada. After Quezon, we continue on July 5th in Osaka (Japan).