Philippe Georges Antoine Blain (born 20 May 1960) is a French professional

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coach and former player. He was a member of the France national team in 1984–1987, and a participant at the

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Seoul 1988 The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

. Blain is the current head coach of the Japan national team.

Career as coach

Since 1998 he coached in France, first at AS Cannes, then, since 2000, at Arago de Sète. Starting from 2001 he was a head coach of the France men's national volleyball team. In 2013 he was announced a new assistant coach

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. They have been working with Poland men's national volleyball team. On September 21, 2014 Poland won a title of World Champion 2014. On October 27, 2014 received a state award granted by the Polish President Bronisław Komorowski –

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for outstanding contribution to the development of Polish sport. On 29 March 2016 he signed a contract with Polish club PGE Skra Bełchatów and replaced previous head coach Miguel Angel Falasca.

Honours

As a coach

CEV Cup The CEV Cup is the second tier official competition for men's Volleyball clubs of Europe. The competition takes place every year. Until 2000, it was the CEV Cup Winners' Cup. In 2000 it was renamed CEV Top Teams Cup and in 2007 it was renamed CE ...

1998/1999 – with AS Cannes * National championships ** 1994/1995 Simple gold cup

French Cup, with AS Cannes ** 1994/1995 Gold medal with cup

French Championship, with AS Cannes ** 1997/1998 Simple gold cup

French Cup, with AS Cannes ** 2016/2017 Silver medal with cup

Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów

Individual awards

* 1986: FIVB World Championship – Most Valuable Player * 1987: CEV European Championship – Most Valuable Player

State awards

* 2014:

''Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 23 października 2014 r. o nadaniu orderów i odznaczeń''
– isap.sejm.gov.pl – 23-10-2014 * 2014:

Medaille de la Jeunesse et des Sports

References

External links

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Player profile
at ''LegaVolley.it''
Coach/Player profile
at ''Volleybox.net'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Blain, Philippe 1960 births Living people Sportspeople from Montpellier French men's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players of France Volleyball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics French volleyball coaches French Olympic coaches Recipients of the Gold Cross of Merit (Poland) Volleyball coaches of international teams French expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate volleyball players in Italy French expatriate sportspeople in Poland French expatriate sportspeople in Japan Skra Bełchatów coaches