Where to play team sports Pays De La Loire

The Leo Lagrange Volleyball Club has been welcoming since 1964, with Leon Bouyer, the smaller and smaller Nantais volleyball. Its location, rue Gaston Turpin, behind the mythical barracks of the Joffre, makes it a club of hyper centre. Quality coaching (several volleyball state patents) takes care of young people in the category of chicks (- 10 years) until hopes (- 21 years). Senior teams evolve from the departmental level to the national 2 women. The club has 180 licensees that make up the various teams and this in all parity…

The best structured club of women's basketball in the agglomeration. In just under seven seasons, the club, whose president is Hubert Gouriou, has passed from the National Women 2 to the status of an outsider of the Women's League of Basketball, one of the most competitive in Europe. After a year of learning, the Waves of the Nantes Rezé Basketball were able to settle in the top 14 French clubs and win two titles (round 2009 challenge and 2010) allowing them to qualify in Eurocoupe. The team reached the final of the France Cup during the 2012-2013 season.

HBC Nantes was founded in 1953. Since 2016, Le H, as it is known, has been a major club in France and Europe, and represents the pride of Nantes sport. Under the presidency of Gaël Pelletier, the club with the three ermines has risen to the highest level, combining sporting performance and budget structuring, while investing massively in the training of young players. The training center has nurtured the likes of O'Brian Nyateu, Nicolas Tournat, Romain Lagarde, Dragan Pechmalbec, and more recently Thibaud Briet and Théo Monar, to name but a few.

A training project that is the best way to compete with European heavyweights. Since 2022, Grégory Cojean has been the coach of this team, led by top scorer Valero Rivera. Season after season, HBC Nantes continues to develop its long-term, ambitious club project. Involved in the European Cup for 12 consecutive seasons, the "H" even reached the Final Four in Cologne in 2018 and 2021. Supported by the city, the department, the region, loyal partners, an extraordinary public and dedicated volunteers, HBC Nantes attracts almost 6,000 people to each home match.

The slogan #WeHfamily sums up the club's determination to unite the most loyal community of handball supporters in France. Attending HBC Nantes matches is a guarantee of extraordinary entertainment and atmosphere. The club's values of respect, fighting spirit and solidarity apply on the floor as they do in everyday life.

The League's training institute which controls, trains and hosts the best players in Nantes… outside FCN of course. The League, led by President Cédric Sheepishly since 2013, also has its offices. This regional technical centre was completely redesigned in 2009. It is now one of the most beautiful in France. New, modern and functional premises that should benefit the smooth functioning of the structure. Practice, the membership clubs can perform their procedures on the League's website and keep up to date on its current events.

For nearly 80 years, the Canaris have been thrilling soccer fans. Directed by the very controversial Waldemar Kita, the club has counted in its ranks emblematic footballers such as Didier Deschamps, Marcel Desailly, Christian Karembeu or Mickaël Landreau. Since May 2023, Pierre Aristouy has been coaching the yellow and green players, succeeding many coaches who have marked the life of FCN (José Arribas, Jean-Claude Suaudeau, or Michel Der Zakarian). The Canaries have a nice record of achievements: 8 French championships, 4 French cups and 2 European cup semi-finals. In May 2022, FC Nantes was crowned winner of the French Cup for the fourth time, the city vibrated that day.

This strange sport, which originated in the USA in the 1920s, arrived in Angers in 2012. It's mainly played by girls. The principle: two teams compete around an oval track, with a jammer (sprinter) completing laps to score points. The opposing team must block her path with their blockers, and her team-mates take charge of protecting her. Roller Derby is a physical, contact sport with a sexy rock feel. Highly regulated, it places great emphasis on the safety of its practitioners. Since 2014, the Intrépide Roller's Dérangées team has given way to the Douleur Angevine (entered in the French championship before Covid) of the Anjou Roller Derby association. Today more than 40 glide addicts train twice a week. Anjou Roller Derby is not only recruiting players, but also anyone wishing to get involved in the association, by refereeing for example! Spectacle guaranteed!