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Winner of the Judo Pro League last May after its first appearance, AC Boulogne-Billancourt is preparing to make its grand return to the Champions League this Saturday. The logical continuation of a project launched in 2018 by Yoann Catherin and his entire team, with a methodical construction and a no-compromise team culture put to the service of this great name of French judo.<\/strong><\/p>\n

On May 16th, just a few minutes after seeing his prot\u00e9g\u00e9s lift the colossal trophy of the Judo Pro League, President Yoann Catherin already had a clear plan in mind for the upcoming stages, between defending this national mixed team title and the prospect of competing in the Champions League without having to worry about the lineup.<\/p>\n

The turning point of Verquin<\/strong>
\nObviously not the kind of structure typical of Boulogne, which was the first to see one of its judokas become world champion in the person of Jean-Luc Roug\u00e9, who was crowned in 1975 in Vienna. To understand the current success of the ACBB, it is necessary to go back to the foundations of the project undertaken by Yoann Catherin, elected president in 2018. A demanding training policy, which has notably allowed talents like Sarah-L\u00e9onie Cysique and Romain Valadier-Picard to emerge \u2013 declared candidates for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles \u2013 who would be the third consecutive winners for the -57kg category, finalist in Tokyo in 2021 and then bronze medalist in Paris in 2024 \u2013 and both world medalists in June 2025. A magnificent double preceded a decisive victory a few weeks earlier at the first mixed team championships held in Verquin. \u00abWe had seen the enthusiasm of the mixed teams during the last two Olympic Games, and we thought that there was a great story to be written there, that it could be beneficial for the development of our club, which operates like a big family,\",<\/em> the president specifies. We didn\u2019t have the best team on paper, but this cohesion that is our trademark enabled us to defy the predictions and win.\u00bb<\/em> This success gives the section, with more than a thousand members, even more credibility in the eyes of the municipality, its unwavering supporters, and its sponsors, and opens the door to the Judo Pro League for it.<\/p>\n

A win-win situation at JPL
\n<\/strong>Just to participate in it? You see, that\u2019s not part of the DNA of the leadership team, which immediately decides to make a big deal out of it in order to stand out and create a sensation at every match, both at home and away. \u00abWe are fortunate to have as vice president Guilain Ranouil, who works in the entertainment world with the greatest artists, and who brought us this creativity and sense of show that we adapted to judo. We also had the good idea, from scratch, to form a support group, with their orange T-shirts \u00abThe voice of the tatami is us\u00bb, highlighting our partners, which ensured a great atmosphere during our three receptions, but also during our trip to Pontault-Combault in the eliminations and of course at the Dojo de Paris for the Final Four.\u00bb <\/em>A real orange tide that propelled the Boulonnais team to the title, the only declared goal at the start of the season. \u00abI don't know if it's luck, but every time we announce something, we succeed,\",<\/em> Yoann Catherin smiled. In fact, nothing seems impossible to us! Simply because we put honesty and commitment into everything we undertake, and we give ourselves the means to bring our projects to fruition, with the club above all considerations. In my opinion, the other fundamental element of our success lies in anticipation and planning: we<\/em> Let us never think about our project year after year; we build it over at least one Olympiad, or even beyond. Whether we\u2019re talking about budget, contract renewal or managing our athletes, everything is planned and thought through to give us several advantages.\u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n

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European podium goal
\n<\/strong><\/em>And the Champions League in all of this? \u00abThis is the logical continuation of our project, made possible in particular by our growing reputation thanks to the Judo Pro League. Our community has grown, as has our network within the international circuit. This has enabled us, for example, to include top-class athletes in our venture, such as the Dutch Joanne Van Lieshout, the Esposito brothers, and our Ukrainian reinforcements. And with our trio of coaching staff composed of Romain Poussin, Julien Maugard, and Yann Siccardi, highly skilled in terms of knowledge of the milieu, strategy, and support for the fighters, everything is once again finely calibrated. On Saturday, if the draw is in our favor, we can very well aim for the podium.\u00bb <\/em>And continue to write the history of AC Boulogne-Billancourt in gold letters.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Vainqueur de la Judo Pro League en mai dernier d\u00e8s sa premi\u00e8re apparition, l’AC Boulogne-Billancourt s’appr\u00eate \u00e0 effectuer son grand retour en Champions League ce samedi. La suite logique d\u2019un projet lanc\u00e9 depuis 2018 par Yoann Catherin et toute son \u00e9quipe, avec une construction m\u00e9thodique et une culture d’\u00e9quipe sans concession mises au service de […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":913,"featured_media":37277,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-non-classe"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nL\u2019ACBB Judo, un projet taill\u00e9 pour l'Europe - Judo Pro League<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/judoproleague.com\/en\/athletic-club-boulogne-billancourt-judo-project-to-qualify-for-the-champions-league\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"L\u2019ACBB Judo, un projet taill\u00e9 pour l'Europe - Judo Pro League\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Vainqueur de la Judo Pro League en mai dernier d\u00e8s sa premi\u00e8re apparition, l’AC Boulogne-Billancourt s’appr\u00eate \u00e0 effectuer son grand retour en Champions League ce samedi. 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