Belgium men's national volleyball team

Belgium men's national volleyball team
Medal record
European League

Belgium
Nickname(s)	Red Dragons
Association	(VB)VOLLEY BELGIUM
Confederation	CEV
Head coach	Emanuele Zanini
FIVB ranking	26 (as of November 26, 2021)
Uniforms
Summer Olympics
Appearances	1 (First in 1968)
Best result	8th (1968)
World Championship
Appearances	9 (First in 1949)
Best result	8th (1970)
European Championship
Appearances	16 (First in 1948)
Best result	4th (2017)

The Belgian national volleyball team is a team of volleyball players that represents Belgium at international championships. Belgium won the European League title for the first time in impressive in 2013 as they swept the Czech Republic and Croatia in the semifinal and gold medal match respectively. Belgium in 2014 was their first World Championship outing since 1978 and they have largely been restricted to competing at European level.

Competitive record[]

World Championship[]

World Championship record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL
1949	7th-10th play-offs	9th	3	0	3	0	9
1952	Did not participate
1956	11th-20th play-offs	17th	10	2	8	16	22
1960	Did not participate
1962	Group stage	20th	4	0	4	1	12
1966	9th-16th play-offs	14th	10	4	6	15	22
1970	1st-8th play-offs	8th	11	4	7	14	22
1974	7th-12th play-offs	11th	11	3	8	13	26
1978	17th-18th play-offs	18th	9	3	6	10	21
1982	Did not qualify
1986
1990
1994
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014	Group stage	17th	5	1	4	9	12
2018	Second Round	10th	8	4	4	16	14
Total		9/19	71	21	50	94	160

World League[]

World League record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL
1990	1990 to 2013 Did not participate
1991
1992
1994
1999
2002
2012
2013
2014	G2 FR	11th	14	8	6	32	23
2015	G2 FR	12th	14	10	4	35	23
2016	Group Stage	9th	9	3	6	15	20
2017	Group Stage	7th	9	4	5	18	19
Total		4/28	46	25	21	100	85

European Championship[]

European Championship record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL
1948	Round Robin	5th	5	1	4	3	13
1950	Did not participate
1951	Final Round	5th	6	1	5	4	18
1955	9th-14th play-offs	12th	7	3	4	11	15
1958	17th-20th play-offs	17th	7	3	4	13	12
1963	9th-17th play-offs	13th	10	4	6	14	18
1967	9th-16th play-offs	12th	9	5	4	17	17
1971	7th-12th play-offs	10th	6	2	4	7	14
1975	7th-12th play-offs	12th	8	0	8	10	24
1977	Did not qualify
1979	7th-12th play-offs	11th	8	1	7	8	18
1981	Did not qualify
1983
1985
1987	7th-8th play-offs	7th	7	3	4	15	12
1989	Did not qualify
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007	Second Round	10th	6	4	2	8	15
2009	Did not qualify
2011	First Round	13th	3	1	2	4	7
2013	Quarter Final	7th	4	3	1	10	6
2015	Play-Offs	10th	4	2	2	6	7
2017	Third place game	4th	6	4	2	14	10
2019	Round of 16	9th	6	4	2	14	8
\ \ \ 2021	Preliminary round	18th	5	1	4	7	12
Total		17/32	107	42	65	165	226

European Volleyball League[]

Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place

European Volleyball League record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL
2004	Did not participate
2005
2006
2007	Group stage	12th	12	2	10	13	33
2008	Did not participate
2009	Group stage	5th	12	8	4	30	20
2010	Did not participate
2011	Group stage	N/A	12	7	5	26	24
2012	Did not participate
2013	Champions	1st	14	14	0	42	7
Total	1 Title	4/10	50	31	19	111	84

Current squad[]

The following is the Belgian roster in the 2019 European Championship.^[1]

Head coach: Dominique Baeyens

No.	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2020–21 club
1	Bram Van Den Dries	14 August 1989	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	99 kg (218 lb)	361 cm (142 in)	325 cm (128 in)	PAOK Thessaloniki
2		1 December 1987	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	355 cm (140 in)	321 cm (126 in)	Knack Roeselare
3	Sam Deroo (C)	29 April 1992	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	105 kg (231 lb)	355 cm (140 in)	335 cm (132 in)	Dynamo Moscow
4	Stijn D'Hulst	24 April 1991	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	321 cm (126 in)	305 cm (120 in)	Knack Roeselare
5	Igor Grobelny	8 June 1993	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	350 cm (140 in)	330 cm (130 in)	VERVA Warszawa ORLEN Paliwa
6	Lowie Stuer	24 November 1995	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	331 cm (130 in)	310 cm (120 in)	Decospan Volley Team Menen
8	Arno Van De Velde	30 December 1995	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	350 cm (140 in)	340 cm (130 in)	VfB Friedrichshafen
10	Pieter Verhees	8 December 1989	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	110 kg (240 lb)	345 cm (136 in)	318 cm (125 in)	Greenyard Maaseik
10	Simon Van De Voorde	19 December 1989	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	338 cm (133 in)	318 cm (125 in)	Lindemans Aalst
14	Jelle Ribbens	17 March 1992	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	79 kg (174 lb)	331 cm (130 in)	300 cm (120 in)
15	Lienert Cosemans	20 October 1993	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	340 cm (130 in)	315 cm (124 in)
16	Matthias Valkiers	8 April 1990	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	339 cm (133 in)	310 cm (120 in)
17	Tomas Rousseaux	31 March 1994	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	352 cm (139 in)	317 cm (125 in)	MKS Ślepsk Malow Suwałki
18	Seppe Baetens	13 February 1989	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	345 cm (136 in)	312 cm (123 in)
22	Pieter Coolman	24 April 1989	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	351 cm (138 in)	321 cm (126 in)	Knack Roeselare

References[]

^ "Team Roster – Belgium". CEV. Archived from the original on 1 May 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2020.

External links[]

[1] "Team Roster – Belgium". CEV. Archived from the original on 1 May 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2020.

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