Germany men's national volleyball team

Germany

Nickname(s)	Die Adler (The Eagles) Die Mannschaft (The Team)
Association	Deutscher Volleyball-Verband
Confederation	CEV
Head coach	Andrea Giani
FIVB ranking	16 (as of November 26, 2021)
Uniforms
Home Away Third
Summer Olympics
Appearances	3 (First in 1972)
Best result	5th (2012)
World Championship
Appearances	6 (First in 1956)
Best result	(2014)
World Cup
Appearances	2 (First in 1969)
Best result	7th (1991)
European Championship
Appearances	12 (First in 1963)
Best result	(2017)
www.volleyball-verband.de (in German)
Honours Medal record Olympic Games 1972 Munich (GDR) Team World Championship 1970 Bulgaria (GDR) 2014 Poland World Cup 1969 East Germany (GDR) European Games 2015 Baku Team European Championship 2017 Poland

The Germany men's national volleyball team is governed by the DVV (Deutscher Volleyball-Verband) and takes part in international volleyball competitions. Germany won the gold medal at the 1970 World Championship as East Germany and the bronze medal in the 2014 World Championships.

After German reunification, West Germany (1949–1990) was renamed Germany and they absorbed East Germany (1949–1990) with the records. Germany also failed to qualify for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the European qualifiers at home in Berlin. They have appeared at the Olympic Games on two occasions, finishing with a ninth place at Beijing 2008 and a fifth place at London 2012. However, Germany have enjoyed some recent success on the continental stage, winning gold at the 2015 European Games and silver at the 2017 European Championship. Before reunification, East Germany finished fourth at Mexico City 1968, before winning the silver medal at Munich 1972. East Germany were also crowned FIVB World Champions in 1969 and clinched the FIVB World Cup a year later.

Results[]

• 1st - Gold medalists
• 2st - Silver medalists
• 3rd - Bronze medalists
• 4th - 4th place

Summer Olympics[]

• 2008 Beijing — 9th place
• 2012 London — 5th place

Year	Result	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	PW	PL
1964	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1968	4th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1972	2nd place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1980	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1984	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1988	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1992	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1996	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2000	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2004	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2008	9th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2012	5th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0/14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

World Championship[]

• 2006 Japan — 12th place
• 2010 Italy — 8th place
• 2014 Poland — Bronze medal

Year	Result	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	PW	PL
1949	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1952	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1960	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1966	4th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1970	1th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1974	4th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1978	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1986	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1990	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1994	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1998	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2006	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2010	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2014	3th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0/18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

World Cup[]

Year	Result	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	PW	PL
1965	5th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1969	1th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1977	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1981	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1985	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1989	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1991	7th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1999	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2003	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2011	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2015	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0/12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

World League[]

World League record
Year	Result	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	PW	PL
1990	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1991	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1992	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1993	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1994	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1996	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1997	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1998	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1999	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2000	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2001	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2003	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2004	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2006	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2008	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2010	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2011	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2012	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2013	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2014	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2015	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0/28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

• 1992 Genoa — 11th place
• 1993 São Paulo — 8th place
• 1994 Milan — 10th place
• 2001 Katowice — 16th place
• 2002 Belo Horizonte — 9th place
• 2003 Madrid — 10th place
• 2010 Córdoba — 9th place
• 2011 Gdańsk — 11th place
• 2012 Sofia — 5th place
• 2013 Mar del Plata — 7th place
• 2014 Florence — 16th place
• 2016 Kraków — 26th place
• 2017 Curitiba — 27th place

Nations League[]

• 2018 Lille — 9th place
• 2019 Chicago — 14th place
• 2021 Rimini — 13th place

European Games[]

• 2015 Baku — Gold medal

European Championship[]

• 1991 — 4th place
• 1993 — 4th place
• 1995 — 8th place
• 1997 — 9th place (tied)
• 2001 — 9th place (tied)
• 2003 — 7th place
• 2007 — 5th place
• 2009 — 6th place
• 2011 — 15th place
• 2013 — 6th place
• 2015 — 8th place
• 2017 — Silver medal
• 2019 — 8th place
• 2021 — TBD

European League[]

• 2004 — 4th place
• 2005 — 5th place
• 2006 — 5th place
• 2007 — 6th place
• 2008 — 4th place
• 2009 — Gold medal

Team[]

Current squad[]

The following is the German roster in the 2017 Men's European Volleyball Championship.

Head coach:	Andrea Giani
Assistants:

No.	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2016/17 club
1	Christian Fromm	15 August 1990	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	99 kg (218 lb)	345 cm (136 in)	324 cm (128 in)	Gi Group Monza
3	Ruben Schott	8 July 1994	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	326 cm (128 in)	309 cm (122 in)	AZS Olsztyn
7	Michael Andrei	6 September 1985	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	345 cm (136 in)	340 cm (130 in)	Topvolley Antwerpen
6	Denis Kaliberda	24 June 1990	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	343 cm (135 in)	314 cm (124 in)	Cucine Lube Civitanova
8	Marcus Böhme	25 August 1985	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)	116 kg (256 lb)	360 cm (140 in)	330 cm (130 in)	Cuprum Lubin
9	György Grozer	27 November 1984	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	99 kg (218 lb)	375 cm (148 in)	345 cm (136 in)	Lokomotiv Novosibirsk
10	Linus Weber	1 November 1998	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	336 cm (132 in)	321 cm (126 in)	Berlin Recycling Volleys
11	Lukas Kampa	29 November 1986	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	335 cm (132 in)	320 cm (130 in)	Jastrzębski Węgiel
13	Simon Hirsch	3 April 1992	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	352 cm (139 in)	344 cm (135 in)	Gi Group Monza
14	Moritz Karlitzek	12 August 1996	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	335 cm (132 in)	310 cm (120 in)	Modena
16	Julian Zenger	26 August 1997	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	330 cm (130 in)	315 cm (124 in)	Friedrichshafen
17	Jan Zimmermann	12 February 1993	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	340 cm (130 in)	312 cm (123 in)
18	Noah Baxpöhler	29 November 1986	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	71 kg (157 lb)	337 cm (133 in)	316 cm (124 in)
21	Tobias Krick	22 October 1998	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	350 cm (140 in)	330 cm (130 in)

Coaches history[]

Years	Name
1956	Eberhard Schulz
1957–1958	Werner Lohr
1958–1970*	Edgar Blossfeldt
1959–1960	Jerzy Pławczyk
1961–1964	Alexander Mühle
1965–1971	Miroslav Rovný
1971	Josef Stolarik
1971	Akira Kato
1971–1972	Manfred Kindermann
1973–1974	Michael Gregori
1974–1975	Sebastian Mihăilescu
1976–1983	Michael Gregori
1983–1987	Zbigniew Jasiukiewicz
1987–1990	Stelian Moculescu
1990–1994	Igor Prieložný
1995–1998	Olaf Kortmann
1999–2008	Stelian Moculescu
2009–2011	Raúl Lozano
2012–2016	Vital Heynen
2017–	Andrea Giani

Kit providers[]

The table below shows the history of kit providers for the Germany national volleyball team.

Period	Kit provider
2003–	Asics Erreà Stanno

Sponsorship[]

Primary sponsors include: main sponsors like Comdirect Bank other sponsors: ERGO Group, German Sports Aid Foundation and Deutsche Energie.

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• FIVB profile