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Germany men's national volleyball team

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Germany
Nickname(s)Die Adler (The Eagles)
Die Mannschaft (The Team)
AssociationDeutscher Volleyball-Verband
ConfederationCEV
Head coachMichał Winiarski
FIVB ranking11 (as of 10 July 2024)
Uniforms
Home
Away
Third
Summer Olympics
Appearances5[a] (First in 1968)
Best resultSilver (1972 (GDR))
World Championship
Appearances13[b] (First in 1956)
European Championship
Appearances24[c] (First in 1958)
Best resultSilver (2017)
www.volleyball-verband.de (in German)

The Germany men's national volleyball team represents Germany in international volleyball competitions. It is governed by the German Volleyball Association. Germany won the gold medal at the 1970 World Championship as East Germany and the bronze medal at the 2014 World Championship.

After German reunification, West Germany (1949–1990) was renamed Germany and they absorbed East Germany (1949–1990) with the records. Since 1992 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 Volleyball Men's World Championship| and clinched the FIVB World Cup in 1969.

Results

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By West Germany national team, East Germany national team and Germany national team

Germany team in World Championship 2014

Summer Olympics

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  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

Year Result Pld W L SW SL PW PL
Japan 1964 did not qualify
Mexico 1968 4th place 9 6 3 22 12 449 374
West Germany 1972 Silver 7 5 2 16 8 295 256
Canada 1976 did not qualify
Soviet Union 1980
United States 1984
South Korea 1988
Spain 1992
United States 1996
Australia 2000
Greece 2004
China 2008 9th place 5 1 4 6 12 418 440
United Kingdom 2012 5th place 6 2 4 6 14 429 463
Brazil 2016 did not qualify
Japan 2020
France 2024 6th place 4 2 2 10 8 397 372
Total 5/16 31 16 15 60 54 1988 1905

World Championship

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  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

Year Result Pld W L SW SL PW PL
Czechoslovakia 1949 did not enter
Soviet Union 1952
France 1956 12th place 10 8 2 24 10 480 387
Brazil 1960 did not qualify
Soviet Union 1962 11th place 10 8 2 25 9 480 329
Czechoslovakia 1966 4th place 12 8 4 26 15 505 407
Bulgaria
Mexico 1974 4th place 11 6 5 21 19 478 446
Italy 1978 9th place 10 4 6 15 20 361 437
Argentina 1982 12th place 10 2 8 10 24 363 439
France 1986 did not qualify
Brazil 1990
Greece 1994 11th place 4 1 3 4 10 128 193
Japan 1998 did not qualify
Argentina 2002
Japan 2006 9th place 14 8 6 28 24 1196 1183
Italy 2010 8th place 9 3 6 12 18 659 689
Poland 2014 Third place 16 11 5 34 19 1243 1136
Italy Bulgaria 2018 did not qualify
Poland Slovenia 2022 15th place 4 1 3 4 9 291 311
Philippines 2025 Qualified
Total 1 Title 122 71 51 238 184 6779 6335

World Cup

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  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

Year Result Pld W L SW SL PW PL
Poland 1965 5th place 8 3 5 14 16 342 358
East Germany 1969 Gold 8 7 1 22 8 410 296
Japan 1977 did not qualify
Japan 1981
Japan 1985
Japan 1989
Japan 1991 7th place 10 7 3 25 9 N/A N/A
Japan 1995 did not qualify
Japan 1999
Japan 2003
Japan 2007
Japan 2011
Japan 2015
Japan 2019
Japan 2023
Total 1 Title 26 17 9 61 33 N/A N/A

World League

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  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

World League record
Year Round Position GP MW ML SW SL Squad
Japan 1990 did not participate
Italy 1991
Italy 1992 Intercontinental Round 12th Place 12 1 11 9 35 Squad
Brazil 1993 Intercontinental Round 8th place 20 9 11 32 42 Squad
Italy 1994 Intercontinental Round 10th Place 12 2 10 9 33 Squad
Brazil 1995 did not participate
Netherlands 1996
Russia 1997
Italy 1998
Argentina 1999
Netherlands 2000
Poland 2001 Intercontinental Round 13th place 12 0 12 11 36 Squad
Brazil 2002 Intercontinental Round 9th place 12 4 8 21 30 Squad
Spain 2003 Intercontinental Round 10th place 12 4 8 20 29 Squad
Italy 2004 did not qualify
Serbia and Montenegro 2005
Russia 2006
Poland 2007
Brazil 2008
Serbia 2009
Argentina 2010 Intercontinental Round 9th place 12 7 5 26 21 Squad
Poland 2011 Intercontinental Round 11th place 12 5 7 23 28 Squad
Poland 2012 Final Round 5th place 14 11 3 37 15 Squad
Argentina 2013 Intercontinental Round 7th place 10 5 5 21 19 Squad
Italy 2014 Intercontinental Round 16th place 12 5 7 18 26 Squad
Brazil 2015 withdrew
Poland 2016 Group Final Round 26th place 8 3 5 15 16 Squad
Brazil 2017 Group Final Round 27th place 8 6 2 19 8 Squad
Total 5th place 13/28 156 62 94 261 338

Nations League

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  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

Nations League record
Year Result GP MW ML SW SL PW PL Squad
France 2018 9th place 15 7 8 29 30 1299 1307 Squad
United States 2019 14th place 15 3 12 23 41 1349 1470 Squad
Italy 2021 13th place 15 4 11 22 38 1255 1360 Squad
Italy 2022 12th place 12 4 8 18 29 969 1103 Squad
Poland 2023 11th place 12 3 9 16 28 963 1036 Squad
Poland 2024 11th place 12 5 7 20 25 1018 1048

Squad

Total 6/6 81 26 55 128 191 6853 7324

European Games

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  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

Year Result Pld W L SW SL PW PL
Azerbaijan 2015 Gold 8 7 1 22 5 665 559
Belarus 2019 Volleyball tournament not held
Poland 2023
Total 1 Title 8 7 1 22 5 665 559

European Championship

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  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

European Championship record
Year Round Position GP MW ML SW SL Squad
Italy 1948 did not enter
Bulgaria 1950
France 1951
Romania 1955
Czechoslovakia 1958 1st Round 9th place 11 9 2 27 10 Squad
Romania 1963 1st Round 9th place 10 9 1 28 5 Squad
Turkey 1967 Final Group 4th place 10 7 3 25 12 Squad
Italy 1971 Final Group 4th place 8 5 3 15 11 Squad
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1975 1st Round 7th place 7 5 2 16 7 Squad
Finland 1977 1st Round 9th place 7 4 3 13 13 Squad
France 1979 1st Round 9th place 7 2 5 9 15 Squad
Bulgaria 1981 Final Group 6th place 7 2 5 11 17 Squad
East Germany 1983 Final Group 6th place 7 3 4 10 15 Squad
Netherlands 1985 did not qualify
Belgium 1987
Sweden 1989 1st Round 9th place 7 2 5 11 19 Squad
Germany 1991 Semifinals 4th place 7 3 4 12 14 Squad
Finland 1993 Semifinals 4th place 7 4 3 13 15 Squad
Greece 1995 2nd Round 8th place 7 2 5 9 16 Squad
Netherlands 1997 Groups Round 9th place 5 2 3 7 12 Squad
Austria 1999 did not qualify
Czech Republic 2001 Groups Round 9th place 5 1 4 6 14 Squad
Germany 2003 2nd Round 7th place 7 4 3 14 12 Squad
Italy 2005 did not qualify
Russia 2007 2nd Round 5th place 8 5 3 16 11 Squad
Turkey 2009 2nd Round 5th place 8 4 4 16 17 Squad
AustriaCzech Republic 2011 1st Round 15th place 3 0 3 3 9 Squad
DenmarkPoland 2013 Quarterfinals 6th place 4 3 1 10 5 Squad
BulgariaItaly 2015 Quarterfinals 8th Place 5 2 3 8 9 Squad
Poland 2017 Final Runners-up 6 5 1 16 8 Squad
BelgiumFranceNetherlandsSlovenia 2019 Quarterfinals 8th Place 7 3 4 12 13 Squad
Czech RepublicEstoniaFinlandPoland 2021 Quarterfinals 5th Place 7 5 2 16 10 Squad
Italy Bulgaria North Macedonia Israel 2023 Round of 16 9th Place 6 3 3 14 11 Squad
Total Final 24/32 173 105 87 339 299

European League

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  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

Year Result Pld W L SW SL PW PL
Czech Republic 2004 4th place 14 8 6 30 22 1218 1149
Russia 2005 5th place 12 5 7 21 23 1025 1001
Turkey 2006 5th place 12 6 6 26 22 1082 1041
Portugal 2007 6th place 12 8 4 28 21 1091 1048
Turkey 2008 4th place 14 8 6 31 24 1261 1194
Portugal 2009 Gold 14 10 4 37 19 1270 1173
Total 1 Title 78 45 33 173 131 6947 6606

FIVB Olympic Qualification Tournament

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  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

Year Result Pld W L SW SL PW PL
Bulgaria 2019 Did not Enter
Brazil 2023 Champions 7 7 0 21 4 611 493
Total 1 Title 7 7 0 21 4 611 493

FIVB Olympic Qualification Tournament - Men's European qualification

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  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place Q Qualified to Olympic games

Year Result Pld W L SW SL PW PL QO
Poland 2000 Pre–qualification Round 8 4 4 18 17 779 760 X
Germany 2004 3rd place 4 2 2 5 9 309 324 X
Turkey 2008 5th place 7 5 2 17 12 639 611 Q
Bulgaria 2012 2nd place 6 6 3 20 21 813 729 Q
Germany 2016 4th place 5 3 2 12 5 471 444 X
Germany 2019 2nd place 5 3 2 11 6 421 408 X
Total 6 Title 35 23 15 83 70 3,432 3,276 2

Team

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Current squad

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Roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics. The roster was announced on 28 June 2024.[1]

Head coach: Poland Michał Winiarski[2]

Coaches history

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Years Name
1956–1956 Germany Eberhard Schulz
1957–1958 Germany Werner Lohr
1958–1970 Germany Edgar Blossfeldt
1959–1960 Poland Jerzy Pławczyk
1961–1964 Germany Alexander Mühle
1965–1971 Czech Republic Miroslav Rovný
1971–1971 Czech Republic Josef Stolarik
1971–1971 Japan Akira Kato
1971–1972 Germany Manfred Kindermann
1973–1974 Germany Michael Gregori
1974–1975 Romania Sebastian Mihăilescu
1976–1983 Germany Michael Gregori
1983–1987 Poland Zbigniew Jasiukiewicz
1987–1990 Romania Stelian Moculescu
1990–1994 Slovakia Igor Prieložný
1995–1998 Germany Olaf Kortmann
1999–2008 Romania Stelian Moculescu
2009–2011 Argentina Raúl Lozano
2012–2016 Belgium Vital Heynen
2017–2021 Italy Andrea Giani
2022–present Poland Michał Winiarski

Kit providers

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

Period Kit provider
2003–2021 Japan Asics
Italy Erreà
Netherlands Stanno
2021–2023 Denmark Hummel
2023– Germany Kempa
Japan Mikasa

Sponsorship

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Primary sponsors include: main sponsors like Kempa Sport other sponsors: Mikasa, volleyballdirekt and Kintex.

Notes

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  1. ^ by Germany national team, East Germany national team and West Germany national team
  2. ^ by Germany national team, East Germany national team and West Germany national team
  3. ^ by Germany national team, East Germany national team and West Germany national team

References

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  1. ^ "Olympia: Winiarski benennt 13 Spieler für Paris" [Olympics: Winiarski names 13 players for Paris] (in German). German Volleyball Association. 28 June 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Team roster: Germany" (PDF). Olympics.com. 26 July 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
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