Germany men's national volleyball team

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.

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 resultQuarterfinals 2012, 2024
World Championship
Appearances13[b] (First in 1956)
Best resultBronze (2014)
European Championship
Appearances24[c] (First in 1958)
Best resultSilver (2017)
www.volleyball-verband.de (in German)

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
  1964 did not qualify
  1968 4th place 9 6 3 22 12 449 374
  1972 East Germany 7 5 2 16 8 295 256
  1976 did not qualify
  1980
  1984
  1988
  1992
  1996
  2000
  2004
  2008 9th place 5 1 4 6 12 418 440
  2012 5th place 6 2 4 6 14 429 463
  2016 did not qualify
  2020
  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
  1949 did not enter
  1952
  1956 12th place 10 8 2 24 10 480 387
  1960 did not qualify
  1962 11th place 10 8 2 25 9 480 329
  1966 4th place 12 8 4 26 15 505 407
  1970 East Germany 6 1 13 20 6 333 358
  1974 4th place 11 6 5 21 19 478 446
  1978 9th place 10 4 6 15 20 361 437
  1982 12th place 10 2 8 10 24 363 439
  1986 did not qualify
  1990
  1994 11th place 4 1 3 4 10 128 193
  1998 did not qualify
  2002
  2006 9th place 14 8 6 28 24 1196 1183
  2010 8th place 9 3 6 12 18 659 689
  2014 Third place 16 11 5 34 19 1243 1136
    2018 did not qualify
    2022 15th place 4 1 3 4 9 291 311
  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
  1965 5th place 8 3 5 14 16 342 358
 East Germany
  1977 did not qualify
  1981
  1985
  1989
  1991 7th place 10 7 3 25 9 N/A N/A
  1995 did not qualify
  1999
  2003
  2007
  2011
  2015
  2019
  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
  1990 did not participate
  1991
  1992 Intercontinental Round 12th Place 12 1 11 9 35 Squad
  1993 Intercontinental Round 8th place 20 9 11 32 42 Squad
  1994 Intercontinental Round 10th Place 12 2 10 9 33 Squad
  1995 did not participate
  1996
  1997
  1998
  1999
  2000
  2001 Intercontinental Round 13th place 12 0 12 11 36 Squad
  2002 Intercontinental Round 9th place 12 4 8 21 30 Squad
  2003 Intercontinental Round 10th place 12 4 8 20 29 Squad
  2004 did not qualify
  2005
  2006
  2007
  2008
  2009
  2010 Intercontinental Round 9th place 12 7 5 26 21 Squad
  2011 Intercontinental Round 11th place 12 5 7 23 28 Squad
  2012 Final Round 5th place 14 11 3 37 15 Squad
  2013 Intercontinental Round 7th place 10 5 5 21 19 Squad
  2014 Intercontinental Round 16th place 12 5 7 18 26 Squad
  2015 withdrew
  2016 Group Final Round 26th place 8 3 5 15 16 Squad
  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
  2018 9th place 15 7 8 29 30 1299 1307 Squad
  2019 14th place 15 3 12 23 41 1349 1470 Squad
  2021 13th place 15 4 11 22 38 1255 1360 Squad
  2022 12th place 12 4 8 18 29 969 1103 Squad
  2023 11th place 12 3 9 16 28 963 1036 Squad
  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
  2015 Gold 8 7 1 22 5 665 559
  2019 Volleyball tournament not held
  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
  1948 did not enter
  1950
  1951
  1955
  1958 1st Round 9th place 11 9 2 27 10 Squad
  1963 1st Round 9th place 10 9 1 28 5 Squad
  1967 Final Group 4th place 10 7 3 25 12 Squad
  1971 Final Group 4th place 8 5 3 15 11 Squad
  1975 1st Round 7th place 7 5 2 16 7 Squad
  1977 1st Round 9th place 7 4 3 13 13 Squad
  1979 1st Round 9th place 7 2 5 9 15 Squad
  1981 Final Group 6th place 7 2 5 11 17 Squad
  1983 Final Group 6th place 7 3 4 10 15 Squad
  1985 did not qualify
  1987
  1989 1st Round 9th place 7 2 5 11 19 Squad
  1991 Semifinals 4th place 7 3 4 12 14 Squad
  1993 Semifinals 4th place 7 4 3 13 15 Squad
  1995 2nd Round 8th place 7 2 5 9 16 Squad
  1997 Groups Round 9th place 5 2 3 7 12 Squad
  1999 did not qualify
  2001 Groups Round 9th place 5 1 4 6 14 Squad
  2003 2nd Round 7th place 7 4 3 14 12 Squad
  2005 did not qualify
  2007 2nd Round 5th place 8 5 3 16 11 Squad
  2009 2nd Round 5th place 8 4 4 16 17 Squad
   2011 1st Round 15th place 3 0 3 3 9 Squad
   2013 Quarterfinals 6th place 4 3 1 10 5 Squad
   2015 Quarterfinals 8th Place 5 2 3 8 9 Squad
  2017 Final Runners-up 6 5 1 16 8 Squad
     2019 Quarterfinals 8th Place 7 3 4 12 13 Squad
     2021 Quarterfinals 5th Place 7 5 2 16 10 Squad
        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
  2004 4th place 14 8 6 30 22 1218 1149
  2005 5th place 12 5 7 21 23 1025 1001
  2006 5th place 12 6 6 26 22 1082 1041
  2007 6th place 12 8 4 28 21 1091 1048
  2008 4th place 14 8 6 31 24 1261 1194
  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
  2019 Did not Enter
  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
  2000 Pre–qualification Round 8 4 4 18 17 779 760 X
  2004 3rd place 4 2 2 5 9 309 324 X
  2008 5th place 7 5 2 17 12 639 611 Q
  2012 2nd place 6 6 3 20 21 813 729 Q
  2016 4th place 5 3 2 12 5 471 444 X
  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:   Michał Winiarski[2]

Coaches history

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Years Name
1956–1956   Eberhard Schulz
1957–1958   Werner Lohr
1958–1970   Edgar Blossfeldt
1959–1960   Jerzy Pławczyk
1961–1964   Alexander Mühle
1965–1971   Miroslav Rovný
1971–1971   Josef Stolarik
1971–1971   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
2017–2021   Andrea Giani
2022–present   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   Asics
  Erreà
  Stanno
2021–2023   Hummel
2023–   Kempa
  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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