Below there are the squads from the participating teams of the 2012 FIVB Volleyball World League .
#NR | NAME | BIRTHDATE |
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1 | Gabriel Arroyo | 3 March 1977 |
2 | Ivan Castellani | 19 January 1991 |
3 | Martín Blanco Costa | 16 December 1985 |
4 | Lucas Ocampo | 20 March 1986 |
5 | Nicolás Uriarte | 21 March 1990 |
6 | Cristian Poglajen | 14 July 1989 |
7 | Facundo Conte | 25 August 1989 |
8 | Mariano Giustiniano | 4 April 1986 |
9 | Rodrigo Quiroga (C) | 23 March 1987 |
10 | Nicolas Bruno | 24 February 1989 |
11 | Sebastián Sole | 12 June 1991 |
12 | Federico Pereyra | 19 June 1988 |
13 | Federico Martina | 2 November 1992 |
14 | Pablo Crer | 12 June 1989 |
15 | Luciano De Cecco | 2 June 1988 |
16 | Alexis González (L) | 21 July 1981 |
17 | Mariano Cavanna | 2 July 1988 |
18 | Franco López (L) | 4 February 1989 |
19 | Maximiliano Gauna | 29 April 1989 |
20 | Guillermo García | 21 September 1983 |
21 | Pablo Bengolea | 8 May 1986 |
22 | Facundo Santucci | 6 March 1987 |
23 | Guido Romanutti | 19 September 1987 |
24 | Demián González | 21 February 1983 |
25 | Gustavo Scholtis | 16 December 1982 |
Coach | Javier Weber | 6 January 1966 |
#NR | NAME | BIRTHDATE |
---|---|---|
1 | Bruno Rezende (C) | 2 July 1986 |
2 | William Arjona | 31 July 1979 |
3 | Éder Carbonera | 19 October 1983 |
4 | Wallace de Souza | 26 June 1987 |
5 | Sidnei dos Santos | 9 July 1982 |
6 | Leandro Vissotto Neves | 30 April 1983 |
7 | Gilberto Godoy Filho | 23 December 1976 |
8 | Murilo Endres | 3 May 1981 |
9 | Théo Lopes | 31 August 1983 |
10 | Sérgio Dutra Santos (L) | 15 October 1975 |
11 | Thiago Soares Alves | 26 July 1986 |
12 | Marlon Yared | 27 July 1977 |
13 | Gustavo Endres | 23 August 1975 |
14 | Rodrigo Santana | 17 April 1979 |
15 | João Paulo Bravo | 7 January 1979 |
16 | Lucas Saatkamp | 6 March 1986 |
17 | Ricardo Garcia | 19 November 1975 |
18 | Dante Amaral | 30 September 1980 |
19 | Mário Pedreira Júnior (L) | 3 May 1982 |
20 | Raphael Vieira de Oliveira | 14 June 1979 |
21 | Fabrício Dias | 12 January 1979 |
22 | Ricardo Lucarelli | 14 February 1992 |
23 | Henrique Randow | 5 April 1978 |
24 | Renan Buiatti | 10 January 1990 |
25 | Maurício Silva | 4 February 1989 |
Coach | Bernardo Rezende | 28 March 1959 |
#NR | NAME | BIRTHDATE |
---|---|---|
1 | Georgi Bratoev | 21 October 1987 |
2 | Hristo Tsvetanov | 29 March 1978 |
3 | Andrey Zhekov | 12 March 1980 |
4 | Vladislav Ivanov (L) | 14 March 1987 |
5 | Svetoslav Gotsev | 31 August 1990 |
6 | Matey Kaziyski | 23 September 1984 |
7 | Martin Bozhilov (L) | 11 April 1988 |
8 | Boyan Yordanov | 12 March 1983 |
9 | Dobromir Dimitrov | 7 July 1991 |
10 | Valentin Bratoev | 21 October 1987 |
11 | Vladimir Nikolov (C) | 3 October 1977 |
12 | Viktor Yosifov | 16 October 1985 |
13 | Teodor Salparov (L) | 16 August 1982 |
14 | Teodor Todorov | 1 September 1989 |
15 | Todor Aleksiev | 21 April 1983 |
16 | Kostadin Gadzhanov | 18 March 1986 |
17 | Nikolay Penchev | 22 May 1992 |
18 | Nikolay Nikolov | 29 July 1986 |
19 | Tsvetan Sokolov | 31 December 1989 |
20 | Danail Milushev | 3 February 1984 |
21 | Todor Skrimov | 9 January 1990 |
22 | Teodor Bogdanov | 29 January 1986 |
23 | Borislav Georgiev | 12 May 1992 |
24 | Metodi Ananiev | 17 February 1986 |
25 | Simeon Aleksandrov | 18 February 1988 |
Coach | Radostin Stoychev | 25 September 1969 |
#NR | NAME | BIRTHDATE |
---|---|---|
1 | Louis-Pierre Mainville | 3 April 1986 |
2 | Nicholas Cundy | 14 September 1983 |
3 | Daniel Lewis (L) | 3 April 1976 |
4 | Joshua Howatson | 7 October 1984 |
5 | Brock Davidiuk | 24 April 1983 |
6 | Justin Duff | 10 May 1988 |
7 | Dallas Soonias | 25 April 1984 |
8 | Adam Simac | 9 August 1983 |
9 | Dustin Schneider | 27 February 1985 |
10 | Toontje Van Lankvelt | 1 July 1984 |
11 | Steve Brinkman | 12 January 1978 |
12 | Gavin Schmitt | 27 January 1986 |
13 | Olivier Faucher | 14 September 1984 |
14 | Adam Kaminski | 27 May 1984 |
15 | Frederic Winters (C) | 21 April 1983 |
16 | Stephen Gotch | 18 October 1985 |
17 | Alexandre Gaumont Casias | 26 November 1984 |
18 | John Gordon Perrin | 17 August 1989 |
19 | Blair Bann (L) | 26 February 1988 |
20 | Ciaran McGovern | 5 June 1989 |
21 | Spencer Leiske | 3 May 1988 |
22 | Max Burt | 25 July 1988 |
23 | Jacob Kilpatrick | 17 December 1988 |
24 | Sander Ratsep | 24 April 1988 |
25 | Graham Vigrass | 17 June 1989 |
Coach | Glenn Hoag |
#NR | NAME | BIRTHDATE |
---|---|---|
1 | Sauli Sinkkonen | 14 September 1989 |
2 | Eemi Tervaportti | 26 July 1989 |
3 | Mikko Esko | 3 September 1978 |
4 | Tommi Roininen (L) | 1 February 1984 |
5 | Antti Siltala | 14 March 1984 |
6 | Tuomas Sammelvuo (C) | 16 February 1976 |
7 | Matti Hietanen | 3 January 1983 |
8 | Jari Tuominen | 11 September 1986 |
9 | Jouni Palokangas | 23 November 1986 |
10 | Urpo Sivula | 15 March 1988 |
11 | Jesse Mäntylä (L) | 24 March 1987 |
12 | Olli Kunnari | 2 February 1982 |
13 | Mikko Oivanen | 26 May 1986 |
14 | Konstantin Shumov | 15 February 1985 |
15 | Matti Oivanen | 26 May 1986 |
16 | Olli-Pekka Ojansivu | 31 December 1987 |
17 | Toni Kankaanpää | 18 March 1984 |
18 | Jukka Lehtonen | 22 February 1982 |
19 | Pasi Hyvärinen (L) | 22 November 1987 |
20 | Lauri Kerminen (L) | 18 January 1993 |
21 | Tommi Siirilä | 5 August 1993 |
22 | Petteri Penttinen | 21 August 1985 |
23 | Antti Esko | 30 July 1982 |
24 | Elviss Krastins | 15 September 1994 |
25 | Aleksi Kaatrasalo | 24 May 1990 |
Coach | Daniel Castellani | 21 March 1961 |
#NR | NAME | BIRTHDATE |
---|---|---|
1 | José Trèfle | 16 January 1980 |
2 | Jenia Grebennikov | 13 August 1990 |
3 | Gérald Hardy-Dessources (L) | 9 February 1983 |
4 | Antonin Rouzier | 18 August 1986 |
5 | Romain Vadeleux | 12 February 1983 |
6 | Benjamin Toniutti | 30 October 1989 |
7 | Nicolas Marechal | 4 March 1987 |
8 | Marien Moreau | 25 October 1983 |
9 | Guillaume Samica | 28 September 1981 |
10 | Jean-Philippe Sol | 1 January 1986 |
11 | Julien Lyneel | 15 April 1990 |
12 | Earvin N'Gapeth | 12 February 1991 |
13 | Pierre Pujol (C) | 13 July 1984 |
14 | Toafa Takaniko | 29 May 1985 |
15 | Samuele Tuia | 24 July 1986 |
16 | Kevin Tillie | 2 November 1990 |
17 | Horacio d'Almeida | 11 June 1988 |
18 | Jean-François Exiga (L) | 9 March 1982 |
19 | Baptiste Geiler | 12 March 1987 |
20 | Kevin Le Roux | 11 May 1989 |
21 | Yannick Bazin | 18 June 1983 |
22 | Edouard Rowlandson | 20 July 1988 |
23 | Marc Zopie | 31 May 1987 |
24 | Ludovic Castard | 18 January 1983 |
25 | Xavier Kapfer | 7 November 1981 |
Coach | Philippe Blain | 20 May 1960 |
#NR | NAME | BIRTHDATE |
---|---|---|
1 | Marcus Popp | 23 September 1981 |
2 | Markus Steuerwald (L) | 7 March 1989 |
3 | Sebastian Schwarz | 2 October 1985 |
4 | Simon Tischer | 24 April 1982 |
5 | Björn Andrae (C) | 14 May 1981 |
6 | Denys Kaliberda | 24 June 1990 |
7 | Stefan Hübner | 13 June 1975 |
8 | Marcus Böhme | 25 August 1985 |
9 | György Grozer | 27 November 1984 |
10 | Jochen Schöps | 8 October 1983 |
11 | Lukas Kampa | 29 November 1986 |
12 | Ferdinand Tille (L) | 8 December 1988 |
13 | Christian Dünnes | 16 June 1984 |
14 | Robert Kromm | 9 March 1984 |
15 | Max Günthör | 9 August 1985 |
16 | Felix Fischer | 27 February 1983 |
17 | Patrick Steuerwald | 3 March 1986 |
18 | Lukas Bauer | 26 February 1989 |
19 | Sebastian Prüsener | 26 May 1982 |
20 | Ricardo Galandi | 18 May 1989 |
21 | Björn Höhne | 27 March 1991 |
22 | Philipp Jankowski | 15 October 1991 |
23 | Christian Fromm | 15 August 1990 |
24 | Sebastian Krause | 16 October 1989 |
25 | Simon Hirsch | 3 April 1992 |
Coach | Raúl Lozano | 3 September 1956 |
#NR | NAME | BIRTHDATE |
---|---|---|
1 | Luigi Mastrangelo | 17 August 1975 |
2 | Jiri Kovar | 10 April 1989 |
3 | Simone Parodi | 16 June 1986 |
4 | Andrea Bari (L) | 5 March 1980 |
5 | Giorgio De Togni | 7 July 1985 |
6 | Samuele Papi | 20 May 1973 |
7 | Michal Lasko | 11 March 1981 |
8 | Gabriele Maruotti | 25 March 1988 |
9 | Ivan Zaytsev | 2 October 1988 |
10 | Dante Boninfante | 7 March 1977 |
11 | Cristian Savani (C) | 22 February 1982 |
12 | Simone Buti | 19 September 1983 |
13 | Dragan Travica | 28 August 1986 |
14 | Alessandro Fei | 29 November 1978 |
15 | Emanuele Birarelli | 8 February 1981 |
16 | Michele Baranowicz | 5 August 1989 |
17 | Andrea Giovi (L) | 19 August 1983 |
18 | Giulio Sabbi | 10 August 1989 |
19 | Marco Falaschi | 18 September 1987 |
20 | Stefano Patriarca | 23 July 1987 |
21 | Enrico Cester | 16 March 1988 |
22 | Francesco De Marchi | 17 June 1986 |
23 | Filippo Lanza | 3 March 1991 |
24 | Salvatore Rossini | 13 July 1986 |
25 | Luca Vettori | 26 April 1991 |
Coach | Mauro Berruto | 8 May 1969 |
#NR | NAME | BIRTHDATE |
---|---|---|
1 | Daisuke Sakai | 22 October 1981 |
2 | Yuta Abe | 8 August 1981 |
3 | Takeshi Nagano (L) | 11 July 1985 |
4 | Yusuke Matsuta | 31 October 1982 |
5 | Daisuke Usami (C) | 29 March 1979 |
6 | Yoshifumi Suzuki | 31 March 1983 |
7 | Takahiro Yamamoto | 12 July 1978 |
8 | Yuya Ageba | 30 September 1983 |
9 | Takaaki Tomimatsu | 20 July 1984 |
10 | Osamu Tanabe (L) | 10 April 1979 |
11 | Yoshihiko Matsumoto | 7 January 1981 |
12 | Kota Yamamura | 20 October 1980 |
13 | Kunihiro Shimizu | 11 August 1986 |
14 | Tatsuya Fukuzawa | 1 July 1986 |
15 | Daisuke Yako | 7 October 1988 |
16 | Yusuke Ishijima | 9 January 1984 |
17 | Yu Koshikawa | 30 June 1984 |
18 | Yuta Yoneyama | 29 August 1984 |
19 | Akira Koshiya | 12 June 1979 |
20 | Ayumu Shinoda | 14 December 1979 |
21 | Shigeru Kondoh | 23 November 1982 |
22 | Naoya Suga | 17 May 1985 |
23 | Yuji Suzuki | 7 June 1986 |
24 | Yuhei Tsukazaki | 11 July 1986 |
25 | Dai Tezuka | 18 November 1988 |
Coach | Tatsuya Ueta | 25 July 1964 |
#NR | NAME | BIRTHDATE |
---|---|---|
1 | Piotr Nowakowski | 18 December 1987 |
2 | Michal Winiarski | 28 September 1983 |
3 | Wojciech Ferens | 5 April 1991 |
4 | Grzegorz Kosok | 2 March 1986 |
5 | Pawel Zagumny | 18 October 1977 |
6 | Bartosz Kurek | 29 August 1988 |
7 | Jakub Jarosz | 10 February 1987 |
8 | Bartosz Krzysiek | 19 February 1990 |
9 | Zbigniew Bartman | 4 May 1987 |
10 | Lukasz Wisniewski | 3 February 1989 |
11 | Fabian Drzyzga | 3 January 1990 |
12 | Paweł Woicki | 19 June 1983 |
13 | Michał Kubiak | 18 July 1988 |
14 | Michał Ruciak | 22 August 1983 |
15 | Łukasz Żygadło | 2 August 1979 |
16 | Krzysztof Ignaczak | 15 May 1978 |
17 | Paweł Zatorski | 21 June 1990 |
18 | Marcin Możdżonek (C) | 9 February 1985 |
19 | Grzegorz Lomacz | 1 October 1987 |
20 | Mateusz Mika | 21 January 1991 |
21 | Wojciech Zalinski | 8 January 1988 |
22 | Andrzej Wrona | 27 December 1988 |
23 | Karol Kłos | 8 August 1989 |
24 | Damian Wojtaszek | 7 September 1988 |
25 | Dawid Konarski | 31 August 1988 |
Coach | Andrea Anastasi | 10 August 1960 |
#NR | NAME | BIRTHDATE |
---|---|---|
1 | Marcel Gil | 8 May 1990 |
2 | Carlos Teixeira | 11 March 1976 |
3 | Manuel Silva | 28 December 1973 |
4 | João Malveiro | 8 December 1979 |
5 | Marco Ferreira | 4 October 1987 |
6 | Alexandre Ferreira | 13 November 1991 |
7 | Ivo Casas | 21 September 1992 |
8 | Tiago Violas | 27 March 1989 |
9 | Nuno Pinheiro | 31 December 1984 |
10 | Filipe Pinto | 26 February 1991 |
11 | Carlos Fidalgo | 16 May 1987 |
12 | João José | 7 June 1978 |
13 | Valdir Sequeira | 22 November 1981 |
14 | Flávio Cruz | 28 August 1982 |
15 | Rui Santos | 24 March 1984 |
16 | Hugo Gaspar | 2 September 1982 |
17 | Miguel Rodrigues | 2 November 1986 |
18 | André Lopes (C) | 12 September 1982 |
19 | Rui Moreira | 7 December 1985 |
20 | Nuno Silva | 3 February 1993 |
21 | José Gomes | 21 October 1994 |
22 | Pedro Figueiredo | 9 August 1986 |
23 | Carlos Liborio | 7 July 1990 |
24 | João Coelho (L) | 24 June 1981 |
25 | Nuno Pereira | 20 January 1989 |
Coach | Flavio Gulinelli |
#NR | NAME | BIRTHDATE |
---|---|---|
1 | Alexander Abrosimov | August 25, 1983 |
2 | Denis Biriukov | December 8, 1988 |
3 | Nikolay Apalikov | August 26, 1982 |
4 | Taras Khtey | May 22, 1982 |
5 | Sergey Grankin | January 21, 1985 |
6 | Evgeny Sivozhelez | August 6, 1986 |
7 | Sergey Makarov | March 28, 1980 |
8 | Sergey Tetyukhin | September 23, 1975 |
9 | Aleksandr Sokolov | March 1, 1982 |
10 | Yury Berezhko | January 27, 1984 |
11 | Konstantin Ushakov | March 24, 1970 |
12 | Alexander Butko | March 18, 1986 |
13 | Dmitriy Muserskiy | October 29, 1988 |
14 | Dmitry Shcherbinin | September 10, 1989 |
15 | Dmitriy Ilinykh | January 31, 1987 |
16 | Pavel Kruglov | September 17, 1985 |
17 | Maxim Mikhaylov | March 19, 1988 |
18 | Alexander Volkov | February 14, 1985 |
19 | Alexey Rodichev | March 24, 1988 |
20 | Alexey Obmochaev | May 22, 1989 |
21 | Pavel Abramov | April 23, 1979 |
22 | Alexey Kazakov | March 18, 1976 |
23 | Alexey Verbov | January 31, 1982 |
24 | Pavel Moroz | February 26, 1987 |
25 | Igor Kobzar | April 13, 1991 |
#NR | NAME | BIRTHDATE |
---|---|---|
1 | Nikola Kovacevic | February 14, 1983 |
2 | Uros Kovacevic | May 6, 1993 |
3 | Milos Vemic | March 8, 1987 |
4 | Bojan Janic | March 11, 1982 |
5 | Vlado Petkovic | January 6, 1983 |
6 | Milos Terzic | June 13, 1987 |
7 | Dragan Stankovic | October 18, 1985 |
8 | Filip Vujic | October 17, 1989 |
9 | Nikola Jovovic | February 13, 1992 |
10 | Milos Nikic | March 31, 1986 |
11 | Mihajlo Mitic | September 17, 1990 |
12 | Milan Rasic | February 2, 1985 |
13 | Tomislav Dokic | February 27, 1986 |
14 | Aleksandar Atanasijevic | September 4, 1991 |
15 | Sasa Starovic | October 19, 1988 |
16 | Aleksa Brdjovic | July 29, 1993 |
17 | Borislav Petrovic | January 6, 1988 |
18 | Marko Podrascanin | August 29, 1987 |
19 | Nikola Rosic | August 5, 1984 |
20 | Srecko Lisinac | May 17, 1992 |
21 | Nemanja Petric | July 28, 1987 |
22 | Dejan Radic | November 6, 1984 |
23 | Nikola Mijailovic | August 8, 1989 |
24 | Marko Ivovic | December 22, 1990 |
25 | Milija Mrdak | October 26, 1991 |
#NR | NAME | BIRTHDATE |
---|---|---|
1 | Jeon Kwang-In | September 18, 1991 |
2 | Han Sun-Soo | December 16, 1985 |
3 | Kwon Young-Min | July 5, 1980 |
4 | Moon Sung-Min | September 14, 1986 |
5 | Yeo Oh-Hyun | September 2, 1978 |
6 | Choi Tae-Woong | April 9, 1976 |
7 | Lee Sun-Kyu | March 14, 1981 |
8 | Kim Hak-Min | September 4, 1983 |
9 | Kwak Seung-Suk | March 23, 1988 |
10 | Yun Bong-Woo | January 20, 1982 |
11 | Park Chul-Woo | July 25, 1985 |
12 | Bu Yong-Chan | November 30, 1989 |
13 | Choi Hong-Suk | June 26, 1988 |
14 | Kim Yo-han | August 16, 1985 |
15 | Ha Hyun-Yong | May 9, 1982 |
16 | Kim Jeong-Hwan | March 23, 1988 |
17 | Ha Kyoung-Min | July 27, 1982 |
18 | Shin Yung-Suk | October 4, 1986 |
19 | Lee Kang-Joo | June 30, 1983 |
20 | Im Dong-Kyu | June 11, 1983 |
21 | Song Myung-Geun | March 12, 1993 |
22 | Lee Kyung-Soo | April 27, 1979 |
23 | Jin Sang-Houn | April 22, 1986 |
24 | Choi Min-Ho | April 28, 1988 |
25 | Lee Kang-Won | May 5, 1990 |
#NR | NAME | BIRTHDATE |
---|---|---|
1 | Matthew Anderson | April 18, 1987 |
2 | Sean Rooney | November 13, 1982 |
3 | Evan Patak | June 23, 1984 |
4 | David Lee | March 8, 1982 |
5 | Richard Lambourne | May 6, 1975 |
6 | Paul Lotman | November 3, 1985 |
7 | Donald Suxho | February 21, 1976 |
8 | William Reid Priddy | October 1, 1977 |
9 | Ryan Millar | January 22, 1978 |
10 | Riley Salmon | July 2, 1976 |
11 | Brian Thornton | April 22, 1985 |
12 | Russell Holmes | July 1, 1982 |
13 | Clayton Stanley | January 20, 1978 |
14 | Kevin Hansen | March 19, 1982 |
15 | Gabriel Gardner | March 18, 1976 |
16 | Jayson Jablonsky | July 23, 1985 |
17 | Maxwell Holt | March 12, 1987 |
18 | Scott Touzinsky | April 22, 1982 |
19 | Robert Tarr | January 9, 1984 |
20 | David Smith | May 15, 1985 |
21 | David Mckienzie | July 5, 1979 |
22 | Taylor Sander | March 17, 1992 |
23 | Jeffrey Menzel | October 31, 1988 |
24 | Kawika Shoji | November 11, 1987 |
25 | Jonathan Winder | January 4, 1986 |
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