Germany men's national volleyball team

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Germany
Deutscher Volleyball-Verband Logo.svg
Nickname(s)Die Adler (The Eagles)
Die Mannschaft (The Team)
Association Deutscher Volleyball-Verband
Confederation CEV
Head coach Michał Winiarski
FIVB ranking 8 (as of 8 January 2025)
Uniforms
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Home
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Away
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Third
Summer Olympics
Appearances5 [a] (First in 1968 )
Best resultQuarterfinals 2012, 2024
World Championship
Appearances13 [b] (First in 1956 )
Best resultBronze medal world centered-2.svg (2014)
European Championship
Appearances24 [c] (First in 1958 )
Best resultSilver medal europe.svg (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.

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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

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

Germany team in World Championship 2014 Deutsche Volleyball-Nationalmannschaft der Manner Weltliga 2014.jpg
Germany team in World Championship 2014

Summer Olympics

 Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

YearResultPldWLSWSLPWPL
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg 1964 did not qualify
Flag of Mexico.svg 1968 4th place9632212449374
Flag of Germany.svg 1972 East Germany752168295256
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 1976 did not qualify
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg 1980
Flag of the United States.svg 1984
Flag of South Korea.svg 1988
Flag of Spain.svg 1992
Flag of the United States.svg 1996
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2000
Flag of Greece.svg 2004
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2008 9th place514612418440
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 2012 5th place624614429463
Flag of Brazil.svg 2016 did not qualify
Flag of Japan.svg 2020
Flag of France.svg 2024 6th place422108397372
Total5/16311615605419881905

World Championship

 Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

YearResultPldWLSWSLPWPL
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 1949 did not enter
Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 - 1955).svg 1952
Flag of France.svg 1956 12th place10822410480387
Flag of Brazil (1960-1968).svg 1960 did not qualify
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg 1962 11th place1082259480329
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 1966 4th place12842615505407
Flag of Bulgaria.svg 1970 East Germany6113206333358
Flag of Mexico.svg 1974 4th place11652119478446
Flag of Italy.svg 1978 9th place10461520361437
Flag of Argentina.svg 1982 12th place10281024363439
Flag of France.svg 1986 did not qualify
Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg 1990
Flag of Greece.svg 1994 11th place413410128193
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg 1998 did not qualify
Flag of Argentina.svg 2002
Flag of Japan.svg 2006 9th place1486282411961183
Flag of Italy.svg 2010 8th place9361218659689
Flag of Poland.svg 2014 Third place16115341912431136
Flag of Italy.svg Flag of Bulgaria.svg 2018 did not qualify
Flag of Poland.svg Flag of Slovenia.svg 2022 15th place41349291311
Flag of the Philippines.svg 2025 Qualified
Total1 Title122715123818467796335

World Cup

 Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

YearResultPldWLSWSLPWPL
Flag of Poland.svg 1965 5th place7341313305301
Flag of East Germany.svg 1969 East Germany761196341237
Flag of Japan.svg 1977 did not qualify
Flag of Japan.svg 1981
Flag of Japan.svg 1985
Flag of Japan.svg 1989
Flag of Japan.svg 1991 7th place853199N/AN/A
Flag of Japan.svg 1995 did not qualify
Flag of Japan.svg 1999
Flag of Japan.svg 2003
Flag of Japan.svg 2007
Flag of Japan.svg 2011
Flag of Japan.svg 2015
Flag of Japan.svg 2019
Flag of Japan.svg 2023
Total1 Title221485128646538

World League

 Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

World League record
YearRoundPositionGPMWMLSWSLSquad
Flag of Japan.svg 1990 did not participate
Flag of Italy.svg 1991
Flag of Italy.svg 1992 Intercontinental Round12th Place12111935 Squad
Flag of Brazil.svg 1993 Intercontinental Round8th place209113242 Squad
Flag of Italy.svg 1994 Intercontinental Round10th Place12210933 Squad
Flag of Brazil.svg 1995 did not participate
Flag of the Netherlands.svg 1996
Flag of Russia.svg 1997
Flag of Italy.svg 1998
Flag of Argentina.svg 1999
Flag of the Netherlands.svg 2000
Flag of Poland.svg 2001 Intercontinental Round13th place120121136 Squad
Flag of Brazil.svg 2002 Intercontinental Round9th place12482130 Squad
Flag of Spain.svg 2003 Intercontinental Round10th place12482029 Squad
Flag of Italy.svg 2004 did not qualify
Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg 2005
Flag of Russia.svg 2006
Flag of Poland.svg 2007
Flag of Brazil.svg 2008
Flag of Serbia.svg 2009
Flag of Argentina.svg 2010 Intercontinental Round9th place12752621 Squad
Flag of Poland.svg 2011 Intercontinental Round11th place12572328 Squad
Flag of Poland.svg 2012 Final Round5th place141133715 Squad
Flag of Argentina.svg 2013 Intercontinental Round7th place10552119 Squad
Flag of Italy.svg 2014 Intercontinental Round16th place12571826 Squad
Flag of Brazil.svg 2015 withdrew
Flag of Poland.svg 2016 Group Final Round26th place8351516 Squad
Flag of Brazil.svg 2017 Group Final Round27th place862198 Squad
Total5th place13/281566294261338

Nations League

 Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

Nations League record
YearResultGPMWMLSWSLPWPLSquad
Flag of France.svg 2018 9th place1578293012991307 Squad
Flag of the United States.svg 2019 14th place15312234113491470 Squad
Flag of Italy.svg 2021 13th place15411223812551360 Squad
Flag of Italy.svg 2022 12th place124818299691103 Squad
Flag of Poland.svg 2023 11th place123916289631036 Squad
Flag of Poland.svg 2024 11th place1257202510181048 Squad
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2025 15th place1257252711811179 Squad
Flag of None.svg 2026 qualified
Total 7/793316215321880348503

European Games

 Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

YearResultPldWLSWSLPWPL
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg 2015 Gold871225665559
Flag of Belarus.svg 2019 Volleyball tournament not held
Flag of Poland.svg 2023
Total1 Title871225665559

European Championship

 Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

European Championship record
YearRoundPositionGPMWMLSWSLSquad
Flag of Italy.svg 1948 did not enter
Flag of Bulgaria.svg 1950
Flag of France.svg 1951
Flag of Romania.svg 1955
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 1958 1st Round9th place11922710 Squad
Flag of Romania.svg 1963 1st Round9th place1091285 Squad
Flag of Turkey.svg 1967 Final Group4th place10732512 Squad
Flag of Italy.svg 1971 Final Group4th place8531511 Squad
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg 1975 1st Round7th place752167 Squad
Flag of Finland.svg 1977 1st Round9th place7431313 Squad
Flag of France.svg 1979 1st Round9th place725915 Squad
Flag of Bulgaria.svg 1981 Final Group6th place7251117 Squad
Flag of East Germany.svg 1983 Final Group6th place7341015 Squad
Flag of the Netherlands.svg 1985 did not qualify
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 1987
Flag of Sweden.svg 1989 1st Round9th place7251119 Squad
Flag of Germany.svg 1991 Semifinals4th place7341214 Squad
Flag of Finland.svg 1993 Semifinals4th place7431315 Squad
Flag of Greece.svg 1995 2nd Round8th place725916 Squad
Flag of the Netherlands.svg 1997 Groups Round9th place523712 Squad
Flag of Austria.svg 1999 did not qualify
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 2001 Groups Round9th place514614 Squad
Flag of Germany.svg 2003 2nd Round7th place7431412 Squad
Flag of Italy.svg 2005 did not qualify
Flag of Russia.svg 2007 2nd Round5th place8531611 Squad
Flag of Turkey.svg 2009 2nd Round5th place8441617 Squad
Flag of Austria.svg Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 2011 1st Round15th place30339 Squad
Flag of Denmark.svg Flag of Poland.svg 2013 Quarterfinals6th place431105 Squad
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Flag of Italy.svg 2015 Quarterfinals8th Place52389 Squad
Flag of Poland.svg 2017 FinalRunners-up651168 Squad
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Flag of France.svg Flag of the Netherlands.svg Flag of Slovenia.svg 2019 Quarterfinals8th Place7341213 Squad
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Flag of Estonia.svg Flag of Finland.svg Flag of Poland.svg 2021 Quarterfinals5th Place7521610 Squad
Flag of Italy.svg Flag of Bulgaria.svg Flag of North Macedonia.svg Flag of Israel.svg 2023 Round of 169th Place6331411 Squad
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Flag of Finland.svg Flag of Italy.svg Flag of Romania.svg 2026 Qualified
TotalFinal24/3217310587339299

European League

 Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

YearResultPldWLSWSLPWPL
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 2004 4th place1486302212181149
Flag of Russia.svg 2005 5th place1257212310251001
Flag of Turkey.svg 2006 5th place1266262210821041
Flag of Portugal (official).svg 2007 6th place1284282110911048
Flag of Turkey.svg 2008 4th place1486312412611194
Flag of Portugal (official).svg 2009 Gold14104371912701173
Total1 Title78453317313169476606

FIVB Olympic Qualification Tournament

 Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

YearResultPldWLSWSLPWPL
Flag of Bulgaria.svg 2019 Did not Enter
Flag of Brazil.svg 2023 Champions770214611493
Total1 Title770214611493

FIVB Olympic Qualification Tournament - Men's European qualification

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

YearResultPldWLSWSLPWPLQO
Flag of Poland.svg 2000 Pre–qualification Round8441817779760X
Flag of Germany.svg 2004 3rd place42259309324X
Flag of Turkey.svg 2008 5th place7521712639611Q
Flag of Bulgaria.svg 2012 2nd place6632021813729Q
Flag of Germany.svg 2016 4th place532125471444X
Flag of Germany.svg 2019 2nd place532116421408X
Total6 Title35231583703,4323,2762

Team

Current squad

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

Head coach: Flag of Poland.svg Michał Winiarski [2]

Coaches history

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

Kit providers

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

PeriodKit provider
2003–2021 Flag of Japan.svg Asics
Flag of Italy.svg Erreà
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Stanno
2021–2023 Flag of Denmark.svg Hummel
2023– Flag of Germany.svg Kempa
Flag of Japan.svg Mikasa

Sponsorship

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

Notes

  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

  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.