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	Massimo Botti
FIVB ranking	11 (5 October 2025)
Uniforms
Summer Olympics
Appearances	5 (First in 1968)
Best result	5th (2012)
World Championship
Appearances	13 (First in 1956)
Best result	(2014)
European Championship
Appearances	24 (First in 1958)
Best result	(2017)
	www.volleyball-verband.de (in German)
Medal record
World Championship
European Games
European Championship
Universiade

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 Men's Volleyball World Championship and clinched the FIVB World Cup in 1969.

Competition record

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

Olympics Games

Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place

Olympic Games record
Year	Result	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	PW	PL
1964	did not qualify
1968	4th	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	5	1	4	6	12	418	440
2012	5th	6	2	4	6	14	429	463
2016	did not qualify
2020	did not qualify
2024	6th	4	2	2	10	8	397	372
2028	Future event
2032	Future event
Total	5/18	31	16	15	60	54	1988	1905

World Championship

Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place

Year	Result	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	PW	PL
1949	did not enter
1952	did not enter
1956	12th	10	8	2	24	10	480	387
1960	did not qualify
1962	11th	10	8	2	25	9	480	329
1966	4th	12	8	4	26	15	505	407
1970	did not qualify
1974	4th	11	6	5	21	19	478	446
1978	9th	10	4	6	15	20	361	437
1982	12th	10	2	8	10	24	363	439
1986	did not qualify
1990	did not qualify
1994	11th	4	1	3	4	10	128	193
1998	did not qualify
2002	did not qualify
2006	9th	14	8	6	28	24	1196	1183
2010	8th	9	3	6	12	18	659	689
2014	3rd	16	11	5	34	19	1243	1136
2018	did not qualify
2022	15th	4	1	3	4	9	291	311
2025	21st	3	1	2	4	6	252	249
2027	To be determined
2029	To be determined
Total	1 Title	113	61	52	207	183	6436	6206

World Cup

Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place

Year	Result	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	PW	PL
1965	5th place	7	3	4	13	13	305	301
1969	East Germany	7	6	1	19	6	341	237
1977	did not qualify
1981
1985
1989
1991	7th	8	5	3	19	9	N/A	N/A
1995	did not qualify
1999
2003
2007
2011
2015
2019
2023
Total	1 Title	22	14	8	51	28	646	538

World League

Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place

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

Nations League

Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place

Nations League record
Year	Result	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	PW	PL	Squad
2018	9th	15	7	8	29	30	1299	1307	Squad
2019	14th	15	3	12	23	41	1349	1470	Squad
2021	13th	15	4	11	22	38	1255	1360	Squad
2022	12th	12	4	8	18	29	969	1103	Squad
2023	11th	12	3	9	16	28	963	1036	Squad
2024	11th	12	5	7	20	25	1018	1048	Squad
2025	15th	12	5	7	25	27	1181	1179	Squad
2026	Qualified
Total	7/7	93	31	62	153	218	8034	8503	—

European Games

Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place

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

European Championship

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	11	9	2	27	10	Squad
1963	1st round	9th	10	9	1	28	5	Squad
1967	Final group	4th	10	7	3	25	12	Squad
1971	Final group	4th	8	5	3	15	11	Squad
1975	1st round	7th	7	5	2	16	7	Squad
1977	1st round	9th	7	4	3	13	13	Squad
1979	1st round	9th	7	2	5	9	15	Squad
1981	Final group	6th	7	2	5	11	17	Squad
1983	Final group	6th	7	3	4	10	15	Squad
1985	did not qualify
1987	did not qualify
1989	1st round	9th	7	2	5	11	19	Squad
1991	Semifinals	4th	7	3	4	12	14	Squad
1993	Semifinals	4th	7	4	3	13	15	Squad
1995	2nd round	8th	7	2	5	9	16	Squad
1997	Groups round	9th	5	2	3	7	12	Squad
1999	did not qualify
2001	Groups round	9th	5	1	4	6	14	Squad
2003	2nd round	7th	7	4	3	14	12	Squad
2005	did not qualify
2007	2nd round	5th	8	5	3	16	11	Squad
2009	2nd round	5th	8	4	4	16	17	Squad
2011	1st round	15th	3	0	3	3	9	Squad
2013	Quarterfinals	6th	4	3	1	10	5	Squad
2015	Quarterfinals	8th	5	2	3	8	9	Squad
2017	Final	2nd	6	5	1	16	8	Squad
2019	Quarterfinals	8th	7	3	4	12	13	Squad
2021	Quarterfinals	5th	7	5	2	16	10	Squad
2023	Round of 16	9th	6	3	3	14	11	Squad
2026	Qualified
2028	To be determined
Total	Final	24/33	173	105	87	339	299	—

European League

Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place

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

FIVB Olympic Qualification Tournament

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

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

Current squad

Roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics. The roster was announced on 28 June 2024.^[2]

Head coach: Michał Winiarski^[3]

Coaches history

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
2022–2025	Michał Winiarski
2026–present	Massimo Botti

Kit providers

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

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

Notes

^ by Germany national team, East Germany national team and West Germany national team
^ by Germany national team, East Germany national team and West Germany national team
^ by Germany national team, East Germany national team and West Germany national team

References

^ "The FIVB World Ranking". FIVB. 5 October 2025. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
^ "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.
^ "Team roster: Germany" (PDF). Olympics.com. 26 July 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.

External links

[2] y Germany national team, East Germany national team and West Germany national team

[3] y Germany national team, East Germany national team and West Germany national team

[4] y Germany national team, East Germany national team and West Germany national team

[FIVB_World_Rankings-1] "The FIVB World Ranking". FIVB. 5 October 2025. Retrieved 5 October 2025.

[5] "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.

[6] "Team roster: Germany" (PDF). Olympics.com. 26 July 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.

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v t e Men's national volleyball teams of Europe (CEV)
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EEVZA (Pl)	Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Estonia Georgia Latvia Lithuania Poland Russia Ukraine
MEVZA (Sv)	Austria Czech Republic Cyprus Croatia Hungary Israel Slovakia Slovenia
NEVZA (Sv)	Denmark England Finland Faroe Islands Greenland Iceland Norway Sweden
WEVZA (Sv)	Belgium France Italy Germany Netherlands Portugal Switzerland Spain
SCA (Sv)	Andorra Faroe Islands Gibraltar Greenland Ireland Iceland Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Monaco Northern Ireland San Marino Scotland Wales
Defunct	Czechoslovakia East Germany Serbia and Montenegro Soviet Union Yugoslavia Great Britain (Inactive)