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)
Association	Deutscher Volleyball-Verband
Confederation	CEV
Head coach	Michał Winiarski
FIVB ranking	8 (as of 8 January 2025)
Uniforms
Home Away Third
Summer Olympics
Appearances	5[a] (First in 1968)
Best result	Quarterfinals 2012, 2024
World Championship
Appearances	13[b] (First in 1956)
Best result	(2014)
European Championship
Appearances	24[c] (First in 1958)
Best result	(2017)
www.volleyball-verband.de (in German)
Honours Medal record World Championship 2014 Poland European Games 2015 Baku Team European Championship 2017 Poland Universiade 1999 Palma de Mallorca

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

Summer Olympics

Main article: Volleyball at the Summer Olympics

  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

Main article: FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship

  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

Main article: FIVB Volleyball Men's 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 place	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

Main article: FIVB Volleyball 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
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

Main article: FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League

  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
2025	15th place	12	5	7	25	27	1181	1179	Squad
2026	qualified
Total	7/7	93	31	62	153	218	8034	8503	—

European Games

Main article: European Games

  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

Main article: Men's European Volleyball 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 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
2026		Qualified
Total	Final	24/32	173	105	87	339	299	—

European League

Main article: Men's European Volleyball League

  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

  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.^[1]

Head coach: Michał Winiarski^[2]

• 1 Christian Fromm OH
• 5 Moritz Reichert OH
• 6 Johannes Tille S
• 9 György Grozer OP
• 10 Julian Zenger L
• 11 Lukas Kampa (c) S
• 12 Anton Brehme MB
• 13 Ruben Schott OH
• 14 Moritz Karlitzek OH
• 21 Tobias Krick MB
• 22 Tobias Brand OH
• 25 Lukas Maase MB

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–present	Michał Winiarski

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

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