Teams

Belgium

Overview

Team profile

Belgium

Belgium boast a lengthy and proud history of participation in international volleyball but the Red Dragons only made their World League debut in 2014.
After finishing 11th and 12th in their first two outings, they got promoted to Group 1 in 2016 where they ranked ninth, which is their best finish to date. Belgium are 18th in the FIVB World Ranking.
Belgium won the European League title for the first time in impressive fashion in 2013 as they swept the Czech Republic and Croatia in the semifinal and gold medal match respectively. Belgium’s international volleyball history dates back to the 1948 European Championship when the team finished fifth. They enjoyed a solitary trip to the Olympic Games in Mexico City in 1968.
Their first World Championship outing since 1978 was in 2014, otherwise largely restricted to competing at European level.

Coach

Vital Heynen

Vital Heynen

After leading Germany to fifth place at the London 2012 Olympic Games and a bronze medal at the 2014 FIVB World Championship, 48-year-old Vital Heynen returned to his native Belgium this year to take over the men’s national team from Dominique Baeyens. As a player he represented Belgium 150 times, before embarking on his coaching career which saw him lead Belgian volleyball club Noliko Maaseik to several domestic titles in Belgium, followed by appointments in Turkey, Poland and France.
Aside from Belgium’s national team, Heynen also currently coaches the club team of VfB Friedrichshafen in Germany’s Bundesliga

Staff

  • Team Manager Vital Vossen
  • Assistant coach Brecht Van Kerckhove
  • Second Assistant Coach Steven Vanmedegael
  • Physiotherapist Bram Wuyts

Schedule

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Ranking

Rank Teams Matches Result Details Sets Points
Total Won Lost 3-0 3-1 3-2 2-3 1-3 0-3 Points Won Lost Ratio Won Lost Ratio
1
France
 9 8 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 25 26 7 3.714 792 673 1.176
2
Brazil
 9 6 3 1 5 0 1 2 0 19 22 14 1.571 817 786 1.039
3
Serbia
 9 6 3 2 3 1 1 1 1 18 21 14 1.500 797 767 1.039
4
Russia
 9 5 4 3 0 2 1 2 1 14 19 16 1.187 787 775 1.015
5
Canada
 9 5 4 0 2 3 0 3 1 12 18 20 0.900 843 858 0.982
6
USA
 9 4 5 3 1 0 2 3 0 14 19 16 1.187 816 804 1.014
7
Belgium
 9 4 5 1 2 1 3 0 2 14 18 19 0.947 808 819 0.986
8
Poland
 9 4 5 1 2 1 1 3 1 12 17 19 0.894 806 801 1.006
9
Bulgaria
 9 4 5 0 1 3 1 2 2 10 16 22 0.727 819 861 0.951
10
Argentina
 9 3 6 0 2 1 3 0 3 11 15 22 0.681 800 837 0.955
11
Iran
 9 3 6 0 1 2 0 2 4 7 11 23 0.478 739 795 0.929
12
Italy
 9 2 7 1 0 1 1 5 1 6 13 23 0.565 798 846 0.943

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