Teams

Germany

Overview

Team profile

Germany

Leading up to 2016, Germany were coming off one of the most successful periods in their history after finishing fifth at the London 2012 Olympic Games and reaching the final round of the FIVB World League for the first time in 2012 – also placing fifth – before capturing bronze at the 2014 FIVB World Championship. But after missing the 2015 season of the World League (to focus on the European Games where they won gold in Baku, Azerbaijan), they rejoined the competition in 2016 in Group 3. They also failed to qualify for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the European qualifiers at home in Berlin. Germany’s attempt at immediate promotion to Group 2 last year was in vain, as they lost the group’s final 3-1 at home in Frankfurt to Slovenia. 
Germany have two appearance at the Olympic Games, with a ninth place in Beijing 2008 and a fifth in London 2012. Before reunification, the former East Germany finished fourth in Mexico City 1968 before winning the silver medal in Munich 1972. Former East Germany were also crowned world champions in 1969 and clinched the FIVB World Cup a year later. Since reunification, Germany twice reached the medals round at the European Championship

Coach

Andrea Giani

Andrea Giani

After coaching in 2015 and 2016, 47-year-old Andrea Giani moved this year to Germany, taking over from Vital Heynen, who himself moved to Belgium. The former middle blocker of Italy with 474 caps never played for clubs outside of his country. He was crowned world champion three times (1990, 1994 and 1998) and has won two silver (Atlanta 1996 and Athens 2004) and one bronze (Sydney 2000) Olympic medals in addition to numerous other titles. Among several individual awards, he was MVP of the 1995 FIVB World Cup and the 1999 European Championship. As coach he led Slovenia to an incredible run for the silver medal at the 2015 European Championship

Staff

  • Team Manager Thomas Ranner
  • Assistant coach Matteo De Cecco
  • Second Assistant Coach Oscar Berti
  • Doctor Dr. Kai Dragowsky
  • Physiotherapist Achim Schüler

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
Germany
 6 5 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 15 16 5 3.200 522 439 1.189
2
Spain
 6 5 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 14 15 7 2.142 516 474 1.088
3
Estonia
 6 5 1 3 0 2 0 1 0 13 16 7 2.285 526 441 1.192
4
Austria
 6 4 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 11 13 10 1.300 536 455 1.178
5
Tunisia
 6 4 2 0 2 2 1 1 0 11 15 12 1.250 596 561 1.062
6
Montenegro
 6 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 12 12 1.000 507 511 0.992
7
Qatar
 6 3 3 2 1 0 0 1 2 9 10 10 1.000 464 484 0.958
8
Chinese Taipei
 6 2 4 0 2 0 2 2 0 8 12 14 0.857 555 584 0.950
9
Mexico
 6 2 4 1 1 0 2 0 2 8 10 13 0.769 498 513 0.970
10
Venezuela
 6 2 4 1 1 0 0 2 2 6 8 13 0.615 408 519 0.786
11
Kazakhstan
 6 1 5 0 1 0 0 3 2 3 6 16 0.375 452 531 0.851
12
Greece
 6 0 6 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 4 18 0.222 468 536 0.873

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