Great Britain men's national volleyball team

Great Britain & Northern Ireland
Association British Volleyball Federation
Confederation CEV
Head coach

Harry Brokking (Indoor)

Ian Legrand (Sitting)
FIVB ranking 94 (as of 2011-01-15)
Website www.britishvolleyball.org
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The Great Britain men's national volleyball team is the team representing Great Britain in volleyball competitions.[1] The Great Britain Volleyball programme team was resumed in 2006 following an agreement of the FIVB to permit the separate Home Nations of Scotland, Northern Ireland and England to compete together for the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Contents

Indoor

The men's team is currently ranked 91th in the FIVB rankings.[2]

Seasons

2008

European League (Netherlands, Slovakia, Greece & Portugal)

Date Opponent Venue Score 1 2 3 4 5 Win/Lose
13 Jun Slovakia Zilina 0–3 −12 −15 – 16 L
14 Jun The Netherlands Zilina 0–3 −22 −20 −16 L
15 Jun Greece Zilina 0–3 −18 – 20 – 17 L
27 Jun Portugal Sheffield 3–1 −25 17 23 22 W
28 Jun Slovakia Sheffield 0–3 −23 −22 −29 L
29 Jun Greece Sheffield 3–2 19 −23 −19 21 10 W
4 Jul The Netherlands Rotterdam 0–3 −23 −13 −11 L
5 Jul Portugal Rotterdam 0–3 −19 −23 −21 L
6 Jul Slovakia Rotterdam 0–3 −14 −23 −25 L
11 Jul Portugal Povoa De Varzim 0–3 −22 −15 −20 L
12 Jul The Netherlands Povoa De Varzim 0–3 −22 −15 −19 L
13 Jul Greece Povoa De Varzim 1–3 −17 −20 24 −11 L

2009

1st Round World Championships Qualifiers (Belarus & Israel)[3]

Date Opponents Venue Score 1 2 3 4 5 Win/Lose
2 Jan Israel Sheffield 1–3 −14 21 −22 −14 L
4 Jan Belarus Sheffield 1–3 −23 13 −22 −17 L

European League (Spain, Turkey & Croatia)

Date Opponents Venue Score 1 2 3 4 5 Win/Lose
5 JUN Spain Valladolid 0–3 −23 −23 −16 L
6 JUN Spain Valladolid 1–3 −12 −21 23 −20 L
13 JUN Croatia Edinburgh 3–0 16 22 23 W
14 JUN Croatia Edinburgh 3–1 −24 18 16 18 W
20 JUN Turkey Amasya 0–3 −14 −16 −20 L
21 JUN Turkey Amasya 1–3 −29 25 −22 −19 L
27 JUN Turkey Norwich 1–3 21 −18 −21 −17 L
28 JUN Turkey Norwich 0–3 −28 −23 −20 L
4 JUL Croatia Daruvar 3–0 23 18 23 W
5 JUL Croatia Daruvar 3–2 21 −22 22 −19 9 W
11 JUL Spain Sheffield 0–3 −20 −20 −22 L
12 JUL Spain Sheffield 0–3 −18 −16 −15 L

2010

1st Round European Championships (Azerbaijan) & 2nd Round European Championships Qualifiers (Latvia, Finland & Greece)

Date Opponent Venue Score 1 2 3 4 5 Win/Lose Round
8 May Azerbaijan Baku 0–3 −21 −18 −22 L 1st
15 May Azerbaijan Sheffield 3–0 18 12 18 W 1st
21 May Latvia Riga 1–3 −23 −23 24 −16 L 2nd
22 May Finland Riga 0–3 −19 −22 −19 L 2nd
23 May Greece Riga 0–3 −30 −21 −19 L 2nd
28 May Finland Heraklion 0–3 −22 −22 −17 L 2nd
29 May Greece Heraklion 2–3 23 −13 22 −15 −15 L 2nd
30 May Latvia Heraklion 1–3 −23 −23 22 −26 L 2nd

European League (Spain, Romania, Slovakia)

Date Opponent Venue Score 1 2 3 4 5 Win/Lose
5 Jun Slovakia Sheffield 1–3 −23 19 −23 −23 L
6 Jun Slovakia Sheffield 3–0 23 21 22 W
11 Jun Spain Salamanca 1–3 −15 18 −23 −26 L
12 Jun Spain Salamanca 3–0 22 24 22 W
19 Jun Romania Crawley 3–1 −21 18 18 16 W
20 Jun Romania Crawley 2–3 23 −15 −21 22 −10 L
25 Jun Romania Constanta 0–3 −22 −20 −24 L
26 Jun Romania Constanta 2–3 22 −21 20 −28 −13 L
3 Jul Spain Sheffield 0–3 −23 −20 −17 L
4 Jul Spain Sheffield 0–3 −12 −17 −22 L
9 Jul Slovakia Nitra 0–3 −15 −19 −21 L
4 Jul Slovakia Nitra 0–3 −15 −23 −21 L

2011

European League (Croatia, Belgium & Slovenia)[4]

Date Opponent Venue Score 1 2 3 4 5 Win/Lose
28 May Croatia Sheffield 3 - 2 -21 -21 24 18 4 W
29 May Croatia Sheffield 0 - 3 -18 -21 -15 L
4 Jun Belgium Belgium 0 - 3 21 24 16 W
15 Jun Belgium Belgium 3 - 1 23 -19 -20 -18 L
10 Jun Slovenia Sheffield 1 - 3 -21 -14 31 -16 L
11 Jun Slovenia Sheffield 0 - 3 -23 -16 -21 L
18 Jun Slovenia Ljubljana 3 - 1 -19 -19 15 21 L
19 Jun Slovenia Ljubljana 0 - 3 23 16 21 W
25 Jun Belgium Crawley 2 - 3 24 -19 22 23 -14 L
26 Jun Belgium Crawley 3 - 2 23 -23 23 -22 11 W
9 Jul Croatia Croatia 3 - 0 -22 -19 -20 L
10 Jul Croatia Croatia 3 - 2 -19 23 23 -13 -10 L

Olympic Test Event – Earls Court (London) 20th – 24th July 2011[5]

Date Opponent Venue Score 1 2 3 4 5 Win/Lose
20 Jul Mexico Earls Court 3 - 1 15 20 -21 23 W
21 Jul Serbia Earls Court 0 - 3 -18 -14 -25 L
22 Jul Brazil Earls Court 0 - 3 -19 -22 -12 L
23 Jul USA Earls Court 0 - 3 -23 -23 -23 L
24 Jul Egypt Earls Court 3 - 1 18 -21 22 23 W

Beach

Sitting

The men's sitting volleyball team finished in Division B 5th place[6] after the Oklahoma 2010 World Championships. After competing in the ECVD Continental Cup 2011, the men's team finished in 7th place [7].

References

  1. ^ "GB Volleyball". britishvolleyball.org. http://www.britishvolleyball.org. 
  2. ^ http://www.fivb.org/en/volleyball/VB_Ranking_M_2011-10.asp
  3. ^ "2010 World Championships 1st Round Qualifiers". FIVB.org. 4 Jan 2009. http://www.fivb.org/EN/Volleyball/Competitions/WorldChampionships/2010/Men/Rounds/Results.asp?Tourn=MQ10EU-A.  Retrieved on 1 Feb 2011.
  4. ^ "European League 2011". cev.lu. http://www.cev.lu/mmp/online/website/main_menu/volleyball/european_league/2557/17140/17148/index_EN.html.  Retrieved 24 January 2011.
  5. ^ "Test Event 2011". http://www.fivb.org/EN/Olympics/London2012/viewPressReleaseVB.asp?No=27777&Language=en. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
  6. ^ "World Championships 2010". USVA.org. 18 July 2010. http://administration.uco.edu/ucowc/worlds/documents/results/Men's%20Bracket%20-%20FINAL%20RESULTS.pdf.  Retrieved on 24 January 2011.
  7. ^ "ECVD Continential Cup 2011". volleyballengland.org. 18 July 2011. http://volleyballengland.org/ECVD-Continental-Cup/. 

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