Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's European qualification squads explained

This article shows all participating team squads at the European Qualification Tournament for the 2016 Men's Olympic Volleyball Tournament, held in Germany from 4 to 9 January 2016.

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№	style=width:12em	Name	style=width:8em	Date of birth	style=width:9em	Position	style=width:19em	Club
Coach	Dominique Baeyens
1	Bram Van den Dries		Outside-spiker	AZS UWM Olsztyn
3	Sam Deroo		Opposite	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn
4	Pieter Coolman		Middle-blocker	VT Roeselare
8	Kévin Klinkenberg		Opposite	Łucz. Bydgoszcz
9	Pieter Verhees		Middle-blocker	Volley Milano
10	Simon Van de Voorde		Middle-blocker	Trentino Volley
12	Gert Van Walle		Opposite	Beauvais Oise UC
13	Dennis Deroey		Libero	Topvolley Antwerpen
14	Jelle Ribbens		Libero
15	Stijn D'Hulst		Setter	VT Roeselare
16	Matthias Valkiers		Setter	Volley Club Menen
17	Tomas Rousseaux		Outside-spiker	Volley Milano
18	Seppe Baetens		Opposite	VC Asse-Lennik
20	Arno van de Velde		Middle-blocker	VT Roeselare

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№	style=width:12em	Name	style=width:8em	Date of birth	style=width:9em	Position	style=width:19em	Club
coach	Plamen Konstantinov
1	Georgi Bratoev		Setter	Trentino Volley
2	Metodi Ananiev		Opposite	Tomis Costanza
4	Martin Bozhilov		Libero	MUI Dupnica
7	Miroslav Gradinarov		Opposite
8	Todor Skrimov		Opposite	Power Volley Milano
10	Nikolaj Učikov		Outside-spiker
11	Vladimir Nikolov		Outside-spiker	ASUL Lione
12	Viktor Josifov		Middle-blocker	Top Latina
13	Teodor Salparov		Libero	Zenit-Kazan'
14	Teodor Todorov		Middle-blocker	PV Lugano
16	Vladislav Ivanov		Libero	ASUL Lione
17	Nikolaj Penčev		Opposite	Resovia Rzeszów
18	Nikolaj Nikolov		Middle-blocker	Payakan VC
20	Lubomir Agontsev		Setter	Montana Volley

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№	style=width:12em	Name	style=width:8em	Date of birth	style=width:9em	Position	style=width:19em	Club
coach	Tuomas Sammelvuo
1	Ville Juntura		Setter	Raisio Loimu
2	Eemi Tervaportti		Setter	Galatasaray SK
4	Lauri Kerminen		Libero	VK Kuzbass
5	Antti Siltala		Opposite
6	Niklas Seppänen		Opposite
7	Eemeli Kouki		Opposite	Hurrikaani Loimaa
8	Elviss Krastins		Opposite	Vammala Lentopallo
9	Tommi Siirilä		Middle-blocker	Tiikerit Kokkola
11	Sauli Sinkkonen		Outside-spiker	Isku Tamperee
13	Antti Ropponen		Outside-spiker	Tiikerit Kokkola
14	Konstantin Shumov		Middle-blocker	Hurrikaani Loimaa
16	Olli-Pekka Ojansivu		Outside-spiker	Tiikerit Kokkola
18	Jukka Lehtonen		Middle-blocker	LEKA Kuopio
19	Pasi Hyvärinen		Libero

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№	style=width:12em	Name	style=width:8em	Date of birth	style=width:9em	Position	style=width:19em	Club
coach	Laurent Tillie
1	Jonas Aguenier		Middle-blocker	AS Cannes
2	Jenia Grebennikov		Libero	Lube Treia
4	Antonin Rouzier		Outside-spiker	Arkas Izmir
6	Benjamin Toniutti		Setter	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn
7	Kévin Tillie		Opposite	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn
9	Earvin N'Gapeth		Opposite	Modena Volley
10	Kévin Le Roux		Middle-blocker	Halkbank Ankara
11	Julien Lyneel		Opposite	Resovia Rzeszów
13	Pierre Pujol		Setter	AS Cannes
14	Nicolas Le Goff		Middle-blocker	SCC Berlino
16	Nicolas Maréchal		Opposite	Jastrzębski Węgiel
17	Franck Lafitte		Middle-blocker	Arago de Sète
18	Nicolas Rossard		Libero	Arago de Sète
21	Mory Sidibé		Outside-spiker	Sichuan Volleyball

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№	style=width:12em	Name	style=width:8em	Date of birth	style=width:9em	Position	style=width:19em	Club
coach	Vital Heynen
1	Christian Fromm		Opposite	Sir Safety Perugia
2	Markus Steuerwald		Libero	Parigi Volley
3	Sebastian Schwarz		Opposite	Trefl Danzica
6	Denis Kaliberda		Opposite	Sir Safety Perugia
8	Marcus Böhme		Middle-blocker	Cuprum Lubin
9	Georg Grozer		Outside-spiker	Samsung Bluefangs
10	Christian Dünnes		Opposite	TG Rüsselsheim
11	Lukas Kampa		Setter	WKS Czarni Radom
12	Ferdinand Tille		Libero	TuS Herrsching
13	Simon Hirsch		Outside-spiker	Top Latina
14	Tom Strohbach		Opposite	TV Rottenburg
15	Tim Broshog		Middle-blocker	Noliko Maaseik
16	Patrick Steuerwald		Setter	TuS Herrsching
20	Philipp Collin		Middle-blocker	Tours Volley-Ball

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№	style=width:12em	Name	style=width:8em	Date of birth	style=width:9em	Position	style=width:19em	Club
coach	Stéphane Antiga
1	Wojciech Żaliński		Opposite	WKS Czarni Radom
3	Dawid Konarski		Opposite	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn
6	Bartosz Kurek		Opposite	Resovia Rzeszów
7	Karol Kłos		Middle-blocker	Skra Bełchatów
8	Andrzej Wrona		Middle-blocker	Skra Bełchatów
9	Mateusz Bieniek		Middle-blocker	Effector Kielce
10	Damian Wojtaszek		Libero	Resovia Rzeszów
11	Fabian Drzyzga		Setter	Resovia Rzeszów
12	Grzegorz Łomacz		Setter	Cuprum Lubin
13	Michał Kubiak		Opposite	Halkbank Ankara
17	Paweł Zatorski		Libero	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn
18	Marcin Możdżonek		Middle-blocker	Cuprum Lubin
20	Mateusz Mika		Opposite	Trefl Danzica
21	Rafał Buszek		Opposite	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn

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№	style=width:12em	Name	style=width:8em	Date of birth	style=width:9em	Position	style=width:19em	Club
coach			-	Zenit-Kazan'
1			Libero	Dinamo Mosca
3			Setter	VK Ural Ufa
4			Middle-blocker	Loko Novosibirsk
5			Setter	Dinamo Mosca
8			Opposite	VK Belogor'e
9			Opposite	Dinamo Mosca
11			Middle-blocker	Zenit-Kazan'
12			Outside-spiker	Gazprom Surgut
15			Middle-blocker	Dinamo Mosca
16			Libero	Zenit-Kazan'
17			Outside-spiker	Zenit-Kazan'
18			Middle-blocker	VK Ural Ufa
19			Opposite	Fakel Novyj Urengoj
22			Opposite	Dinamo Mosca

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№	style=width:12em	Name	style=width:8em	Date of birth	style=width:9em	Position	style=width:19em	Club
coach	Nikola Grbić
2	Nikola Kovačević		Opposite	Loko Novosibirsk
3	Milan Katić		Opposite	Galatasaray SK
4	Nemanja Petrić		Opposite	Modena Volley
7	Dragan Stanković		Middle-blocker	Lube Treia
8	Marko Ivović		Opposite	VK Belogor'e
9	Nikola Jovović		Setter	Volley Milano
13	Dražen Luburić		Outside-spiker	Pallavolo Piacenza
14	Aleksandar Atanasijević		Outside-spiker	Sir Safety Perugia
16	Aleksa Brđović		Setter	Gazprom Surgut
17	Neven Majstorović		Opposite	WKS Czarni Radom
18	Marko Podraščanin		Middle-blocker	Lube Treia
19	Nikola Rosić		Libero	PV Lugano
20	Srećko Lisinac		Middle-blocker	Skra Bełchatów
22	Aleksandar Okolić		Middle-blocker	Stella Rossa

See also

• Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's European qualification squads

External links

• Official website
• Process

Notes and References

1. Web site: CEV - Confédération Européenne de Volleyball . 2016-02-11 . 2016-01-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160109073534/http://www.cev.lu/Competition-Area/CompetitionTeamDetails.aspx?TeamID=9743&ID=836 . dead .
2. Web site: CEV - Confédération Européenne de Volleyball . 2016-02-11 . 2016-01-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160109073508/http://www.cev.lu/Competition-Area/CompetitionTeamDetails.aspx?TeamID=9738&ID=836 . dead .
3. Web site: CEV - Confédération Européenne de Volleyball . 2016-02-11 . 2016-01-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160109073529/http://www.cev.lu/Competition-Area/CompetitionTeamDetails.aspx?TeamID=9742&ID=836 . dead .
4. Web site: CEV - Confédération Européenne de Volleyball . 2016-02-11 . 2016-01-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160109073523/http://www.cev.lu/Competition-Area/CompetitionTeamDetails.aspx?TeamID=9741&ID=836 . dead .
5. Web site: CEV - Confédération Européenne de Volleyball . 2016-02-11 . 2016-01-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160109073517/http://www.cev.lu/Competition-Area/CompetitionTeamDetails.aspx?TeamID=9740&ID=836 . dead .
6. Web site: CEV - Confédération Européenne de Volleyball . 2016-02-11 . 2016-01-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160109073513/http://www.cev.lu/Competition-Area/CompetitionTeamDetails.aspx?TeamID=9739&ID=836 . dead .
7. Web site: CEV - Confédération Européenne de Volleyball . 2016-02-11 . 2016-01-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160109073502/http://www.cev.lu/Competition-Area/CompetitionTeamDetails.aspx?TeamID=9737&ID=836 . dead .
8. Web site: CEV - Confédération Européenne de Volleyball . 2016-02-11 . 2016-01-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160109073539/http://www.cev.lu/Competition-Area/CompetitionTeamDetails.aspx?TeamID=9744&ID=836 . dead .