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

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.

## Belgium

| № | Name | Date of birth | Position | Club |
| Coach | Dominique Baeyens | 21 February 1956 | |
| 1 | Bram Van den Dries | 14 August 1989 | Outside-spiker | AZS UWM Olsztyn |
| 3 | Sam Deroo | 24 April 1992 | Opposite | ZAKSA Kędzierzyn |
| 4 | Pieter Coolman | 24 April 1989 | Middle-blocker | VT Roeselare |
| 8 | Kévin Klinkenberg | 4 October 1990 | Opposite | Łucz. Bydgoszcz |
| 9 | Pieter Verhees | 8 December 1989 | Middle-blocker | Volley Milano |
| 10 | Simon Van de Voorde | 19 December 1989 | Middle-blocker | Trentino Volley |
| 12 | Gert Van Walle | 7 August 1987 | Opposite | Beauvais Oise UC |
| 13 | Dennis Deroey | 14 August 1987 | Libero | Topvolley Antwerpen |
| 14 | Jelle Ribbens | 17 March 1992 | Libero | |
| 15 | Stijn D'Hulst | 24 April 1991 | Setter | VT Roeselare |
| 16 | Matthias Valkiers | 8 April 1990 | Setter | Volley Club Menen |
| 17 | Tomas Rousseaux | 31 March 1994 | Outside-spiker | Volley Milano |
| 18 | Seppe Baetens | 13 February 1989 | Opposite | VC Asse-Lennik |
| 20 | Arno van de Velde | 30 December 1995 | Middle-blocker | VT Roeselare |

## Bulgaria

| № | Name | Date of birth | Position | Club |
| coach | Plamen Konstantinov | 16 June 1973 | |
| 1 | Georgi Bratoev | 21 October 1987 | Setter | Trentino Volley |
| 2 | Metodi Ananiev | 17 February 1986 | Opposite | Tomis Costanza |
| 4 | Martin Bozhilov | 11 April 1988 | Libero | MUI Dupnica |
| 7 | Miroslav Gradinarov | 10 February 1985 | Opposite | |
| 8 | Todor Skrimov | 9 January 1990 | Opposite | Power Volley Milano |
| 10 | Nikolaj Učikov | 13 April 1986 | Outside-spiker | |
| 11 | Vladimir Nikolov | 3 October 1977 | Outside-spiker | ASUL Lione |
| 12 | Viktor Josifov | 16 May 1985 | Middle-blocker | Top Latina |
| 13 | Teodor Salparov | 16 August 1982 | Libero | Zenit-Kazan' |
| 14 | Teodor Todorov | 1 September 1989 | Middle-blocker | PV Lugano |
| 16 | Vladislav Ivanov | 14 March 1987 | Libero | ASUL Lione |
| 17 | Nikolaj Penčev | 22 May 1992 | Opposite | Resovia Rzeszów |
| 18 | Nikolaj Nikolov | 29 July 1986 | Middle-blocker | Payakan VC |
| 20 | Lubomir Agontsev | 26 July 1987 | Setter | Montana Volley |

## Finland

| № | Name | Date of birth | Position | Club |
| coach | Tuomas Sammelvuo | 16 February 1976 | |
| 1 | Ville Juntura | 26 March 1988 | Setter | Raisio Loimu |
| 2 | Eemi Tervaportti | 26 July 1989 | Setter | Galatasaray SK |
| 4 | Lauri Kerminen | 18 January 1993 | Libero | VK Kuzbass |
| 5 | Antti Siltala | 14 March 1984 | Opposite | |
| 6 | Niklas Seppänen | 30 June 1993 | Opposite | |
| 7 | Eemeli Kouki | 26 October 1991 | Opposite | Hurrikaani Loimaa |
| 8 | Elviss Krastins | 15 September 1994 | Opposite | Vammala Lentopallo |
| 9 | Tommi Siirilä | 15 March 1988 | Middle-blocker | Tiikerit Kokkola |
| 11 | Sauli Sinkkonen | 14 September 1989 | Outside-spiker | Isku Tamperee |
| 13 | Antti Ropponen | 17 August 1995 | Outside-spiker | Tiikerit Kokkola |
| 14 | Konstantin Shumov | 15 February 1985 | Middle-blocker | Hurrikaani Loimaa |
| 16 | Olli-Pekka Ojansivu | 31 December 1987 | Outside-spiker | Tiikerit Kokkola |
| 18 | Jukka Lehtonen | 22 February 1982 | Middle-blocker | LEKA Kuopio |
| 19 | Pasi Hyvärinen | 22 November 1987 | Libero | |

## France

| № | Name | Date of birth | Position | Club |
| coach | Laurent Tillie | 1 December 1963 | |
| 1 | Jonas Aguenier | 28 April 1992 | Middle-blocker | AS Cannes |
| 2 | Jenia Grebennikov | 13 August 1990 | Libero | Lube Treia |
| 4 | Antonin Rouzier | 18 August 1986 | Outside-spiker | Arkas Izmir |
| 6 | Benjamin Toniutti | 30 October 1989 | Setter | ZAKSA Kędzierzyn |
| 7 | Kévin Tillie | 2 November 1990 | Opposite | ZAKSA Kędzierzyn |
| 9 | Earvin N'Gapeth | 21 February 1991 | Opposite | Modena Volley |
| 10 | Kévin Le Roux | 11 May 1989 | Middle-blocker | Halkbank Ankara |
| 11 | Julien Lyneel | 15 April 1990 | Opposite | Resovia Rzeszów |
| 13 | Pierre Pujol | 13 July 1984 | Setter | AS Cannes |
| 14 | Nicolas Le Goff | 15 February 1992 | Middle-blocker | SCC Berlino |
| 16 | Nicolas Maréchal | 4 March 1987 | Opposite | Jastrzębski Węgiel |
| 17 | Franck Lafitte | 8 March 1989 | Middle-blocker | Arago de Sète |
| 18 | Nicolas Rossard | 23 May 1990 | Libero | Arago de Sète |
| 21 | Mory Sidibé | 17 June 1987 | Outside-spiker | Sichuan Volleyball |

## Germany

| № | Name | Date of birth | Position | Club |
| coach | Vital Heynen | 12 June 1969 | |
| 1 | Christian Fromm | 15 August 1990 | Opposite | Sir Safety Perugia |
| 2 | Markus Steuerwald | 7 March 1989 | Libero | Parigi Volley |
| 3 | Sebastian Schwarz | 2 October 1985 | Opposite | Trefl Danzica |
| 6 | Denis Kaliberda | 24 June 1990 | Opposite | Sir Safety Perugia |
| 8 | Marcus Böhme | 25 August 1985 | Middle-blocker | Cuprum Lubin |
| 9 | Georg Grozer | 27 November 1984 | Outside-spiker | Samsung Bluefangs |
| 10 | Christian Dünnes | 16 June 1984 | Opposite | TG Rüsselsheim |
| 11 | Lukas Kampa | 29 November 1986 | Setter | WKS Czarni Radom |
| 12 | Ferdinand Tille | 8 December 1988 | Libero | TuS Herrsching |
| 13 | Simon Hirsch | 3 April 1992 | Outside-spiker | Top Latina |
| 14 | Tom Strohbach | 27 May 1992 | Opposite | TV Rottenburg |
| 15 | Tim Broshog | 2 December 1987 | Middle-blocker | Noliko Maaseik |
| 16 | Patrick Steuerwald | 3 March 1986 | Setter | TuS Herrsching |
| 20 | Philipp Collin | 28 March 1990 | Middle-blocker | Tours Volley-Ball |

## Poland

| № | Name | Date of birth | Position | Club |
| coach | Stéphane Antiga | 3 February 1976 | |
| 1 | Wojciech Żaliński | 8 January 1988 | Opposite | WKS Czarni Radom |
| 3 | Dawid Konarski | 31 August 1989 | Opposite | ZAKSA Kędzierzyn |
| 6 | Bartosz Kurek | 29 August 1988 | Opposite | Resovia Rzeszów |
| 7 | Karol Kłos | 8 August 1989 | Middle-blocker | Skra Bełchatów |
| 8 | Andrzej Wrona | 27 December 1988 | Middle-blocker | Skra Bełchatów |
| 9 | Mateusz Bieniek | 5 April 1994 | Middle-blocker | Effector Kielce |
| 10 | Damian Wojtaszek | 7 September 1988 | Libero | Resovia Rzeszów |
| 11 | Fabian Drzyzga | 3 January 1990 | Setter | Resovia Rzeszów |
| 12 | Grzegorz Łomacz | 1 October 1987 | Setter | Cuprum Lubin |
| 13 | Michał Kubiak | 23 February 1988 | Opposite | Halkbank Ankara |
| 17 | Paweł Zatorski | 21 June 1990 | Libero | ZAKSA Kędzierzyn |
| 18 | Marcin Możdżonek | 9 February 1985 | Middle-blocker | Cuprum Lubin |
| 20 | Mateusz Mika | 21 January 1991 | Opposite | Trefl Danzica |
| 21 | Rafał Buszek | 28 April 1987 | Opposite | ZAKSA Kędzierzyn |

## Russia

| № | Name | Date of birth | Position | Club |
| coach | Vladimir Alekno | 4 December 1966 | - | Zenit-Kazan' |
| 1 | Aleksey Obmochaev | 22 May 1989 | Libero | Dinamo Mosca |
| 3 | Dmitry Kovalyov | 15 March 1991 | Setter | VK Ural Ufa |
| 4 | Artem Volvich | 22 January 1990 | Middle-blocker | Loko Novosibirsk |
| 5 | Sergey Grankin | 21 January 1985 | Setter | Dinamo Mosca |
| 8 | Sergey Tetyukhin | 23 September 1975 | Opposite | VK Belogor'e |
| 9 | Yury Berezhko | 27 January 1984 | Opposite | Dinamo Mosca |
| 11 | Andrey Ashchev | 10 May 1983 | Middle-blocker | Zenit-Kazan' |
| 12 | Konstantin Bakun | 15 March 1985 | Outside-spiker | Gazprom Surgut |
| 15 | Dmitry Shcherbinin | 10 September 1989 | Middle-blocker | Dinamo Mosca |
| 16 | Aleksey Verbov | 31 January 1982 | Libero | Zenit-Kazan' |
| 17 | Maxim Mikhaylov | 19 March 1988 | Outside-spiker | Zenit-Kazan' |
| 18 | Aleksandr Volkov | 14 February 1985 | Middle-blocker | VK Ural Ufa |
| 19 | Egor Kliuka | 15 June 1995 | Opposite | Fakel Novyj Urengoj |
| 22 | Aleksandr Markin | 28 July 1990 | Opposite | Dinamo Mosca |

## Serbia

| № | Name | Date of birth | Position | Club |
| coach | Nikola Grbić | 6 September 1973 | |
| 2 | Nikola Kovačević | 14 February 1983 | Opposite | Loko Novosibirsk |
| 3 | Milan Katić | 22 October 1993 | Opposite | Galatasaray SK |
| 4 | Nemanja Petrić | 28 July 1987 | Opposite | Modena Volley |
| 7 | Dragan Stanković | 18 October 1985 | Middle-blocker | Lube Treia |
| 8 | Marko Ivović | 22 December 1990 | Opposite | VK Belogor'e |
| 9 | Nikola Jovović | 13 February 1992 | Setter | Volley Milano |
| 13 | Dražen Luburić | 2 November 1993 | Outside-spiker | Pallavolo Piacenza |
| 14 | Aleksandar Atanasijević | 4 September 1991 | Outside-spiker | Sir Safety Perugia |
| 16 | Aleksa Brđović | 29 July 1993 | Setter | Gazprom Surgut |
| 17 | Neven Majstorović | 17 March 1989 | Opposite | WKS Czarni Radom |
| 18 | Marko Podraščanin | 29 August 1987 | Middle-blocker | Lube Treia |
| 19 | Nikola Rosić | 5 August 1984 | Libero | PV Lugano |
| 20 | Srećko Lisinac | 17 May 1992 | Middle-blocker | Skra Bełchatów |
| 22 | Aleksandar Okolić | 26 June 1993 | Middle-blocker | Stella Rossa |