# 2007 Men's European Volleyball Championship squads

This article shows all participating team squads at the 2007 Men's European Volleyball Championship, held in Saint Petersburg and Moscow, Russia from September 6 to September 16, 2007.

## Belgium

* Head Coach: Claudio Gewehr
| # | Name | Date of Birth | Weight | Height | Spike | Block |
| 1 | Kristof Hoho | 07.08.1980 | 94 | 196 | 340 | 334 |
| 2 | Arne Poelman | 30.04.1988 | 98 | 211 | 338 | 323 |
| 3 | Jo Van Decraen | 27.04.1982 | 97 | 210 | 346 | 334 |
| 4 | Christof Van Goethem | 20.08.1979 | 95 | 193 | 340 | 328 |
| 5 | Frank Depestele | 03.09.1977 | 93 | 191 | 327 | 320 |
| 6 | Jimmy Prenen | 31.03.1984 | 87 | 196 | 342 | 332 |
| 9 | Manuel Callebert | 07.07.1977 | 85 | 181 | 323 | 316 |
| 10 | Wouter Verhelst | 20.07.1980 | 83 | 196 | 340 | 330 |
| 11 | Matthijs Verhanneman | 08.12.1988 | 96 | 198 | 344 | 320 |
| 12 | Gert Van Walle | 07.08.1987 | 85 | 199 | 347 | 328 |
| 15 | Christophe Van De Plas | 10.12.1980 | 78 | 193 | 330 | 320 |
| 17 | Michel Haesevoets | 14.09.1979 | 79 | 194 | 330 | 325 |

## Bulgaria

* Head Coach: Martin Stoev
| # | Name | Date of Birth | Weight | Height | Spike | Block |
| 1 | Evgeni Ivanov | 03.06.1974 | 99 | 210 | 351 | 340 |
| 3 | Andrey Zhekov | 12.03.1980 | 82 | 190 | 340 | 263 |
| 5 | Krasimir Gaydarski | 23.02.1983 | 96 | 204 | 350 | 330 |
| 6 | Matey Kaziyski | 23.09.1984 | 93 | 202 | 370 | 335 |
| 7 | Nikolai Nikolov | 29.07.1986 | 85 | 203 | 344 | 330 |
| 8 | Ivan Stanev | 07.07.1985 | 92 | 190 | 335 | 315 |
| 9 | Metodi Ananiev | 17.02.1986 | 100 | 202 | 340 | 330 |
| 10 | Danail Milushev | 03.02.1984 | 93 | 200 | 358 | 335 |
| 11 | Boyan Yordanov | 12.03.1983 | 86 | 197 | 358 | 335 |
| 13 | Teodor Salparov | 06.08.1982 | 73 | 185 | 320 | 305 |
| 14 | Kostadin Stoykov | 07.12.1977 | 85 | 199 | 349 | 329 |
| 17 | Plamen Konstantinov | 14.06.1973 | 93 | 202 | 347 | 330 |

## Croatia

* Head Coach: Radovan Malević
| # | Name | Date of Birth | Weight | Height | Spike | Block |
| 1 | Tsimafei Zhukouski | 18.12.1989 | 66 | 192 | 315 | 305 |
| 4 | Darko Nojić | 06.03.1984 | 83 | 191 | 330 | 310 |
| 5 | Igor Omrčen | 26.09.1980 | 102 | 208 | 362 | 346 |
| 6 | Ivan Raic | 03.06.1989 | 88 | 202 | 347 | 336 |
| 7 | Ivan Ćosić | 21.02.1984 | 96 | 202 | 342 | 330 |
| 8 | Zeljko Nojić | 30.09.1980 | 80 | 182 | 336 | 324 |
| 9 | Dragan Puljić | 17.09.1984 | 94 | 207 | 350 | 332 |
| 10 | Mario Zelić | 18.07.1981 | 94 | 202 | 340 | 328 |
| 11 | Toni Kovačević | 15.01.1983 | 94 | 198 | 346 | 322 |
| 12 | Tomislav Čošković | 22.04.1979 | 92 | 200 | 356 | 331 |
| 14 | Inoslav Krnić | 14.01.1979 | 90 | 190 | 335 | 317 |
| 15 | Roko Sikirić | 22.08.1981 | 88 | 196 | 334 | 318 |

## Finland

* Head Coach: Mauro Berruto
| # | Name | Date of Birth | Weight | Height | Spike | Block |
| 1 | Tapio Kangasniemi | 07.03.1979 | 88 | 186 | 337 | 300 |
| 3 | Mikko Esko | 03.09.1978 | 88 | 198 | 348 | 318 |
| 5 | Antti Siltala | 14.03.1984 | 90 | 193 | 346 | 320 |
| 6 | Tuomas Sammelvuo | 16.02.1976 | 91 | 193 | 348 | 320 |
| 7 | Matti Hietanen | 03.01.1983 | 94 | 199 | 350 | 318 |
| 8 | Simo-Pekka Olli | 13.11.1985 | 98 | 203 | 350 | 326 |
| 11 | Janne Heikkinen | 11.04.1976 | 105 | 202 | 360 | 330 |
| 12 | Olli Kunnari | 02.02.1982 | 85 | 196 | 344 | 320 |
| 13 | Mikko Oivanen | 26.05.1986 | 91 | 198 | 360 | 326 |
| 14 | Konstantin Shumov | 15.02.1985 | 101 | 205 | 352 | 328 |
| 15 | Matti Oivanen | 26.05.1986 | 91 | 198 | 355 | 326 |
| 16 | Urpo Sivula | 15.03.1988 | 96 | 194 | 350 | 326 |

## France

* Head Coach: Philippe Blain
| # | Name | Date of Birth | Height | Weight | Spike | Block |
| 1 | Xavier Kapfer | 07.11.1981 | 96 | 191 | 354 | 320 |
| 2 | Bojidar Slavev | 30.06.1984 | 95 | 203 | 348 | 325 |
| 3 | Gérald Hardy-Dessources | 09.02.1983 | 93 | 197 | 360 | 335 |
| 4 | Antonin Rouzier | 18.08.1986 | 97 | 201 | 350 | 330 |
| 5 | Romain Vadeleux | 12.02.1983 | 96 | 200 | 351 | 313 |
| 7 | Stéphane Antiga | 03.02.1976 | 94 | 200 | 344 | 321 |
| 8 | Ludovic Castard | 18.01.1983 | 85 | 195 | 344 | 321 |
| 10 | Vincent Montméat | 01.09.1977 | 88 | 196 | 348 | 330 |
| 11 | Loïc Le Marrec | 01.03.1977 | 82 | 190 | 330 | 312 |
| 12 | Hubert Henno | 06.10.1976 | 83 | 188 | 330 | 310 |
| 13 | Pierre Pujol | 13.07.1984 | 90 | 190 | 335 | 315 |
| 15 | Guillaume Samica | 28.09.1981 | 84 | 198 | 343 | 318 |

## Germany

* Head Coach: Stelian Moculescu
| # | Name | Date of Birth | Weight | Height | Spike | Block |
| 1 | Marcus Popp | 23.09.1981 | 83 | 192 | 344 | 328 |
| 2 | Markus Steuerwald | 07.03.1989 | 72 | 183 | 322 | 304 |
| 4 | Simon Tischer | 24.04.1982 | 88 | 194 | 345 | 328 |
| 5 | Björn Andrae | 14.05.1981 | 90 | 200 | 355 | 335 |
| 9 | Stefan Hübner | 13.06.1975 | 89 | 200 | 365 | 345 |
| 10 | Jochen Schöps | 08.10.1983 | 99 | 200 | 360 | 338 |
| 11 | Frank Dehne | 14.02.1976 | 93 | 202 | 343 | 325 |
| 12 | Christian Pampel | 06.09.1979 | 90 | 198 | 363 | 341 |
| 13 | Ralph Bergmann | 26.05.1970 | 95 | 206 | 350 | 327 |
| 14 | Robert Kromm | 09.03.1984 | 92 | 212 | 363 | 339 |
| 15 | Max Günthör | 09.08.1985 | 84 | 207 | 345 | 315 |
| 18 | Georg Grozer | 27.11.1984 | 99 | 200 | 370 | 345 |

## Greece

* Head Coach: Alexandros Leonis
| # | Name | Date of Birth | Weight | Height | Spike | Block |
| 2 | Marios Giourdas | 02.03.1973 | 90 | 202 | 356 | 341 |
| 3 | Theodoros Chatziantoniou | 16.03.1974 | 95 | 204 | 360 | 350 |
| 6 | Vasileios Kournetas | 02.08.1976 | 82 | 191 | 336 | 320 |
| 7 | Georgios Stefanou | 12.01.1981 | 82 | 187 | 295 | 305 |
| 8 | Konstantinos Prousalis | 06.10.1980 | 83 | 192 | 320 | 295 |
| 10 | Ioannis Kyriakidis | 07.07.1982 | 91 | 195 | 340 | 315 |
| 12 | Nikolaos Smaragdis | 12.02.1982 | 85 | 202 | 328 | 315 |
| 13 | Theoklitos Karipidis | 16.01.1980 | 94 | 200 | 336 | 317 |
| 16 | Andrej Kravárik | 28.07.1971 | 97 | 204 | 360 | 350 |
| 17 | Nikolaos Karagiannis | 04.08.1981 | 80 | 196 | 330 | 310 |
| 18 | Achilleas Papadimitriou | 18.08.1980 | 82 | 185 | 305 | 295 |

## Italy

* Head Coach: Gian Paolo Montali
| # | Name | Date of Birth | Weight | Height | Spike | Block |
| 1 | Luigi Mastrangelo | 17.08.1975 | 90 | 202 | 368 | 336 |
| 3 | Giordano Mattera | 29.08.1983 | 89 | 198 | 327 | 313 |
| 5 | Valerio Vermiglio | 01.03.1976 | 83 | 190 | 342 | 320 |
| 6 | Alessandro Farina | 16.05.1976 | 80 | 182 | 342 | 310 |
| 7 | Alessandro Paparoni | 17.08.1981 | 78 | 191 | 340 | 314 |
| 8 | Alberto Cisolla | 10.10.1977 | 86 | 197 | 367 | 345 |
| 9 | Cristian Savani | 22.02.1982 | 83 | 194 | 354 | 335 |
| 10 | Luca Tencati | 16.03.1979 | 97 | 200 | 350 | 330 |
| 13 | Lorenzo Perazzolo | 30.10.1984 | 92 | 195 | 349 | 321 |
| 14 | Alessandro Fei | 29.11.1978 | 90 | 204 | 358 | 336 |
| 17 | Andrea Sala | 27.12.1978 | 88 | 202 | 359 | 340 |
| 18 | Matej Černič | 13.09.1978 | 80 | 192 | 354 | 335 |

## Netherlands

* Head Coach: Peter Blangé
| # | Name | Date of Birth | Weight | Height | Spike | Block |
| 1 | Dirk-Jan van Gendt | 18.07.1974 | 78 | 185 | 332 | 313 |
| 2 | Nico Freriks | 22.12.1981 | 85 | 191 | 327 | 306 |
| 4 | Robert Horstink | 26.12.1981 | 84 | 201 | 326 | 311 |
| 6 | Christian van de Wel | 10.07.1978 | 95 | 194 | 346 | 346 |
| 7 | Marko Klok | 14.03.1968 | 88 | 194 | 342 | 329 |
| 10 | Jeroen Rauwerdink | 13.09.1985 | 93 | 200 | 344 | 318 |
| 11 | Jan-Willem Snippe | 21.05.1986 | 87 | 200 | 346 | 322 |
| 12 | Wytze Kooistra | 03.06.1982 | 100 | 209 | 355 | 340 |
| 14 | Jairo Hooi | 13.03.1978 | 88 | 201 | 355 | 342 |
| 16 | Michael Olieman | 17.04.1983 | 97 | 202 | 350 | 338 |
| 17 | Rob Bontje | 12.05.1981 | 94 | 206 | 366 | 340 |
| 18 | Jeroen Trommel | 01.08.1980 | 90 | 194 | 340 | 310 |

## Poland

The following is the Polish roster in the 2007 Men's European Volleyball Championship.
| Head coach: | Raúl Lozano |
| Assistant: | Alojzy Świderek |
| No. | Name | Date of birth | 2007 club |
| 1 | Michał Winiarski | 28 September 1983 | Itas Diatec Trentino |
| 3 | Daniel Pliński | 10 December 1978 | Jastrzębski Węgiel |
| 5 | Paweł Zagumny | 18 October 1977 | KS PZU AZS Olsztyn |
| 6 | Bartosz Kurek | 29 August 1988 | ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle |
| 7 | Wojciech Grzyb | 4 January 1981 | KS PZU AZS Olsztyn |
| 8 | Robert Prygiel | 17 April 1976 | Gazprom-Ugra Surgut |
| 9 | Łukasz Żygadło | 2 August 1979 | Dinamo-Yantar Kaliningrad |
| 11 | Łukasz Kadziewicz | 20 September 1980 | Jastrzębski Węgiel |
| 12 | Grzegorz Szymański | 12 July 1978 | Jastrzębski Węgiel |
| 13 | Sebastian Świderski | 26 June 1977 | RPA-LuigiBacchi.it Perugia |
| 15 | Piotr Gacek | 16 September 1978 | AZS Częstochowa |
| 17 | Michał Bąkiewicz | 22 March 1981 | KS PZU AZS Olsztyn |

## Russia

* Head Coach: Vladimir Alekno
| # | Name | Date of Birth | Weight | Height | Spike | Block |
| 2 | Semen Poltavskiy | 08.02.1981 | 89 | 205 | 346 | 338 |
| 3 | Alexander Kosarev | 30.09.1977 | 90 | 200 | 339 | 328 |
| 4 | Pavel Kruglov | 17.09.1985 | 90 | 205 | 351 | 342 |
| 5 | Pavel Abramov | 23.04.1979 | 89 | 198 | 357 | 336 |
| 6 | Sergey Grankin | 21.01.1985 | 87 | 195 | 351 | 320 |
| 8 | Sergey Tetyukhin | 23.09.1975 | 89 | 197 | 345 | 338 |
| 9 | Vadim Khamuttskikh | 26.11.1969 | 85 | 196 | 342 | 331 |
| 10 | Yury Berezhko | 27.01.1984 | 90 | 193 | 346 | 338 |
| 13 | Alexei Ostapenko | 26.05.1986 | 100 | 208 | 355 | 340 |
| 15 | Alexander Volkov | 14.02.1985 | 94 | 210 | 355 | 335 |
| 16 | Alexey Verbov | 31.01.1982 | 77 | 185 | 315 | 310 |
| 18 | Alexey Kuleshov | 24.02.1979 | 96 | 206 | 353 | 344 |

## Serbia

* Head Coach: Igor Kolaković
| # | Name | Date of Birth | Weight | Height | Spike | Block |
| 1 | Nikola Kovačević | 14.02.1983 | 78 | 193 | 350 | 340 |
| 4 | Bojan Janić | 11.03.1982 | 83 | 198 | 345 | 340 |
| 5 | Vlado Petković | 06.01.1983 | 97 | 198 | 325 | 318 |
| 6 | Slobodan Boškan | 15.05.1975 | 87 | 197 | 343 | 320 |
| 7 | Dragan Stanković | 18.10.1985 | 80 | 205 | 343 | 333 |
| 8 | Marko Samardžić | 22.02.1983 | 82 | 190 | 326 | 310 |
| 9 | Nikola Grbić | 06.09.1973 | 91 | 194 | 346 | 320 |
| 10 | Miloš Nikić | 31.03.1986 | 79 | 194 | 350 | 330 |
| 12 | Andrija Gerić | 24.01.1977 | 101 | 203 | 350 | 323 |
| 14 | Ivan Miljković | 13.09.1979 | 88 | 206 | 354 | 333 |
| 15 | Saša Starović | 19.10.1988 | 89 | 207 | 335 | 321 |
| 18 | Marko Podraščanin | 29.08.1987 | 92 | 204 | 343 | 326 |

## Slovakia

* Head Coach: Vladimir Pridal
| # | Name | Date of Birth | Weight | Height | Spike | Block |
| 2 | Michal Masny | 14.08.1979 | 72 | 182 | 322 | 306 |
| 4 | Martin Pipa | 03.09.1974 | 89 | 186 | 328 | 308 |
| 5 | Julius Sabo | 21.01.1983 | 100 | 208 | 367 | 345 |
| 7 | Frantisek Ogurcak | 24.04.1984 | 83 | 198 | 344 | 328 |
| 8 | Martin Sopko | 30.01.1982 | 90 | 196 | 344 | 330 |
| 10 | Martin Nemec | 31.07.1984 | 94 | 198 | 346 | 323 |
| 12 | Andrej Barbierik | 13.07.1978 | 100 | 198 | 348 | 340 |
| 13 | Michal Cerven | 16.12.1977 | 98 | 204 | 347 | 336 |
| 14 | Tomas Kmet | 01.12.1981 | 99 | 202 | 344 | 328 |
| 16 | Martin Sopko | 30.01.1987 | 87 | 198 | 343 | 330 |
| 17 | Branislav Skladany | 16.11.1983 | 83 | 184 | 325 | 309 |
| 18 | Lukas Divis | 20.02.1986 | 91 | 201 | 346 | 340 |

## Slovenia

* Head Coach: Iztok Ksela
| # | Name | Date of Birth | Weight | Height | Spike | Block |
| 2 | Matej Vidič | 06.11.1986 | 92 | 209 | 344 | 335 |
| 3 | Dejan Vinčič | 15.09.1986 | 93 | 200 | 336 | 329 |
| 5 | Rok Satler | 04.04.1979 | 83 | 191 | 334 | 320 |
| 6 | Jernej Potočnik | 26.10.1981 | 92 | 196 | 340 | 319 |
| 7 | Davor Čebron | 25.01.1981 | 98 | 198 | 343 | 328 |
| 9 | Matija Pleško | 03.03.1976 | 83 | 185 | 340 | 320 |
| 12 | Sebastijan Škorc | 12.02.1974 | 70 | 180 | 320 | 314 |
| 14 | Tine Urnaut | 03.09.1988 | 85 | 198 | 344 | 334 |
| 15 | Mitja Gasparini | 26.06.1984 | 94 | 201 | 345 | 335 |
| 16 | Alen Pajenk | 23.04.1986 | 86 | 203 | 344 | 337 |
| 17 | Alan Komel | 12.03.1982 | 91 | 188 | 342 | 333 |
| 18 | Andrej Flajs | 11.03.1983 | 85 | 189 | 340 | 329 |

## Spain

* Head Coach: Andrea Anastasi
| # | Name | Date of Birth | Weight | Height | Spike | Block |
| 1 | Rafael Pascual | 16.03.1970 | 94 | 194 | 355 | 330 |
| 2 | Ibán Pérez | 13.11.1983 | 89 | 198 | 350 | 325 |
| 3 | José Luis Lobato | 19.02.1977 | 81 | 186 | - | - |
| 4 | Manuel Sevillano | 02.07.1981 | 90 | 194 | 340 | 320 |
| 7 | Guillermo Hernán | 25.07.1982 | 68 | 181 | 335 | 315 |
| 10 | Miguel Ángel Falasca | 29.04.1973 | 92 | 195 | 335 | 315 |
| 11 | Javier Subiela | 22.03.1984 | 88 | 198 | 340 | 325 |
| 12 | Guillermo Falasca | 24.10.1977 | 104 | 200 | 355 | 330 |
| 14 | José Luis Moltó | 29.06.1975 | 95 | 207 | 360 | 345 |
| 16 | Julián García-Torres | 08.11.1980 | 93 | 202 | 350 | 325 |
| 17 | Enrique de la Fuente | 11.08.1975 | 95 | 195 | 345 | 325 |
| 18 | Israel Rodríguez | 27.08.1981 | 95 | 195 | 360 | 340 |

## Turkey

* Head Coach: Işık Menkuer
| # | Name | Date of Birth | Weight | Height | Spike | Block |
| 1 | Selçuk Keskin | 15.01.1982 | 89 | 193 | 325 | 320 |
| 3 | Ahmet Toçoğlu | 13.03.1980 | 90 | 201 | 330 | 335 |
| 5 | Nuri Şahin | 01.01.1980 | 88 | 198 | 320 | 325 |
| 6 | Barış Özdemir | 25.06.1972 | 80 | 197 | 341 | 328 |
| 7 | Sinan Cem Tanık | 19.06.1980 | 96 | 197 | 341 | 328 |
| 8 | Volkan Güç | 16.07.1980 | 100 | 202 | 345 | 332 |
| 9 | Özkan Hayırlı | 27.05.1984 | 90 | 200 | 340 | 325 |
| 10 | Gökhan Öner | 06.09.1972 | 81 | 193 | 348 | 337 |
| 13 | Kıvanç Elgaz | 01.01.1986 | 90 | 202 | 335 | 330 |
| 14 | Can Ayvazoğlu | 14.09.1979 | 87 | 190 | 350 | 338 |
| 15 | Fatih Ulusoy | 09.04.1980 | 98 | 208 | 354 | 342 |
| 16 | Ulaş Kıyak | 11.08.1981 | 76 | 187 | 310 | 300 |