India men's national volleyball team
Head coach | Bir Singh | ||
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FIVB ranking | 73 (as of 2 December 2023) | ||
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Appearances | 0 | ||
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The India men's national volleyball team represents India in international volleyball competitions which is managed by Volleyball Federation of India. It is currently sponsored by Sahara India Pariwar and Asics.
Volleyball Federation history
The Volleyball Federation of India was formed in the year 1951. Prior to the formation of the Volleyball Federation of India (VFI), the game was controlled by the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and at that time the Interstate Volleyball Championship was held every two years from 1936 to 1950 for men only. The first Championship was held in the year 1936 at Lahore (now in Pakistan). In 1951, Volleyball Federation of India was formed and its first meeting was held in Ludhiana (Punjab).
Current squad
- Muthusamy (captain)
- Lavmeet katariya
- Gurinder Singh
- Deepak Saini[setter]
- Mohan Ukkrapandian
- George Andrews|
- Hussain
- Mayank patel
- Charles Jerome Vinit
- Govindarajan Ramakrishnan Vaishnav
- Mandeep Singh
- Prabha
Lovemeet Kataria: middle blocker
Former Players
- s.madasamy[1]
- P.A.SULAIMAN[2]
- Riaz Ahmed
- Ghulam Rasool Khan (Afzal)
- E K Kishor Kumar[3]
- Balwant Singh Sagwal[4]
- Abdul Basith
- Nripjit Singh Bedi
- Jimmy George[5]
- K. Udayakumar[6]
- Maneesh Jala
- Danikutty David
- Cyril C. Valloor[7]
- Shyam Sunder Rao[4]
- A. Ramana Rao[4]
- M.AHMED ALIKHAN
- V M Kuttikrishnan[8]
- Kuldip Vats
- Tom Joseph
- Ramavtar Singh Jakhar
- Chanchal Singh
- Srikar Reddy
- A.SIVARAMAN
- G. E. Sridharan
- Anup D'Costa
- K. J. Kapil Dev
- Tilakam Gopal
- Suresh Kumar Mishra
- Mohd Aslam Javed
- A. Palanisamy
- R. K. Purohit
- Yejju Subba Rao
- Maniyas
- R.K Malik
- Vinod Sasidharan Nair
- P.Athikkannu (volleyball)
- Marisamy.R
- T.P.Padmanabhan Nair[9]
- Rakshpal Singh
- akhil
- jerome vinit
2006 Asian Games Squad
- Yejju Subba Rao[10]
- K. p. shreyas
- Siva Rajan
- M.N.Vikram
- G.Pradeep
- Tom Joseph
- Jitender Singh
- R.Rajeev
- P.S.Srikanth
- Balwinder Singh
- wasim akhtar
- Sanjay phogat
Former Coaches
FIVB World Championship
Championship | Venue | Position |
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1952 | Soviet Union, Moscow | 8th |
Asian Volleyball Championship
Championship | Venue | Position |
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1975 | India, Melbourne | DNP |
1979 | Bahrain, Manama | 5th |
1983 | Japan, Tokyo | 5th |
1987 | Kuwait, Kuwait City | 5th |
1989 | South Korea, Seoul | 6th |
1991 | Australia, Perth | 10th |
1993 | Thailand, Nakhon Ratchasima | 9th |
1995 | South Korea, Seoul | DNP |
1997 | Qatar, Doha | 9th |
1999 | Iran, Tehran | 9th |
2001 | South Korea, Changwon | 7th |
2003 | China, Tianjin | 5th |
2005 | Thailand, Suphanburi | 4th |
2007 | Indonesia, Jakarta | 9th |
2009 | Philippines, Manila | 9th |
2011 | Iran, Tehran | 6th |
2013 | United Arab Emirates, dubai | 7th |
2015 | Iran, Tehran | 11th |
Men's Junior Volleyball World Championship
Championship | Venue | Position |
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1981 | 11th | |
1995 | 9th | |
2005 | 9th | |
2007 | Morocco, Rabat and Casablanca | DNP |
2009 | India, Delhi | 4th |
2011 | Brazil, Rio de Janeiro and Niterói | 8th |
2013 | Turkey | 8th |
2015 | Mexico, Tijuana and Mexicali | DNP |
Awards
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2005 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship
- Best Blocker: Yejju Subba Rao (IND)
References
- ^ represented India in the world cup held at Moscow in 1952
- ^ member of first Indian volleyball team participated in the second international volleyball championship at moscow-Russia
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-02-02. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
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- ^ "Remembering Jimmy, who soared higher than anyone before or since". Chennai, India: indianexpress. 2014-10-01. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
- ^ "Former India volleyball captain Udayakumar dead". Chennai, India: indianexpress. 2014-10-01. Retrieved 2014-09-19.
- ^ "Remembering a volleyball legend". Chennai, India: thehindu. 2014-10-01. Retrieved 2012-12-01.
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- ^ "K J Kapil Dev to lead Indian men's volleyball team". Chennai, India: hindustantimes. 2014-10-01. Retrieved 2006-11-18.