The Great Britain men's national volleyball team is the team representing
Great Britain
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in
volleyball
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competitions.
The Great Britain Volleyball programme team was resumed in 2006 following an agreement of the
FIVB to permit the separate
Home Nations
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of
England
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,
Scotland
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,
Wales
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and
Northern Ireland
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to compete together for the
2012 Summer Olympics and
2012 Summer Paralympics
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.
Indoor
The men's team were ranked 29th in the FIVB world ranking as of 22 July 2013.
Seasons
2008
European League (Netherlands, Slovakia, Greece & Portugal)
2009
1st Round World Championship Qualifiers (Belarus & Israel)
[ Retrieved on 1 Feb 2011.]
European League (Spain, Turkey & Croatia)
2010
1st Round European Championship (Azerbaijan)
2nd Round European Championship Qualifiers (Latvia, Finland & Greece)
European League (Spain, Romania, Slovakia)
2011
European League (Croatia, Belgium & Slovenia)
[ Retrieved 24 January 2011.]
Olympic Test Event – Earls Court (London) 20 – 24 July 2011
[Retrieved 24 February 2011.]
2012
1st Round European Championships (Albania)
Olympic Games – Earls Court (London) 29 July – 6 August 2012
2nd Round European Championships Qualifiers (Belarus, Turkey & Portugal)
Beach
Current roster
Sitting
The men's
sitting volleyball team finished in Division B 5th place
[ Retrieved on 24 January 2011.] after the Oklahoma 2010 World Championships.
After competing in the ECVD Continental Cup 2011, the men's team finished in 7th place.
References
External links
British Volleyball Federation official website
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Volleyball in the United Kingdom