Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters

This article shows the roster of all participating teams for the men's indoor volleyball tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Pool A

Canada

The  Canada roster was announced on 30 June 2021.^[1]

Head coach: Glenn Hoag

• 1 TJ Sanders S
• 2 Gord Perrin (C) OH
• 3 Steven Marshall OH
• 4 Nicholas Hoag OH
• 7 Stephen Maar OH
• 9 Jay Blankenau S
• 10 Ryan Sclater OP
• 12 Lucas Van Berkel MB
• 13 Sharone Vernon-Evans OP
• 17 Graham Vigrass MB
• 19 Blair Bann L
• 20 Arthur Szwarc MB

Iran

The  Iran roster was announced on 11 July 2021.^[2]

Head coach: Vladimir Alekno

• 2 Milad Ebadipour OH
• 4 Saeid Marouf (C) S
• 6 Mohammad Mousavi MB
• 9 Masoud Gholami MB
• 10 Amir Ghafour OP
• 11 Saber Kazemi OP
• 12 Morteza Sharifi OH
• 15 Ali Asghar Mojarrad MB
• 17 Meisam Salehi OH
• 19 Mehdi Marandi L
• 21 Arman Salehi L
• 24 Javad Karimi S

Italy

The  Italy roster was announced on 21 June 2021.^[3]

Head coach: Gianlorenzo Blengini

• 2 Jiří Kovář OH
• 4 Luca Vettori OP
• 5 Osmany Juantorena OH
• 6 Simone Giannelli S
• 9 Ivan Zaytsev (C) OP
• 11 Matteo Piano MB
• 13 Massimo Colaci L
• 14 Gianluca Galassi MB
• 15 Riccardo Sbertoli S
• 17 Simone Anzani MB
• 18 Alessandro Michieletto OH
• 19 Daniele Lavia OH

Japan

The  Japan roster was announced on 21 June 2021.^[4]

Head coach: Yuichi Nakagaichi

• 1 Kunihiro Shimizu OP
• 2 Taishi Onodera MB
• 3 Naonobu Fujii S
• 6 Akihiro Yamauchi MB
• 11 Yuji Nishida OP
• 12 Masahiro Sekita S
• 14 Yūki Ishikawa (C) OH
• 15 Haku Ri MB
• 17 Kenta Takanashi OH
• 19 Tatsunori Otsuka OH
• 20 Tomohiro Yamamoto L
• 21 Ran Takahashi OH

Poland

The  Poland roster was announced on 27 June 2021.^[5]

Head coach: Vital Heynen

• 1 Piotr Nowakowski MB
• 5 Łukasz Kaczmarek OP
• 6 Bartosz Kurek OP
• 9 Wilfredo León OH
• 11 Fabian Drzyzga S
• 12 Grzegorz Łomacz S
• 13 Michał Kubiak (C) OH
• 14 Aleksander Śliwka OH
• 15 Jakub Kochanowski MB
• 16 Kamil Semeniuk OH
• 17 Paweł Zatorski L
• 20 Mateusz Bieniek MB

Venezuela

The  Venezuela roster was announced on 2 July 2021.^[6]

Head coach: Ronald Sarti

• 1 Armando Velásquez S
• 3 Fernando González OH
• 4 Héctor Mata L
• 5 Emerson Rodríguez OP
• 6 Robert Oramas MB
• 7 Edson Valencia MB
• 9 José Carrasco (C) S
• 11 José Verdi MB
• 14 Eliécer Canelo OH
• 15 Luis Arias OP
• 17 Ronald Fayola OH
• 19 Willner Rivas OH

Pool B

Argentina

The  Argentina roster was announced on 23 June 2021.^[7]

Head coach: Marcelo Méndez

• 1 Matías Sánchez S
• 2 Federico Pereyra OP
• 6 Cristian Poglajen OH
• 7 Facundo Conte OH
• 8 Agustín Loser MB
• 9 Santiago Danani L
• 11 Sebastián Solé MB
• 12 Bruno Lima OP
• 13 Ezequiel Palacios OH
• 15 Luciano De Cecco (C) S
• 17 Nicolás Méndez OH
• 18 Martín Ramos MB

Brazil

The  Brazil roster was announced on 27 June 2021.^[8]

Head coach: Renan Dal Zotto

• 1 Bruno Rezende (C) S
• 5 Maurício Borges Silva OH
• 6 Fernando Kreling S
• 8 Wallace de Souza OP
• 9 Yoandy Leal OH
• 12 Isac Santos MB
• 13 Maurício Souza MB
• 14 Douglas Souza OH
• 16 Lucas Saatkamp MB
• 17 Thales Hoss L
• 18 Ricardo Lucarelli OH
• 21 Alan Souza OP

France

The  France roster was announced on 18 June 2021.^[9]

Head coach: Laurent Tillie

• 1 Barthélémy Chinenyeze MB
• 2 Jenia Grebennikov L
• 4 Jean Patry OP
• 6 Benjamin Toniutti (C) S
• 7 Kevin Tillie OH
• 9 Earvin N'Gapeth OH
• 11 Antoine Brizard S
• 12 Stephen Boyer OP
• 14 Nicolas Le Goff MB
• 16 Daryl Bultor MB
• 17 Trévor Clévenot OH
• 19 Yacine Louati OH

ROC

The  ROC roster was announced on 1 July 2021.^[10]

Head coach: Tuomas Sammelvuo

• 1 Yaroslav Podlesnykh OH
• 4 Artem Volvich MB
• 7 Dmitry Volkov OH
• 9 Ivan Iakovlev MB
• 10 Denis Bogdan OH
• 11 Pavel Pankov S
• 15 Viktor Poletaev OP
• 17 Maxim Mikhaylov OP
• 18 Egor Kliuka OH
• 20 Ilyas Kurkaev MB
• 24 Igor Kobzar (C) S
• 27 Valentin Golubev L

Tunisia

The following is the  Tunisia roster.^[11]

Head coach: Antonio Giacobbe

• 2 Ahmed Kadhi MB
• 3 Khaled Ben Slimene S
• 6 Mohamed Ali Ben Othmen Miladi OH
• 7 Elyes Karamosli OH
• 9 Omar Agrebi MB
• 10 Hamza Nagga OP
• 11 Ismaïl Moalla OH
• 12 Mehdi Ben Cheikh S
• 13 Selim Mbareki MB
• 15 Wassim Ben Tara OP
• 19 Aymen Bouguerra OH
• 20 Saddem Hmissi L

United States

The  United States roster was announced on 14 June 2021.^[12][13]

Head coach: John Speraw

• 1 Matt Anderson OP
• 3 Taylor Sander OH
• 5 Kyle Ensing OP
• 6 Mitch Stahl MB
• 7 Kawika Shoji S
• 8 TJ DeFalco OH
• 11 Micah Christenson (C) S
• 12 Maxwell Holt MB
• 17 Thomas Jaeschke OH
• 18 Garrett Muagututia OH
• 20 David Smith MB
• 22 Erik Shoji L

References

1. Awad, Brandi (30 June 2021). "Team Canada's men's volleyball squad set for Tokyo 2020". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
2. "Iran announce Tokyo 2020 squad". fivb.com. 11 July 2021.
3. "Verso Tokyo 2020 I 12 azzurri di blengini per le olimpiadi in lavia michieletto out lanza" (in Italian). Italian Italian Volleyball National Team. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
4. "第32回オリンピック競技大会（2020/東京） 龍神NIPPON出場内定選手12人決定" (in Japanese). Japanese Volleyball National Team. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
5. "Ostatnia zagadka dotycząca składu na igrzyska rozwiązana. Do Tokio poleci libero Paweł Zatorski" (in Polish). Poland Volleyball National Team. 27 June 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
6. "OLYMPIC GAMES M: 12 players of Venezuela National Team for Tokyo". World of Volley. 2 July 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
7. "LOS 12 ELEGIDOS DE MÉNDEZ PARA TOKIO 2020" (in Spanish). Feva. 23 June 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
8. "Renan anuncia os 12 convocados para Tóquio" (in Brazilian Portuguese). CBV. 27 June 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
9. "JO : La liste des 12 pour Tokyo" (in French). FIVB. 18 June 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
10. "Мужская сборная. Олимпиада. 14 кандидатов на 12 мест в окончательной заявке" (in Russian). volley.ru. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
11. "Team Roster - Tunisia". Volleyball World.
12. "Speraw, USA Volleyball announce 12-player men's Olympic roster for Tokyo". USA Volleyball. 14 June 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
13. "USAV Names Men's Rosters for Tokyo Olympic Games". USA Volleyball. 14 June 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.