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unusual facts about Thailand men's national volleyball team


Volleyball at the 2006 Asian Games

India and Thailand, the next top two teams started the competition from the preliminary round.


2005 Women's South American Volleyball Championship

Round 1: Top 3 teams (Brazil, Peru and Argentina according to FIVB Ranking) will play against the 4 remaining teams.

Alain Roca

A two-time Olympian (1996 and 2000), he was honoured Best Setter at the 2001 Volleyball America's Cup in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where Cuba finished in second place.

Andrés Manzanillo

Andrés Manzanillo (born August 1, 1977) is a volleyball player from Venezuela, who won the gold medal with the men's national team at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Andrey Galabinov

His father is a former national volleyball team player.

Attack on Tomorrow

The series was strictly created as a tribute to the gold medal the Japanese women's volleyball team earned in the 1976 Olympics.

Bahar Mert

She was a member of the Women's National Team that won the silver medal at the 2003 European Championship in Ankara.

Carlos Teixeira

Carlos Teixeira (born March 11, 1976) is a volleyball player from Portugal, who plays as a libero for the Men's National Team.

Chaïne Staelens

She was a member of the Dutch National Women's Team that won the gold medal at the FIVB World Grand Prix 2007 in Ningbo, PR China.

Eleonora Dziękiewicz

She was named Best Blocker at the FIVB World Grand Prix 2007 in Ningbo, PR China, where the Polish National Team finished in sixth place.

Fabrice Bry

Fabrice Bry (born April 2, 1972 in Saint-Pierre-lès-Nemours, Seine-et-Marne) is a retired volleyball player from France, who earned a total number of 85 caps for the Men's National Team.

FIVB Volleyball World Cup

With the help of superstar player Lang Ping, China won the following two editions, in 1981 and 1985.

Francisco Abreu López

Francisco Alberto Abreu López, (born April 26, 1982) is a male volleyball and beach volleyball player from Dominican Republic, who participated with his national team at the 2007 America's Cup wearing the #10 jersey.

Guillermo Falasca

And he was a member of South Korean Gumi LIG Insurance Greaters in V-League 2007 ~ 2008 season.A resident of Málaga he was a member of the Men's National Team that won the 2007 European title in Moscow, Russia.

Gustavo Valderrama

Gustavo Valderrama (born July 31, 1977 in Zulia State) is a volleyball player from Venezuela, who won the gold medal with the men's national team at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Hanka Pachale

She represented the German Women's National Team in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996.

Hugh McCutcheon

The squad posted wins over the 2004 Olympic gold and silver medalists during the year (Brazil and Italy, respectively), registered the highest winning percentage of any men’s national team since 1988 (.818) and recorded the most wins by a men’s team since 2000 (27).

Hugo Gaspar

Hugo Gaspar (born September 2, 1982) is a volleyball player from Portugal, who plays for the Men's National Team.

İlkay Gündoğan

Gündoğan's cousin Naz Aydemir is a volleyball player for Vakıfbank and the Turkish women's national team.

Izabela Bełcik

Izabela Bełcik (born 29 November 1980 in Malbork) is a Polish volleyball player, and a member of the women's national team.

Jayne McHugh

She played for the United States national team at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Laurel Kessel

She played for San Diego's Crawford High School, San Diego State, and the United States national team.

Laurent Chambertin

Laurent Chambertin (born September 29, 1966 in Dijon, Côte-d'Or) is a retired volleyball player from France, who earned a total number of 336 caps for the Men's National Team.

Manon Flier

Flier was named Most Valuable Player at the 2007 FIVB World Grand Prix in Ningbo, PR China, where the Dutch national team won the gold medal.

Nicole Vorpahl

Nicole Vorpahl (born March 8, 1994 in Chile) is a Chilean volleyball player who plays as libero for the Chile national team.

Nicole was asked to be the Libero of the Chile national team after Hugo Jauregui, Argentinean coach and former coach of the Argentinean national team, took over.

Nicolò Melli

Melli is the son of the former professional volleyball player Julie Vollertsen, who won the silver medal with the Team USA women's national volleyball team at the 1984 Summer Olympic Games.

Nuris Arias

Nuris Arias Doñé (born May 20, 1973 in San Cristobal) is a female volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who won the gold medal with the women's national team at the 2003 Pan American Games in her home town Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Pakistan men's national volleyball team

The Federation received recognition and was affiliated to the Pakistan Olympic Association and the International Volleyball Federation the same year.

Pasquale Gravina

Gravina played 284 times for Italian national volleyball team, for which he made his debut in 1990 at Belo Horizonte against Brazil.

Phạm Thị Yến

Phạm Thị Yến (born October 20, 1985) is a member of the Vietnam women's national volleyball team.

Phil Eatherton

He played for the United States national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Robert Prygiel

Robert Prygiel (born 14 April 1976 in Radom) - Polish volleyball player, who played for Poland at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and has played over 136 matches for Polish national team.

Ruth Holzhausen

There finished sixth with the national squad after a 3-0 loss in the fifth place playoff against South Korea.

Stéphane Antiga

In October 2013, it was announced that Antiga had been appointed as the new Head Coach of the Poland men's national volleyball team in a three year contract, replacing Andrea Anastasi.

Sweden men's national volleyball team

The team's biggest success came in 1989, when Sweden won the silver medal at the 1989 European Championship in Örebro and Stockholm, from September 23 to October 1.

Thailand men's national under-18 ice hockey team

The Thailand men's national under-18 ice hockey team played its first game in 1998 during the 1998 IIHF Asian Oceanic Junior U18 Championship being held in Harbin, China.

Tilakam Gopal

He captained the India national team at the 1966 Asian Games.

Tom Sorensen

Thomas ("Tom") Sorensen (born April 6, 1971 in Racine, Wisconsin) is a former American volleyball player, who was a member of the United States men's national volleyball team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.

Vietnam women's national volleyball team

Nguyễn Thị Ngọc Hoa scored 31 points in this thrilling game in which Korea were beaten by 3-2.

Vip mobile

In 2008, Vip became general sponsor of Serbian national volleyball team.

Volleyball at the 2006 Asian Games

Due to scheduling conflicts with 2006 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, China, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan and South Korea alongside the host team Qatar qualified directly to the quarterfinal stage.

Wolfgang Kuck

Wolfgang Kuck (born October 12, 1967 in Wülfrath, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a volleyball player from Germany, who played for the Men's National Team in the 1990s and the early 2000s.

Yasser Portuondo

He was a member of the Men's National Team that claimed the silver at the 2003 Pan American Games after losing to Venezuela in the final.


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