The Great Britain men's national volleyball team is the team representing Great Britain

Great Britain

Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...

 in volleyball

Volleyball

Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

 competitions. The Great Britain Volleyball programme team was resumed in 2006 following an agreement of the FIVB to permit the separate Home Nations

Home Nations

Home Nations is a collective term with one of two meanings depending on the context. Politically, it means the nations of the constituent countries of the United Kingdom...

 of Scotland, Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland men's national volleyball team

The Northern Ireland men's national volleyball team is the national volleyball team of Northern Ireland. They never compete in the FIVB World Championships and only in the CEV European Small Nations division...

 and England

England men's national volleyball team

Since 2006, the England men's national volleyball team plays as part of the Great Britain men's national volleyball team.-References:*http://www.volleyballengland.org*...

 to compete together for the 2012 Summer Olympics

2012 Summer Olympics

The 2012 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the "London 2012 Olympic Games", are scheduled to take place in London, England, United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012...

 and 2012 Summer Paralympics

2012 Summer Paralympics

The 2012 Summer Paralympic Games will be the fourteenth Paralympics and will take place between 29 August and 9 September 2012. The Games will be held in London, United Kingdom after the city was successful with its bid for the Paralympics and Summer Olympic Games.Even though 2012 will be London's...

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2008

European League (Netherlands, Slovakia, Greece & Portugal)

Date	Opponent	Venue	Score	1	2	3	4	5	Win/Lose
13 Jun	Slovakia	Zilina	0–3	−12	−15	– 16			L
14 Jun	The Netherlands	Zilina	0–3	−22	−20	−16			L
15 Jun	Greece	Zilina	0–3	−18	– 20	– 17			L
27 Jun	Portugal	Sheffield	3–1	−25	17	23	22		W
28 Jun	Slovakia	Sheffield	0–3	−23	−22	−29			L
29 Jun	Greece	Sheffield	3–2	19	−23	−19	21	10	W
4 Jul	The Netherlands	Rotterdam	0–3	−23	−13	−11			L
5 Jul	Portugal	Rotterdam	0–3	−19	−23	−21			L
6 Jul	Slovakia	Rotterdam	0–3	−14	−23	−25			L
11 Jul	Portugal	Povoa De Varzim	0–3	−22	−15	−20			L
12 Jul	The Netherlands	Povoa De Varzim	0–3	−22	−15	−19			L
13 Jul	Greece	Povoa De Varzim	1–3	−17	−20	24	−11		L

2009

1st Round World Championships Qualifiers (Belarus & Israel)

Date	Opponents	Venue	Score	1	2	3	4	5	Win/Lose
2 Jan	Israel	Sheffield	1–3	−14	21	−22	−14		L
4 Jan	Belarus	Sheffield	1–3	−23	13	−22	−17		L

European League (Spain, Turkey & Croatia)

Date	Opponents	Venue	Score	1	2	3	4	5	Win/Lose
5 JUN	Spain	Valladolid	0–3	−23	−23	−16			L
6 JUN	Spain	Valladolid	1–3	−12	−21	23	−20		L
13 JUN	Croatia	Edinburgh	3–0	16	22	23			W
14 JUN	Croatia	Edinburgh	3–1	−24	18	16	18		W
20 JUN	Turkey	Amasya	0–3	−14	−16	−20			L
21 JUN	Turkey	Amasya	1–3	−29	25	−22	−19		L
27 JUN	Turkey	Norwich	1–3	21	−18	−21	−17		L
28 JUN	Turkey	Norwich	0–3	−28	−23	−20			L
4 JUL	Croatia	Daruvar	3–0	23	18	23			W
5 JUL	Croatia	Daruvar	3–2	21	−22	22	−19	9	W
11 JUL	Spain	Sheffield	0–3	−20	−20	−22			L
12 JUL	Spain	Sheffield	0–3	−18	−16	−15			L

2010

1st Round European Championships (Azerbaijan) & 2nd Round European Championships Qualifiers (Latvia, Finland & Greece)

Date	Opponent	Venue	Score	1	2	3	4	5	Win/Lose	Round
8 May	Azerbaijan	Baku	0–3	−21	−18	−22			L	1st
15 May	Azerbaijan	Sheffield	3–0	18	12	18			W	1st
21 May	Latvia	Riga	1–3	−23	−23	24	−16		L	2nd
22 May	Finland	Riga	0–3	−19	−22	−19			L	2nd
23 May	Greece	Riga	0–3	−30	−21	−19			L	2nd
28 May	Finland	Heraklion	0–3	−22	−22	−17			L	2nd
29 May	Greece	Heraklion	2–3	23	−13	22	−15	−15	L	2nd
30 May	Latvia	Heraklion	1–3	−23	−23	22	−26		L	2nd

European League (Spain, Romania, Slovakia)

Date	Opponent	Venue	Score	1	2	3	4	5	Win/Lose
5 Jun	Slovakia	Sheffield	1–3	−23	19	−23	−23		L
6 Jun	Slovakia	Sheffield	3–0	23	21	22			W
11 Jun	Spain	Salamanca	1–3	−15	18	−23	−26		L
12 Jun	Spain	Salamanca	3–0	22	24	22			W
19 Jun	Romania	Crawley	3–1	−21	18	18	16		W
20 Jun	Romania	Crawley	2–3	23	−15	−21	22	−10	L
25 Jun	Romania	Constanta	0–3	−22	−20	−24			L
26 Jun	Romania	Constanta	2–3	22	−21	20	−28	−13	L
3 Jul	Spain	Sheffield	0–3	−23	−20	−17			L
4 Jul	Spain	Sheffield	0–3	−12	−17	−22			L
9 Jul	Slovakia	Nitra	0–3	−15	−19	−21			L
4 Jul	Slovakia	Nitra	0–3	−15	−23	−21			L

2011

European League (Croatia, Belgium & Slovenia)

Date	Opponent	Venue	Score	1	2	3	4	5	Win/Lose
28 May	Croatia	Sheffield	3 - 2	-21	-21	24	18	4	W
29 May	Croatia	Sheffield	0 - 3	-18	-21	-15			L
4 Jun	Belgium	Belgium	0 - 3	21	24	16			W
15 Jun	Belgium	Belgium	3 - 1	23	-19	-20	-18		L
10 Jun	Slovenia	Sheffield	1 - 3	-21	-14	31	-16		L
11 Jun	Slovenia	Sheffield	0 - 3	-23	-16	-21			L
18 Jun	Slovenia	Ljubljana	3 - 1	-19	-19	15	21		L
19 Jun	Slovenia	Ljubljana	0 - 3	23	16	21			W
25 Jun	Belgium	Crawley	2 - 3	24	-19	22	23	-14	L
26 Jun	Belgium	Crawley	3 - 2	23	-23	23	-22	11	W
9 Jul	Croatia	Croatia	3 - 0	-22	-19	-20			L
10 Jul	Croatia	Croatia	3 - 2	-19	23	23	-13	-10	L

Olympic Test Event – Earls Court (London) 20th – 24th July 2011

Date	Opponent	Venue	Score	1	2	3	4	5	Win/Lose
20 Jul	Mexico	Earls Court	3 - 1	15	20	-21	23		W
21 Jul	Serbia	Earls Court	0 - 3	-18	-14	-25			L
22 Jul	Brazil	Earls Court	0 - 3	-19	-22	-12			L
23 Jul	USA	Earls Court	0 - 3	-23	-23	-23			L
24 Jul	Egypt	Earls Court	3 - 1	18	-21	22	23		W

Sitting

The men's sitting volleyball

Paralympic volleyball

Volleyball for disabled athletes entered the Paralympic Games as a "demonstration" sport for amputees in 1976 in Toronto Canada. In sitting volleyball, the net is about 3 feet high, and the court is 10 x 6 meters with a 2-meter attack line. Players are allowed to block serves, but one “cheek” must...

team finished in Division B 5th place after the Oklahoma 2010 World Championships.
After competing in the ECVD Continental Cup 2011, the men's team finished in 7th place .

External links

• British Volleyball Federation Official Website