Greek men's national volleyball team
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| Association | Confédération Européenne de Volleyball (CEV) |
| World ranking | 24th place |
| Homepage | Elliniki Omospondia Petosferiseos (Ελληνική Ομοσπονδία Πετοσφαίρισης) |
| World Championship | |
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| Participation in the finals | 1994-2006 |
| best result | 6th place in 1994 |
| Olympic games | |
| Participation in the finals | 2004 |
| best result | 5th place 2004 |
| European Championship | |
| Participation in the finals | 1967, 1971, 1979, 1983, 1985, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2005, 2007 |
| best result | 6th place 2005 |
| World cup | |
| Participation in the finals | no |
| best result | no |
| World league | |
| Participation in the finals | 1993-1996, 1998, 2001-2005 |
| best result | 5th place 2004 |
| European League | |
| Participation in the finals | 2006-2008 |
| best result | 3rd place 2006 |
| (As of August 6, 2008) | |
The Greek men's volleyball team is a selection of the best Greek players who represent the Greek association Elliniki Omospondia Petosferiseos (Ελληνική Ομοσπονδία Πετοσφαίρισης) at international tournaments and internationals.
history
World Championship
Greece played host to a volleyball world championship for the first time in 1994 and achieved sixth place, its best ever World Cup result. In 1998 it was only enough for 13th place, four years later the result was better again as seventh. At the 2006 World Cup , the Greeks did not get past 17th place.
Olympic games
At the 2004 games in their own country, Greece was represented for the only time so far and finished fifth. The Greeks could not qualify for Beijing 2008 .
European Championship
When it first took part in a European volleyball championship , Greece was the worst of twenty teams in 1967. Four years later, things didn't go much better with 18th place. After two missed tournaments, the Greeks finished last again in 1979, this time among twelve participants. In 1983 (ninth) and 1985 (seventh) there were placements among the top ten for the first time. The results of the four European Championship participations between 1989 and 1997 were similar. After that, the Greeks were missing three times before they celebrated their greatest success in the 2005 tournament in sixth place. At the EM 2007 there was one of the worst results with the 13th place.
World cup
Greece has never been to the World Cup .
World league
In 1993, the Greeks played in the world league for the first time and finished eleventh. After finishing seventh (1994) and nine (1995), they finished eleventh again in 1996. After a year break, the worst result came in twelfth in 1998. In 2001 the Greeks returned to ninth place, which they also achieved in 2002. The next year they climbed to seventh place before they achieved their best result in 2004 when they came fifth. With seventh place, they said goodbye to the world league in 2005.
European League
In 2006 the Greeks took part in the Europa League for the first time and finished third. In 2007 they took eighth place. In the 2008 competition, they were eliminated after the group matches against Great Britain , the Netherlands , Portugal and Slovakia and finished sixth.
Web links
- Information from the Greek Volleyball Federation (Greek)
- FIVB Competitions (English)
- CEV EM archive (English)