Australia men's national volleyball team explained

The Australia men's national volleyball team, also known as Volleyball Team Australia Men (VTAM) or the Volleyroos, is the national volleyball team of the volleyball-playing nation of Australia. As of September 2021, they are ranked 28th in the world.^[2] They are a member of the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC). Their best result came in 2007, when they won the Asian Men's Volleyball Championship.

The Volleyroos made a single appearance at the FIVB World League in 1999, but the financial ramifications of the event would not see them compete again in that competition for many years History. In 2014, Australia once again joined the World League.^[3] Their final ranking was 5th out of 28 teams. In 2015 Team Ginkle, they participated again and ranked 8th out of 32 teams. Picking up wins against Italy and silver medalist Serbia, they have shown they are approaching the ability to match some of the world's best teams.^[1] The Australian Volleyball Federation was founded in 1963, and the sport of volleyball has rapidly increased in popularity since then, particularly in schools and recreational centers.

Tournament history

A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within Australia

Olympic Games

Olympic Games record										Qualification record
Year	Round	Position								width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30
1964	Did not qualify	Did not enter
1968	Unknown asian qualifier
1972	Did not qualify
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992	5	1	4	5	13
1996	6	0	6	3	18
2000	Quarterfinals	8th	8	2	6	7	19			Qualified as host
2004	Preliminary round	11th	5	0	5	2	15			7	5	2	15	9
2008	Did not qualify									7	3	4	11	13
2012	Preliminary round	9th	5	2	3	8	10			7	5	2	15	8
2016	Did not qualify	7	3	4	12	14
2020	6	3	3	12	12
2024	Did not qualify
2028	Future events									Future events
2032	Automatically qualified as hosts									Qualified as host
Total	0 Titles	4/14	18	4	14	17	44	—

World Championship

World Championship record
Year	Round	Position
1949	Did not participate
1952
1956
1960
1962
1966
1970	Did not qualify
1974
1978
1982	21st place match	22nd	9	1	8
1986	Did not qualify
1990
1994
1998	First round	17th	3	1	2
2002	First round	19th	3	0	3
2006	First round	21st	5	0	5
2010	First round	19th	3	0	3
2014	Second Round	15th	9	2	7
2018	Second Round	14th	8	3	5
2022	Did not qualify
2025
2027	To be determined
2029
Total	0 Titles	7/23	41	7	33

World Cup

World Cup record
Year	Round	Position
1965	Did not participate
1969
1977
1981
1985
1989
1991
1995
1999
2003
2007	Round robin	8th	11	4	7
2011	Did not participate
2015	Round robin	9th	11	4	7
2019	Round robin	11th	11	2	9
Total	0 Titles	3/14	33	10	23

World League

World League record (Defunct)
width=90	Year	width=100	Position	width=35		width=35		width=35		width=35		width=35
1990	Did not participate
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1999	10th place	12	0	12	5	36
2000	Did not participate
2001
2002
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014	5th place	16	7	9	27	37
2015	8th place	12	2	10	11	32
2016	12th place	9	0	9	3	27
2017	15th place	11	7	4	26	18
Total	5/28	60	16	44	72	150

Nations League

Nations League record
Year	Round	Position	width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30
2018	Preliminary round	13th place	15	5	10	21	35
2019	Preliminary round	13th place	15	3	12	20	37
2021	Preliminary round	16th place	15	1	14	7	44
2022	Preliminary round	16th place	12	1	11	8	35
2023	Did not qualify
2024
2025
2026
Total	0 Titles	4/7	57	10	47	56	151	—

Challenger Cup

Challenger Cup record (Defunct)
width=90	Year	width=100	Position	width=35		width=35		width=35		width=35		width=35
2018	Did not participate (Participated in Nations League)
2019
2022	5th place	1	0	1	2	3
2023	Did not qualify
2024
Total	1/5	1	0	1	2	3

Asian Championship

Asian Championship record
Year	Round	Position
1975	Group Stages	4th	6	3	3
1979	Final Group Stage	4th	6	3	3
1983	Classification 5th–8th	6th	7	3	4
1987	11th place match	11th	7	3	4
1989	9th place match	10th	8	4	4
1991	3rd place match	4th	6	3	3
1993	5th place match	6th	9	5	4
1995	Classification 5th–8th	5th	3	1	2
1997	3rd Place match	3rd	8	5	3
1999	Runner-Up	2nd	9	7	2
2001	Runner-Up	2nd	7	5	2
2003	Final Group Stage	4th	9	5	4
2005	7th place match	8th	9	3	6
2007	Champions	1st	9	8	1
2009	7th place match	7th	9	4	5
2011	3rd place match	4th	9	7	2
2013	5th place match	5th	7	5	2
2015	5th place match	5th	8	5	3
2017	7th place match	8th	8	3	5
2019	Runners-up	2nd	8	7	1
2021	5th place match	6th	7	4	3
2023	Did not participate
2026	Qualified
Total	1 Title	22/23	–	–	–

Asian Nations Cup

Asian Nations Cup record
Year	Round	Position
2018	Did not participate
2022
2023	5th–8th places	5th	4	3	1
2024	5th–8th places	8th	5	2	3
2025	5th–8th places	5th	4	2	2
2026	Qualified
Total	0 Titles	4/6	13	7	6

Asian Cup

Asian Cup record (Defunct)
Year	Round	Position
2008	5th place match	5th	6	4	2
2010	5th place match	5th	6	4	2
2012	7th place match	7th	6	1	5
2014	7th place match	7th	6	1	5
2016	5th place match	6th	6	1	5
2018	5th place match	6th	6	1	5
2022	7th place match	8th	6	2	4
Total	0 Titles	7/7	42	14	28

Team

Current roster

The following is the Australian roster in the 2025 Asian Nations Cup.^[4]

Head coach: Daniel Ilott

External links

• Official website
• FIVB profile

Notes and References

1. Web site: Overview - Australia - Men's World Cup 2015. worldcup.2015.men.fivb.com.
2. Web site: FIVB - Volleyball. www.fivb.org.
3. Web site: FIVB - Media. www.fivb.org.
4. Web site: Team Roster – Australia. AVC. 17 June 2025.