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Japan men's national volleyball team

Japan
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Nickname(s) RYUJIN NIPPON
Association Japan Volleyball Association
Confederation AVC
Head coach Terry Liskevych
FIVB ranking 14 (as of August 2016)
Uniforms
Home
Away
Summer Olympics
Appearances 8 (First in 1964)
Best result Gold medal with cup.svg (1972)
World Championship
Appearances 13 (First in 1960)
Best result Bronze medal with cup.svg (1970, 1974)
http://www.jva.or.jp/en/
Japan men's national volleyball team
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1972 Munich Team
Silver medal – second place 1968 Mexico City Team
Bronze medal – third place 1964 Tokyo Team
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 1970 Sofia Team
Bronze medal – third place 1974 Mexico City Team
World Cup
Silver medal – second place 1969 Japan Team
Silver medal – second place 1977 Japan Team
World Grand Champions Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Osaka/Nagoya Team
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 1975 Melbourne Team
Gold medal – first place 1983 Tokyo Team
Gold medal – first place 1987 Kuwait City Team
Gold medal – first place 1991 Perth Team
Gold medal – first place 1995 Seoul Team
Gold medal – first place 2005 Suphanburi Team
Gold medal – first place 2009 Manila Team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Tehran Team
Silver medal – second place 1989 Seoul Team
Silver medal – second place 1997 Doha Team
Silver medal – second place 2007 Jakarta Team
Bronze medal – third place 1979 Manama Team
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Nakhon Ratchasima Team
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Changwon Team
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1958 Tokyo Team
Gold medal – first place 1962 Jakarta Team
Gold medal – first place 1966 Bangkok Team
Gold medal – first place 1970 Bangkok Team
Gold medal – first place 1974 Tehran Team
Gold medal – first place 1982 New Delhi Team
Gold medal – first place 1994 Hiroshima Team
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guangzhou Team
Silver medal – second place 1978 Bangkok Team
Silver medal – second place 2014 Incheon Team
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Beijing Team
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Busan Team
AVC Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Vinh Yen Team
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Nakhon Pathom Team

The Japan men's national volleyball team is the volleyball national team of Japan.

The team has won three Olympic medals, including a gold medal in Munich 1972 and won a bronze medal at the Tokyo 1964, silver medalist at Mexico 1968. Japan also, the team was third at the 1970 and 1974 World Championships, and tow silver medalist at the 1969 and 1977 World Cup. Japan has been less successful in the World League era.The team has won the Asian Championships and the Asian Games eight times each.

The following is the Japanese roster in the 2016 Olympic Qualification Tournament:

Head coach: Nambu Masashi

The table below shows the history of kit providers for the Japan national volleyball team.

Primary sponsors include: main sponsors like Shiseido other sponsors: Japanet, Molten, All Nippon Airways, Suntory, JTEKT, Nisshin Steel, Nippon Life, Marudai, Mizuno, Meiji Seika, Descente, Mikasa and Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical.


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