TEAM COMPOSITION

Medals

BEL / Belgium - Team Composition

Team manager	Marc VALGAERTS
Head coach	Steven VANMEDEGAEL
Assistant coach	Martijn KOELMAN
Doctor
Therapist / trainer	Guido WOLLANTS
Journalist	Leo PEETERS

	No.	Name	Lastname	Shirt Name	Birthdate	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	Club
C	1	Sam	DEROO	DEROO	29.04.1992	199	92	345	324	VILVOORDE
	3	Stijn	D'HULST	D'HULST	24.04.1991	187	70	312	299
L	4	JELLE	RIBBENS	RIBBENS	17.03.1992	180	52	304	285	PUURS
	5	Dries	ILSBROUX	ILSBROUX	19.03.1992	194	88	344	321	HALEN
	6	Dries	HEYRMAN	HEYRMAN	30.01.1991	200	84	345	325	PUURS
	7	Pierre	HENRY	HENRY	26.08.1992	195	83	337	320	WAASLAND
	8	BEN	PONNET	PONNET	13.08.1982	185	68	285	311	LUBBEEK-LEUVEN
	11	ANSHEL	VER EECKE	VER EECKE	01.05.1992	190	71	314	305	MARKE WEBIS
	12	Francois	LECAT	LECAT	19.04.1993	200	94	347	327	GUIBERTIN
	15	Tomas	ROUSSEAUX	ROUSSEAUX	31.03.1994	198	85	350	318	VILVOORDE
	17	Martijn	COLSON	COLSON	08.04.1994	200	91	343	320	VILVOORDE
	18	Jolan	COX	COX	12.07.1991	192	73	340	320	ZOERSEL

C=Captain L=Libero

Team profile

Belgian Junior Men

The Belgian team has qualified for the second time in history for the Junior World Championship. The first time was in 2009 in India (Pune) with a sixth place as result.

With this second participation in the World Championship in Brazil, the Belgian team continues the story of the great evolution that Belgium is making in volleyball. Since a few years the youth, junior and senior teams are doing it well in championships. The many young players who were present on those international tournaments, are now playing in the mens national team.

With this participation in Brazil, it is intended that the young athletes will find their way into the senior team.

Coach profile

Steven Vanmedegael was named the Belgium coach in 2007 and began working with the side in 2009 as they qualified the team for the first time in history for the FIVB Volleyball Men's Junior World Championship where they finished sixth.