TEAM COMPOSITION

GER / Germany - Team Composition

Team manager	Mr. WILLNAT, Matthias
Head coach	Mr. GUIDETTI, Giovanni
Assistant coach	Mr. KOSLOWSKI, Felix
Doctor	Mr. BARIE, Alexander
Therapist / trainer	Mrs. BACKFISCH, Annika
Journalist	Mr. LINDENMAIR, Jan

	No.	Name	Lastname	Shirt Name	Birthdate	Height	Weight	Spike	Block
L	1	Lenka	Dürr	Dürr	10.12.1990	171	59	280	270
	2	Kathleen	Weiß	Weiss	02.02.1984	171	66	290	273
	3	Denise	Hanke	Hanke	31.08.1989	179	58	284	272
L	4	Kerstin	Tzscherlich	Tzscherlich	15.02.1978	179	72	295	282
	5	Anja	Brandt	Brandt	15.02.1990	195	77	310	295
	6	Kathy	Radzuweit	Radzuweit	02.03.1982	196	76	319	300
	7	Angelina	Hübner-Grün	Hübner	02.12.1979	185	74	309	287
	8	Berit	Kauffeldt	Kauffeldt	08.07.1990	190	75	311	294
	9	Corina	Ssuschke-Voigt	Ssuschke	09.05.1983	189	75	310	298
	10	Anne	Matthes	Matthes	30.04.1985	182	66	312	295
	11	Christiane	Fürst	FÜRST	29.03.1985	192	76	323	307
	12	Heike	Beier	Beier	09.12.1983	184	73	305	293
	13	Saskia	Hippe	Hippe	16.01.1991	185	67	315	292
C	14	Margareta	Kozuch	Kozuch	30.10.1986	187	70	309	297
	15	Maren	Brinker	Brinker	10.07.1986	184	68	303	295
	16	Lisa	Thomsen	Thomsen	20.08.1985	172	68	290	285
	17	Lena	Möllers	Möllers	06.01.1990	188	78	312	297
	18	Nadja	Schaus	Schaus	08.11.1984	187	66	305	295
	19	Regina	Burchardt	Burchardt	01.07.1983	186	77	302	294
	20	Mareen	Apitz	Apitz	26.03.1987	183	73	295	284
	21	Claudia	Steger	Steger	10.03.1990	178	70	301	284
	22	Friederike	Thieme	Thieme	16.04.1987	187	73	302	292
	23	Luise	Mauersberger	Mauersberger	02.07.1990	188	80	296	290
	24	Sarah	Petrausch	Petrausch	31.07.1990	187	85	306	295

C=Captain L=Libero

Team profile

Germany are currently in the middle of a form resurgence - 2010 and 2011 World Grand Prix results aside. After finishing 11th at the 2006 FIVB World Championship in Japan, Germany successfully qualified for the 2008 and 2009 FIVB World Grand Prix (after missing out in 2006 and 2007). They failed to reach the 2008 Beijing Olympics after a loss to world champions Russia but since that disappointment the team has improved.

In 2009, Germany managed their best finish at the FIVB World Grand Prix since 2002 by claiming the bronze medal. They also reached the semifinals at the European Championship but were unable to finish on the podium. The side slipped to 15th in the world rankings following a disappointing 2010 FIVB World Grand Prix, but climbed back to 10th place after finishing the year well by coming seventh at the FIVB Women’s World Championship.

After a disappointing 2-7 record in last year’s FIVB World Grand Prix, the German team responded with a fine performance in the European Championship beating titleholders Italy 3-0 in the semifinals, but falling to Serbia in the final. They then finished sixth at the FIVB World Cup.

Coach profile

Giovanni Guidetti is an old hand in the coaching business having started at 23 with Italian second division club Spezzano in 1995. From 1997 to 2000 he worked as an assistant for the Italian women’s team whilst coaching the Italy junior team before heading to USA for a short stint. In 2002 he was in charge of the Bulgarian women’s team for a year. Since 2006 he has coached Germany, leading them to some very credible results. He also coached Turkish club Istanbul to second place at the recent FIVB Club World Championships.