Australian Volleyball Team Archive
A record of Australian Volleyball PlayersWorld Cup
On Wednesday, 14 November 2007, the Australian Men’s Volleyball Team (VTAM – Volleyball Team Australia Men) will embark on another first for Australian Volleyball as it travels to Japan for the 2007 FIVB World Cup, 18 Nov – 2 Dec. VTAM have qualified for the World Cup previously in 1999, coming 2nd at Asian Seniors that year, but as Australia were hosts of the 2000 Olympics, they were ineligible to compete.
The touring side will consist 11 of the 12 athletes from the team that successfully won the Asian Championship in September with Ben Hardy leading the team once again as captain.
11th FIVB Mens World Cup
Japan
18 November – 2 December 2007
Final Place – 8th
- Brett Alderman (QLD)
- Luke Campbell (VIC)
- Paul Carroll (NSW)
- Jarryd Christensen (QLD)
- Phillip DeSalvo (VIC)
- Andrew Earl (SA)
- David Ferguson (WA)
- Andrew Grant (QLD)
- Ben Hardy (C) (ACT)
- Nathan Roberts (SA)
- Matthew Young (QLD)
- Igor Yudin (VIC)
Head Coach – Russell Borgeaud
Assistant Coach – Andrew Strugnell
Trainer/Performance Analyst – Daniel Ilott
Performance Analyst – Stephen Benson
Doctor – Dr Charles Howse
Physiotherapist – Fiona Gutschlag
