Volleyball Australia is proud to announce the 14 players who have been selected in the Helloworld Travel Volleryroos for the upcoming FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championships.
The tournament starts on the 12th of September, and is being hosted by both Italy and Bulgaria. Australia are in Pool C and will face off against
Russia, USA, Cameroon, Serbia and Tunisia. The team's match schedule can be found on the office website http://italy-bulgaria2018.fivb.com/en/competition/teams/aus-australia
Coach Mark Lebedew said, “I am very happy with the group we have chosen for the World Championships. It was a difficult decision to leave some players off the roster who had played big roles in our successful VNL campaign, but it was great to have healthy competition for places. We welcome back Sam Walker who missed VNL due to injury, although unfortunately veteran Nathan Roberts was not able to regain full fitness after his injury."
The team will be led by captain Paul Carroll and will leave Australia on Wednesday for friendly matches in Egypt, Slovenia and Belgium before World Championships begin on September 12th.
Team Selection
Setters
Harrison Peacock (SA)
Arash Dosanjh (NSW)
Middle Blockers
Travis Passier (ACT)
Nehemiah Mote (NSW)
Beau Graham (QLD)
Trent O’Dea (VIC)
Opposites
Paul Carroll (NSW) Captain
Lincoln Williams (QLD)
Passer Hitters
Luke Smith (WA)
Paul Sanderson (VIC)
Max Staples (WA)
Jordan Richards (VIC)
Sam Walker (WA)
Libero*
Luke Perry (WA)
*one team member will be nominated as a second libero for each match. The rules were recently amended to allow teams to change the second libero from match to match.
The team support staff is:
Mark Lebedew Head Coach
Luke Reynolds Assistant Coach and Strength and Conditioning Coach
Liam Sketcher Assistant Coach
Giorgio Poetto Manager
Darren Austin Physiotherapist
Hugh Nguyen Statistician
Mateusz Nykiel Statistician
John Boultbee Head of Delegation
Team Schedule
| 22 August | Team departs Melbourne for Egypt |
| 25,26,27,29 August | Matches v Egypt |
| 30 August | Team travels to Slovenia |
| 1,2 September | Matches v Canada in Slovenia |
| 6 September | Team travels to Belgium |
| 7,8 September | Matches v Belgium |
| 9 Sep | Team travels to Bari, Italy |
| 10 Sep | Training in Bari |
| 11 Sep | Training in Bari |
| 12 Sep | v RussiaWorld Championship Pool Phase4 groups of 6 teams |
| 13 Sep | v USAWorld Championship Pool Phase |
| 14 Sep | v CameroonWorld Championship Pool Phase |
| 15 Sep | Rest day |
| 16 Sep | v SerbiaWorld Championship Pool Phase |
| 17 Sep | v TunisiaWorld Championship Pool Phase |
| 18 Sep | |
| 19 Sep | First 4 teams in each pool proceed to Phase 2 which is a round of 16 in 4 groups of 4 teams in Bologna, Milan, Sofia (BUL) and Varna (BUL) |
| 20 Sep | |
| 21 Sep | Phase 2 World Championships 4 groups of 4 teams |
| 22 Sep | Phase 2 World Championships |
| 23 Sep | Phase 2 World Championships |
| 24 Sep | First in each group and the best two second place-getters in Phase 2 proceed to Phase 3 in Turin |
| 25 Sep | |
| 26 Sep | Phase 3 World Championships 2 groups of 3 teams |
| 27 Sep | Phase 3 World Championships |
| 28 Sep | Phase 3 World Championships |
| 29 Sep | World ChampionshipsSemi FinalsTurin |
| 30 Sep | World ChampionshipsFinalsTurin |
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