India men's national volleyball team

Volleyball Federation history

The Volleyball Federation of India was formed in the year 1951. Prior to the formation of the Volleyball Federation of India (VFI), the game was controlled by the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and at that time the Interstate Volleyball Championship was held every two years from 1936 to 1950 for men only. The first Championship was held in the year 1936 at Lahore (now in Pakistan). In 1951, Volleyball Federation of India was formed and its first meeting was held in Ludhiana (Punjab).

Current squad

Maniyas

Rahim Shaikh

Gurinder Singh

Navjit Singh

Mohan Ukkrapandian

George Andrews (captain)

Ranjit singh

Sivasubramanian Kanagaraj

Dilip Khoiwal

Charles Jerome Vinit

Govindarajan Ramakrishnan Vaishnav

Mandeep Singh

Manu Joseph

Bharat Joshi Menaria

Former Players

P.A.SULAIMAN

Riaz Ahmed

Ghulam Rasool Khan (Afzal)

E K Kishor Kumar

Balwant Singh Sagwal

Abdul Basith

Nripjit Singh Bedi

Jimmy George

K. Udayakumar

Danikutty David

Cyril C. Valloor

Shyam Sunder Rao

A. Ramana Rao

M.AHMED ALIKHAN

V M Kuttikrishnan

Kuldip Vats

Tom Joseph

Ramavtar Singh Jakhar

Srikar reddy

G. E. Sridharan

Anup D'Costa

K. J. Kapil Dev

Tilakam Gopal

Suresh Kumar Mishra

A. Palanisamy

R. K. Purohit

Yejju Subba Rao

Maniyas

R.K Malik

Vinod Sasidharan Nair

2006 Asian Games Squad

Yejju Subba Rao

K. J. Kapil Dev

Siva Rajan

M.N.Vikram

G.Pradeep

Tom Joseph

Jitender Singh

R.Rajeev

P.S.Srikanth

Balwinder Singh

wasim akhtar

Sanjay Kumar

Former Coaches

Augusto Jose Sabbatini

Yadav Bir Singh

2005 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

2005

Best Blocker:  Yejju Subba Rao (IND)