Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2020 Βόλεϊ - Άνδρες | 07/24 07:25 | 1 | Ιαπωνία v Βενεζουέλα | W | 3-0 | |
FIVB Λιγκ Εθνών | 06/23 11:00 | - | [7] ΗΠΑ v Ιαπωνία [8] | L | 3-0 | |
FIVB Λιγκ Εθνών | 06/22 14:00 | - | [8] Ιαπωνία v Σλοβενία [3] | L | 0-3 | |
FIVB Λιγκ Εθνών | 06/21 10:00 | - | [10] Ιαπωνία v Βουλγαρία [15] | W | 3-0 | |
FIVB Λιγκ Εθνών | 06/17 11:00 | - | [8] Ιαπωνία v Καναδάς [13] | L | 0-3 | |
FIVB Λιγκ Εθνών | 06/16 13:00 | - | [7] Ιαπωνία v Πολωνία [2] | L | 0-3 | |
FIVB Λιγκ Εθνών | 06/15 13:00 | - | [8] Ιαπωνία v Γερμανία [9] | W | 3-0 | |
FIVB Λιγκ Εθνών | 06/11 11:00 | - | [8] Ιαπωνία v Αργεντινή [12] | L | 1-3 | |
FIVB Λιγκ Εθνών | 06/10 17:30 | - | [9] Ιαπωνία v Ιταλία [12] | W | 3-2 | |
FIVB Λιγκ Εθνών | 06/09 10:00 | - | [10] Ιαπωνία v Αυστραλία [16] | W | 3-1 | |
FIVB Λιγκ Εθνών | 06/05 11:00 | - | [5] Γαλλία v Ιαπωνία [8] | L | 3-2 | |
FIVB Λιγκ Εθνών | 06/04 11:00 | - | [5] Βραζιλία v Ιαπωνία [7] | L | 3-0 | |
FIVB Λιγκ Εθνών | 06/03 11:00 | - | [3] Ιαπωνία v Σερβία [9] | L | 1-3 | |
FIVB Λιγκ Εθνών | 05/30 13:00 | - | [4] Ρωσία v Ιαπωνία [5] | W | 2-3 | |
FIVB Λιγκ Εθνών | 05/29 11:00 | - | [9] Ολλανδία v Ιαπωνία [6] | W | 2-3 | |
FIVB Λιγκ Εθνών | 05/28 11:00 | - | [3] Ιαπωνία v Ιράν [3] | W | 3-0 | |
Φιλικά Παιχνίδια | 05/02 10:15 | - | Ιαπωνία v Κίνα | W | 3-1 | |
World Cup | 10/15 10:20 | 11 | [4] Ιαπωνία v Καναδάς [9] | W | 3-2 | |
World Cup | 10/14 10:20 | 10 | [4] Ιαπωνία v Βραζιλία [1] | L | 1-3 | |
World Cup | 10/13 10:20 | 9 | [4] Ιαπωνία v Ιράν [8] | W | 3-1 | |
World Cup | 10/11 10:20 | 8 | [4] Ιαπωνία v Αίγυπτος [10] | W | 3-2 | |
World Cup | 10/10 10:20 | 7 | [4] Ιαπωνία v Ρωσία [7] | W | 3-1 | |
World Cup | 10/09 10:20 | 6 | [4] Ιαπωνία v Αυστραλία [11] | W | 3-0 | |
World Cup | 10/06 10:20 | 5 | [7] Αργεντινή v Ιαπωνία [6] | W | 1-3 | |
World Cup | 10/05 10:20 | 4 | [5] Ιαπωνία v ΗΠΑ [3] | L | 0-3 | |
World Cup | 10/04 10:20 | 3 | [7] Ιαπωνία v Τυνησία [12] | W | 3-0 | |
World Cup | 10/02 10:20 | 2 | [6] Πολωνία v Ιαπωνία [7] | L | 3-1 | |
World Cup | 10/01 10:20 | 1 | [11] Ιαπωνία v Ιταλία [11] | W | 3-0 | |
Πρωτάθλημα Ασίας | 09/21 10:30 | 50 | [1] Νότια Κορέα v Ιαπωνία [2] | W | 1-3 | |
Πρωτάθλημα Ασίας | 09/20 14:00 | 2 | [2] Αυστραλία v Ιαπωνία [2] | L | 3-2 |
The Japan men's national volleyball team (Japanese: 男子バレーボール日本代表) represents Japan in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches, governed by Japan Volleyball Association.
Their nickname is "RYUJIN NIPPON (龍神 NIPPON)", meaning "Japanese Dragon God" or "Dragon God of Japan" in Japanese.
Japan won a bronze medal at the Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games, followed by silver at Mexico 1968 and a gold at Munich 1972. The years after this have been less successful. Japan missed three successive Olympic Games before returning at Beijing 2008, where they failed to win a match. Japan then failed to qualify for the London 2012 Olympic Games and also missed Rio 2016 after finishing seventh at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Tokyo.
They also failed to qualify for the 2014 FIVB World Championship the first edition they had missed in 54 years. They had previously won FIVB World Championship bronze medals in 1970 and 1974. Japan silver medalists at the 1969 and 1977 World Cup. Japan has been less successful in the World League era. The team has won the Asian Championships nine times and the Asian Games eight times.
In August 2021, at 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan advanced to the Quarterfinals round and eventually finished in seventh place, its best result in 29 years.