The Hungary men's national volleyball team is the national team of

Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...

. It is governed by the Magyar Röplabda Szövetség and takes part in international volleyball competitions. Hungary won two medals in Men's European Volleyball Championship.

Results

2026 Men's European Volleyball Championship qualification

Olympic Games

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1976 Events January * January 2 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 18 – Full diplomatic ...

— did not qualify * 1980 — did not qualify * 1984 — did not participate * 1988 — did not qualify * 1992 — did not qualify * 1996 — did not qualify * 2000 — did not qualify *

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

— did not qualify * 2008 — did not qualify * 2012 — did not qualify * 2016 — did not qualify * 2020 — did not qualify * 2024 — did not qualify

World Championship

1949 Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2025 * January 2 – Luis ...

— 7th place * 1952 — 5th place * 1956 — 8th place * 1960 — 6th place * 1962 — 7th place * 1966 — 10th place * 1970 — 11th place * 1974 — did not qualify * 1978 — 14th place * 1982 — did not qualify * 1986 — did not qualify * 1990 — did not qualify * 1994 — did not qualify * 1998 — did not qualify * 2002 — did not qualify * 2006 — did not qualify * 2010 — did not qualify *

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

— did not qualify * 2018 — did not qualify * 2022 — did not qualify *

2025 So far, the year has seen the continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudanese civil war, and the Gaza war. Internal crises in Bangladesh post-resignation v ...

— did not qualify

European Championship

Men's European Volleyball Championship * 1948 — did not qualify * 1950 — 3rd place * 1951 — did not qualify * 1955 — 7th place * 1958 — 5th place * 1963 — 2nd place * 1967 — 6th place * 1971 — 5th place * 1975 — 11th place * 1977 — 4th place *

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

— 8th place * 1981 — did not qualify * 1983 — 11th place * 1985 — did not qualify * 1987 — did not qualify * 1989 — did not qualify * 1991 — did not qualify * 1993 — did not qualify * 1995 — did not qualify * 1997 — did not qualify *

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

— did not qualify * 2001 — 9th place (tied) * 2003 — did not qualify * 2005 — did not qualify * 2007 — did not qualify *

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

— did not qualify *

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

— did not qualify * 2013 — did not qualify * 2015 — did not qualify * 2017 — did not qualify * 2019 — did not qualify * 2021 — did not qualify * 2023 — did not qualify

European Volleyball League

* 2013 — 12th place * 2017 — 6th place * 2018 — 19th place * 2019 — 17th place (tied) * 2021 — 14th place * 2022 — 15th place *

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World League

*did not compete

Players

* Sándor Cséfay (1946–1947) * József Spányik (1947) * László Bizik (1947) * József Abád (1948) * László Machacsek (1949) *Spányik József (1949) *Bieliczki István (1950) *Abád József (1951) *Prohászka László (1952–1953) *Abád József (1954–1956) *Prohászka László (1957) *Abád József (1957–1962) *Porubszky László (1963–1966) *Prohászka László (1967–1969) *Hennig Ernő (1970–1973) *Juni György (1974) *Tarnawa Ferdinánd (1974–1975) *Garamvölgyi Mátyás (1975–1983) *Róka Gaszton (1984–1985) * Mihály Tatár (1985) * Ferenc Botos (1985–1987) *Sándor Péter (1987–1990) *Botos Ferenc (1990–1991) * Lajos Németh (1992–1995) * Garamvölgyi Mátyás (1996) * Nyári Sándor (1996–2001) * György Demeter (2001–2007) * Sándor Kántor (2008–2011) * István Kelemen (2012) * György Demeter (2013–2016) * Juan Manuel Barrial (2017) * Bogdan Tanase (2018–2019) * Róbert Koch (2020–)

References

{{National sports teams of Hungary National men's volleyball teams Volleyball in Hungary Volleyball Men's sport in Hungary