Volleyball Team Japan | The Most Disciplined Team in Volleyball History

The Japan men’s national volleyball team represents Japan in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches. Their nickname is “RYUJIN NIPPON (龍神 NIPPON) “, “RYUJIN“ means “God of Dragon“ and “NIPPON“ means “Japan“. 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