England Senior Men squad selection for Nordic Cup 2026 

Matches will be staged from 13th August and 15th August and the event will be live streamed here. Tickets can be purchased here at here. 

Head Coach Simon Loftus says the tournament will be a great opportunity for players to continue to gain high-level international experience. 

“This tournament has been extremely important for the squad and the programme over the last three years,” he said. “It has provided us with our sole outlet in terms of playing high level teams in meaningful competition. 

“This year has added importance as the competition will carry world ranking points and provide us with a benchmark against the rest of the world. 

“Unfortunately, we will be travelling to Denmark without some key players, but I feel the work we have being doing this season has been positive and the opportunity to play Denmark and Sweden days before they play in the European Championship finals is a huge honour. 

“Some of the junior players that excelled in the BVF Championships last weekend have earned a call up to the senior team and we are excited to see how they cope with the jump in level.

“Volleyball England’s Performance Director, Alex Porter, added: “The Nordic Cup is another important step in the continued development of our senior men's programme. 

“Every international match provides an opportunity to measure ourselves and with valuable FIVB ranking points on offer at the Nordic Cup, we know we’ll be facing tough opposition. 

“I’m excited to see this group compete, embrace the occasion and continue driving English volleyball forward. Good luck to Coach Loftus, all the players and staff."

England Senior Men's squad 

Athletes
Ben Lucas (Legends Volleyball Club, pictured top left), 19 caps 
Cameron Rhodes (Newcastle Staffs VC),14 caps
Ephraim Mills (ASV Elite, Denmark), 16 caps
George Ivanov (London Giants VC), 2 caps
James Cox (Newcastle Staffs VC), 7 caps
Jelani Conteh (Richmond, pictured top right), 4 caps 
Khadeem McKoy (London Giants VC), caps
Maks Makowski (Leeds Gorce VC), 7 caps
Nathan Fullerton (Malory Eagles, captain),14 caps
Oliver Tuck (Newcastle University), 5 caps
Sam Peters (Baden Volleys SSC Karlsruhe, Germany), 10 caps
Tom Stone (Southampton VC), 0 caps
Zach Omoshebi (Malory Eagles), 13 caps
Ziggy Koushede (Amager Volley), 3 caps 

Staff  
Simon Loftus, Head Coach
Chris Jones, Team Manager
Phil Crawford, Assistant Coach
Jefferson Williams, Assistant Coach
Hai-Binh Ly, Statistician

Images by Simon Clarke and @sport_narrative