Benjamin Bell (volleyball)

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Benjamin Bell
Personal information
Full name	Benjamin Bell
Nickname	Ben
Nationality	Australian
Born	(1990-02-24) 24 February 1990 (age 34) Redcliffe, Brisbane
Hometown	Brisbane
Height	200 cm (6 ft 7 in)
Weight	92 kg (203 lb)
Spike	345 cm (136 in)
Block	333 cm (131 in)
College / University	Craigslea State High School University of Queensland
Volleyball information
Position	Setter
Current club	Retired
Number	14 for National team and 10 for Club teams (Formerly)
Career
Years Teams 2009-2011 Linköping VC 2011-2012 RWE Volleys Bottrop 2013-2015 Ślepsk Suwałki 2015-2016 Boldklubben Marienlyst 2016-2020 Queensland Pirates
National team
2013 to 2019 Australia

Benjamin Bell (born (1990-02-24)24 February 1990) is an Australian former volleyball player. He was part of the Australia men's national volleyball team as a setter position. On club level, he formerly played for Linköping VC, RWE Volleys Bottrop, Ślepsk Suwałki, Boldklubben Marienlyst and the Queensland Pirates winning several titles. Bell was usually left out in national competition, having played in clubs mostly.

Born and raised in Brisbane, Bell started his volleyball career in Craigslea State High School as his first debut in 2003. He competed in the Queensland and National School Cup. In 2005, he was offered an AIS scholarship, resulting in Bell moving to Canberra in order to train full-time whilst completing high school. At the completion of high school, he moved back to his hometown of Brisbane and played two years of beach volleyball. He took part in the FIVB Volleyball Men's Junior World Championship in 2009.^[1]

At some point, Benjamin Bell has attended the University of Queensland.^{[citation needed]}

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In late 2009, he joined Linköping VC a volleyball club in Sweden. Bell played there for two seasons (2009–2011), winning the Swedish League in the 2009/2010 Season, and coming third in the Swedish Volleyball Cup. He then signed with RWE Volleys Bottrop in Germany, playing for one season from 2011 to 2012. From 2013/14 to 2014/15, Bell also played for Ślepsk Suwałki, a Volleyball club in PlusLiga. His club came third place on one of the seasons. Bell then joined Boldklubben Marienlyst, a Volleyball club in the Danish Volleyball League for the 2015/16 season. The club won a title in the league and also won the Danish Volleyball Cup. Bell won his first award as the 'Best Setter' in the 2015/16 season. The following year (2015/16), Bell participated in the NEVZA Clubs Championship, coming second losing to TIF Viking. Bell moved back to his hometown, Brisbane to play for his final club Queensland Pirates from 2016/17 to 2018/19, which he won 3 titles (2016/17, 2018/19, 2019/20 in the Australian Volleyball League. In his total club career, Bell has competed in 25 tournaments winning several titles overall.

He was first selected for the Australia men's national volleyball team in 2013. Bell has not competed for the Olympic Games and hasn't took part for the FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup in his professional career. Though, he has participated in 47 other Volleyball tournaments at a national level, winning several titles nationally. He has not won any Volleyball clubs, losing all of them.

Benjamin Bell retired from professional volleyball in 2020 from his last club the Queensland Pirates, praised for his efforts in the club, and became a high school geography teacher at Kelvin Grove State College for 7 years and now works at St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace as a volleyball coach as well as a history and english teacher. Benjamin enjoys his role as Year 9 Program Leader due to spending time with fellow identity team member, Finn Griffin.