Argentina men's national volleyball team

Argentina
Association Argentine Volleyball Federation
Confederation CSV
Head coach Julio Velasco
FIVB ranking 6 (as of August 2016)
Uniforms
Home
Away
Summer Olympics
Appearances 7 (First in 1984)
Best result 3rd place (1988)
World Championship
Appearances 11 (First in 1960)
Best result 3rd place (1982)
www.feva.org.ar (Spanish)
Argentina men's national volleyball team
Medal record
Olympics
1988 Seoul Team
World Championship
1982 Argentina
America's Cup
1998 Mar del Plata
1999 Tampa
2001 Buenos Aires
Pan American Games
1995 Mar del Plata Team
2015 Toronto Team
2011 Guadalajara Team
1991 Havana Team
1983 Caracas Team
1963 São Paulo Team

The Argentina national volleyball team is the national volleyball representative of Argentina. The team is controlled by the Argentine Volleyball Federation (Federación del Voleibol Argentino in Spanish, and abbreviated "FEVA").

The team's best achievements are the bronze medal at the 1982 World Championship, the bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics and two gold medals at the 1995 and 2015 Pan American Games. Throughout the 1990s it was usually ranked among the first ten.[1]

In recent years, though without achieving any medal, the team finished 4th at the 2000 and 5th at the 2004, 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games.

At continental level, overshadowed by volleyball power Brazil men's national volleyball team, Argentina won the gold medal at the 1964 South American Men's Volleyball Championship, twelve silver and seven bronze.

Results

Summer Olympics

World Championship

Argentina team in 2014 against USA

World Cup

World League

World Grand Champions Cup

Pan American Games

America Cup

Pan-American Cup

Team

Julio Velasco, is the current coach of Argentina

Current squad

The following is the Argentine roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2][3]

Head coach: Julio Velasco

No. Name Date of birth Height Weight Spike Block 2015–16 club
1 Bruno, NicolásNicolás Bruno24 February 19891.87 m (6 ft 2 in)85 kg (187 lb)338 cm (133 in)318 cm (125 in)Argentina Bolívar
4 Ramos, MartínMartín Ramos26 August 19911.97 m (6 ft 6 in)94 kg (207 lb)348 cm (137 in)328 cm (129 in)Argentina UPCN
6 Poglajen, CristianCristian Poglajen14 July 19891.95 m (6 ft 5 in)94 kg (207 lb)342 cm (135 in)322 cm (127 in)Brazil Montes Claros Vôlei
7 Conte, FacundoFacundo Conte25 August 19891.97 m (6 ft 6 in)88 kg (194 lb)354 cm (139 in)344 cm (135 in)Poland PGE Skra Bełchatów
8 González, DemiánDemián González21 February 19831.92 m (6 ft 4 in)82 kg (181 lb)350 cm (140 in)333 cm (131 in)Brazil Brasil Kirin Campinas
10 González, José LuisJosé Luis González27 December 19842.06 m (6 ft 9 in)97 kg (214 lb)322 cm (127 in)302 cm (119 in)Poland BBTS Bielsko-Biała
11 Solé, SebastianSebastian Solé12 June 19912.00 m (6 ft 7 in)94 kg (207 lb)362 cm (143 in)342 cm (135 in)Italy Trentino Volley
12 Lima, BrunoBruno Lima4 February 19961.98 m (6 ft 6 in)87 kg (192 lb)345 cm (136 in)320 cm (130 in)Argentina Obras Vóley
13 Palacios, EzequielEzequiel Palacios2 October 19921.98 m (6 ft 6 in)95 kg (209 lb)345 cm (136 in)325 cm (128 in)Argentina Club La Unión
14 Crer, PabloPablo Crer12 June 19892.02 m (6 ft 8 in)85 kg (187 lb)357 cm (141 in)337 cm (133 in)Argentina Bolívar
15 De Cecco, LucianoLuciano De Cecco (C)2 June 19881.91 m (6 ft 3 in)98 kg (216 lb)332 cm (131 in)315 cm (124 in)Italy Umbria Volley
16 González, AlexisAlexis González (L)21 July 19811.84 m (6 ft 0 in)85 kg (187 lb)327 cm (129 in)310 cm (120 in)Argentina Bolívar

Notable players

Kit providers

The table below shows the history of kit providers for the Argentina national volleyball team.

Period Kit provider
2000–2006 Topper
2008– Olympikus
Sonder

Sponsorship

Primary sponsors include: main sponsors like Banco de la Nación Argentina and Sonder, other sponsors: Pensma, Sodimac, Arnet, Enardo, Gatorade and universal assistance.

References

  1. Rank Team
  2. "Rumbo a Río: Se definieron las delegaciones olímpicas" [Towards Rio: Olympic delegations were set] (in Spanish). Federación del Voleibol Argentino. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  3. "Argentina FIVB Olympic Profile". FIVB. Retrieved 27 July 2016.

External links

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