Argentina men's national volleyball team

Argentina
Association	FeVA
Confederation	CSV
Head coach	Marcelo Méndez
FIVB ranking	6 (as of 2 December 2023)
Uniforms
Home	Away
Summer Olympics
Appearances	8 (First in 1984)
Best result	(1988, 2020)
World Championship
Appearances	13 (First in 1960)
Best result	(1982)
World Cup
Appearances	7 (First in 1985)
Best result	5th (1985, 2015, 2019)
South American Championship
Appearances	32 (First in 1951)
Best result	(1964, 2023)
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Olympics
World Championship
America's Cup
South American Games
Pan American Games
Universiade

The Argentina national volleyball team represents Argentina in international men's volleyball and is controlled by the Argentine Volleyball Federation (Federación del Voleibol Argentino in Spanish, and abbreviated "FeVA").

The Argentina team made their international debut at the South American Championship in Rio de Janeiro in 1951, claiming fourth place. They competed in their first World Championship 1960 in the same city, where they finished 11th. 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 Summer Olympics. However, they achieved another milestone of achievement when they won another Bronze medal at the Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics

At continental level, overshadowed by volleyball power Brazil, Argentina won two gold medals at the South American Men's Volleyball Championships (in 1964 and 2023), nineteen silvers and eight bronzes. Volleyball was introduced in Argentina by the YMCA - Youth Christian Association in 1912. The Argentine Volleyball Federation was created in 1932, sharing the same management as Basketball. The number of fans slowly started to grow as a result of its broadcasting.

Results edit

Summer Olympics edit

Summer Olympics record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Squad
1964	Did not qualify
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984	Group Stage	6th Place	6	2	4	11	13	Squad
1988	Semifinals	Third Place	7	4	3	14	12	Squad
1992	Did not qualify
1996	Quarterfinals	8th Place	5	3	5	13	18	Squad
2000	Semifinals	4th Place	8	3	5	11	18	Squad
2004	Quarterfinals	5th Place	6	3	3	14	12	Squad
2008	Did not qualify
2012	Quarterfinals	5th Place	6	3	3	10	10	Squad
2016	Quarterfinals	5th Place	6	4	2	13	7	Squad
2020	Semifinals	Third Place	8	5	3	18	17	Squad
2024	Future event
2028
2032
Total	0 Title	8/15	55	27	28	104	107

Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics - Argentine men

Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics - Team Argentina

World Championship edit

World Championship record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Squad
1949	Did not compete
1952
1956
1960	11th–14th places	11th place	5	3	2	9	11	Squad
1962	Did not qualify
1966
1970
1974
1978	21st place match	22nd place	10	1	9	7	28	Squad
1982	Semifinals	3rd place	9	7	2	22	13	Squad
1986	7th place match	7th place	8	4	4	15	14	Squad
1990	5th place match	6th place	7	5	2	17	8	Squad
1994	First round	14th place	3	0	3	3	9	Squad
1998	11th place match	11th place	12	5	7	22	23	Squad
2002	5th place match	6th place	9	7	2	24	13	Squad
2006	Second round	13th place	12	3	9	18	32	Squad
2010	9th place match	9th place	9	6	3	20	14	Squad
2014	Second round	11th place	12	6	6	21	21	Squad
2018	Second round	15th place	8	3	5	14	19	Squad
2022	Quarterfinals	8th place	5	2	3	11	11	Squad
2025	Qualified
Total	0 Title	14/21	109	52	57	203	216	—

Argentina team in 2014 against USA

World Cup edit

World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Squad
1965	Did not compete
1969
1977
1981
1985	Round robin	5th place	7	3	4	12	14	Squad
1989	Did not qualify
1991	Did not qualify
1995	Round robin	7th place	11	5	6	17	20	Squad
1999	Round robin	9th place	11	4	7	18	23	Squad
2003	Did not qualify
2007	Round robin	7th place	11	5	6	15	23	Squad
2011	Round robin	7th place	11	5	6	21	21	Squad
2015	Round robin	5th place	11	7	4	26	16	Squad
2019	Round robin	5th place	11	6	5	24	20	Squad
2023	Did not enter
Total	0 Title	7/15	73	35	38	133	137	—

Nations League edit

Nations League record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Squad
2018	Preliminary round	14th place	15	4	11	23	34	Squad
2019	Preliminary round	7th place	15	8	7	33	26	Squad
2021	Preliminary round	9th place	15	7	8	23	29	Squad
2022	Preliminary round	9th place	12	5	7	24	26	Squad
2023	Quarterfinals	5th place	13	9	4	32	21	Squad
Total	0 Title	5/5	70	33	37	135	136	—

World League edit

1990 to 1995 — did not compete
1996 — 7th place
1997 — 8th place
1998 — 9th place
1999 — 6th place
2000 — 8th place
2001 — 13th place
2002 — 9th place
2005 — 10th place
2006 — 7th place
2007 — 13th place
2009 — 5th place
2010 — 5th place
2011 — 4th place
2012 — 10th place
2013 — 6th place
2014 — 13th place
2015 — 11th place
2016 — 10th place
2017 — 10th place

World Grand Champions Cup edit

1993 to 1997 — did not compete
2001 — 6th place
2005 to 2017 — did not compete

Pan American Games edit

1955 — not participate
1959 — not participate
1963 — Bronze
1967 — 7th place
1971 — 6th place
1975 — not participate
1979 — not participate
1983 — Bronze
1987 — to be confirmed
1991 — Bronze
1995 — Gold
1999 — 4th place
2003 — not participate
2007 — 6th place
2011 — Bronze
2015 — Gold
2019 — Gold
2023 — TBD

America Cup edit

1998 — Silver
1999 — Bronze
2000 — 4th place
2001 — Bronze
2005 — 4th place
2007 — 4th place
2008 — 4th place

Pan-American Cup edit

2010 — Silver
2011 — 7th place
2012 — Silver
2013 — Bronze
2014 — Bronze
2015 — Silver
2016 — Silver
2017 — Gold
2018 — Gold
2019 — Silver

Team edit

Current squad edit

The following is the Argentine roster in the 2022 World Championship.^[2]

Head coach: Marcelo Mendez

No.	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2022–23 club
1	Matias Sanchez	20 September 1996	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	304 cm (120 in)	282 cm (111 in)	Ślepsk Suwałki
3	Jan Martinez Franchi	28 January 1998	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	330 cm (130 in)	310 cm (120 in)	Trefl Gdańsk
6	Joaquin Gallego	21 November 1996	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	102 kg (225 lb)	343 cm (135 in)	323 cm (127 in)	Sporting CP
7	Facundo Conte	25 August 1989	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	354 cm (139 in)	334 cm (131 in)	Buenos Aires
8	Agustín Loser	12 October 1997	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	77 kg (170 lb)	335 cm (132 in)	310 cm (120 in)	Allianz Milano
9	Santiago Danani	12 December 1995	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	77 kg (170 lb)	324 cm (128 in)	309 cm (122 in)	Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie
12	Bruno Lima	4 February 1996	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	341 cm (134 in)	320 cm (130 in)	Al Hilal
13	Ezequiel Palacios	10 February 1992	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	352 cm (139 in)	330 cm (130 in)	Montpellier UC
15	Luciano De Cecco (C)	2 June 1988	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	332 cm (131 in)	315 cm (124 in)	Cucine Lube Civitanova
16	Luciano Palonsky	7 August 1999	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	72 kg (159 lb)	355 cm (140 in)	328 cm (129 in)	Tours VB
17	Luciano Vicentín	4 April 2000	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	333 cm (131 in)	315 cm (124 in)	VfB Friedrichshafen
18	Martín Ramos	13 June 1991	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	350 cm (140 in)	330 cm (130 in)	Guaguas Las Palmas
22	Nicolás Zerba	7 June 1999	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	334 cm (131 in)	311 cm (122 in)	PSG Stal Nysa
25	Pablo Koukartsev	25 March 1993	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	105 kg (231 lb)	342 cm (135 in)	322 cm (127 in)	Knack Roeselare

Notable players edit

Kit providers edit

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 edit

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

References edit

^ Rank Team
^ "Team Roster – Argentina". FIVB. Retrieved 31 August 2022.

External links edit

[1] Rank Team

[2] "Team Roster – Argentina". FIVB. Retrieved 31 August 2022.

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