Argentina men's national volleyball team

Argentina
Association	FeVA
Confederation	CSV
Head coach	Marcelo Méndez
FIVB ranking	6 (as of October 2019)
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)
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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.

At continental level, overshadowed by volleyball power Brazil, Argentina won the gold medal at the 1964 South American Men's Volleyball Championship, twelve silvers and seven 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

Summer Olympics

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	5th 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	Qualified
Total	0 Title	7/14	47	22	25	86	90

World Championship

1960 — 11th place
1978 — 22nd place
1982 — Bronze
1986 — 7th place
1990 — 6th place
1994 — 14th place
1998 — 11th place
2002 — 6th place
2006 — 13th place
2010 — 9th place
2014 — 11th place
2018 — 15th place

Argentina team in 2014 against USA

World Cup

1995 — 7th place
1999 — 9th place
2007 — 7th place
2011 — 7th place
2015 — 5th place
2019 — 5th place

World League

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

Nations League

2018 — 14th place
2019 — 7th place

World Grand Champions Cup

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

Pan American Games

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

America Cup

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

Pan-American Cup

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

Team

Current squad

The following is the Argentine roster in the 2018 World Championship.^[2]

Head coach: Julio Velasco

No.	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2018–19 club
2	Lisandro Zanotti	4 October 1990	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	336 cm (132 in)	315 cm (124 in)	Montes Claros
4	Maximiliano Cavanna	2 July 1988	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	81 kg (179 lb)	333 cm (131 in)	312 cm (123 in)	UPCN San Juan
6	Cristian Poglajen	14 July 1989	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	342 cm (135 in)	322 cm (127 in)	Ravenna
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)	Shanghai
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)	Buenos Aires
10	José Luis González	27 December 1984	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	97 kg (214 lb)	350 cm (140 in)	333 cm (131 in)	Ajaccio
11	Sebastián Solé	12 June 1991	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	362 cm (143 in)	342 cm (135 in)	BluVolley Verona
12	Bruno Lima	4 February 1996	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	345 cm (136 in)	320 cm (130 in)	UPCN San Juan
14	Pablo Crer	12 June 1989	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	357 cm (141 in)	337 cm (133 in)	Bolívar
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)	Perugia
16	Alexis González	21 July 1981	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	327 cm (129 in)	310 cm (120 in)	Bolívar
18	Martín Ramos	26 August 1991	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	348 cm (137 in)	328 cm (129 in)	UPCN San Juan
22	Ignacio Fernández	7 June 1994	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	310 cm (120 in)	300 cm (120 in)	Buenos Aires

Notable players

Marcos Milinkovic
Waldo Kantor
Javier Weber
Daniel Castellani
Hugo Conte
Raúl Quiroga
Jon Uriarte

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

^ Rank Team
^ "Team Roster – Argentina". FIVB. Retrieved 6 September 2018.

External links

[1] Rank Team

[2] "Team Roster – Argentina". FIVB. Retrieved 6 September 2018.

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