Brazil men's national volleyball team

Brazil
Nickname(s)Canarinhos
Galactic
Best of All Times
AssociationConfederação Brasileira de Voleibol (CBV)
ConfederationCSV
Head coachBernardo Rezende[1]
FIVB ranking7 (as of 8 January 2025)
Uniforms
Home
Away
Third
Summer Olympics
Appearances16 (First in 1964)
Best result (1992, 2004, 2016)
World Championship
Appearances17 (First in 1956)
Best result (2002, 2006, 2010)
World Cup
Appearances12 (First in 1969)
Best result (2003, 2007, 2019)
www.cbv.com.br (in Portuguese)
Honours
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 3 3 0
World Championship 3 3 1
World Cup 3 0 3
World Grand Champions Cup 5 2 0
World League 9 7 4
Nations League 1 0 0
Pan American Games 5 7 5
Pan-American Cup 3 2 0
South American Championship 33 1 0
America's Cup 3 4 0
Total 68 29 13
Medal record
Olympic Games
1992 Barcelona Team
2004 Athens Team
2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
1984 Los Angeles Team
2008 Beijing Team
2012 London Team
World Championship
2002 Argentina
2006 Japan
2010 Italy
1982 Argentina
2014 Poland
2018 Italy/Bulgaria
2022 Poland/Slovenia
World Cup
2003 Japan
2007 Japan
2019 Japan
1981 Japan
1995 Japan
2011 Japan
World Grand Champions Cup
1997 Japan
2005 Japan
2009 Japan
2013 Japan
2017 Japan
1993 Japan
2001 Japan
World League
1993 São Paulo
2001 Katowice
2003 Madrid
2004 Rome
2005 Belgrade
2006 Moscow
2007 Katowice
2009 Belgrade
2010 Córdoba
1995 Rio de Janeiro
2002 Belo Horizonte
2011 Gdansk
2013 Mar del Plata
2014 Florence
2016 Kraków
2017 Curitiba
1990 Osaka
1994 Milan
1999 Mar del Plata
2000 Rotterdam
Nations League
2021 Rimini
Pan American Games
1963 São Paulo Team
1983 Caracas Team
2007 Rio de Janeiro Team
2011 Guadalajara Team
2023 Santiago Team
1959 Chicago Team
1967 Winnipeg Team
1975 Mexico City Team
1979 San Juan Team
1991 Havana Team
1999 Winnipeg Team
2015 Toronto Team
1955 Mexico City Team
1971 Cali Team
1987 Indianapolis Team
2003 Santo Domingo Team
2019 Lima Team
Pan-American Cup
2011 Gatineau
2013 Mexico City
2015 Reno
2018 Córdoba
2023 Guadalajara
South American Championship
1951 Rio de Janeiro
1956 Montevideo
1958 Porto Alegre
1961 Lima
1962 Santiago
1967 Santos
1969 Caracas
1971 Montevideo
1973 Bucaramanga
1975 Asuncíon
1977 Lima
1979 Rosario
1981 Santiago
1983 São Paulo
1985 Caracas
1987 Montevideo
1989 Curitiba
1991 Osasco
1993 Córdoba
1995 Porto Alegre
1997 Caracas
1999 Córdoba
2001 Cali
2003 Rio de Janeiro
2005 Lages
2007 Santiago
2009 Bogotá
2011 Cuiabá
2013 Cabo Frio
2015 Maceió
2017 Santiago
2019 Santiago
2021 Brasília
2023 Recife
America's Cup
1998 Argentina
1999 United States
2001 Argentina
2000 Brazil
2005 Brazil
2007 Brazil
2008 Brazil

The Brazil men's national volleyball team is governed by the Confederação Brasileira de Voleibol (Brazilian Volleyball Confederation) and takes part in international volleyball competitions. Brazil has won three gold medals at the Olympic Games, has won the World Championship three times, and the World League nine times.

With a tally total of 68 titles Brazil is the national volleyball team that has won the most titles overall in the main FIVB sanctioned competitions, and also the national team that has won the most international titles outside their regional competition. The team is sometimes referred to as volleyball's "Dream Team" in reference to its remarkable winning streak period under coach Bernardo Rezende. Currently Brazil is ranked forth in the FIVB World Rankings.[2]

Performance history

2000-until now

After the sixth place in the Sydney Olympic Games, the Brazilian men’s national team underwent some important changes ahead of the 2001 season. Mr. Bernardo Rezende, nicknamed Bernardinho, who had spent six years coaching the women's national team, was chosen to be the head coach of the Brazilian men's national team. In the first season with Bernardinho, the team conquered three gold medals (World League, America's Cup and South American Championship) and one silver medal (World Grand Champions Cup). In 2002, Brazil finished second in the World League after losing the title at home idc in the match against Russia. But in that same season, they conquered the World Championship for the first time ever.

The beginning of the 2003 season was very special for the World Champions. In an exciting final match against Serbia and Montenegro, Brazil won the World League gold medal for the third time, beating its opponent 3–2 in Madrid. After that, the team was defeated by Venezuela in the semifinal of the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) and ended up with the bronze in the competition. However, the Brazilian squad beat Venezuela by 3–0 in the South American Championship final only one month later. That year ended with Brazil conquering the last title it had not won yet: the World Cup, in Japan.

In 2004, Bernardinho led the Brazilian team to a fourth title of the World League. In August, the Brazilian men's team won the second Olympic gold medal of its history, which happened in Athens in 2004 (the first one was conquered in Barcelona in 1992). In the final, Brazil beat Italy 3–1.

In the 2005 season, the Olympic Champion won four medals. In the final match against Serbia and Montenegro, Brazil won another gold medal in the World League, beating its opponent 3–1. After that, the team became second in the America's Cup, defeated by the United States in the final. Then in the South American Championship, Brazil conquered its 25th title, winning all matches and losing just one set. To end this great season, Bernardo Rezende’s team secured the gold medal in the World Grand Champions Cup in Japan. During the year 2006, the Brazilian team won a sixth title in the World League and a second title in the World Championship. This team was considered by some commentators to the best and most consistent men's volleyball team of all time.

Medals

Event Gold Silver Bronze Total
Olympic Games 3 3 0 6
World Championship 3 3 1 7
World Cup 3 0 3 6
World Grand Champions Cup 5 2 0 7
World League 9 7 4 20
Nations League 1 0 0 1
Pan American Games 5 7 5 17
Pan-American Cup 3 2 0 5
South American Championship 33 1 0 34
America's Cup 3 4 0 7
Total 68 29 13 110

Tournament record

Olympic Games

  Champions    Runners up    Third place   Fourth place  

Olympic Games record
Year Round Position GP MW ML SW SL Squad
1964 Round Robin 7th 9 3 6 13 23 Squad
1968 Round Robin 9th 9 1 8 8 25 Squad
1972 Preliminary Round 8th 7 2 5 9 19 Squad
1976 Preliminary Round 7th 5 2 3 8 11 Squad
1980 Preliminary Round 5th 6 4 2 15 10 Squad
1984 Final 2nd 6 4 2 13 8 Squad
1988 Semifinals 4th 7 4 3 16 13 Squad
1992 Final 1st 8 8 0 24 3 Squad
1996 Quarterfinals 5th 8 5 3 18 10 Squad
2000 Quarterfinals 6th 8 6 2 19 9 Squad
2004 Final 1st 8 7 1 22 8 Squad
2008 Final 2nd 8 6 2 20 8 Squad
2012 Final 2nd 8 6 2 21 8 Squad
2016 Final 1st 8 6 2 20 10 Squad
2020 Semifinals 4th 8 5 3 18 14 Squad
2024 Quarterfinals 8th 4 1 3 7 9 Squad
Total 3 Titles 16/16 117 70 47 251 188

World Championship

  Champions    Runners up    Third place   Fourth place  

World Championship record
Year Round Position GP MW ML SW SL Squad
1949 Did not compete
1952
1956 Group Round 11th 11 10 1 31 6 Squad
1960 Final Group 5th 10 5 5 15 17 Squad
1962 Final Group 10th 11 2 9 14 27 Squad
1966 Group Round 13th 10 4 6 17 18 Squad
1970 Group Round 12th 11 6 5 23 20 Squad
1974 7th–12th places 9th 11 5 6 18 18 Squad
1978 5th–8th places 6th 9 5 4 21 15 Squad
1982 Final 2nd 9 6 3 19 10 Squad
1986 Semifinals 4th 8 6 2 18 9 Squad
1990 Semifinals 4th 7 4 3 16 11 Squad
1994 Quarterfinals 5th 7 5 2 19 8 Squad
1998 Semifinals 4th 11 9 2 30 9 Squad
2002 Final 1st 9 8 1 26 8 Squad
2006 Final 1st 11 10 1 31 6 Squad
2010 Final 1st 9 7 2 23 10 Squad
2014 Final 2nd 13 11 2 36 12 Squad
2018 Final 2nd 12 10 2 31 13 Squad
2022 Semifinals 3rd 7 6 1 20 7 Squad
2025 Qualified
2027 Future event
Total 3 Titles 19/21 176 119 57 408 224

World Cup

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

World Cup record
Year Round Position GP MW ML SW SL Squad
1977 5th–8th semifinals 8th 8 3 5 13 17 Squad
1981 Round Robin 3rd 7 5 2 16 11 Squad
1985 Round Robin 4th 7 4 3 16 11 Squad
1989 Round Robin 5th 7 3 4 13 14 Squad
1991 Round Robin 6th 8 4 4 16 15 Squad
1995 Round Robin 3rd 11 9 2 29 7 Squad
1999 Round Robin 5th 11 7 4 27 15 Squad
2003 Round Robin 1st 11 11 0 33 4 Squad
2007 Round Robin 1st 11 10 1 30 4 Squad
2011 Round Robin 3rd 11 8 3 29 14 Squad
2019 Round Robin 1st 11 11 0 33 5 Squad
2023 Did not qualify
Total 3 Titles 12/14 103 75 28 255 117

World Grand Champions Cup

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

World Grand Champions record
Year Round Position GP MW ML SW SL Squad
1993 Round Robin Runners up 5 4 1 14 6 Squad
1997 Round Robin Champions 5 5 0 15 3 Squad
2001 Round Robin Runners up 5 4 1 14 4 Squad
2005 Round Robin Champions 5 5 0 15 6 Squad
2009 Round Robin Champions 5 5 0 15 3 Squad
2013 Round Robin Champions 5 4 1 14 6 Squad
2017 Round Robin Champions 5 4 1 14 5 Squad
Total 5 Titles 7/7 35 31 4 101 33

World League

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

World League record
Year Round Position GP MW ML SW SL Squad
1990 Semifinals 3rd 14 10 4 32 24 Squad
1991 Intercontinental Round 5th 16 8 8 32 32 Squad
1992 Final Round 5th 16 10 6 35 26 Squad
1993 Final 1st 22 17 5 58 18 Squad
1994 Semifinals 3rd 16 15 1 47 8 Squad
1995 Final 2nd 17 10 7 38 28 Squad
1996 Final Round 5th 16 11 5 39 22 Squad
1997 Final Round 5th 16 12 4 37 18 Squad
1998 Playoff Round 5th 15 10 5 34 17 Squad
1999 Semifinals 3rd 16 13 3 43 20 Squad
2000 Semifinals 3rd 18 11 7 39 27 Squad
2001 Final 1st 17 16 1 50 16 Squad
2002 Final 2nd 17 13 4 44 20 Squad
2003 Final 1st 17 15 2 47 18 Squad
2004 Final 1st 15 15 0 45 8 Squad
2005 Final 1st 15 14 1 42 12 Squad
2006 Final 1st 17 16 1 48 15 Squad
2007 Final 1st 16 15 1 47 11 Squad
2008 Semifinals 4th 16 12 4 41 20 Squad
2009 Final 1st 16 15 1 47 9 Squad
2010 Final 1st 16 15 1 45 22 Squad
2011 Final 2nd 17 13 4 43 19 Squad
2012 Final Round 6th 14 8 6 33 23 Squad
2013 Final 2nd 14 11 3 36 18 Squad
2014 Final 2nd 16 8 8 31 31 Squad
2015 Final Round 5th 14 10 4 37 20 Squad
2016 Final 2nd 13 11 2 34 14 Squad
2017 Final 2nd 13 9 4 33 21 Squad
Total 9 Titles 28/28 445 343 102 1,137 537

Nations League

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

Nations League record
Year Round Position GP MW ML SW SL PW PL Squad
2018 Semifinals 4th place 19 11 8 39 30 1585 1538 Squad
2019 Semifinals 4th place 19 15 4 51 26 1781 1609 Squad
2021 Final 1st place 17 15 2 45 13 1432 1237 Squad
2022 Quarterfinals 6th place 13 8 5 27 17 1047 976 Squad
2023 Quarterfinals 6th place 13 8 5 30 21 1173 1109 Squad
2024 Quarterfinals 7th place 13 6 7 28 27 1240 1199 Squad
2025 in progress Squad
Total 1 Title 7/7 94 63 31 220 134 8258 7668

Pan American Games

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

Pan American Games record
Year Round Position GP MW ML SW SL Squad
1955 Round Robin Bronze 5 3 2 9 4
1959 Final Round Silver 6 4 2 15 9
1963 Final Round Gold 8 8 0 24 1
1967 Final Round Silver 7 6 1 20 5
1971 Final Round Bronze 8 7 1 21 3
1975 Round Robin Silver 7 6 1 18 9
1979 Round Robin Silver 7 5 2 16 8
1983 Final Gold 7 6 1 20 5
1987 Semifinals Bronze 7 4 3 16 12
1991 Final Silver 7 5 2 16 7
1995 Group Round 7th Place 3 1 2 3 6
1999 Final Silver 5 4 1 14 6
2003 Semifinals Bronze 5 4 1 14 3
2007 Final Gold 5 5 0 15 0 Squad
2011 Final Gold 5 5 0 15 3 Squad
2015 Final Silver 5 3 2 13 6 Squad
2019 Semifinals Bronze 5 4 1 12 7 Squad
2023 Final Gold 5 5 0 15 2 Squad
Total 5 Titles 17/17 107 85 22 276 96

Pan-American Cup

  Champions   Runners up   Third place   Fourth place

Pan-American Cup record
Year Round Position GP MW ML SW SL Squad
2010 Semifinals 4th Place 4 2 2 7 9 Squad
2011 Final Champions 4 4 0 14 1 Squad
2012 Semifinals 4th Place 6 3 3 14 10 Squad
2013 Final Champions 4 4 0 12 0 Squad
2015 Final Champions 5 5 0 15 1 Squad
2017 Did not compete
2018 Final Runners-Up 5 4 1 14 4 Squad
2022 7th place match 8th 5 0 5 6 15 Squad
2023 Final Runners-Up 4 3 1 10 3 Squad
Total 3 Titles 8/17 37 25 12 92 43

South American Championship

  1st   2nd   3rd

South American Championship record
Years Rounds Positions GP MW ML SW SL Squad
1951 Round Robin 1st 3 3 0 9 0
1956 Round Robin 1st 4 4 0 12 2
1958 Round Robin 1st 4 4 0 12 0
1961 Round Robin 1st 4 4 0 12 1
1962 Round Robin 1st 6 6 0 18 0
1964 Did not compete
1967 Round Robin 1st 4 4 0 12 0
1969 Round Robin 1st 7 7 0 21 1
1971 Round Robin 1st 7 7 0 21 0
1973 Round Robin 1st 4 4 0 12 0
1975 Round Robin 1st 7 7 0 21 0
1977 Round Robin 1st 6 6 0 18 0
1979 Final Round 1st 4 4 0 12 0
1981 Round Robin 1st 5 5 0 15 2
1983 Final Round 1st 5 5 0 15 0
1985 Round Robin 1st 5 5 0 15 0
1987 Round Robin 1st 6 6 0 18 0
1989 Round Robin 1st 6 6 0 18 2
1991 Final 1st 4 4 0 12 1
1993 Final 1st 6 6 0 18 2
1995 Final 1st 4 4 0 12 2
1997 Final 1st 4 4 0 12 0
1999 Final 1st 4 4 0 12 2
2001 Final Round 1st 3 3 0 9 0
2003 Round Robin 1st 4 4 0 12 0
2005 Round Robin 1st 5 5 0 15 1
2007 Final 1st 5 5 0 15 0
2009 Round Robin 1st 6 6 0 18 2
2011 Round Robin 1st 6 6 0 18 1
2013 Round Robin 1st 4 4 0 12 2
2015 Final 1st 5 5 0 15 1
2017 Final 1st 5 5 0 15 0
2019 Final 1st 5 5 0 15 3
2021 Round Robin 1st 4 4 0 12 1
2023 Round Robin 2nd 4 3 1 9 3
Total 33 Titles 34/35 165 164 1 492 29

South American Cup

  Champions    Runners up    3rd place

South American Cup record
Year Round Position GP MW ML SW SL Squad
2025 Round robin Champions 4 4 0 12 0 Squad[a]
Total 1 Title 1/1 4 4 0 12 0

America's Cup

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

America's Cup record
Year Round Position GP MW ML SW SL Squad
1998 Final Champions 7 7 0 21 8 Squad
1999 Final Champions 7 7 0 21 1 Squad
2000 Final Runners-Up 7 6 1 19 5 Squad
2001 Final Champions 7 6 1 20 4 Squad
2005 Final Runners-Up 4 3 1 11 4 Squad
2007 Final Runners-Up 4 3 1 11 3 Squad
2008 Final Runners-Up 4 3 1 11 3 Squad
Total 3 Titles 7/7 40 35 5 114 28

FIVB Olympic Qualification Tournament

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

Year Result Pld W L SW SL PW PL
2019 Group A Champion 3 3 0 9 2 264 213
2023 Group A Runner-up 7 6 1 19 10 672 616
Total 1 Title 10 9 1 28 12 936 829

South American Olympic Qualification Tournament

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

Year Result Pld W L SW SL PW PL
2000 Round Robin Champion 3 3 0 9 2 276 219
Total 1 Title 3 3 0 9 2 276 219

South American World Championship Qualification Tournament

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

Year Result Pld W L SW SL PW PL
1997 Double Round Robin Champion 6 6 0 18 3 302 157
2001 Round Robin Champion 2 2 0 6 0 150 88
Total 2 Titles 8 8 0 24 3 452 245

Team

Current squad

Roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

The roster was announced on 7 July 2024.[3]

Head coach: Bernardo Rezende[4]

Coaches history

Fans

Records

Incidentally, the Maracanã Stadium holds the all-time volleyball attendance record when 95,000 turned out to watch Brazil beat the USSR in an open-air friendly game in 1983.[5]

Stadium

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho and Ginásio Municipal Tancredo Neves are Brazil's national team training and hosting venues.

Kit providers

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

Period Kit provider
2000–2016 Olympikus
2017–2022 Asics
2023– Body Work

Sponsorship

Primary sponsors include: main sponsors like Banco do Brasil, Nivea, other sponsors: Globoesporte, Gatorade, Gol Transportes Aereos, Delta Air Lines, Mikasa, Ernst & Young and Asics.

Media

Brazil's matches and friendlies are currently televised by SporTV and Globo.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Brazil played with their "U23" team.

References

  1. ^ "Bernardinho volta a ser técnico da seleção masculina de vôlei". GloboEsporte.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  2. ^ "FIVB Senior World Ranking – Men". FIVB.
  3. ^ "Jogadores da seleção masculina convocados para os Jogos Olímpicos de Paris 2024" [Men's national team players called up for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games]. cbv.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Brazilian Volleyball Confederation. 7 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Team roster: Brazil" (PDF). Olympics.com. 26 July 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Maracanãzinho: The most iconic venue for the world's best". Archived from the original on 2016-09-10. Retrieved 2016-09-02.