Brazil men's national volleyball team

Brazil

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Nickname(s)	Canarinhos Galactic Best of All Times
Association	Confederação Brasileira de Voleibol
Confederation	CSV
Head coach	Renan Dal Zotto
FIVB ranking	7 (as of 10 July 2024)
Uniforms
Home Away
Summer Olympics
Appearances	14 (First in 1964)
Best result	Gold : (1992, 2004, 2016)
World Championship
Appearances	16 (First in 1956)
Best result	Gold : (2002, 2006, 2010)
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Honours 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 World Cup 2003 Japan 2007 Japan 1981 Japan 1995 Japan 2011 Japan World Grand Champions Cup 1997 Japan 2005 Japan 2009 Japan 2013 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 1990 Osaka 1994 Milan 1999 Mar del Plata 2000 Rotterdam Pan American Games 1963 São Paulo Team 1983 Caracas Team 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team 2011 Guadalajara 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

The Brazil men's national volleyball team is the national team of Brazil. It is governed by the Confederação Brasileira de Voleibol (Brazilian Volleyball Confederation) and takes part in international volleyball competitions. Brazil has three gold medals at the Olympic Games, won three times the World Championship and nine times the World League. Brazil is the #1 team on the FIVB World Rankings. The team is often referred to as volleyball's "Dream Team" due to its success under coach Bernardo Rezende.

Performance History

Bernardo Rezende era

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 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 many the best and most consistent men's volleyball team of all time.

Honors

Senior team

Olympic Games

Olympic Games record
Year	Position	Pld	W	L
1964	7th place	9	3	6
1968	9th place	9	1	8
1972	8th place	7	2	5
1976	7th place	5	2	3
1980	5th place	6	4	2
1984	Silver Medal	6	4	2
1988	4th place	7	4	3
1992	Gold Medal	7	7	0
1996	5th place	8	5	3
2000	6th place	8	6	2
2004	Gold Medal	8	7	1
2008	Silver Medal	8	6	2
2012	Silver Medal	8	6	2
2016	Gold Medal	8	6	2
Total	3 Titles	104	63	41

World Championship

World Championship record
Year	Position	Pld	W	L
1949	did not compete
1952
1956	11th place	11	10	1
1960	5th place	11	6	5
1962	10th place	12	2	10
1966	13th place	11	5	6
1970	12th place	12	6	6
1974	9th place	11	5	6
1978	6th place	9	5	4
1982	Runners-up	9	6	3
1986	4th place	10	8	2
1990	4th place	7	4	3
1994	5th place	7	5	2
1998	4th place	12	10	2
2002	Champions	9	8	1
2006	Champions	11	10	1
2010	Champions	9	7	2
2014	Runners-up	13	11	2
2018	Qualified	–	–	–
Total	17/19	164	108	56

World Cup

World Cup record
Year	Position	Pld	W	L
1965	did not compete
1969	6th place	7	3	4
1977	8th place	8	3	5
1981	3rd place	7	5	2
1985	4th place	7	4	3
1989	5th place	7	3	4
1991	6th place	10	5	5
1995	3rd place	11	9	2
1999	5th place	11	7	4
2003	Champions	11	11	0
2007	Champions	11	10	1
2011	3rd place	11	8	3
2015	did not compete
Total	11/13	101	68	33

World Grand Champions Cup

• Gold: 4 times: 1997, 2005, 2009, 2013
• Silver: 2 times: 1993, 2001

World League

• Gold: 9 times: 1993, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010
• Silver: 6 times: 1995, 2002, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016
• Bronze: 4 times: 1990, 1994, 1999, 2000

South American Championship

• Gold: 30 times: 1951, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015

America's Cup

• Gold: 3 times: 1998, 1999, 2001
• Silver: 4 times: 2000, 2005, 2007, 2008

Pan American Cup

• Gold: 2 times: 2011, 2013

Pan American Games

Pan American Games record
Year	Position
1955	Bronze Medal
1959	Silver Medal
1963	Gold Medal
1967	Silver Medal
1971	Bronze Medal
1975	Silver Medal
1979	Silver Medal
1983	Gold Medal
1987	Bronze Medal
1991	Silver Medal
1995	7th place
1999	Silver Medal
2003	Bronze Medal
2007	Gold Medal
2011	Gold Medal
2015	Silver Medal
Total	16/16

U23 team

World Championship

• Gold: 1 time: 2013

U21 team

World Championship

• Gold: 4 times: 1993, 2001, 2007, 2009
• Silver: 6 times: 1981, 1995, 1997, 2003, 2005, 2013
• Bronze: 3 times: 1977, 1989, 1999

South American Championship

• Gold: 18 times: 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014
• Silver: 4 times: 1980, 1982, 2000, 2008

U19 team

World Championship

• Gold: 6 times: 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 2001, 2003
• Silver: 1 time: 2005

South American Championship

• Gold: 16 times: 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2012
• Silver: 3 times: 2008, 2010, 2014

U17 team

South American Championship

• Gold: 1 time: 2011
• Silver: 1 time: 2013

Team

Current head coach - Rezende.

Coaches history

• Bebeto de Freitas (1984 → 1988)
• José Roberto Guimarães (1991 → 1996)
• Bernardo Rezende (2001 → 2016)
• Renan Dal Zotto (2017 → )

Gallery

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  Brazil − winner of the 2009 World League
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  Brazil team in 2012
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  Ginásio Municipal Tancredo Neves Arena
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  Brazil winning title of 2016 Olympic Champion
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  Brazil winning title of 2016 Olympic Champion
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  Brazil winning title of 2016 Olympic Champion
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  Brazil winning title of 2016 Olympic Champion
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  Brazil winning title of 2016 Olympic Champion
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  Brazil winning title of 2016 Olympic Champion
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  Brazil winning title of 2016 Olympic Champion
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  Brazil winning title of 2016 Olympic Champion
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  Medal ceremony - 2016 Olympic Champions
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  Medal ceremony - 2016 Olympic Champions
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  Medal ceremony - 2016 Olympic Champions
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  Medal ceremony - 2016 Olympic Champions
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  Medal ceremony - 2016 Olympic Champions
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  Medal ceremony - 2016 Olympic Champions
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  Medal ceremony - 2016 Olympic Champions
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  Medal ceremony - 2016 Olympic Champions
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  Medal ceremony - 2016 Olympic Champions
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  Medal ceremony - 2016 Olympic Champions
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  Medal ceremony - 2016 Olympic Champions

Fans

Records

Incidentaly, the Maracana Stadium holds the all-time volleyball attendance record from when 95,000 turned out to watch Brazil beat the USSR in a open-air friendly game in 1983.

Giba Player 1995–2012

Stadium

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho and Ginásio Municipal Tancredo Neves Brazil 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 Nike
2017–	Asics

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

• Brazil women's national volleyball team

External links

• Official website
• FIVB profile