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Federation: | AVF |
Website: | http://avf.org.au/ |
Confederation: | AVC |
Coach: | Russ Borgeaud |
Gender: | women |
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The Australia women's national volleyball team, also known as Volleyball Team Australia Women (VTAW) or the Volleyroos, is the national volleyball team of the volleyball playing nation of Australia. As of January 2021, they are ranked 40th in the world.[1] They are a member of the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC).
The Australian Women’s program maintained during the 1990s ranked 6th in the Asian zone, due in part to the strong nature of women’s volleyball in Asia, with teams like China, Japan and Korea ranked in the world at the time in the top 8. With the support of the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), they achieved 9th place in the 2000 Summer Olympics. Following this the Volleyroos achieved its highest-ever world ranking of 14th. They then achieved a 6th-place finish at the 2001 Asian Championships, and qualified for a second World Championships.
Their historic inclusion in the 2014 Women’s Grand Prix challenged the Volleyroos skills with higher world ranked competitors.[2]
A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within Australia
The women's Volleyroos made their Olympic Games debut as host sport nation at the 2000 Summer Olympics. They have yet to return to Olympic competition.[3]
Australia have participated twice internationally:[4] and 2002.[5] [6]
1982 World Championship (Peru) – Finishing 12th out of 23 teams.2002 World Championship (Germany) – Finishing 21st out of 24 teams.
The first Asian Volleyball Championship was held in Melbourne, 1975, where Australia placed 4th.[7] They came 4th again in 1979.[8] These were the best placings in this competition. The team has always placed within the top 10 throughout its history in this tournament.
Australia played in the 2016 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix, one of 28 participating countries. They were in Group 3, featuring Cuba, Algeria, Peru, Croatia, Kazakhstan, Colombia, and Mexico.
Results table[9] below. The first 3 matches were played in Bendigo, Victoria, and the last 3 matches played in Cali, Colombia.
Match | Home team | Away team | ||
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1 | Australia | 0–3 | Colombia | |
2 | Australia | 1–3 | Cuba | |
3 | Australia | 0–3 | Croatia | |
4 | Kazakhstan | 3–0 | Australia | |
5 | Colombia | 3–0 | Australia | |
6 | Mexico | N/A | Australia |
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Australian women's national volleyball team for the 2024 Asian Women's Volleyball Challenge Cup | ||||
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Position | Name | Date of birth | Height | Current team |
Mikaela Stevens | 11 July 1998 | 1.780NaN0 | ![]() | |
Caitlin Tipping | 16 November 2000 | 1.90NaN0 | ![]() | |
Alexia Zammit | 6 November 2004 | 1.760NaN0 | ![]() | |
Allysha Sims | 16 August 2002 | 1.70NaN0 | Rote Raben Vilsbiburg II | |
Emma Burton | 15 September 1997 | 1.810NaN0 | ![]() | |
Cassandra Dodd | 12 March 2004 | 1.880NaN0 | ![]() | |
Lauren Cox | 23 August 2002 | 1.930NaN0 | ![]() | |
Caitlin Whincup | 21 January 2005 | 1.80NaN0 | ||
Kasey Hogan | 5 June 2003 | 1.810NaN0 | ||
Cameron Zajer | 27 February 2006 | 1.760NaN0 | ![]() | |
Sarah Burton (c) | 20 December 2002 | 1.820NaN0 | ![]() | |
Ella Schabort | 25 May 2005 | 1.880NaN0 | ![]() | |
Kara Inskip | 29 December 2000 | 1.850NaN0 | ![]() | |
Elysse Hislop | 14 February 1999 | 1.890NaN0 | ![]() | |