Brazil men's national volleyball team explained

Brazil
Nickname:	Canarinhos Galactic Best of All Times
Gender:	men
Federation:	CBV
Website:	www.cbv.com.br
Confederation:	CSV
Manager:	Jorge Bichara
Coach:	Bernardo Rezende^[1]
Olympic Apps:	16
Olympic First:	1964
Olympic Best:	(1992, 2004, 2016)
World Champs Apps:	17
World Champs First:	1956
World Champs Best:	(2002, 2006, 2010)
World Cup Apps:	12
World Cup First:	1969
World Cup Best:	(2003, 2007, 2019)
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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. Brazil is the national volleyball team that has won the most titles overall, and also the team that has won most titles outside their regional competition. The team is sometimes referred to as volleyball's "Dream Team" specially in reference to its winning streak period under coach Bernardo Rezende. Currently Brazil is ranked seventh on the FIVB World Rankings.

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

width=180	Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze	width=55	Total
	3	3	0	6
	3	3	1	7
	3	0	3	6
	5	2	0	7
	9	7	4	20
	1	0	0	1
	5	7	5	17
	3	2	0	5
	33	1	0	34
	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	width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30
1964	Round Robin	7th	9	3	6	13	23
1968	Round Robin	9th	9	1	8	8	25
1972	Preliminary Round	8th	7	2	5	9	19
1976	Preliminary Round	7th	5	2	3	8	11
1980	Preliminary Round	5th	6	4	2	15	10
1984	Final	2nd	6	4	2	13	8
1988	Semifinals	4th	7	4	3	16	13
1992	Final	1st	8	8	0	24	3
1996	Quarterfinals	5th	8	5	3	18	10
2000	Quarterfinals	6th	8	6	2	19	9
2004	Final	1st	8	7	1	22	8
2008	Final	2nd	8	6	2	20	8
2012	Final	2nd	8	6	2	21	8
2016	Final	1st	8	6	2	20	10
2020	Semifinals	4th	8	5	3	18	14
2024	Quarterfinals	8th	4	1	3	7	9
2028	Future event
2032 -->
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	width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30
1949	Did not compete
1952
1956	Group Round	11th	11	10	1	31	6
1960	Final Group	5th	10	5	5	15	17
1962	Final Group	10th	11	2	9	14	27
1966	Group Round	13th	10	4	6	17	18
1970	Group Round	12th	11	6	5	23	20
1974	7th–12th places	9th	11	5	6	18	18
1978	5th–8th places	6th	9	5	4	21	15
1982	Final	2nd	9	6	3	19	10
1986	Semifinals	4th	8	6	2	18	9
1990	Semifinals	4th	7	4	3	16	11
1994	Quarterfinals	5th	7	5	2	19	8
1998	Semifinals	4th	11	9	2	30	9
2002	Final	1st	9	8	1	26	8
2006	Final	1st	11	10	1	31	6
2010	Final	1st	9	7	2	23	10
2014	Final	2nd	13	11	2	36	12
2018	Final	2nd	12	10	2	31	13
2022	Semifinals	3rd	7	6	1	20	7
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	width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30
1977	5th–8th semifinals	8th	8	3	5	13	17
1981	Round Robin	3rd	7	5	2	16	11
1985	Round Robin	4th	7	4	3	16	11
1989	Round Robin	5th	7	3	4	13	14
1991	Round Robin	6th	8	4	4	16	15
1995	Round Robin	3rd	11	9	2	29	7
1999	Round Robin	5th	11	7	4	27	15
2003	Round Robin	1st	11	11	0	33	4
2007	Round Robin	1st	11	10	1	30	4
2011	Round Robin	3rd	11	8	3	29	14
2019	Round Robin	1st	11	11	0	33	5
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

Year	Round	Position	width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		Squad
1993	Round Robin	Runners up	5	4	1	14	6
1997	Round Robin	Champions	5	5	0	15	3
2001	Round Robin	Runners up	5	4	1	14	4
2005	Round Robin	Champions	5	5	0	15	6
2009	Round Robin	Champions	5	5	0	15	3
2013	Round Robin	Champions	5	4	1	14	6
2017	Round Robin	Champions	5	4	1	14	5
Total	5 Titles	7/7	35	31	4	101	33	—

World League

Champions   Runners up   Third place   Fourth place

Year	Round	Position	width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30
1990	Semifinals	3rd	14	10	4	32	24
1991	Intercontinental Round	5th	16	8	8	32	32
1992	Final Round	5th	16	10	6	35	26
1993	Final	1st	22	17	5	58	18
1994	Semifinals	3rd	16	15	1	47	8
1995	Final	2nd	17	10	7	38	28
1996	Final Round	5th	16	11	5	39	22
1997	Final Round	5th	16	12	4	37	18
1998	Playoff Round	5th	15	10	5	34	17
1999	Semifinals	3rd	16	13	3	43	20
2000	Semifinals	3rd	18	11	7	39	27
2001	Final	1st	17	16	1	50	16
	Final	2nd	17	13	4	44	20
	Final	1st	17	15	2	47	18
	Final	1st	15	15	0	45	8
	Final	1st	15	14	1	42	12
	Final	1st	17	16	1	48	15
	Final	1st	16	15	1	47	11
	Semifinals	4th	16	12	4	41	20
	Final	1st	16	15	1	47	9
	Final	1st	16	15	1	45	22
	Final	2nd	17	13	4	43	19
	Final Round	6th	14	8	6	33	23
	Final	2nd	14	11	3	36	18
	Final	2nd	16	8	8	31	31
	Final Round	5th	14	10	4	37	20
	Final	2nd	13	11	2	34	14
	Final	2nd	13	9	4	33	21
Total	9 Titles	28/28	445	343	102	1,137	537	—

Nations League

Champions   Runners up   Third place   Fourth place

Year	Round	Position	width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30
2018	Semifinals	4th place	19	11	8	39	30	1585	1538
2019	Semifinals	4th place	19	15	4	51	26	1781	1609
2021	Final	1st place	17	15	2	45	13	1432	1237
2022	Quarterfinals	6th place	13	8	5	27	17	1047	976
2023	Quarterfinals	6th place	13	8	5	30	21	1173	1109
2024	Quarterfinals	7th place	13	6	7	28	27	1240	1199
Total	1 Title	6/6								—

Pan American Games

Champions   Runners up   Third place   Fourth place

Pan American Games record
Year	Round	Position	width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30
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
2011	Final	Gold	5	5	0	15	3
2015	Final	Silver	5	3	2	13	6
2019	Semifinals	Bronze	5	4	1	12	7
2023	Final	Gold	5	5	0	15	2
Total	5 Titles	17/17	107	85	22	276	96	—

Pan-American Cup

Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place

Year	Round	Position	width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30
2010	Semifinals	4th Place	4	2	2	7	9
	Final	Champions	4	4	0	14	1
2012	Semifinals	4th Place	6	3	3	14	10
2013	Final	Champions	4	4	0	12	0
2015	Final	Champions	5	5	0	15	1
2017	Did not compete
2018	Final	Runners-Up	5	4	1	14	4
2022	7th place match	8th	5	0	5	6	15
2023	Final	Runners-Up	4	3	1	10	3
Total	3 Titles	8/17	37	25	12	92	43	—

South American Championship

1st 2nd 3rd

South American Championship record
Years	Rounds	Positions	width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30
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	—

America's Cup

Champions   Runners up   Third place   Fourth place

America's Cup record
Year	Round	Position	width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30
1998	Final	Champions	7	7	0	21	8
1999	Final	Champions	7	7	0	21	1
2000	Final	Runners-Up	7	6	1	19	5
2001	Final	Champions	7	6	1	20	4
2005	Final	Runners-Up	4	3	1	11	4
2007	Final	Runners-Up	4	3	1	11	3
2008	Final	Runners-Up	4	3	1	11	3
Total	3 Titles	7/7	40	35	5	114	28	—

FIVB Olympic Qualification Tournament

Champions   Runners up   Third place   Fourth place

width=90	Year	width=90	Result	width=35	Pld	width=35	W	width=35	L	width=35	SW	width=35	SL	width=35	PW	width=35	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

width=90	Year	width=110	Result	width=35	Pld	width=35	W	width=35	L	width=35	SW	width=35	SL	width=35	PW	width=35	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

width=90	Year	width=160	Result	width=35	Pld	width=35	W	width=35	L	width=35	SW	width=35	SL	width=35	PW	width=35	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.

Coaches history

• Bebeto de Freitas (1984–1988)
• José Roberto Guimarães (1991–1996)
• Radamés Lattari (1997-2001)
• Bernardo Rezende (2001–2016)
• Renan Dal Zotto (2017–2023)
• Bernardo Rezende (2023–)

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.^[2]

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 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
• Brazil men's national under-23 volleyball team
• Brazil men's national under-21 volleyball team
• Brazil men's national under-19 volleyball team

External links

• • FIVB profile

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bernardinho volta a ser técnico da seleção masculina de vôlei . . 28 December 2023 . Portuguese.
2. Web site: Maracanãzinho: The most iconic venue for the world's best . 2016-09-02 . 2016-09-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160910043019/http://www.fivb.org/en/Volleyball/viewPressRelease.asp?No=63686&Language=en . live .