| United States | |
| Federation: | USA Volleyball |
| Website: | www.usavolleyball.org |
| Confederation: | NORCECA |
| Manager: | Andrea Becker |
| Coach: | John Speraw |
| Olympic Apps: | 13 |
| Olympic First: | 1964 |
| Olympic Best: | (1984, 1988, 2008) |
| World Champs Apps: | 15 |
| World Champs First: | 1956 |
| World Champs Best: | (1986) |
| World Cup Apps: | 12 |
| World Cup First: | 1977 |
| World Cup Best: | (1985, 2015) |
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The United States men's national volleyball team represents the country in international competitions and friendly matches. The team is governed by USA Volleyball, and it has won six Olympic medals, with three of them gold.
As the birthplace of volleyball, the United States founded the first association to regulate the sport. The United States Volleyball Association was formed in 1927, and was the founding member of FIVB in 1947.[1]
However, by the time of volleyball's international growth in the 1940s, the U.S. was no longer a major power. They competed in the inaugural volleyball Olympic tournament in 1964.[2] The U.S. returned to the elite in the 1980s, winning the FIVB World Championship in 1986 in Paris, as well as four golds at the Pan American Games and eight at the NORCECA Championships. Of the nine times that the U.S. have competed at the World Cup, they have finished fourth five times, most recently in 2007. They won the event in 1985, and last time out in 2011 they finished in sixth place, eight points away from the medal positions.The team was a bronze medalist at the World Championships in 1994. Four years prior, in Italy, they finished sixth. Of the 14 times the United States have qualified for this competition, they have finished in the top 10 on eight occasions.
The U.S. won the World Cup in 1985 and the World Championship in 1986. The U.S. team clinched its first Olympic gold medal in 20 years when they defeated Brazil 3-1 to take gold at Beijing 2008. The team failed to defend their title in 2012, losing 3-0 to Italy in the quarterfinals for an equal-fifth finish. The U.S. won the 2015 World Cup title, where they got the first Rio 2016 Olympic qualification ticket. In September 2015 U.S. national team took part in 2015 World Cup. American players won 10 of 11 matches (the same result as Poland and Italy) and lost only to Poland (1-3). On September 23, 2015 they played their last game at the World Cup and defeated Argentina (3–1). The U.S. won the World Cup on a points tie-breaker and qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[3] [4] It was their second victory in World Cup tournament (previous in 1985).[5]
In the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League, the inaugural edition replacing the World League, the U.S. national team defeated the reigning Olympic champions and 9-time World League winners Brazil in straight sets for the bronze medal.[6]
| Year | Position | Squad | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 10th place | rowspan=6 | |
| 1985 | Gold medal | ||
| 1989 | 4th place | ||
| 1991 | Bronze medal | ||
| 1995 | 4th place | ||
| 1999 | 4th place | ||
| 2003 | 4th place | Ball, Sullivan, Suxho, Priddy, Millar, Salmon, Billings, Hoff, Stanley, Gardner, Polster, Naeve. Head coach: Beal | |
| 2007 | 4th place | Ball, Rooney, Polster, Lee, Lambourne, Priddy, Millar, Salmon, Hoff, Stanley, Hansen, Gardner. Head coach: McCutcheon | |
| 2011 | 6th place | Anderson, Rooney, Patak, Lee, Lotman, Priddy, Salmon, Holmes, Hansen, Thornton, Holt. Head coach: Knipe | |
| 2015 | Gold medal | Anderson, Russell, Sander, Lee, Lotman, K. Shoji, Troy, Christenson, Holmes, Jablonsky, Holt, Smith, Watten, E. Shoji. Head Coach: Speraw | |
| 2019 | Bronze medal | Anderson, Russell, Jendryk, Stahl, DeFalco, Saeta, Christenson, Holt, Patch, Maʻa, Tuaniga, Muagututia, Smith, E. Shoji. Head Coach: Speraw | |
| 2023 Japan World Cup | Gold medal | Anderson, Russell, Jendryk, Ensing, DeFalco, Dagostino, Christenson, Holt, Maʻa, Jaeschke, Muguatutia, Averill, Smith, E. Shoji. Head Coach: Speraw | |
| Total | 2 Titles | ||
| Year | Position | Squad | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5th place | |||
| 2005 Japan | Silver medal | Eatherton, Polster, Lambourne, Hoff, McKienzie, Millar, Priddy, Salmon, Stanley, Suxho, Tamas, Olree. Head Coach: McCutcheon | |
| 2013 Japan | 5th place | Anderson, Rooney, Lee, K. Shoji, Priddy, Troy, Christenson, Tavana, Menzel, Clark, Holt, E. Shoji. Head coach: Speraw | |
| 2017 Japan | 4th place | Anderson, Russell, Sander, Jendryk, K. Shoji, Jaeschke, Christenson, Patch, Clark, Holt, Averill, Smith, Watten, E. Shoji. Head coach: Speraw | |
| Total | 0 Title | ||
| Year | Position | Squad | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Gold medal | ||
| Gold medal | Anderson, Patak, Tarr, Proper, Meerstein, Jablonsky, Winder, Hildebrand, Hein, Scheftic, Lotman, Reft. Head coach: Knipe | ||
| 2009 | Gold medal | Vance, Bittner, McKinney, Kneubuhl, Hildebrand, Tarr, Meerstein, Nielsen, Thornton, Holt, Zahn, Watten. Head coach: McLaughlin | |
| 2010 | Gold medal | Watten, Tarr, McKinney, Thornton, Bittner, Lipsitz, Smith, Hildebrand, Clark, Brunner, Jablonsky, McGuire. Head coach: McLaughlin | |
| 2011 | Silver medal | Menzel, Muagututia, Troy, Winder, Hein, Meehan, Shoji, Smith, Tarr, Price, Jablonsky, Watten. Head coach: Mayforth | |
| 2012 | Gold medal | Davis, Rawson, Clark, Muagututia, Troy, DuFault, McDonnell, Ciarelli, Ammerman, Watten, Sander, Shoji. Head coach: Patchell | |
| 2013 | 5th place | Olbright, Taylor, Owens, Sunder, Brinkley, McDonnell, Price, Ammerman, Sangrey, Ratajczak, Lavaja, Sander. Head coach: Patchell | |
| 2014 | Silver medal | Rowe, Crabb, Mcllvaine, Brinkley, Kevorken, Page, Averill, Dejno, La Cavera, Nally, Boldog, Olson. Head coach: Sullivan | |
| 2015 | 6th place | Kessel, Jendryk, Benesh, Brinkley, Langlois, Mcllvaine, Nally | |
| 2016 | 5th place | Langlois, Petty, Sander, Taylor, Tuaniga, Hutz, Johnson, Clark, Jendryk, Averill, DeFalco, Brinkley. Head coach: Larsen | |
| 5th place | Jarman, Stahl, Jendryk, Greene, Sander, Langlois, Arnitz, Ensing, Seif, Wieczorek, Stadick, Saeta, Tuileta, Enriques. Head coach: Neilson | ||
| 2018 | 7th place | rowspan=2 | |
| 2019 | 5th place | ||
| 2021 | Bronze medal | Holdaway, Kauling, Gillis, Pasteur, Mitchem, Lietzke, Sani, McHenry, Champlin, Wetter, Sloane, McCauley, Palma, Dagostino. Head coach: Read | |
| 2022 | Bronze medal | Jenness, Shaw, Pasteur, Hanes, Sani, Gasman, Isaacson, Omene, Ezeonu, Worsley, Briggs, McCauley, Wildman, McHenry. Head coach: Read | |
| 2023 | 5th place | ||
| 2024 | Silver medal | Robinson, Garcia, McHenry, Isaacson, Pasteur, Flexen, Gasman, Briggs, McIntosh, Wildman, Champlin, Marshman, Slight, Wetter. Head coach: Read | |
| Total | 5 Titles | ||
| Year | Position | Squad | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14th place | rowspan=4 | ||
| 1999 | Silver medal | ||
| 2000 | Bronze medal | ||
| 2001 | 4th place | ||
| 2005 | Gold medal | Lee, Robinson, Polster, Lambourne, Eatherton, Suxho, Seiffert, Salmon, Olree, Hoff, Toppel, McKienzie. Head coach: McCutcheon | |
| 2007 | Gold medal | Ball, Billings, Eatherton, Hansen, Hoff, Lambourne, Millar, Polster, Priddy, Rooney, Salmon, Stanley. Head Coach: McCutcheon | |
| 2008 | 5th place | Anderson, Nielson, Eatherton, Lambourne, Jablonsky, Winder, Billings, Hein, Taliaferro, Thomas, Touzinsky. Head Coach: Larsen | |
| Total | 2 Titles | ||
| Year | Position | Squad | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Silver medal | Ctvrtlik, Dvorak, Kiraly, Luyties, Miller, Partie, Powers, Salmons, Saunders, Tanner, Stork, Timmons | |
| 1990 | 4th place | ||
| Total | 0 Title | ||
The American roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics was announced on 10 May 2024.[7]
Head coach: John Speraw
| No. | Name | Date of birth | Position | Height | 2023–24 club | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposite | 2.08m (06.82feet) |  Ziraat Bank Ankara | ||||
| Outside hitter | 2.05m (06.73feet) | JT Thunders | ||||
| Middle blocker | 2.05m (06.73feet) |  Prisma Volley | ||||
| Outside hitter | 1.95m (06.4feet) |  Asseco Resovia | ||||
| Setter | 1.95m (06.4feet) |  Zenit Kazan | ||||
| Middle blocker | 2.08m (06.82feet) |  Beijing BAIC Motor | ||||
| Setter | 1.92m (06.3feet) | Halkbank Ankara | ||||
| Outside hitter | 1.98m (06.5feet) | Panasonic Panthers | ||||
| Outside hitter | 1.95m (06.4feet) |  Jakarta Bhayangkara Presisi | ||||
| Middle blocker | 2.01m (06.59feet) | Projekt Warsaw | ||||
| Middle blocker | 2m (07feet) | ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle | ||||
| Libero | 1.82m (05.97feet) | ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle |
The table below shows the history of kit providers for the United States national volleyball team.
| Period | Kit provider | |
|---|---|---|
| 2000–2017 | Nike Mizuno | |
| 2017–2022 | Adidas | |
| 2022–present | Mizuno |
Primary sponsors include: main sponsors like Liberty Mutual, Mizuno Corporation and Commerce Bancorp, other sponsors: Molten Corporation, Almond Breeze, Arirweave, National Car, CoSport, Oppiaperformance, Alamo and Muscleaidtape.