Argentina men's national volleyball team facts for kids

Quick facts for kids
Argentina

Association	FeVA
Confederation	CSV
Head coach	Vacant
FIVB ranking	9 (as of September 2014)
Uniforms
Home 　 Away
Summer Olympics
Appearances	9 (First in 1984)
Best result	(1988, 2020)
World Championship
Appearances	13 (First in 1960)
Best result	(1982)
FIVB World Cup
Appearances	7 (First in 1985)
Best result	5th (1985, 2015, 2019)
South American Championship
Appearances	32 (First in 1951)
Best result	(1964, 2023)

The Argentina national volleyball team represents Argentina in international men's volleyball and is controlled by the Argentine Volleyball Federation (Federación del Voleibol Argentino in Spanish, and abbreviated "FeVA").

The Argentina team made their international debut at the South American Championship in Rio de Janeiro in 1951, claiming fourth place. They competed in their first World Championship 1960 in the same city, where they finished 11th. The team's best achievements are the bronze medal at the 1982 World Championship, the bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics and two gold medals at the 1995 and 2015 Pan American Games. Throughout the 1990s it was usually ranked among the first ten.

In recent years, though without achieving any medal, the team finished 4th at the 2000 and 5th at the 2004, 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. However, they achieved another milestone of achievement when they won another Bronze medal at the Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics

At continental level, overshadowed by volleyball power Brazil, Argentina won two gold medals at the South American Men's Volleyball Championships (in 1964 and 2023), nineteen silvers and eight bronzes. Volleyball was introduced in Argentina by the YMCA - Youth Christian Association in 1912. The Argentine Volleyball Federation was created in 1932, sharing the same management as Basketball. The number of fans slowly started to grow as a result of its broadcasting.

Results

Summer Olympics

     Champions       Runners up       Third place       Fourth place

Summer Olympics record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Squad
1964	Did not qualify
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984	Group Stage	6th Place	6	2	4	11	13	Squad
1988	Semifinals	Third Place	7	4	3	14	12	Squad
1992	Did not qualify
1996	Quarterfinals	8th Place	8	3	5	13	18	Squad
2000	Semifinals	4th Place	8	3	5	11	18	Squad
2004	Quarterfinals	5th Place	6	3	3	14	12	Squad
2008	Did not qualify
2012	Quarterfinals	5th Place	6	3	3	10	10	Squad
2016	Quarterfinals	5th Place	6	4	2	13	7	Squad
2020	Semifinals	Third Place	8	5	3	18	17	Squad
2024	Preliminary Round	11th Place	3	0	3	1	9	Squad
Total	Bronze medal	9/16	58	27	31	105	116	—

World Championship

     Champions       Runners up       Third place       Fourth place

World Championship record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Squad
1949	Did not compete
1952
1956
1960	11th–14th places	11th place	5	3	2	9	11	Squad
1962	Did not qualify
1966
1970
1974
1978	21st place match	22nd place	10	1	9	7	28	Squad
1982	Semifinals	3rd place	9	7	2	22	13	Squad
1986	7th place match	7th place	8	4	4	15	14	Squad
1990	5th place match	6th place	7	5	2	17	8	Squad
1994	First round	14th place	3	0	3	3	9	Squad
1998	11th place match	11th place	12	5	7	22	23	Squad
2002	5th place match	6th place	9	7	2	24	13	Squad
2006	Second round	13th place	12	3	9	18	32	Squad
2010	9th place match	9th place	9	6	3	20	14	Squad
2014	Second round	11th place	12	6	6	21	21	Squad
2018	Second round	15th place	8	3	5	14	19	Squad
2022	Quarterfinals	8th place	5	2	3	11	11	Squad
2025	Qualified
2027	Future event
Total	Third Place	14/21	109	52	57	203	216	—

World Cup

     Champions       Runners up       Third place       Fourth place

World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Squad
1965	Did not compete
1969
1977
1981
1985	Round robin	5th place	7	3	4	12	14	Squad
1989	Did not qualify
1991
1995	Round robin	7th place	11	5	6	17	20	Squad
1999	Round robin	9th place	11	4	7	18	23	Squad
2003	Did not qualify
2007	Round robin	7th place	11	5	6	15	23	Squad
2011	Round robin	7th place	11	5	6	21	21	Squad
2015	Round robin	5th place	11	7	4	26	16	Squad
2019	Round robin	5th place	11	6	5	24	20	Squad
2023	Did not enter
Total	5th Place	7/15	73	35	38	133	137	—

World League

     Champions       Runners up       Third place       Fourth place

World League record
Year	Round	Position	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	Squad
1990	Did not compete
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996	Intercontinental Round	7th	12	4	8	22	26	Squad
1997	Intercontinental Round	8th	12	4	8	20	25	Squad
1998	Intercontinental Round	9th	12	5	7	22	25	Squad
1999	Final Round	6th	14	4	10	23	32	Squad
2000	Intercontinental Round	8th	12	4	8	23	28	Squad
2001	Intercontinental Round	13th	12	2	10	16	32	Squad
2002	Intercontinental Round	9th	12	4	8	19	26	Squad
2003	Did not compete
2004
2005	Intercontinental Round	10th	12	3	9	18	32	Squad
2006	Intercontinental Round	7th	12	7	5	22	21	Squad
2007	Intercontinental Round	13th	12	0	12	9	36	Squad
2008	Did not compete
2009	Final Round	5th	14	7	7	30	31	Squad
2010	Final Round	5th	14	0	14	15	42	Squad
2011	Semifinals	4th	17	11	6	37	25	Squad
2012	Intercontinental Round	10th	12	6	6	22	23	Squad
2013	Final Round	6th	12	1	11	13	34	Squad
2014	Intercontinental Round	13th	12	8	4	29	16	Squad
2015	Intercontinental Round	11th	12	7	5	26	21	Squad
2016	Intercontinental Round	10th	9	3	6	16	20	Squad
2017	Intercontinental Round	10th	9	3	6	15	22	Squad
Total	4th Place	19/28	233	83	150	397	517	—

Nations League

     Champions       Runners up       Third place       Fourth place

Nations League record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Squad
2018	Preliminary round	14th place	15	4	11	23	34	Squad
2019	Preliminary round	7th place	15	8	7	33	26	Squad
2021	Preliminary round	9th place	15	7	8	23	29	Squad
2022	Preliminary round	9th place	12	5	7	24	26	Squad
2023	Quarterfinals	5th place	13	9	4	32	21	Squad
2024	Quarterfinals	8th place	13	6	7	25	27	Squad
Total	5th Place	6/6	83	39	44	160	163	—

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	Did not compete
1997
2001	Round Robin	6th place	5	0	5	4	15	Squad
2005	Did not compete
2009
2013
2017
Total	6th Place	1/7	5	0	5	4	15	—

Pan American Games

     Champions       Runners up       Third place       Fourth place

Pan American Games record
Year	Round	Position	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	Squad
1955	Did not participate
1959
1963	Final Round	Bronze	8	5	3	15	12
1967	Group 7-9	7th place	5	2	3	7	10
1971	Final Round	6th place	8	2	6	7	21
1975	Did not participate
1979
1983	Semifinals	Bronze	7	3	4	13	13
1987	Semifinals	4th place	7	3	4	12	13
1991	Semifinals	Bronze	7	3	4	12	14
1995	Final	Gold	4	4	0	12	2
1999	Semifinals	4th place	5	3	2	11	7
2003	Did not participate
2007	Consolation round	6th place	5	1	4	4	14	Squad
2011	Semifinals	Bronze	5	4	1	15	14	Squad
2015	Final	Gold	6	5	1	15	7	Squad
2019	Final	Gold	5	5	0	15	1	Squad
2023	Final	Silver	5	4	1	12	5	Squad
Total	3 Titles	13/18	77	44	33	150	133	—

Pan-American Cup

     Champions      Runners up      Third place      Fourth place

Pan-American Cup record
Year	Round	Position	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	Squad
2006	Did not compete
2007
2008
2009
2010	Final	Runners-Up	4	3	1	9	5	Squad
2011	Quarterfinals	7th place	4	2	2	7	6	Squad
2012	Final	Runners-Up	5	4	1	12	10	Squad
2013	Semifinals	Bronze	5	3	2	10	9	Squad
2014	Semifinals	Bronze	4	3	1	11	7	Squad
2015	Final	Runners-Up	5	4	1	13	6	Squad
2016	Final	Runners-Up	5	4	1	14	5	Squad
2017	Final	Champions	5	5	0	15	1	Squad
2018	Final	Champions	5	5	0	15	4	Squad
2019	Final	Runners-Up	5	3	2	13	7	Squad
2021	Did not compete
2022
2023
2024
Total	2 Titles	10/18	47	36	11	119	60	—

South American Championship

     Champions      Runners up      Third place      Fourth place

South American Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	Squad
1951	Round Robin	4th	3	0	3	1	9	—
1956	Did not compete
1958	Round Robin	4th	4	1	3	6	9	—
1961	Round Robin	3rd	4	2	2	9	6	—
1962	Round Robin	2nd	6	4	2	12	6	—
1964	Round Robin	1st	4	4	0	12	1	—
1967	Did not compete
1969	Round Robin	5th	7	3	4	11	12	—
1971	Round Robin	3rd	7	5	2	17	8	—
1973	Round Robin	2nd	4	3	1	9	6	—
1975	Round Robin	3rd	7	5	2	15	7	—
1977	Round Robin	3rd	6	3	3	9	9	—
1979	Group 5-7	5th	4	2	2	10	8	—
1981	Round Robin	2nd	5	4	1	14	3	—
1983	Final Round	2nd	4	3	1	9	3	—
1985	Round Robin	3rd	5	3	2	9	6	—
1987	Round Robin	2nd	6	5	1	15	4	—
1989	Round Robin	2nd	6	5	1	17	3	—
1991	Final	2nd	4	2	2	7	6	—
1993	Final	2nd	6	4	2	14	5	—
1995	Final	2nd	4	2	2	8	6	—
1997	Final Round	3rd	6	4	2	12	6	—
1999	Final	2nd	4	2	2	7	8	—
2001	Final Round	2nd	3	2	1	6	3	—
2003	Round Robin	3rd	4	2	2	7	6	—
2005	Round Robin	2nd	5	4	1	12	4	—
2007	Final	2nd	5	4	1	12	7	—
2009	Round Robin	2nd	6	5	1	16	4	—
2011	Round Robin	2nd	6	5	1	16	3	—
2013	Round Robin	2nd	4	3	1	11	3	—
2015	Final	2nd	5	4	1	12	5	—
2017	Semifinals	3rd	5	4	1	14	4	—
2019	Final	2nd	5	3	2	12	6	—
2021	Round Robin	2nd	4	3	1	10	4	—
2023	Round Robin	1st	4	4	0	12	1	—
Total	2 Titles	33/35	162	109	53	363	181	—

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	Runners-Up	7	4	3	16	14	Squad
1999	Semifinals	Bronze	7	3	4	11	14	Squad
2000	Semifinals	4th place	7	3	4	13	14	Squad
2001	Semifinals	Bronze	7	3	4	12	14	Squad
2005	Semifinals	4th place	4	1	3	5	10	Squad
2007	Semifinals	4th place	4	1	3	4	11	Squad
2008	Semifinals	4th place	4	1	3	3	11	Squad
Total	Runners-Up	7/7	40	16	24	64	88	—

South American Games

     Champions       Runners up       Third place       Fourth place

South American Games record
Year	Round	Position	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	Squad
1978	Round Robin	Champions
1982	Round Robin	Champions
2010	Final	Champions	5	5	0	15	1	Squad
2014	Final	Champions	3	3	0	9	0	Squad
2018	Final	Champions	5	5	0	15	2	Squad
Total	5 Titles	5/5	13	13	0	39	3	—

FIVB Olympic Qualification Tournament

     Champions       Runners up       Third place       Fourth place

Year	Result	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	PW	PL
2019	Group F Champion	3	3	0	9	4	298	282
2023	Group C Third Place	7	5	2	17	10	627	607
Total	1 Title	10	8	2	26	14	925	889

Team

Current squad

Roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

The roster was announced on 3 July 2024.

Head coach: Marcelo Méndez

Notable players

• Marcos Milinkovic
• Waldo Kantor
• Javier Weber
• Daniel Castellani
• Hugo Conte
• Raúl Quiroga
• Jon Uriarte
• Luciano De Cecco

Gallery

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  Argentina against Brazil, 2011 World League semifinals

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  Argentina against USA at the 2014 World Championship

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  Argentina against France at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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  Team Argentina at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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  Head Coach Marcelo Méndez with bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Kit providers

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

Sponsorship

Main sponsors:

• Banco de la Nación Argentina
• Sonder

Other sponsors:

• Pensma
• Sodimac
• Arnet
• Enardo
• Gatorade

See also

In Spanish: Selección masculina de voleibol de Argentina para niños

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