Argentina men's national volleyball team facts for kids

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Argentina

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Association	FeVA
Confederation	CSV
Head coach	Marcelo Méndez
FIVB ranking	9 (as of September 2014)
Uniforms
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Summer Olympics
Appearances	8 (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)
Website	feva.org.ar/seleccion

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

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	5	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	Future event
2028
2032
Total	0 Title	8/15	55	27	28	104	107

Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics - Argentine men

Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics - Team Argentina

World Championship

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
Total	0 Title	14/21	109	52	57	203	216	—

Argentina team in 2014 against USA

World Cup

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	0 Title	7/15	73	35	38	133	137	—

Nations League

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
Total	0 Title	5/5	70	33	37	135	136	—

World League

• 1990 to 1995 — did not compete
• 1996 — 7th place
• 1997 — 8th place
• 1998 — 9th place
• 1999 — 6th place
• 2000 — 8th place
• 2001 — 13th place
• 2002 — 9th place
• 2005 — 10th place
• 2006 — 7th place
• 2007 — 13th place
• 2009 — 5th place
• 2010 — 5th place
• 2011 — 4th place
• 2012 — 10th place
• 2013 — 6th place
• 2014 — 13th place
• 2015 — 11th place
• 2016 — 10th place
• 2017 — 10th place

World Grand Champions Cup

• 1993 to 1997 — did not compete
• 2001 — 6th place
• 2005 to 2017 — did not compete

Pan American Games

• 1955 — not participate
• 1959 — not participate
• 1963 — 3 Bronze
• 1967 — 7th place
• 1971 — 6th place
• 1975 — not participate
• 1979 — not participate
• 1983 — 3 Bronze
• 1987 — to be confirmed
• 1991 — 3 Bronze
• 1995 — 1 Gold
• 1999 — 4th place
• 2003 — not participate
• 2007 — 6th place
• 2011 — 3 Bronze
• 2015 — 1 Gold
• 2019 — 1 Gold
• 2023 — TBD

America Cup

• 1998 — 2 Silver
• 1999 — 3 Bronze
• 2000 — 4th place
• 2001 — 3 Bronze
• 2005 — 4th place
• 2007 — 4th place
• 2008 — 4th place

Pan-American Cup

• 2010 — 2 Silver
• 2011 — 7th place
• 2012 — 2 Silver
• 2013 — 3 Bronze
• 2014 — 3 Bronze
• 2015 — 2 Silver
• 2016 — 2 Silver
• 2017 — 1 Gold
• 2018 — 1 Gold
• 2019 — 2 Silver

Team

Current squad

The following is the Argentine roster in the 2022 World Championship.

Head coach: Marcelo Mendez

No.	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2022–23 club
01 1	Sanchez, MatiasMatias Sanchez	20 September 1996	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	304 cm (120 in)	282 cm (111 in)	Ślepsk Suwałki
03 3	Franchi, Jan MartinezJan Martinez Franchi	28 January 1998	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	330 cm (130 in)	310 cm (120 in)	Trefl Gdańsk
06 6	Gallego, JoaquinJoaquin Gallego	21 November 1996	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	102 kg (225 lb)	343 cm (135 in)	323 cm (127 in)	Sporting CP
07 7	Conte, FacundoFacundo Conte	25 August 1989	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	354 cm (139 in)	334 cm (131 in)	Buenos Aires
08 8	Loser, AgustínAgustín Loser	12 October 1997	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	77 kg (170 lb)	335 cm (132 in)	310 cm (120 in)	Allianz Milano
09 9	Danani, SantiagoSantiago Danani	12 December 1995	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	77 kg (170 lb)	324 cm (128 in)	309 cm (122 in)	Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie
12	Lima, BrunoBruno Lima	4 February 1996	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	341 cm (134 in)	320 cm (130 in)	Al Hilal
13	Palacios, EzequielEzequiel Palacios	10 February 1992	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	352 cm (139 in)	330 cm (130 in)	Montpellier UC
15	De Cecco, LucianoLuciano De Cecco (C)	2 June 1988	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	332 cm (131 in)	315 cm (124 in)	Cucine Lube Civitanova
16	Palonsky, LucianoLuciano Palonsky	7 August 1999	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	72 kg (159 lb)	355 cm (140 in)	328 cm (129 in)	Tours VB
17	Vicentín, LucianoLuciano Vicentín	4 April 2000	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	333 cm (131 in)	315 cm (124 in)	VfB Friedrichshafen
18	Ramos, MartínMartín Ramos	13 June 1991	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	350 cm (140 in)	330 cm (130 in)	Guaguas Las Palmas
22	Zerba, NicolásNicolás Zerba	7 June 1999	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	334 cm (131 in)	311 cm (122 in)	PSG Stal Nysa
25	Koukartsev, PabloPablo Koukartsev	25 March 1993	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	105 kg (231 lb)	342 cm (135 in)	322 cm (127 in)	Knack Roeselare

Notable players

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

Kit providers

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

Sponsorship

Primary sponsors include: main sponsors like Banco de la Nación Argentina and Sonder, other sponsors: Pensma, Sodimac, Arnet, Enardo, Gatorade and universal assistance.

See also

In Spanish: Selección masculina de voleibol de Argentina para niños