Association | Argentine Volleyball Federation | ||
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Confederation | CSV | ||
Head coach | Julio Velasco | ||
FIVB ranking | 6 (as of August 2016) | ||
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Summer Olympics | |||
Appearances | 7 (First in 1984) | ||
Best result | 3rd place (1988) | ||
World Championship | |||
Appearances | 11 (First in 1960) | ||
Best result | 3rd place (1982) | ||
www.feva.org.ar (Spanish) |
Medal record | ||
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Olympics | ||
1988 Seoul | Team | |
World Championship | ||
1982 Argentina | ||
America's Cup | ||
1998 Mar del Plata | ||
1999 Tampa | ||
2001 Buenos Aires | ||
Pan American Games | ||
1995 Mar del Plata | Team | |
2015 Toronto | Team | |
2011 Guadalajara | Team | |
1991 Havana | Team | |
1983 Caracas | Team | |
1963 São Paulo | Team | |
Universiade | ||
2015 Gwangju | Team |
The Argentina national volleyball team is the national volleyball representative of Argentina. The team is controlled by the Argentine Volleyball Federation (Federación del Voleibol Argentino in Spanish, and abbreviated "FEVA").
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 Olympic Games.
At continental level, overshadowed by volleyball power Brazil men's national volleyball team, Argentina won the gold medal at the 1964 South American Men's Volleyball Championship, twelve silver and seven bronze.
The following is the Argentine roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Head coach: Julio Velasco
The table below shows the history of kit providers for the Argentina national volleyball team.
Primary sponsors include: main sponsors like Banco de la Nación Argentina and Sonder, other sponsors: Pensma, Sodimac, Arnet, Enardo, Gatorade and universal assistance.