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Argentina national volleyball team

Argentina
Logo FeVA Borde Oro Blanco.jpg
Association Argentine Volleyball Federation
Confederation CSV
Head coach Julio Velasco
FIVB ranking 6 (as of August 2016)
Uniforms
Home
Away
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)
Argentina men's national volleyball team
Medal record
Olympics
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Seoul Team
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 1982 Argentina
America's Cup
Silver medal – second place 1998 Mar del Plata
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Tampa
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Buenos Aires
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1995 Mar del Plata Team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto Team
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Guadalajara Team
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Havana Team
Bronze medal – third place 1983 Caracas Team
Bronze medal – third place 1963 São Paulo Team
Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 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.


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