Brazil men's national volleyball team

2000-until now

After the sixth place in the Sydney Olympic Games, the Brazilian men’s national team underwent some important changes ahead of the 2001 season. Mr. Bernardo Rezende, nicknamed Bernardinho, who had spent six years coaching the women's national team, was chosen to be the head coach of the Brazilian men's national team. In the first season with Bernardinho, the team conquered three gold medals (World League, America's Cup and South American Championship) and one silver medal (World Grand Champions Cup). In 2002, Brazil finished second in the World League after losing the title at home in the match against Russia. But in that same season, they conquered the World Championship for the first time ever.

The beginning of the 2003 season was very special for the World Champions. In an exciting final match against Serbia and Montenegro, Brazil won the World League gold medal for the third time, beating its opponent 3–2 in Madrid. After that, the team was defeated by Venezuela in the semifinal of the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) and ended up with the bronze in the competition. However, the Brazilian squad beat Venezuela by 3–0 in the South American Championship final only one month later. That year ended with Brazil conquering the last title it had not won yet: the World Cup, in Japan.

In 2004, Bernardinho led the Brazilian team to a fourth title of the World League. In August, the Brazilian men's team won the second Olympic gold medal of its history, which happened in Athens in 2004 (the first one was conquered in Barcelona in 1992). In the final, Brazil beat Italy 3–1.

In the 2005 season, the Olympic Champion won four medals. In the final match against Serbia and Montenegro, Brazil won another gold medal in the World League, beating its opponent 3–1. After that, the team became second in the America's Cup, defeated by the United States in the final. Then in the South American Championship, Brazil conquered its 25th title, winning all matches and losing just one set. To end this great season, Bernardo Rezende’s team secured the gold medal in the World Grand Champions Cup in Japan. During the year 2006, the Brazilian team won a sixth title in the World League and a second title in the World Championship. This team was considered by many the best and most consistent men's volleyball team of all time.

Senior team

Olympic Games

Olympic Games record
Year	Round	Position	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	Squad
1964	Round Robin	7th place	9	3	6	13	23
1968	Round Robin	9th place	9	1	8	8	25
1972		8th place	7	2	5	9	19
1976		7th place	5	1	4	5	14
1980		5th place	6	4	2	15	10
1984	Final	Silver Medal	6	4	2	15	10
1988	Semi Finals	4th place	7	4	3	16	13
1992	Final	Gold Medal	8	8	0	24	3	Squad
1996	Quarter Finals	5th place	8	5	3	18	10	Squad
2000	Quarter Finals	6th place	8	6	2	19	9	Squad
2004	Final	Gold Medal	8	7	1	22	8	Squad
2008	Final	Silver Medal	8	6	2	20	8	Squad
2012	Final	Silver Medal	8	6	2	21	8	Squad
2016	Final	Gold Medal	8	6	2	20	10	Squad
Total	3 Titles	14/14	105	63	42	225	170	—

World Championship

World Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	Squad
1949	Did not compete
1952
1956		11th place	11	10	1	31	6	Squad
1960		5th place	10	5	5	15	17	Squad
1962		10th place	11	2	9	14	27	Squad
1966		13th place	10	4	6	17	18	Squad
1970		12th place	11	6	5	23	20	Squad
1974		9th place	11	5	6	18	18	Squad
1978		6th place	9	5	4	21	15	Squad
1982	Final	Runners-up	9	6	3	19	10	Squad
1986	Semi Finals	4th place	8	6	2	18	9	Squad
1990	Semi Finals	4th place	6	4	2	14	8	Squad
1994		5th place	7	5	2	19	8	Squad
1998	Semi Finals	4th place	11	9	2	30	9	Squad
2002	Final	Champions	9	8	1	26	8	Squad
2006	Final	Champions	11	10	1	31	6	Squad
2010	Final	Champions	9	7	2	23	10	Squad
2014	Final	Runners-up	13	11	2	36	12	Squad
2018	Final	Runners-up	12	10	2	31	13	Squad
Total	3 Titles	17/19	168	113	55	386	214	—

World Cup

World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	Squad
1965	Did not compete
1969		6th place	7	3	4	10	16	Squad
1977		8th place	8	3	5	13	17	Squad
1981	Round Robin	3rd place	7	5	2	16	11	Squad
1985	Round Robin	4th place	7	4	3	16	22	Squad
1989	Round Robin	5th place	7	3	4	13	14	Squad
1991	Round Robin	6th place	8	4	4	16	15	Squad
1995	Round Robin	3rd place	11	9	2	29	7	Squad
1999	Round Robin	5th place	11	7	4	27	15	Squad
2003	Round Robin	Champions	11	11	0	33	4	Squad
2007	Round Robin	Champions	11	10	1	30	4	Squad
2011	Round Robin	3rd place	11	8	3	29	14	Squad
2015	Did not compete
Total	2 Titles	11/13	99	67	32	232	139	—

World Grand Champions Cup

World Grand Champions record
Year	Round	Position	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	Squad
1993	Round Robin	Runner-up	5	4	1	14	6	Squad
1997	Round Robin	Champions	5	5	0	15	3	Squad
2001	Round Robin	Runner-up	5	4	1	14	4	Squad
2005	Round Robin	Champions	5	5	0	15	6	Squad
2009	Round Robin	Champions	5	5	0	15	3	Squad
2013	Round Robin	Champions	5	4	1	14	6	Squad
2017	Round Robin	Champions	5	4	1	14	5	Squad
Total	5 Titles	7/7	35	31	4	101	33	—

World League

World League record
Year	Round	Position	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	Squad
1990	Semi Finals	3rd place	14	10	4	32	24	Squad
1991		5th place	16	8	8	32	32	Squad
1992	Final Round	5th place	18	10	8	36	32	Squad
1993	Final	Champions	22	17	5	58	18	Squad
1994	Semi Finals	3rd place	14	13	1	41	8	Squad
1995	Final	Runner-up	16	10	6	37	25	Squad
1996		5th place	16	11	5	39	22	Squad
1997		5th place	16	12	4	37	18	Squad
1998		5th place	15	10	5	34	17	Squad
1999	Semi Finals	3rd place	16	13	3	43	20	Squad
2000	Semi Finals	3rd place	18	11	7	39	27	Squad
2001	Final	Champions	17	16	1	50	16	Squad
2002	Final	Runner-up	17	13	4	44	20	Squad
2003	Final	Champions	17	15	2	47	18	Squad
2004	Final	Champions	15	15	0	45	8	Squad
2005	Final	Champions	15	14	1	42	8	Squad
2006	Final	Champions	17	16	1	48	15	Squad
2007	Final	Champions	16	15	1	47	11	Squad
2008	Semi Finals	4th place	16	12	4	41	20	Squad
2009	Final	Champions	16	15	1	47	9	Squad
2010	Final	Champions	16	15	1	45	22	Squad
2011	Final	Runner-up	17	13	4	43	19	Squad
2012		6th place	14	8	6	35	19	Squad
2013	Final	Runner-up	14	11	3	36	18	Squad
2014	Final	Runner-up	16	8	8	31	31	Squad
2015		5th place	14	10	4	37	20	Squad
2016	Final	Runner-up	13	11	2	34	14	Squad
2017	Final	Runner-up	13	9	4	33	21	Squad
Total	9 Titles	28/28	444	341	103	1,133	532	—

Pan American Games

Pan American Games record
Year	Round	Position	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	Squad
1955	Round Robin	Bronze Medal	5	3	2	9	4
1959	Final Round	Silver Medal	6	4	2	15	9
1963	Final Round	Gold Medal	8	8	0	24	1
1967	Round Robin	Silver Medal	9	8	1	26	5
1971	Final Round	Bronze Medal	8	7	1	21	3
1975	Round Robin	Silver Medal	7	6	1	18	9
1979	Round Robin	Silver Medal	7	5	2	16	8
1983	Final	Gold Medal	7	6	1	20	5
1987	Semi Finals	Bronze Medal	7	4	3	16	12
1991	Final	Silver Medal	7	5	2	16	7
1995		7th place	3	1	2	3	6
1999	Final	Silver Medal	5	4	1	14	6
2003	Semi Finals	Bronze Medal	5	4	1	14	3
2007	Final	Gold Medal	5	5	0	15	0
2011	Final	Gold Medal	5	5	0	15	3
2015	Final	Silver Medal	5	3	2	13	6
Total	4 Titles	16/16	99	78	21	265	87	—

South American Championship

South America Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	Squad
1951	Round Robin	Champions
1956	Round Robin	Champions
1958	Round Robin	Champions
1956	Round Robin	Champions
1962	Round Robin	Champions
1964	Did not compete
1967	Round Robin	Champions
1969	Round Robin	Champions
1971	Round Robin	Champions
1973	Round Robin	Champions
1975	Round Robin	Champions
1977	Round Robin	Champions
1979	Round Robin	Champions
1981	Round Robin	Champions
1983	Round Robin	Champions
1985	Round Robin	Champions
1987	Round Robin	Champions
1989	Round Robin	Champions
1991	Final	Champions
1993	Final	Champions
1995	Final	Champions
1997	Final	Champions	4	4	0	12	0
1999	Final	Champions	4	4	0	12	2
2001	Round Robin	Champions	3	3	0	9	0
2003	Round Robin	Champions	4	4	0	12	0
2005	Round Robin	Champions	5	5	0	15	1
2007	Final	Champions	5	5	0	15	0
2009	Round Robin	Champions	6	6	0	18	2
2011	Round Robin	Champions	6	6	0	18	1
2013	Round Robin	Champions	4	4	0	12	2
2015	Final	Champions	5	5	0	15	1
2017	Final	Champions	5	5	0	15	0
Total	31 Titles	31/32

America's Cup

America's Cup record
Year	Round	Position	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	Squad
1998	Final	Champions	7	7	0	21	8	Squad
1999	Final	Champions	7	7	0	21	1	Squad
2000	Final	Runner-up	7	6	1	19	5	Squad
2001	Final	Champions	7	6	1	20	4	Squad
2005	Final	Runner-up	4	3	1	11	4	Squad
2007	Final	Runner-up	4	3	1	11	3	Squad
2008	Final	Runner-up	4	3	1	11	3	Squad
Total	3 Titles	7/7	40	35	5	114	28	—

U23 team

U21 team

U19 team

U17 team

Current squad

The following is the Brazilian roster in the 2018 World Championship.^[1]

Head coach: Renan Dal Zotto

No.	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2018–19 club
1	Bruno Rezende (C)	2 July 1986	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	76 kg (168 lb)	323 cm (127 in)	302 cm (119 in)	Civitanova
2	Isac Santos	13 December 1990	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	99 kg (218 lb)	339 cm (133 in)	306 cm (120 in)	Cruzeiro
3	Éder Carbonera	19 October 1983	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	107 kg (236 lb)	360 cm (140 in)	330 cm (130 in)	SESI São Paulo
5	Lucas Lóh	18 January 1991	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	336 cm (132 in)	320 cm (130 in)	SESI São Paulo
7	William Arjona	31 July 1979	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	300 cm (120 in)	295 cm (116 in)	SESI São Paulo
8	Wallace de Souza	26 June 1987	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	344 cm (135 in)	318 cm (125 in)	SESC Rio de Janeiro
9	Thales Hoss	26 April 1989	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	74 kg (163 lb)	320 cm (130 in)	303 cm (119 in)	Taubaté
12	Luiz Felipe Fonteles	19 June 1984	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	351 cm (138 in)	340 cm (130 in)	SESI São Paulo
13	Maurício Souza	29 September 1988	2.09 m (6 ft 10 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	344 cm (135 in)	323 cm (127 in)	SESC Rio de Janeiro
14	Douglas Souza	20 August 1995	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	338 cm (133 in)	317 cm (125 in)	Taubaté
15	Kadu Barreto	8 August 1994	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	348 cm (137 in)	340 cm (130 in)	Vibo Valentia
16	Lucas Saatkamp	6 March 1986	2.09 m (6 ft 10 in)	101 kg (223 lb)	340 cm (130 in)	321 cm (126 in)	Taubaté
17	Evandro Guerra	27 December 1981	2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)	106 kg (234 lb)	359 cm (141 in)	332 cm (131 in)	Cruzeiro
22	Maique Nascimento	16 July 1997	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	76 kg (168 lb)	310 cm (120 in)	255 cm (100 in)	Minas

Records

Incidentally, the Maracana Stadium holds the all-time volleyball attendance record from when 95,000 turned out to watch Brazil beat the USSR in an open-air friendly game in 1983.^[2]

Giba Player 1995–2012

Sponsorship

Primary sponsors include: main sponsors like Banco do Brasil, Nivea, other sponsors: Globoesporte, Gatorade, Gol Transportes Aereos, Delta Air Lines, Mikasa, Ernst & Young and Asics.