United States men's national volleyball team

United States
Association USA Volleyball
Confederation NORCECA
Head coach John Speraw
FIVB ranking 2 (as of August 2017)
Uniforms
Home
Away
Third
Summer Olympics
Appearances 10 (First in 1964)
Best result Gold (1984, 1988, 2008)
World Championship
Appearances 15 (First in 1956)
Best result Gold (1986)
World Cup
Appearances 11 (First in 1977)
Best result Gold (1985, 2015)
www.usavolleyball.org
Honours
Olympic Games
1984 Los AngelesTeam
1988 SeoulTeam
2008 BeijingTeam
1992 BarcelonaTeam
2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
World Championship
1986 France
1994 Greece
2018 Italy/Bulgaria
World Cup
1985 Japan
2015 Japan
1991 Japan
World Grand Champions Cup
2005 Japan
World League
2008 Rio de Janeiro
2014 Florence
2012 Sofia
1992 Genoa
2007 Katowice
2015 Rio de Janeiro
Nations League
2018 Lille
Pan American Games
1955 MexicoTeam
1959 ChicagoTeam
1967 WinnipegTeam
1987 IndianapolisTeam
1963 São PauloTeam
1971 CaliTeam
1995 Mar del PlataTeam
2007 Rio de JaneiroTeam
1999 WinnipegTeam
America Cup
2005 São Leopoldo
2007 Manaus
1999 Tampa
2000 São Bernardo
Pan-American Cup
2006 Mexicali
2008 Winnipeg
2009 Chiapas
2010 San Juan
2012 Santo Domingo
2011 Gatineau

The United States men's national volleyball team represents the country in international competitions and friendly matches. The team is governed by USA Volleyball. USA won 5 Olympic medals, including three golds.

History

United States national volleyball team in World League 2015

Birthplace of volleyball, the United States had the first association to regulate the sport, United States Volleyball Association in 1927 , and was a founding member of FIVB in 1947.[1] They were part of the first Olympic tournament in 1964.[2] USA have won the FIVB World Championship in 1986 in Paris, as well as four golds at the Pan American Games and eight at the NORCECA Championships. They won only one of five matches. Of the nine times that USA have competed at the World Cup, they have finished fourth five times, most recently in 2007. They won the event in 1985, and last time out in 2011 they finished in sixth place, eight points away from the medal positions. hat success was the first of two podium finishes for the United States in the World Championships and was followed by a bronze medal in 1994. Four years ago, in Italy, they finished sixth. Of the 14 times the United States have qualified for this competition, they have finished in the top 10 on eight occasions. USA at the World Cup in 1985 and the World Championship in 1986. They reclaimed Olympic glory when they defeated Brazil 3-1 to take gold at Beijing 2008, but failed to defend their title in 2012, losing 3-0 to Italy in the quarterfinals for an equal-fifth finish. USA took the 2015 World Cup title, where they got the first Rio 2016 Olympic qualification ticket. In September 2015 U.S. national team took part in 2015 World Cup. American players won 10 of 11 matches (the same result as Poland and Italy) and lost only with Poland (1-3). On September 23, 2015 they played their last game at World Cup and beat Argentina (1-3). Despite of the same amount of winning matches just like two other teams, USA won World Cup and qualified at 2016 Summer Olympic Games because of difference in points.[3][4] It was their second victory in World Cup tournament (previous in 1985).[5] In the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League, the inaugural edition replacing the World League, the U.S. national team defeated the reigning Olympic champions and 9-time World League winners Brazil in straight sets for the bronze medal.[6]

Tournament record

Olympic Games

World Championship

World Cup

World Grand Champions Cup

World League

FIVB Volleyball Nations League

NORCECA Championship

Pan American Cup

America Cup

  • 1998 — 14th place
  • 1999 — Silver medal
  • 2000 — Bronze medal
  • 2001 — 4th place
  • 2005 — Gold medal

Goodwill Games

Team

The following is the American roster in the 2018 World Championship.[7]

Head coach: John Speraw

No. Name Date of birth Height Weight Spike Block 2018–19 club
1Matt Anderson18 April 19872.02 m (6 ft 8 in)100 kg (220 lb)360 cm (140 in)332 cm (131 in)Russia Zenit Kazan
2Aaron Russell4 June 19932.05 m (6 ft 9 in)98 kg (216 lb)356 cm (140 in)337 cm (133 in)Italy Perugia
3Taylor Sander (C)17 March 19921.96 m (6 ft 5 in)80 kg (180 lb)345 cm (136 in)320 cm (130 in)Italy Civitanova
4Jeffrey Jendryk15 September 19952.08 m (6 ft 10 in)89 kg (196 lb)353 cm (139 in)345 cm (136 in)Germany Berlin Recycling Volleys
7Kawika Shoji11 November 19871.90 m (6 ft 3 in)79 kg (174 lb)331 cm (130 in)315 cm (124 in)Italy Monza
10Daniel Mcdonnell15 September 19882.00 m (6 ft 7 in)90 kg (200 lb)355 cm (140 in)345 cm (136 in)Poland Gdańsk
11Micah Christenson8 May 19931.98 m (6 ft 6 in)88 kg (194 lb)349 cm (137 in)340 cm (130 in)Italy Modena
12Maxwell Holt12 March 19872.05 m (6 ft 9 in)90 kg (200 lb)351 cm (138 in)333 cm (131 in)Italy Modena
13Benjamin Patch21 June 19942.03 m (6 ft 8 in)90 kg (200 lb)368 cm (145 in)348 cm (137 in)Germany Berlin Recycling Volleys
18Jake Langlois14 May 19922.08 m (6 ft 10 in)93 kg (205 lb)365 cm (144 in)355 cm (140 in)Italy Monza
19Taylor Averill5 March 19922.01 m (6 ft 7 in)94 kg (207 lb)370 cm (150 in)330 cm (130 in)Italy Milano
20David Smith15 May 19852.01 m (6 ft 7 in)86 kg (190 lb)348 cm (137 in)314 cm (124 in)Poland Zawiercie
21Dustin Watten27 October 19861.82 m (6 ft 0 in)80 kg (180 lb)306 cm (120 in)295 cm (116 in)Poland Czarni Radom
22Erik Shoji24 August 19891.84 m (6 ft 0 in)83 kg (183 lb)330 cm (130 in)321 cm (126 in)Italy Latina

Kit providers

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

Period Kit provider
2000–2017 Nike
Mizuno
2017– Adidas

Sponsorship

Primary sponsors include: main sponsors like Liberty Mutual, Mizuno Corporation and Commerce Bancorp, other sponsors: Molten Corporation, Almond Breeze, Arirweave, National Car, CoSport, Oppiaperformance, Alamo and Muscleaidtape.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "History of Volleyball". ncva.com. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ USA wrap up historic World Cup as Italy join them on road to Rio - fivb.org - September 23, 2015
  4. ↑ USA’s Anderson heads Men’s World Cup Dream Team - fivb.org - September 23, 2015
  5. ↑ USA end 30 years of hurt with World Cup triumph - fivb.org - September 23, 2015
  6. ↑
  7. ↑ "Team Roster – USA". FIVB. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
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