Brazil men's national volleyball team

The Brazil men's national volleyball team is governed by the Confederação Brasileira de Voleibol (Brazilian Volleyball Confederation) and takes part in international volleyball competitions. Brazil has won three gold medals at the Olympic Games, has won the World Championship three times, and the World League nine times. Brazil is the national volleyball team that has won the most titles overall, and also the team that has won most titles outside their regional competition. The team is sometimes referred to as volleyball's "Dream Team" specially in reference to its winning streak period under coach Bernardo Rezende. Currently Brazil is ranked seventh on the FIVB World Rankings.

Brazil

Nickname(s)	Canarinhos Galactic Best of All Times
Association	Confederação Brasileira de Voleibol (CBV)
Confederation	CSV
Head coach	Bernardo Rezende[1]
FIVB ranking	7 (as of 8 January 2025)
Uniforms
Home Away Third
Summer Olympics
Appearances	16 (First in 1964)
Best result	(1992, 2004, 2016)
World Championship
Appearances	17 (First in 1956)
Best result	(2002, 2006, 2010)
World Cup
Appearances	12 (First in 1969)
Best result	(2003, 2007, 2019)
www.cbv.com.br (in Portuguese)
Honours Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 3 3 0 World Championship 3 3 1 World Cup 3 0 3 World Grand Champions Cup 5 2 0 World League 9 7 4 Nations League 1 0 0 Pan American Games 5 7 5 Pan-American Cup 3 2 0 South American Championship 33 1 0 America's Cup 3 4 0 Total 68 29 13 Medal record Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Team 2004 Athens Team 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team 1984 Los Angeles Team 2008 Beijing Team 2012 London Team World Championship 2002 Argentina 2006 Japan 2010 Italy 1982 Argentina 2014 Poland 2018 Italy/Bulgaria 2022 Poland/Slovenia World Cup 2003 Japan 2007 Japan 2019 Japan 1981 Japan 1995 Japan 2011 Japan World Grand Champions Cup 1997 Japan 2005 Japan 2009 Japan 2013 Japan 2017 Japan 1993 Japan 2001 Japan World League 1993 São Paulo 2001 Katowice 2003 Madrid 2004 Rome 2005 Belgrade 2006 Moscow 2007 Katowice 2009 Belgrade 2010 Córdoba 1995 Rio de Janeiro 2002 Belo Horizonte 2011 Gdansk 2013 Mar del Plata 2014 Florence 2016 Kraków 2017 Curitiba 1990 Osaka 1994 Milan 1999 Mar del Plata 2000 Rotterdam Nations League 2021 Rimini Pan American Games 1963 São Paulo Team 1983 Caracas Team 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team 2011 Guadalajara Team 2023 Santiago Team 1959 Chicago Team 1967 Winnipeg Team 1975 Mexico City Team 1979 San Juan Team 1991 Havana Team 1999 Winnipeg Team 2015 Toronto Team 1955 Mexico City Team 1971 Cali Team 1987 Indianapolis Team 2003 Santo Domingo Team 2019 Lima Team Pan-American Cup 2011 Gatineau 2013 Mexico City 2015 Reno 2018 Córdoba 2023 Guadalajara South American Championship 1951 Rio de Janeiro 1956 Montevideo 1958 Porto Alegre 1961 Lima 1962 Santiago 1967 Santos 1969 Caracas 1971 Montevideo 1973 Bucaramanga 1975 Asuncíon 1977 Lima 1979 Rosario 1981 Santiago 1983 São Paulo 1985 Caracas 1987 Montevideo 1989 Curitiba 1991 Osasco 1993 Córdoba 1995 Porto Alegre 1997 Caracas 1999 Córdoba 2001 Cali 2003 Rio de Janeiro 2005 Lages 2007 Santiago 2009 Bogotá 2011 Cuiabá 2013 Cabo Frio 2015 Maceió 2017 Santiago 2019 Santiago 2021 Brasília 2023 Recife America's Cup 1998 Argentina 1999 United States 2001 Argentina 2000 Brazil 2005 Brazil 2007 Brazil 2008 Brazil

Performance history

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 idc 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 some commentators to the best and most consistent men's volleyball team of all time.

Medals

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Olympic Games	3	3	0	6
World Championship	3	3	1	7
World Cup	3	0	3	6
World Grand Champions Cup	5	2	0	7
World League	9	7	4	20
Nations League	1	0	0	1
Pan American Games	5	7	5	17
Pan-American Cup	3	2	0	5
South American Championship	33	1	0	34
America's Cup	3	4	0	7
Total	68	29	13	110

Tournament record

Olympic Games

  Champions    Runners up    Third place   Fourth place  

Olympic Games record
Year	Round	Position	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	Squad
1964	Round Robin	7th	9	3	6	13	23	Squad
1968	Round Robin	9th	9	1	8	8	25	Squad
1972	Preliminary Round	8th	7	2	5	9	19	Squad
1976	Preliminary Round	7th	5	2	3	8	11	Squad
1980	Preliminary Round	5th	6	4	2	15	10	Squad
1984	Final	2nd	6	4	2	13	8	Squad
1988	Semifinals	4th	7	4	3	16	13	Squad
1992	Final	1st	8	8	0	24	3	Squad
1996	Quarterfinals	5th	8	5	3	18	10	Squad
2000	Quarterfinals	6th	8	6	2	19	9	Squad
2004	Final	1st	8	7	1	22	8	Squad
2008	Final	2nd	8	6	2	20	8	Squad
2012	Final	2nd	8	6	2	21	8	Squad
2016	Final	1st	8	6	2	20	10	Squad
2020	Semifinals	4th	8	5	3	18	14	Squad
2024	Quarterfinals	8th	4	1	3	7	9	Squad
Total	3 Titles	16/16	117	70	47	251	188	—

World Championship

  Champions    Runners up    Third place   Fourth place  

World Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	Squad
1949	Did not compete
1952
1956	Group Round	11th	11	10	1	31	6	Squad
1960	Final Group	5th	10	5	5	15	17	Squad
1962	Final Group	10th	11	2	9	14	27	Squad
1966	Group Round	13th	10	4	6	17	18	Squad
1970	Group Round	12th	11	6	5	23	20	Squad
1974	7th–12th places	9th	11	5	6	18	18	Squad
1978	5th–8th places	6th	9	5	4	21	15	Squad
1982	Final	2nd	9	6	3	19	10	Squad
1986	Semifinals	4th	8	6	2	18	9	Squad
1990	Semifinals	4th	7	4	3	16	11	Squad
1994	Quarterfinals	5th	7	5	2	19	8	Squad
1998	Semifinals	4th	11	9	2	30	9	Squad
2002	Final	1st	9	8	1	26	8	Squad
2006	Final	1st	11	10	1	31	6	Squad
2010	Final	1st	9	7	2	23	10	Squad
2014	Final	2nd	13	11	2	36	12	Squad
2018	Final	2nd	12	10	2	31	13	Squad
2022	Semifinals	3rd	7	6	1	20	7	Squad
2025	Qualified
2027	Future event
Total	3 Titles	19/21	176	119	57	408	224	—

World Cup

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	Squad
1977	5th–8th semifinals	8th	8	3	5	13	17	Squad
1981	Round Robin	3rd	7	5	2	16	11	Squad
1985	Round Robin	4th	7	4	3	16	11	Squad
1989	Round Robin	5th	7	3	4	13	14	Squad
1991	Round Robin	6th	8	4	4	16	15	Squad
1995	Round Robin	3rd	11	9	2	29	7	Squad
1999	Round Robin	5th	11	7	4	27	15	Squad
2003	Round Robin	1st	11	11	0	33	4	Squad
2007	Round Robin	1st	11	10	1	30	4	Squad
2011	Round Robin	3rd	11	8	3	29	14	Squad
2019	Round Robin	1st	11	11	0	33	5	Squad
2023	Did not qualify
Total	3 Titles	12/14	103	75	28	255	117	—

World Grand Champions Cup

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

World Grand Champions record
Year	Round	Position	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	Squad
1993	Round Robin	Runners up	5	4	1	14	6	Squad
1997	Round Robin	Champions	5	5	0	15	3	Squad
2001	Round Robin	Runners 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

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

World League record
Year	Round	Position	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	Squad
1990	Semifinals	3rd	14	10	4	32	24	Squad
1991	Intercontinental Round	5th	16	8	8	32	32	Squad
1992	Final Round	5th	16	10	6	35	26	Squad
1993	Final	1st	22	17	5	58	18	Squad
1994	Semifinals	3rd	16	15	1	47	8	Squad
1995	Final	2nd	17	10	7	38	28	Squad
1996	Final Round	5th	16	11	5	39	22	Squad
1997	Final Round	5th	16	12	4	37	18	Squad
1998	Playoff Round	5th	15	10	5	34	17	Squad
1999	Semifinals	3rd	16	13	3	43	20	Squad
2000	Semifinals	3rd	18	11	7	39	27	Squad
2001	Final	1st	17	16	1	50	16	Squad
2002	Final	2nd	17	13	4	44	20	Squad
2003	Final	1st	17	15	2	47	18	Squad
2004	Final	1st	15	15	0	45	8	Squad
2005	Final	1st	15	14	1	42	12	Squad
2006	Final	1st	17	16	1	48	15	Squad
2007	Final	1st	16	15	1	47	11	Squad
2008	Semifinals	4th	16	12	4	41	20	Squad
2009	Final	1st	16	15	1	47	9	Squad
2010	Final	1st	16	15	1	45	22	Squad
2011	Final	2nd	17	13	4	43	19	Squad
2012	Final Round	6th	14	8	6	33	23	Squad
2013	Final	2nd	14	11	3	36	18	Squad
2014	Final	2nd	16	8	8	31	31	Squad
2015	Final Round	5th	14	10	4	37	20	Squad
2016	Final	2nd	13	11	2	34	14	Squad
2017	Final	2nd	13	9	4	33	21	Squad
Total	9 Titles	28/28	445	343	102	1,137	537	—

Nations League

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

Nations League record
Year	Round	Position	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	PW	PL	Squad
2018	Semifinals	4th place	19	11	8	39	30	1585	1538	Squad
2019	Semifinals	4th place	19	15	4	51	26	1781	1609	Squad
2021	Final	1st place	17	15	2	45	13	1432	1237	Squad
2022	Quarterfinals	6th place	13	8	5	27	17	1047	976	Squad
2023	Quarterfinals	6th place	13	8	5	30	21	1173	1109	Squad
2024	Quarterfinals	7th place	13	6	7	28	27	1240	1199	Squad
Total	1 Title	6/6	94	63	31	220	134	8258	7668	—

Pan American Games

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

Pan American Games record
Year	Round	Position	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	Squad
1955	Round Robin	Bronze	5	3	2	9	4
1959	Final Round	Silver	6	4	2	15	9
1963	Final Round	Gold	8	8	0	24	1
1967	Final Round	Silver	7	6	1	20	5
1971	Final Round	Bronze	8	7	1	21	3
1975	Round Robin	Silver	7	6	1	18	9
1979	Round Robin	Silver	7	5	2	16	8
1983	Final	Gold	7	6	1	20	5
1987	Semifinals	Bronze	7	4	3	16	12
1991	Final	Silver	7	5	2	16	7
1995	Group Round	7th Place	3	1	2	3	6
1999	Final	Silver	5	4	1	14	6
2003	Semifinals	Bronze	5	4	1	14	3
2007	Final	Gold	5	5	0	15	0	Squad
2011	Final	Gold	5	5	0	15	3	Squad
2015	Final	Silver	5	3	2	13	6	Squad
2019	Semifinals	Bronze	5	4	1	12	7	Squad
2023	Final	Gold	5	5	0	15	2	Squad
Total	5 Titles	17/17	107	85	22	276	96	—

Pan-American Cup

  Champions   Runners up   Third place   Fourth place

Pan-American Cup record
Year	Round	Position	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	Squad
2010	Semifinals	4th Place	4	2	2	7	9	Squad
2011	Final	Champions	4	4	0	14	1	Squad
2012	Semifinals	4th Place	6	3	3	14	10	Squad
2013	Final	Champions	4	4	0	12	0	Squad
2015	Final	Champions	5	5	0	15	1	Squad
2017	Did not compete
2018	Final	Runners-Up	5	4	1	14	4	Squad
2022	7th place match	8th	5	0	5	6	15	Squad
2023	Final	Runners-Up	4	3	1	10	3	Squad
Total	3 Titles	8/17	37	25	12	92	43	—

South American Championship

  1st   2nd   3rd

South American Championship record
Years	Rounds	Positions	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	Squad
1951	Round Robin	1st	3	3	0	9	0	—
1956	Round Robin	1st	4	4	0	12	2	—
1958	Round Robin	1st	4	4	0	12	0	—
1961	Round Robin	1st	4	4	0	12	1	—
1962	Round Robin	1st	6	6	0	18	0	—
1964	Did not compete
1967	Round Robin	1st	4	4	0	12	0	—
1969	Round Robin	1st	7	7	0	21	1	—
1971	Round Robin	1st	7	7	0	21	0	—
1973	Round Robin	1st	4	4	0	12	0	—
1975	Round Robin	1st	7	7	0	21	0	—
1977	Round Robin	1st	6	6	0	18	0	—
1979	Final Round	1st	4	4	0	12	0	—
1981	Round Robin	1st	5	5	0	15	2	—
1983	Final Round	1st	5	5	0	15	0	—
1985	Round Robin	1st	5	5	0	15	0	—
1987	Round Robin	1st	6	6	0	18	0	—
1989	Round Robin	1st	6	6	0	18	2	—
1991	Final	1st	4	4	0	12	1	—
1993	Final	1st	6	6	0	18	2	—
1995	Final	1st	4	4	0	12	2	—
1997	Final	1st	4	4	0	12	0	—
1999	Final	1st	4	4	0	12	2	—
2001	Final Round	1st	3	3	0	9	0	—
2003	Round Robin	1st	4	4	0	12	0	—
2005	Round Robin	1st	5	5	0	15	1	—
2007	Final	1st	5	5	0	15	0	—
2009	Round Robin	1st	6	6	0	18	2	—
2011	Round Robin	1st	6	6	0	18	1	—
2013	Round Robin	1st	4	4	0	12	2	—
2015	Final	1st	5	5	0	15	1	—
2017	Final	1st	5	5	0	15	0	—
2019	Final	1st	5	5	0	15	3	—
2021	Round Robin	1st	4	4	0	12	1	—
2023	Round Robin	2nd	4	3	1	9	3	—
Total	33 Titles	34/35	165	164	1	492	29	—

America's Cup

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

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	Runners-Up	7	6	1	19	5	Squad
2001	Final	Champions	7	6	1	20	4	Squad
2005	Final	Runners-Up	4	3	1	11	4	Squad
2007	Final	Runners-Up	4	3	1	11	3	Squad
2008	Final	Runners-Up	4	3	1	11	3	Squad
Total	3 Titles	7/7	40	35	5	114	28	—

FIVB Olympic Qualification Tournament

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

Year	Result	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	PW	PL
2019	Group A Champion	3	3	0	9	2	264	213
2023	Group A Runner-up	7	6	1	19	10	672	616
Total	1 Title	10	9	1	28	12	936	829

South American Olympic Qualification Tournament

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

Year	Result	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	PW	PL
2000	Round Robin Champion	3	3	0	9	2	276	219
Total	1 Title	3	3	0	9	2	276	219

South American World Championship Qualification Tournament

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

Year	Result	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	PW	PL
1997	Double Round Robin Champion	6	6	0	18	3	302	157
2001	Round Robin Champion	2	2	0	6	0	150	88
Total	2 Titles	8	8	0	24	3	452	245

Team

Current squad

Roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

The roster was announced on 7 July 2024.^[2]

Head coach: Bernardo Rezende^[3]

• 1 Bruno Rezende (c) S
• 2 Lukas Bergmann OH
• 6 Adriano Xavier OH
• 9 Yoandy Leal OH
• 12 Isac Santos MB
• 14 Fernando Kreling S
• 16 Lucas Saatkamp MB
• 17 Thales Hoss L
• 18 Ricardo Lucarelli OH
• 21 Alan Souza OP
• 23 Flávio Gualberto MB
• 28 Darlan Souza OP

Coaches history

• Bebeto de Freitas (1984–1988)
• José Roberto Guimarães (1991–1996)
• Radamés Lattari (1997-2001)
• Bernardo Rezende (2001–2016)
• Renan Dal Zotto (2017–2023)
• Bernardo Rezende (2023–)

Gallery

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  Brazil − winner of the 2009 World League
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  Brazil team in 2012
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  Ginásio Municipal Tancredo Neves Arena
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  Brazil winning title of 2016 Olympic Champion
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  Brazil winning title of 2016 Olympic Champion
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  Brazil winning title of 2016 Olympic Champion
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  Brazil winning title of 2016 Olympic Champion
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  Brazil winning title of 2016 Olympic Champion
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  Brazil winning title of 2016 Olympic Champion
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  Brazil winning title of 2016 Olympic Champion
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  Brazil winning title of 2016 Olympic Champion
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  Medal ceremony - 2016 Olympic Champions
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  Medal ceremony - 2016 Olympic Champions
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  Medal ceremony - 2016 Olympic Champions
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  Medal ceremony - 2016 Olympic Champions
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  Medal ceremony - 2016 Olympic Champions
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  Medal ceremony - 2016 Olympic Champions
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  Medal ceremony - 2016 Olympic Champions
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  Medal ceremony - 2016 Olympic Champions
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  Medal ceremony - 2016 Olympic Champions
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  Medal ceremony - 2016 Olympic Champions
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  Medal ceremony - 2016 Olympic Champions

Fans

Records

Incidentally, the Maracanã Stadium holds the all-time volleyball attendance record when 95,000 turned out to watch Brazil beat the USSR in an open-air friendly game in 1983.^[4]

Giba Player 1995–2012

Stadium

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho and Ginásio Municipal Tancredo Neves are Brazil's national team training and hosting venues.

Kit providers

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

Period	Kit provider
2000–2016	Olympikus
2017–2022	Asics
2023–	Body Work

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.

Media

Brazil's matches and friendlies are currently televised by SporTV and Globo.

See also

• Volleyball portal

• Brazil women's national volleyball team
• Brazil men's national under-23 volleyball team
• Brazil men's national under-21 volleyball team
• Brazil men's national under-19 volleyball team