National sports team
The Venezuela men's national volleyball team represents Venezuela in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches. In 1962 the squad claimed its first international medal (a bronze) at the South American Championship.
The biggest success for Venezuela came in 2003, when the team won the Pan American Games.
Results
Olympic Games
- 2008 — 9th place
- 2020 — 12th place
World Championship
- 2002 — 17th place
- 2006 — 17th place
- 2010 — 19th place
- 2014 — 17th place
World League
- 1990 to 2000 — did not compete
- 2001 — 13th place
- 2002 — 13th place
- 2003 — 13th place
- 2004 — did not compete
- 2005 — 7th place
- 2006 — did not compete
- 2007 — did not compete
- 2008 — 13th place
- 2009 — 16th place
- 2010 to 2014 — did not compete
- 2015 — 30th place
- 2016 — 30th place
- 2017 — 34th place
America Cup
- 1998 — 5th place
- 1999 — 6th place
- 2000 — 6th place
- 2001 — 5th place
- 2005 — 6th place
- 2007 — did not compete
- 2008 —
Bronze
Bolivarian Games
- 1938 — 1st place
- 1965 — 1st place
- 1973 — 1st place
- 1977 — 1st place
- 1985 — 2nd place
- 2001 — 1st place
- 2005 — 1st place
- 2009 — 1st place
- 2013 — 2nd place
Pan-American Games
- 1971 — 4th place
- 1995 — 4th place
- 2003 — Gold
- 2007 — 4th place
Pan-American Cup
- 2010 — 9th place
- 2011 — 6th place
- 2012 — 7th place
- 2014 — 5th place
Current squad
The following is the Venezuelan roster in the 2017 World League.[1]
Head coach: Ronald Sarti
Former squads
- 2002 FIVB World League — 13th place (tied)
- Jorge Reyes, Manuel Blanco, Andy Rojas, Gustavo Valderrama, Rodman Valera, Carlos Luna, Luis Díaz, Andrés Manzanillo, Héctor Guzmán, Ernardo Gómez (c), José Torres, Ronald Méndez, Thomas Ereu, Iván Márquez, Jorge Silva, Juan Carlos Blanco, and Fredy Cedeño. Head coach: José David Suárez.
- 2002 World Championship — 17th place (tied)
- Carlos Tejeda, Andy Rojas, Gustavo Valderrama, Rodman Valera, Carlos Luna, Luis Díaz, Andrés Manzanillo, Héctor Guzmán, Ronald Méndez, Ernardo Gómez (c), Thomas Ereu, and Fredy Cedeño. Head coach: José David Suárez.
- 2003 FIVB World League — 13th place (tied)
- Héctor Ubina, Luis E. Orta, Andy Rojas, Gustavo Valderrama, Rodman Valera, Carlos Luna, Luis Díaz, Andrés Manzanillo, Héctor Guzmán, Ronald Méndez, Ernardo Gómez (c), Carlos Tejeda, Daniel Mata, Thomas Ereu, Iván Márquez, Jorge Silva, Juan Carlos Blanco, and Fredy Cedeño. Head coach: José David Suarez.
- 2003 Pan American Games — Gold Medal
- Juan Carlos Blanco, Luis Díaz, Thomas Ereu, Ernardo Gómez (c), Carlos Luna, Andrés Manzanillo, Iván Márquez, Ronald Méndez, Andy Rojas, Carlos Tejeda, Gustavo Valderrama, and Rodman Valera.
- 2003 FIVB World Cup — 8th place
- Juan Carlos Blanco, Fredy Cedeño, Luis Díaz, Luis E. Orta, Ernardo Gómez (c), Carlos Luna, Andrés Manzanillo, Iván Márquez, Ronald Méndez, Luis E. Orta, Gustavo Valderrama, and Rodman Valera. Head coach: Miguel Cambero.
- 2005 America's Cup — 6th place
- Deivi Yustiz, Andy Rojas, Gustavo Valderrama, Rodman Valera, Carlos Luna, Luis Díaz, Andrés Manzanillo, Ernardo Gómez, Carlos Tejeda, Iván Márquez, Juan Carlos Blanco, and Fredy Cedeño. Head coach: Argimiro Méndez.
- 2006 World Championship — 17th place (tied)
- Ismel Ramos, Joel Silva, Carlos Luna, Luis Díaz, Renzo Sánchez, Ernardo Gómez, Carlos Tejeda, Iván Márquez, Thomas Ereu, Francisco Soteldo, Juan Carlos Blanco, and Fredy Cedeño. Head coach: Eliseo Ramos.
References
- ^ "Team Roster - Venezuela". FIVB World League 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
External links
- Official website
- FIVB profile
Bronze
Gold