Argentina men's national volleyball team

Argentina

Association	Argentine Volleyball Federation
Confederation	CSV
Head coach	Javier Weber
FIVB ranking	8 (as of January 4, 2012)
Olympics
Appearances	5
Website	www.feva.org.ar (Spanish)
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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").

Volleyball was introduced in Argentina by the YMCA (Youth Christian Association) in 1912. The Argentine Volleyball Federation was created in 1932, sharing the same management as basketball.

The men's national team's first participation in an official event was at the 1951 Men's South American Championship held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where the squad finished in fourth place. The team first took part in the World Championship in 1960 in Rio de Janeiro, finishing 15th.

The team's best achievements are the 1982 World Championship bronze medal and the bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Throughout the 1990s it was usually ranked among the first ten, and as of August 29, 2006, it was at the 7th position.^[1]

As for the FIVB World League, Argentina first jointed it in 1996 in Mar del Plata. As host country in 1999, it took place in the final matches with the best six teams of the world. On the American level, Argentina took part in eight editions of the Pan American Games, obtaining three times the bronze medal and became champion in 1995, in Mar del Plata, Argentina.

In recent years, though without achieving any medal, the team finished 4th in the 2000 and 5th in the 2004 Olympic Games, but did not participate at the 2003 World Cup for internal problems with their association.

At continental level, overshadowed by volleyball power Brazil, Argentina won the 1964 South America Volleyball Championship gold medal, twelve silver and seven bronze.

Results

World Cup

• 1989 — did not compete
• 1995 — 7th place
• 1999 — 9th place
• 2003 — did not compete
• 2007 — 7th place
• 2011 — 7th place

World League

• 1990 to 1995 — did not compete
• 1996 — 7th place
• 1997 — 8th place
• 1998 — 9th place
• 1999 — 6th place
• 2000 — 8th place
• 2001 — 13th place
• 2002 — 9th place
• 2003 — did not compete
• 2004 — did not compete
• 2005 — 10th place
• 2006 — 7th place
• 2007 — 13th place
• 2008 — did not compete
• 2009 — 5th place
• 2010 — 5th place
• 2011 — 4th place

World Grand Champions Cup

• 1993 — did not compete
• 1997 — did not compete
• 2001 — 6th place
• 2005 — did not compete
• 2009 — did not compete

America Cup

• 1998 — 2nd place
• 1999 — 3rd place
• 2000 — 4th place
• 2001 — 3rd place
• 2005 — 4th place
• 2007 — 4th place
• 2008 — 4th place

Pan-American Cup

• 2010 — 2nd place
• 2011 — 7th place

Squads

Current squad

Squad for the 2010 FIVB Men's World Championship.^[2]

#	Player	Position	Age	Height	Club
1	Mariano Giustiniano	Wing-spiker	&1000000000000002600000026	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	Boca Juniors
2	Pablo Crer	Middle-blocker	&1000000000000002200000022	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	Drean Bolívar
3	Martín Blanco Costa	Middle-blocker	&1000000000000002600000026	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	Pamapol Siatkarz Wieluń
4	Lucas Ocampo	Wing-spiker	&1000000000000002600000026	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	Drean Bolívar
5	Nicolás Uriarte	Setter	&1000000000000002200000022	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	M. Roma Volley
6	Gustavo Scholtis	Wing-spiker	&1000000000000002900000029	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	La Unión
7	Facundo Conte	Wing-spiker	&1000000000000002200000022	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	Lube Banca M. Macerata
8	Demián González	Setter	&1000000000000002900000029	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	UPCN Voley
9	Rodrigo Quiroga	Wing-spiker	&1000000000000002500000025	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	Fenerbahçe Grundig
11	Sebastián Solé	Middle-blocker	&1000000000000002000000020	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	Drean Bolívar
12	Federico Pereyra	Wing-spiker	&1000000000000002300000023	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	Drean Bolívar
15	Luciano de Cecco	Setter	&1000000000000002300000023	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	Drean Bolívar
16	Alexis González	Libero	&1000000000000003000000030	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	Tours VB
18	Franco López	Libero	&1000000000000002300000023	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	Villa María Voley

Head coach: Javier Weber

Past squads

• 1998 World Championship — 11th place

• Fernando Borrero, Juan Cuminetti, Jorge Elgueta, Sebastián Firpo, Marcos Milinkovic, Pablo Pereira, Juan Pablo Porello, Guillermo Quaini, Marcelo Román, Alejandro Spajic, Oscar Vizzari, and Javier Weber. Head coach: Daniel Castellani.

• 2007 America's Cup — 4th place

• Leandro Concina, Lucas Chávez, Luciano de Cecco, Gastón Giani, Franco Giachetta, Martín Hernandes, Tomás Layus, Santiago Orduna, Rodrigo Quiroga, Facundo Santucci, Gustavo Scholtis, and Diego Stepanenko. Head coach: Jon Uriarte.

Notable players

• Marcos Milinkovic
• Waldo Kantor
• Javier Weber
• Daniel Castellani
• Hugo Conte

References

External links

• FEVA website (Spanish)