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Brazil
Nickname(s)Canarinhas
AssociationCBV
ConfederationCSV
Head coachJosé Roberto Guimarães
FIVB ranking4 (as of 31 July 2023)
Uniforms
Home
Away
Third
Summer Olympics
Appearances10 (First in 1980)
Best result Gold : (2008, 2012)
World Championship
Appearances15 (First in 1956)
Best result Silver : (1994, 2006, 2010, 2022)
World Cup
Appearances11 (First in 1973)
Best result Silver : (1995, 2003, 2007, 2023)
www.cbv.com.br (in Portuguese)
Honours
Summer Olympics
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Team
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Team
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta Team
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney Team
World Championship
Silver medal – second place 1994 Brazil
Silver medal – second place 2006 Japan
Silver medal – second place 2010 Japan
Silver medal – second place 2022 Netherlands/Poland
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Italy
World Cup
Silver medal – second place 1995 Japan
Silver medal – second place 2003 Japan
Silver medal – second place 2007 Japan
Silver medal – second place 2023 Japan
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Japan
World Grand Champions Cup
Gold medal – first place 2005 Japan
Gold medal – first place 2013 Japan
Silver medal – second place 2009 Japan
Silver medal – second place 2017 Japan
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Japan
Nations League
Silver medal – second place 2019 Nanjing
Silver medal – second place 2021 Rimini
Silver medal – second place 2022 Ankara
World Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 1994 Shanghai
Gold medal – first place 1996 Shanghai
Gold medal – first place 1998 Hong Kong
Gold medal – first place 2004 Reggio Calabria
Gold medal – first place 2005 Sendai
Gold medal – first place 2006 Reggio Calabria
Gold medal – first place 2008 Yokohama
Gold medal – first place 2009 Tokyo
Gold medal – first place 2013 Sapporo
Gold medal – first place 2014 Tokyo
Gold medal – first place 2016 Bangkok
Gold medal – first place 2017 Nanjing
Silver medal – second place 1995 Shanghai
Silver medal – second place 1999 Yu Xi
Silver medal – second place 2010 Ningbo
Silver medal – second place 2011 Macau
Silver medal – second place 2012 Ningbo
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Quezon City
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Omaha
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1959 Chicago Team
Gold medal – first place 1963 São Paulo Team
Gold medal – first place 1999 Winnipeg Team
Gold medal – first place 2011 Guadalajara Team
Silver medal – second place 1991 Havana Team
Silver medal – second place 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team
Silver medal – second place 2015 Toronto Team
Bronze medal – third place 1955 Mexico City Team
Bronze medal – third place 1979 San Juan Team
Pan American Cup
Gold medal – first place 2006 San Juan
Gold medal – first place 2009 Mianmi
Gold medal – first place 2011 Ciudad Juárez
Silver medal – second place 2007 Colima
Silver medal – second place 2008 Tijuana/Mexicali
Silver medal – second place 2012 Ciudad Juárez
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Santo Domingo
South American Championship
Gold medal – first place 1951 Rio de Janeiro
Gold medal – first place 1956 Montevideo
Gold medal – first place 1958 Porto Alegre
Gold medal – first place 1961 Lima
Gold medal – first place 1962 Santiago
Gold medal – first place 1969 Caracas
Gold medal – first place 1981 Santo André
Gold medal – first place 1991 Osasco
Gold medal – first place 1995 Porto Alegre
Gold medal – first place 1997 Lima
Gold medal – first place 1999 Valencia
Gold medal – first place 2001 Morón
Gold medal – first place 2003 Bogotá
Gold medal – first place 2005 La Paz
Gold medal – first place 2007 Santiago
Gold medal – first place 2009 Porto Alegre
Gold medal – first place 2011 Callao
Gold medal – first place 2013 Ica
Gold medal – first place 2015 Cartagena
Gold medal – first place 2017 Cali
Gold medal – first place 2019 Cajamarca
Gold medal – first place 2021 Barrancabermeja
Gold medal – first place 2023 Recife
Silver medal – second place 1967 Santos
Silver medal – second place 1971 Montevideo
Silver medal – second place 1973 Bucaramanga
Silver medal – second place 1975 Asunción
Silver medal – second place 1977 Lima
Silver medal – second place 1979 Rosario
Silver medal – second place 1983 São Paulo
Silver medal – second place 1985 Caracas
Silver medal – second place 1987 Punta del Este
Silver medal – second place 1989 Curitiba
Silver medal – second place 1993 Cusco

The Brazil women's national volleyball team is administered by the Confederação Brasileira de Voleibol (CBV) and takes part in international volleyball competitions. It is ranked second in the FIVB World Rankings as of August 2021.[1][2] They are the current record holder of FIVB World Grand Prix champion titles, having won it for the eleventh time in 2016 and are the gold medalists of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and 2012 Summer Olympics in London. The team also got a gold four times in the Pan American Games, and three other Olympic medals, the latest a silver in the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3]

The most successful coaches for Brazil are Bernardo Rezende, who led the team from 1990 to 2000, and José Roberto Guimarães, who has managed the team since 2004.[4]

Results[edit]

Olympic Games[edit]

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

Summer Olympics record
Year Round Position GP MW ML SW SL Squad
Japan 1964 Did not qualify
Mexico 1968
Germany 1972
Canada 1976
Soviet Union 1980 Quarterfinals 7th place 5 1 4 7 12 Squad
United States 1984 Quarterfinals 7th place 5 1 4 6 12 Squad
South Korea 1988 Quarterfinals 6th place 5 1 4 7 14 Squad
Spain 1992 Semifinals 4th place 6 3 3 11 10 Squad
United States 1996 Semifinals Bronze 8 7 1 23 6 Squad
Australia 2000 Semifinals Bronze 8 7 1 23 4 Squad
Greece 2004 Semifinals 4th place 8 6 2 19 10 Squad
China 2008 Final Gold 8 8 0 24 1 Squad
United Kingdom 2012 Final Gold 8 6 2 19 13 Squad
Brazil 2016 Quarterfinals 5th place 6 5 1 17 3 Squad
Japan 2020 Final Silver 8 7 1 21 7 Squad
France 2024 Qualified
Total 2 titles 11/15 75 53 22 177 92

World Championship[edit]

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

World Championship record
Year Round Position GP MW ML SW SL Squad
Soviet Union 1952 Did not compete
France 1956 Group round 11th place 8 6 2 19 7 Squad
Brazil 1960 Final round 5th place 6 2 4 9 12 Squad
Soviet Union 1962 Final round 8th place 8 1 7 3 21 Squad
Japan 1967 Did not compete
Bulgaria 1970 Group round 13th place 9 3 6 12 19 Squad
Mexico 1974 Group round 15th place 11 6 5 21 17 Squad
Soviet Union 1978 5th–8th places 7th place 9 5 4 15 18 Squad
Peru 1982 5th–8th places 8th place 9 4 5 15 17 Squad
Czechoslovakia 1986 5th–8th places 5th place 8 5 3 21 8 Squad
China 1990 Quarterfinals 7th place 6 3 3 11 10 Squad
Brazil 1994 Final Runners-up 6 5 1 15 6 Squad
Japan 1998 Semifinals 4th place 8 5 3 17 9 Squad
Germany 2002 Quarterfinals 7th place 11 8 3 26 13 Squad
Japan 2006 Final Runners-up 11 10 1 32 9 Squad
Japan 2010 Final Runners-up 11 10 1 32 8 Squad
Italy 2014 Semifinals 3rd place 13 12 1 30 10 Squad
Japan 2018 Second Round 7th place 9 7 2 23 11 Squad
Netherlands Poland 2022 Final Runners-up 12 10 2 31 14 Squad
N/A 2025 Qualified
Total 0 titles 18/20 155 102 53 332 209

World Cup[edit]

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

World Cup record
Year Round Position GP MW ML SW SL Squad
Uruguay 1973 Round robin 9th place 5 1 4 3 13 Squad
Japan 1977 Did not compete
Japan 1981 Round robin 8th place 7 0 7 1 21 Squad
Japan 1985 Round robin 6th place 7 2 5 9 17 Squad
Japan 1989 Did not compete
Japan 1991 Round robin 8th place 5 2 3 10 9 Squad
Japan 1995 Round robin Runners-up 11 10 1 30 4 Squad
Japan 1999 Round robin 3rd place 11 9 2 29 9 Squad
Japan 2003 Round robin Runners-up 11 10 1 31 7 Squad
Japan 2007 Round robin Runners-up 11 9 2 29 9 Squad
Japan 2011 Round robin 5th place 11 8 3 25 16 Squad
Japan 2015 Did not compete
Japan 2019 Round robin 4th place 11 7 4 24 16 Squad
Japan 2023 Round robin Runners-up 7 6 1 18 7 Squad
Total 0 titles 11/14 97 64 33 209 128

World Grand Champions Cup[edit]

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

World Grand Champions record
Year Round Position GP MW ML SW SL Squad
Japan 1993 Did not qualify
Japan 1997 Round robin 3rd place 5 3 2 12 6 Squad
Japan 2001 Round robin 4th place 5 2 3 9 11 Squad
Japan 2005 Round robin Champions 5 5 0 15 2 Squad
Japan 2009 Round robin Runners-up 5 4 1 12 4 Squad
Japan 2013 Round robin Champions 5 5 0 15 2 Squad
Japan 2017 Round robin Runners-up 5 3 2 13 7 Squad
Total 2 titles 6/7 30 22 8 76 32

World Grand Prix[edit]

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

World Grand Prix record
Year Round Position GP MW ML SW SL Squad
Hong Kong 1993 Final round 4th place 12 8 4 27 19 Squad
China 1994 Final round Champions 12 10 2 34 12 Squad
China 1995 Final round Runners-up 15 10 5 39 22 Squad
China 1996 Final round Champions 15 12 3 39 22 Squad
Japan 1997 Did not enter
Hong Kong 1998 Final round Champions 11 8 3 28 13 Squad
China 1999 Final round Runners-up 8 7 1 21 9 Squad
Philippines 2000 Final round 3rd place 11 8 3 26 12 Squad
Macau 2001 Final round 5th place 12 7 5 27 24 Squad
Hong Kong 2002 Final round 4th place 12 6 6 22 21 Squad
Italy 2003 Preliminary round 8th place 5 3 2 11 7 Squad
Italy 2004 Final round Champions 13 12 1 38 10 Squad
Japan 2005 Final round Champions 14 12 2 36 12 Squad
Italy 2006 Final round Champions 13 13 0 39 6 Squad
China 2007 Final round 5th place 14 9 5 33 17 Squad
Japan 2008 Final round Champions 14 13 1 41 7 Squad
Japan 2009 Final round Champions 14 14 0 42 11 Squad
China 2010 Final round Runners-up 14 11 3 38 11 Squad
Macau 2011 Final round Runners-up 14 13 1 39 6 Squad
China 2012 Final round Runners-up 14 11 3 36 15 Squad
Japan 2013 Final round Champions 14 13 1 40 8 Squad
Japan 2014 Final round Champions 14 13 1 41 6 Squad
United States 2015 Final round 3rd place 14 12 2 36 10 Squad
Thailand 2016 Final Champions 13 11 2 35 12 Squad
China 2017 Final Champions 13 9 4 29 21 Squad
Total 12 titles 24/25 305 245 60 797 313

Nations League[edit]

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

Nations League record
Year Round Position GP MW ML SW SL Squad
China 2018 Semifinals 4th place 19 14 5 46 26 Squad
China 2019 Final Runners-up 19 13 6 49 24 Squad
Italy 2021 Final Runners-up 17 14 3 46 14 Squad
Turkey 2022 Final Runners-up 15 12 3 37 17 Squad
United States 2023 Quarterfinals 5th place 13 8 5 29 21 Squad
Total 5/5 83 61 22 207 102

Pan American Games[edit]

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

Pan American Games record
Year Round Position GP MW ML SW SL Squad
Mexico 1955 Double round robin Bronze 6 2 4 14 13
United States 1959 Double round robin Gold 6 6 0 18 2
Brazil 1963 Double round robin Gold 4 4 0 12 2
Canada 1967 Round robin 4th place 5 2 3 9 10
Colombia 1971 Round robin 4th place 8 6 2 20 9
Mexico 1975 Round robin 5th place 6 2 4 9 12
Puerto Rico 1979 Final round Bronze 7 4 3 13 13
Venezuela 1983 Semifinals 4th place 8 3 5 12 16
United States 1987 Semifinals 4th place 6 2 4 7 13
Cuba 1991 Final Silver 7 4 3 11 11 Squad
Argentina 1995 Group round 6th place 6 0 6 1 18 Squad
Canada 1999 Final Gold 7 7 0 21 4 Squad
Dominican Republic 2003 Semifinals 4th place 5 2 3 11 10 Squad
Brazil 2007 Final Silver 5 4 1 14 3 Squad
Mexico 2011 Final Gold 5 5 0 15 4 Squad
Canada 2015 Final Silver 5 4 1 12 10 Squad
Peru 2019 Semifinals 4th place 5 2 3 8 9 Squad
Total 4 titles 17/17 101 59 42 207 159

Pan-American Cup[edit]

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

Pan-American Cup record
Year Round Position GP MW ML SW SL Squad
Mexico 2002 Did not compete
Mexico 2003 Semifinals 4th place 6 3 3 10 9 Squad
Mexico 2004 Semifinals 4th place 6 3 3 12 10 Squad
Dominican Republic 2005 Semifinals 3rd place 7 5 2 17 10 Squad
Puerto Rico 2006 Final Champions 7 6 1 20 6 Squad
Mexico 2007 Final Runners-up 7 5 2 15 7 Squad
Mexico 2008 Final Runners-up 7 6 1 20 4 Squad
United States 2009 Final Champions 6 5 1 17 5 Squad
Mexico 2010 Group round 8th place 7 2 5 11 15 Squad
Mexico 2011 Final Champions 7 7 0 21 3 Squad
Mexico 2012 Final Runners-up 7 6 1 20 4 Squad
Peru 2013 Semifinals 4th place 6 3 3 10 12 Squad
Mexico 2014 Withdrew
Peru 2015 Group round 7th place 7 4 3 18 9 Squad
Dominican Republic 2016 Did not compete
Peru 2017
Dominican Republic 2018 Semifinals 4th place 5 3 2 9 10 Squad
Total 3 titles 13/18 85 58 27 200 104

South America Championship[edit]

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

South America Championship record
Year Round Position GP MW ML SW SL Squad
Brazil 1951 Round robin Champions 3 3 0 6 1
Uruguay 1956 Round robin Champions 3 3 0 6 1
Brazil 1958 Round robin Champions 4 4 0 12 0
Peru 1961 Double round robin Champions 6 6 0 18 1
Chile 1962 Round robin Champions 3 3 0 9 0
Argentina 1964 Did not compete
Brazil 1967 Round robin Runners-up 4 3 1 10 3
Venezuela 1969 Round robin Champions 5 5 0 15 2
Uruguay 1971 Round robin Runners-up 7 6 1 18 3
Colombia 1973 Round robin Runners-up 6 5 1 15 3
Paraguay 1975 Round robin Runners-up 5 4 1 12 4
Peru 1977 Round robin Runners-up 7 6 1 18 4
Argentina 1979 Final round Runners-up 5 4 1 13 3
Brazil 1981 Round robin Champions 5 5 0 15 2
Brazil 1983 Round robin Runners-up 5 4 1 12 3
Venezuela 1985 Double round robin Runners-up 6 4 2 14 6
Uruguay 1987 Round robin Runners-up 6 5 1 15 3
Brazil 1989 Round robin Runners-up 5 4 1 12 4
Brazil 1991 Final Champions 4 4 0 12 1
Peru 1993 Final Runners-up 6 4 2 13 6
Brazil 1995 Final Champions 4 4 0 12 0
Peru 1997 Final Champions 4 4 0 12 0
Venezuela 1999 Final Champions 4 4 0 12 2
Argentina 2001 Final Champions 4 4 0 12 0
Colombia 2003 Final round Champions 3 3 0 9 0
Bolivia 2005 Round robin Champions 6 6 0 18 0
Chile 2007 Final Champions 5 5 0 15 0
Brazil 2009 Final Champions 5 5 0 15 0
Peru 2011 Final Champions 5 5 0 15 0
Peru 2013 Round robin Champions 5 5 0 15 0
Colombia 2015 Final Champions 5 5 0 15 0
Colombia 2017 Round robin Champions 5 5 0 15 0
Peru 2019 Final Champions 5 5 0 15 1
Colombia 2021 Round robin Champions 4 3 1 10 4
Brazil 2023 Round robin Champions 3 3 0 9 0
Total 23 titles 33/34 162 148 14 444 57

U23 team[edit]

World Championship[edit]

South America Championship[edit]

  • Gold: 2014, 2016

U20 team[edit]

World Championship[edit]

South America Championship[edit]

  • Gold: 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1984, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016
  • Silver: 1980, 1982, 1986, 1988

U18 team[edit]

World Championship[edit]

South America Championship[edit]

  • Gold: 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2016
  • Silver: 1978, 1980, 1996, 2012

U16 team[edit]

South America Championship[edit]

Team[edit]

Current squad[edit]

The following is the Brazilian roster as of 2022:

Head coach: José Roberto Guimarães

No. Name Date of birth Height 2021–2022 club
2 Carol Gattaz 27 July 1981 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Brazil Minas
3 Júlia Kudiess 2 January 2003 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Brazil Minas
4 Ana Carolina da Silva 8 April 1991 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Brazil Praia Clube
5 Priscila Daroit 10 August 1988 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Brazil Minas
6 Nyeme Costa 11 October 1998 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Brazil Minas
7 Rosamaria Montibeller 9 April 1994 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Italy Busto Arsizio Volley
8 Macris Carneiro 3 March 1989 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Turkey Fenerbahçe
9 Roberta Ratzke 28 April 1990 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Poland ŁKS Łódź
10 Gabriela Guimarães 19 May 1994 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Turkey VakıfBank
12 Ana Cristina de Souza 7 April 2004 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Turkey Fenerbahçe
14 Natália Araujo 10 April 1997 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) Brazil Osasco
15 Lorena Viezel 21 July 1999 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Brazil Associação Vôlei Bauru
16 Kisy Nascimento 28 January 2000 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Brazil Minas
17 Júlia Bergmann 21 February 2001 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) United States Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
18 Mayany de Souza 24 November 1996 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Brazil Associação Vôlei Bauru
20 Lorrayna Marys 19 June 1999 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Italy Volley Bergamo
24 Lorenne Teixeira 8 January 1996 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Russia Lokomotiv Kaliningrad

Notable players[edit]

Brazil team gold medal winner in London 2012 Olympics

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "FIVB Senior World Ranking – Women – As per 3 August 2021". FIVB and Hypercube. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  2. ^ "FIVB Senior World Ranking – Women". Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  3. ^ Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. "TOKYO 2020 VOLLEYBALL RESULTS".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ volleyballworld.com. "Ze Roberto earns Coach of the Year award in Brazil". volleyballworld.com. Retrieved 2023-06-08.

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