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Brazil men's national volleyball team

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Brazil
Nickname(s)Canarinhos
Galactic
Best of All Times
AssociationConfederação Brasileira de Voleibol (CBV)
ConfederationCSV
Head coachBernardo Rezende[1]
FIVB ranking7 (as of 10 July 2024)
Uniforms
Home
Away
Third
Summer Olympics
Appearances16 (First in 1964)
Best result (1992, 2004, 2016)
World Championship
Appearances17 (First in 1956)
Best result (2002, 2006, 2010)
World Cup
Appearances12 (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
Gold medal – first place 1992 Barcelona Team
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens Team
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
Silver medal – second place 1984 Los Angeles Team
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing Team
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2002 Argentina
Gold medal – first place 2006 Japan
Gold medal – first place 2010 Italy
Silver medal – second place 1982 Argentina
Silver medal – second place 2014 Poland
Silver medal – second place 2018 Italy/Bulgaria
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Poland/Slovenia
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2003 Japan
Gold medal – first place 2007 Japan
Gold medal – first place 2019 Japan
Bronze medal – third place 1981 Japan
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Japan
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Japan
World Grand Champions Cup
Gold medal – first place 1997 Japan
Gold medal – first place 2005 Japan
Gold medal – first place 2009 Japan
Gold medal – first place 2013 Japan
Gold medal – first place 2017 Japan
Silver medal – second place 1993 Japan
Silver medal – second place 2001 Japan
World League
Gold medal – first place 1993 São Paulo
Gold medal – first place 2001 Katowice
Gold medal – first place 2003 Madrid
Gold medal – first place 2004 Rome
Gold medal – first place 2005 Belgrade
Gold medal – first place 2006 Moscow
Gold medal – first place 2007 Katowice
Gold medal – first place 2009 Belgrade
Gold medal – first place 2010 Córdoba
Silver medal – second place 1995 Rio de Janeiro
Silver medal – second place 2002 Belo Horizonte
Silver medal – second place 2011 Gdansk
Silver medal – second place 2013 Mar del Plata
Silver medal – second place 2014 Florence
Silver medal – second place 2016 Kraków
Silver medal – second place 2017 Curitiba
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Osaka
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Milan
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Mar del Plata
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Rotterdam
Nations League
Gold medal – first place 2021 Rimini
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1963 São Paulo Team
Gold medal – first place 1983 Caracas Team
Gold medal – first place 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team
Gold medal – first place 2011 Guadalajara Team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Santiago Team
Silver medal – second place 1959 Chicago Team
Silver medal – second place 1967 Winnipeg Team
Silver medal – second place 1975 Mexico City Team
Silver medal – second place 1979 San Juan Team
Silver medal – second place 1991 Havana Team
Silver medal – second place 1999 Winnipeg Team
Silver medal – second place 2015 Toronto Team
Bronze medal – third place 1955 Mexico City Team
Bronze medal – third place 1971 Cali Team
Bronze medal – third place 1987 Indianapolis Team
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Santo Domingo Team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Lima Team
Pan-American Cup
Gold medal – first place 2011 Gatineau
Gold medal – first place 2013 Mexico City
Gold medal – first place 2015 Reno
Silver medal – second place 2018 Córdoba
Silver medal – second place 2023 Guadalajara
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 1967 Santos
Gold medal – first place 1969 Caracas
Gold medal – first place 1971 Montevideo
Gold medal – first place 1973 Bucaramanga
Gold medal – first place 1975 Asuncíon
Gold medal – first place 1977 Lima
Gold medal – first place 1979 Rosario
Gold medal – first place 1981 Santiago
Gold medal – first place 1983 São Paulo
Gold medal – first place 1985 Caracas
Gold medal – first place 1987 Montevideo
Gold medal – first place 1989 Curitiba
Gold medal – first place 1991 Osasco
Gold medal – first place 1993 Córdoba
Gold medal – first place 1995 Porto Alegre
Gold medal – first place 1997 Caracas
Gold medal – first place 1999 Córdoba
Gold medal – first place 2001 Cali
Gold medal – first place 2003 Rio de Janeiro
Gold medal – first place 2005 Lages
Gold medal – first place 2007 Santiago
Gold medal – first place 2009 Bogotá
Gold medal – first place 2011 Cuiabá
Gold medal – first place 2013 Cabo Frio
Gold medal – first place 2015 Maceió
Gold medal – first place 2017 Santiago
Gold medal – first place 2019 Santiago
Gold medal – first place 2021 Brasília
Silver medal – second place 2023 Recife
America's Cup
Gold medal – first place 1998 Argentina
Gold medal – first place 1999 United States
Gold medal – first place 2001 Argentina
Silver medal – second place 2000 Brazil
Silver medal – second place 2005 Brazil
Silver medal – second place 2007 Brazil
Silver medal – second place 2008 Brazil

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.

Performance history

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2000-until now

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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

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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

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Olympic Games

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  Champions    Runners up    Third place   Fourth place  

Olympic Games record
Year Round Position GP MW ML SW SL Squad
Japan 1964 Round Robin 7th 9 3 6 13 23 Squad
Mexico 1968 Round Robin 9th 9 1 8 8 25 Squad
Germany 1972 Preliminary Round 8th 7 2 5 9 19 Squad
Canada 1976 Preliminary Round 7th 5 2 3 8 11 Squad
Soviet Union 1980 Preliminary Round 5th 6 4 2 15 10 Squad
United States 1984 Final 2nd 6 4 2 13 8 Squad
South Korea 1988 Semifinals 4th 7 4 3 16 13 Squad
Spain 1992 Final 1st 8 8 0 24 3 Squad
United States 1996 Quarterfinals 5th 8 5 3 18 10 Squad
Australia 2000 Quarterfinals 6th 8 6 2 19 9 Squad
Greece 2004 Final 1st 8 7 1 22 8 Squad
China 2008 Final 2nd 8 6 2 20 8 Squad
United Kingdom 2012 Final 2nd 8 6 2 21 8 Squad
Brazil 2016 Final 1st 8 6 2 20 10 Squad
Japan 2020 Semifinals 4th 8 5 3 18 14 Squad
France 2024 Quarterfinals 8th 4 1 3 7 9 Squad
Total 3 Titles 16/16 117 70 47 251 188

World Championship

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  Champions    Runners up    Third place   Fourth place  

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

World Cup

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  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

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

World Grand Champions Cup

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  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

World Grand Champions record
Year Round Position GP MW ML SW SL Squad
Japan 1993 Round Robin Runners up 5 4 1 14 6 Squad
Japan 1997 Round Robin Champions 5 5 0 15 3 Squad
Japan 2001 Round Robin Runners up 5 4 1 14 4 Squad
Japan 2005 Round Robin Champions 5 5 0 15 6 Squad
Japan 2009 Round Robin Champions 5 5 0 15 3 Squad
Japan 2013 Round Robin Champions 5 4 1 14 6 Squad
Japan 2017 Round Robin Champions 5 4 1 14 5 Squad
Total 5 Titles 7/7 35 31 4 101 33

World League

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  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

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

Nations League

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  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

Nations League record
Year Round Position GP MW ML SW SL PW PL Squad
France 2018 Semifinals 4th place 19 11 8 39 30 1585 1538 Squad
United States 2019 Semifinals 4th place 19 15 4 51 26 1781 1609 Squad
Italy 2021 Final 1st place 17 15 2 45 13 1432 1237 Squad
Italy 2022 Quarterfinals 6th place 13 8 5 27 17 1047 976 Squad
Poland 2023 Quarterfinals 6th place 13 8 5 30 21 1173 1109 Squad
Poland 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

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  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

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

Pan-American Cup

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  Champions   Runners up   Third place   Fourth place

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

South American Championship

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  1st   2nd   3rd

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

America's Cup

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  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

America's Cup record
Year Round Position GP MW ML SW SL Squad
Argentina 1998 Final Champions 7 7 0 21 8 Squad
United States 1999 Final Champions 7 7 0 21 1 Squad
Brazil 2000 Final Runners-Up 7 6 1 19 5 Squad
Argentina 2001 Final Champions 7 6 1 20 4 Squad
Brazil 2005 Final Runners-Up 4 3 1 11 4 Squad
Brazil 2007 Final Runners-Up 4 3 1 11 3 Squad
Brazil 2008 Final Runners-Up 4 3 1 11 3 Squad
Total 3 Titles 7/7 40 35 5 114 28

FIVB Olympic Qualification Tournament

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  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

Year Result Pld W L SW SL PW PL
Bulgaria 2019 Group A Champion 3 3 0 9 2 264 213
Brazil 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

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Year Result Pld W L SW SL PW PL
Brazil 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

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  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

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

Team

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Current squad

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Roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

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

Head coach: Bernardo Rezende[3]

Coaches history

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Fans

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Records

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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

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

Kit providers

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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

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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

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Bernardinho volta a ser técnico da seleção masculina de vôlei". GloboEsporte.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Jogadores da seleção masculina convocados para os Jogos Olímpicos de Paris 2024" [Men's national team players called up for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games]. cbv.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Brazilian Volleyball Confederation. 7 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Team roster: Brazil" (PDF). Olympics.com. 26 July 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Maracanãzinho: The most iconic venue for the world's best". Archived from the original on 2016-09-10. Retrieved 2016-09-02.
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