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.
With a tally total of 69 titles, Brazil is the national volleyball team that has won the most titles overall in the main FIVB sanctioned competitions, and also the national team that has won the most international titles outside their regional competition. The team has a winning record against every other nation recognized by the FIVB and is sometimes referred to as volleyball's "Dream Team" in reference to its remarkable winning streak period under coach Bernardo Rezende. Currently Brazil is ranked third in the FIVB World Rankings.
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 EventGoldSilverBronzeTotal 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 1 2 Pan American Games 5 7 5 17 Pan-American Cup 3 2 0 5 South American Championship 33 1 0 34 South American Cup 1 0 0 1 America's Cup 3 4 0 7 Total 69 29 14 112
Tournament record Olympic Games Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place Olympic Games recordYearRoundPosition 1964 Round Robin 7th 9 3 6 13 23 1968 Round Robin 9th 9 1 8 8 25 1972 Preliminary Round 8th 7 2 5 9 19 1976 Preliminary Round 7th 5 2 3 8 11 1980 Preliminary Round 5th 6 4 2 15 10 1984 Final 2nd 6 4 2 13 8 1988 Semifinals 4th 7 4 3 16 13 1992 Final 1st 8 8 0 24 3 1996 Quarterfinals 5th 8 5 3 18 10 2000 Quarterfinals 6th 8 6 2 19 9 2004 Final 1st 8 7 1 22 8 2008 Final 2nd 8 6 2 20 8 2012 Final 2nd 8 6 2 21 8 2016 Final 1st 8 6 2 20 10 2020 Semifinals 4th 8 5 3 18 14 2024 Quarterfinals 8th 4 1 3 7 9 2028 Future event 2032 Total 16/18 3 Titles 117 70 47 251 188 —
World Championship Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
World Championship recordYearRoundPosition 1949Did not compete 1952 1956 Group Round 11th 11 10 1 31 6 1960 Final Group 5th 10 5 5 15 17 1962 Final Group 10th 11 2 9 14 27 1966 Group Round 13th 10 4 6 17 18 1970 Group Round 12th 11 6 5 23 20 1974 7th–12th places 9th 11 5 6 18 18 1978 5th–8th places 6th 9 5 4 21 15 1982 Final 2nd 9 6 3 19 10 1986 Semifinals 4th 8 6 2 18 9 1990 Semifinals 4th 7 4 3 16 11 1994 Quarterfinals 5th 7 5 2 19 8 1998 Semifinals 4th 12 10 2 33 9 2002 Final 1st 9 8 1 26 8 2006 Final 1st 11 10 1 31 6 2010 Final 1st 9 7 2 23 10 2014 Final 2nd 13 11 2 36 12 2018 Final 2nd 12 10 2 31 13 2022 Semifinals 3rd 7 6 1 20 7 2025 Preliminary round 17th32164 2027Future event 2029 Total 19/23 3 Titles 180 122 58 417 228 —
World Cup Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
World Cup recordYearRoundPosition 1969 Round Robin 6th 7 3 4 10 16 1977 5th–8th semifinals 8th 8 3 5 13 17 1981 Round Robin 3rd 7 5 2 16 11 1985 Round Robin 4th 7 4 3 16 11 1989 Round Robin 5th 7 3 4 13 14 1991 Round Robin 6th 8 4 4 16 15 1995 Round Robin 3rd 11 92 29 7 1999 Round Robin 5th 1174 27 15 2003 Round Robin 1st11110 33 4 2007 Round Robin 1st11101 30 4 2011 Round Robin 3rd 1183 29 14 2019 Round Robin 1st 11 11 0 33 5 Total 12/14 3 Titles 110 78 32 265 133 —
World Grand Champions Cup Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
World Grand Champions record YearRoundPositionSquad 1993Round Robin Runners up 5 4 1 14 6 1997Round Robin Champions 5 5 0 15 3 2001Round Robin Runners up 5 4 1 14 4 2005Round Robin Champions 5 5 0 15 6 2009Round Robin Champions 5 5 0 15 3 2013Round Robin Champions 5 4 1 14 6 2017Round Robin Champions 5 4 1 14 5 Total 7/7 5 Titles 35 31 4 101 33 —
World League Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
World League record YearRoundPosition 1990 Semifinals 3rd 14 10 4 32 24 1991Intercontinental Round 5th 16 8 8 32 32 1992 Final Round 5th 16 10 6 35 26 1993 Final 1st 22 17 5 58 18 1994 Semifinals 3rd 16 15 1 47 8 1995 Final 2nd 17 10 7 38 28 1996 Final Round 5th 16 11 5 39 22 1997Final Round 5th 16 12 4 37 18 1998Playoff Round 5th 15 10 5 34 17 1999 Semifinals 3rd 16 13 3 43 20 2000 Semifinals 3rd 18 11 7 39 27 2001 Final 1st 17 16 1 50 16 2002 Final 2nd 17 13 4 44 20 2003 Final 1st 17 15 2 47 18 2004 Final 1st 15 15 0 45 8 2005 Final 1st 15 14 1 42 12 2006 Final 1st 17 16 1 48 15 2007 Final 1st 16 15 1 47 11 2008 Semifinals 4th 16 12 4 41 20 2009 Final 1st 16 15 1 47 9 2010 Final 1st 16 15 1 45 22 2011 Final 2nd 17 13 4 43 19 2012 Final Round 6th 14 8 6 33 23 2013 Final 2nd 14 11 3 36 18 2014 Final 2nd 16 8 8 31 31 2015 Final Round 5th 14 10 4 37 20 2016 Final 2nd 13 11 2 34 14 2017 Final 2nd 13 9 4 33 21 Total 28/28 9 Titles 445 343 102 1137 537 —
Nations League Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place Nations League record YearRoundPosition 2018Semifinals4th1911839301585 1538 2019Semifinals4th1915451261781 1609 2021Final1st1715245131432 1237 2022Quarterfinals6th138527171047 976 2023Quarterfinals6th138530211173 1109 2024Quarterfinals7th1367282712401199 2025Semifinals3rd1513241161363 1250 2026Preliminary round 10th 12 7 5 23 21 1017 985 2027 qualified Total 9/9 1 Title —
Pan American Games Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
Pan American Games recordYearRoundPosition 1955Round Robin Bronze 5 3 2 9 4 1959Final Round Silver 6 4 2 15 9 1963Final 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 1975Round Robin Silver 7 6 1 18 9 1979Round Robin Silver 7 5 2 16 8 1983Final Gold 7 6 1 20 5 1987Semifinals Bronze 7 4 3 16 12 1991Final Silver 7 5 2 16 7 1995Group Round 7th Place 3 1 2 3 6 1999Final Silver 5 4 1 14 6 2003Semifinals Bronze 5 4 1 14 3 2007FinalGold 5 5 0 15 0 2011Final Gold 5 5 0 15 3 2015 Final Silver 5 3 2 13 6 2019 Semifinals Bronze 5 4 1 12 7 2023 Final Gold 5 5 0 15 2 2027 Future eventTotal 17/17 5 Titles 107 85 22 276 96 —
Pan-American Cup Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
Pan-American Cup record YearRoundPosition 2010 Semifinals 4th Place 4 2 2 7 9 2011 Final Champions 4 4 0 14 1 2012 Semifinals 4th Place 6 3 3 14 10 2013 Final Champions 4 4 0 12 0 2015 Final Champions 5 5 0 15 1 2017Did not compete 2018 Final Runners-Up 5 4 1 14 4 2022 7th place match 8th 5 0 5 6 15 2023 Final Runners-Up 4 3 1 10 3 Total 8/17 3 Titles 37 25 12 92 43 —
South American Championship 1st 2nd 3rd
South American Championship recordYearsRoundsPositions 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 — 2026 Round Robin 1st 5 5 0 15 0— Total 34/35 34 Titles 180 179 1 507 29 —
Copa Sudamericana Champions Runners up 3rd place
Copa Sudamericana recordYearRoundPosition 2025 Round robin1st440120 2026 Final2nd541146 Total 1 Title 2/2 9 8 1 26 6 —
America's Cup Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place America's Cup recordYearRoundPosition 1998 Final Champions 7 7 0 21 8 1999 Final Champions 7 7 0 21 1 2000 Final Runners-Up 7 6 1 19 5 2001 Final Champions 7 6 1 20 4 2005 Final Runners-Up 4 3 1 11 4 2007 Final Runners-Up 4 3 1 11 3 2008 Final Runners-Up 4 3 1 11 3 Total 7/7 3 Titles 40 35 5 114 28 —
FIVB Olympic Qualification Tournament Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
YearResultPldWLSWSLPWPL 2019Group A Champion33092264213 2023Group A Runner-up7611910672616Total1 Title10912812936829
South American Olympic Qualification Tournament Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
YearResultPldWLSWSLPWPL 2000Round Robin Champion33092276219Total1 Title33092276219
South American World Championship Qualification Tournament Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
YearResultPldWLSWSLPWPL 1997Double Round Robin Champion660183302157 2001Round Robin Champion2206015088Total2 Titles880243452245
Team Current squad Roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics.
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) Carlos Schwanke (2021 interim) Bernardo Rezende (2023–)
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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.
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.