The
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
women's national volleyball team is administrated by the ''
Confederação Brasileira de Voleibol
The Brazilian Volleyball Confederation ( pt, Confederação Brasileira de Voleibol, CBV) is the governing body of volleyball and beach volleyball in Brazil. Formed in 1954, its headquarters are in Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro. The CBV is a memb ...
'' (CBV) and takes part in international volleyball competitions. It is ranked second in the FIVB World Rankings as of August 2021.
They are the current record holder of
FIVB World Grand Prix
The FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix was an annual women's volleyball competition created in 1993. The men's version of the competition was called World League. This event should not be confused with the other international volleyball competitio ...
champion titles, having won it for the eleventh time in 2016 and are the gold medalists of the
2008 Summer Olympics
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in
Beijing
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and
2012 Summer Olympics
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in
London
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. The team also get a gold in Pan American Games in 2011
Results
Olympic Games
Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
World Championship
Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
World Cup
Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
World Grand Champions Cup
Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
World Grand Prix
Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
Nations League
Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
Pan American Games
Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
Pan-American Cup
Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
South America Championship
Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
1951 and 1956 played best of three sets.
U23 team
World Championship
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Gold:
2015
South America Championship
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Gold: 2014, 2016
U20 team
World Championship
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Gold:
1987,
1989,
2001,
2003,
2005,
2007
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Silver:
1991,
1995
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,
1999,
2011
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,
2015
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Bronze:
2009,
2013
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South America Championship
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Gold: 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1984, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006,
2008,
2010,
2012
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,
2014,
2016
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Silver: 1980, 1982, 1986, 1988
U18 team
World Championship
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Gold: 1997,
2005,
2009
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Silver: 1989, 1991, 1999,
2001
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Bronze:
2003,
2013
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South America Championship
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Gold: 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006,
2008,
2010,
2014,
2016
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Silver: 1978, 1980, 1996,
2012
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U16 team
South America Championship
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Gold:
2011
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,
2013
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Team
Current squad
The following is the Brazilian roster as of 2022:
Head coach:
José Roberto Guimarães
Notable players
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Ana Beatriz Moser
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Ana Margarida Alvares
Ana Margarida "Ida" Vieira Álvares (born January 22, 1965) is a retired volleyball player from Brazil. She competed in three Summer Olympics for Brazil women's national volleyball team, winning the bronze medal in their last, the 1996 Summer Ol ...
(Ida)
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Ana Paula Connelly
Ana Paula Rodrigues Connelly Henkel (born 13 February 1972 in Lavras, Minas Gerais) is a retired female volleyball player and journalist from Brazil, who represented her native country at four Summer Olympics: in volleyball in 1992 and 1996, an ...
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Ana Paula Lima
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Andrea Moraes
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Andreia Marras
Andreia Marras (born ) is a retired Brazilian female volleyball player. She was part of the Brazil women's national volleyball team
The Brazil women's national volleyball team is administrated by the '' Confederação Brasileira de Voleibol'' ...
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Camila Brait
Camila de Paula Brait (born October 28, 1988) is a volleyball player from Frutal, Brazil, who plays as a libero. She currently defends Osasco Voleibol Clube and is retired from the Brazilian national team.
She won the silver medal while repre ...
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Caroline Gattaz
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Danielle Lins
Danielle Rodrigues Lins, better known as Dani Lins (born January 5, 1985), is a volleyball player from Brazil, who plays as a setter. She represented her country at the FIVB World Grand Prix 2009 in Tokyo, Japan, where they won the gold medal. ...
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Edna Veiga
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Erika Coimbra
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Arts and Entertainment
* Hayasaka Erika (''Megatokyo)''
* Erika (''Friends'')
* Erika (''Pokémon'')
* Erika (''Underworld'')
* Erika Itsumi ''(Girls und Panzer)''
* ''Erika'' (film), a 1971 Italian thriller film
* "E ...
*
Estefania Souza
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Fabiana Berto
Fabiana Berto (born ) is a retired Brazilian female volleyball player, who played as a setter.
She was part of the Brazil women's national volleyball team at the 2001 FIVB World Grand Prix and 2002 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in G ...
*
Fabiana Claudino
Fabiana Marcelino Claudino (born 24 January 1985) is a Brazilian volleyball player who made her debut for the Brazilian national team against Croatia. She captained Brazil to the gold medal at the 2012 Olympics.
Personal life
Claudino was born ...
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Fabiana Oliveira
Fabiana "Fabi" Alvim de Oliveira (born 7 March 1980 in Rio de Janeiro) is a retired volleyball player from Brazil who won the gold medal at the Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, 2008 and Volleyball at the 2012 Summer ...
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Fernanda Doval
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Fernanda Garay
Fernanda Garay Rodrigues (born May 10, 1986) is a retired Brazilian professional volleyball player who won the 2012 Summer Olympics gold medal and the silver medal at 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics with the Brazil national team. She is tall. She ...
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Fernanda Venturini
Fernanda Porto Venturini (born 24 October 1970, in Ribeirão Preto) is a former volleyball player from Brazil. She represented her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where she won the bronze medal with the Brazili ...
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Gabriela Guimarães
Gabriela Braga Guimarães, nickname Gabi, (born 19 May 1994) is a Brazilian indoor volleyball player. She plays as an outside spiker. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in the Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament ...
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Hélia Souza (Fofão)
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Hilma Caldeira
Hilma Aparecida Caldeira (born January 5, 1972) is a retired volleyball player from Brazil who competed with the Brazil women's national volleyball team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There she claimed the bronze medal with the ...
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Jackie Silva
Jacqueline "Jackie" Louise Cruz Silva, (born February 13, 1962 in Rio de Janeiro) is a retired female volleyball player from Brazil, who won the gold medal in the inaugural women's beach volleyball tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics, partn ...
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Jaqueline Carvalho
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Janina Conceiçao
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Leila Barros
Leila Gomes de Barros (born September 30, 1971) is a Brazilian politician and a former volleyball player. She often played as opposite hitter and attacker. She was a member of the Brazilian squad who had great success in the late 1990s and early ...
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Marcia Cunha (Marcia Fu)
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Maria Isabel Alencar
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Marianne Steinbrecher
Marianne Steinbrecher (born August 23, 1983) is a Brazilian volleyball player, who plays as a wing spiker at Molico/Osasco. She represented her native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, in which she helped her country win t ...
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Natália Pereira
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Paula Pequeno
Paula Renata Marques Pequeno, better known as Paula Pequeno (born January 22, 1982), is a two-time Olympic gold medal winning volleyball player from Brazil. She was born in Brasília, Distrito Federal. She plays for Vôlei Bauru.
Career
Pequ ...
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Sheilla Castro
Sheilla Castro de Paula Blassioli (born 1 July 1983 in Belo Horizonte) is a former volleyball player from Brazil, who represented her native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics and in the 2012 Summer Olympics. On both occasions the Brazilian ...
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Tandara Caixeta
Tandara Alves Caixeta (born 30 October 1988) is a Brazilian professional volleyball player. She plays for the Brazil women's national volleyball team and for Sesc-Rio in the Brazilian Superliga. She competed for Brazil in the 2012 Summer Olym ...
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Thaisa Menezes
Thaisa de Moraes Rosa Moreno (born 17 December 1988), commonly known as Thaisa or Isa Moreno, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Flamengo and the Brazil women's national team. She previously played for Real Madrid, while ...
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Vera Mossa
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Virna Dias
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Walewska Oliveira
Walewska Moreira de Oliveira (born 1 October 1979 in Belo Horizonte) is a female volleyball player who has competed for Brazil in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000. She won a bronze medal with the women's national team in ...
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Welissa Gonzaga (Sassá)
See also
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Brazil men's national volleyball team
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Brazil women's national under-23 volleyball team
The Brazil women's national under-23 volleyball team represents Brazil in international women's volleyball competitions and friendly matches under the age 23 and it is ruled by the Confederação Brasileira de Voleibol, Brazilian Volleyball Feder ...
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Brazil women's national under-20 volleyball team
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Brazil women's national under-18 volleyball team
References
External links
Official websiteFIVB profile
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National women's volleyball teams
Volleyball in Brazil
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World champion national volleyball teams