Venezuela men's national volleyball team

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Venezuela
Federation		Federación Venezolana de Voleibol
Website		www.fvvb.com (Spanish)
Confederation		CSV
FIVB ranking		20 (as of 2008-01-05)

Medal record
Pan American Games
Gold	2003	Santo Domingo
South American Championship
Silver	1964	Buenos Aires
Silver	1967	Santos
Silver	1969	Caracas
Silver	1975	Asunción
Silver	1977	Lima
Silver	1979	Rosario
Silver	1985	Caracas
Silver	1997	Caracas
Bronze	1962	Santos
Bronze	1973	Bucaramanga
Bronze	1987	Montevideo
Bronze	1989	Curitiba
Bronze	1991	São Paulo
Bronze	1995	Porte Alegre
Bronze	1999	Córdoba
Bronze	2001	Cali
Bronze	2005	Lages
Bronze	2007	Santiago

The Venezuela men's national volleyball team represents Venezuela in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches. In 1962 the squad claimed its first international medal (a bronze) at the South American Championship.

The biggest succes for Venezuela came in 2003, when the team won the Pan American Games. The dominant forces in men's volleyball on the South American continent are Brazil and Argentina.

Contents 1 Results 1.1 World League 1.2 America Cup 2 Squads 3 References

[edit] Results

[edit] World League

• 1990 to 2000 — did not compete
• 2001 — 13th place
• 2002 — 13th place
• 2003 — 13th place
• 2004 — did not compete
• 2005 — 7th place
• 2006 — did not compete
• 2007 — did not compete

[edit] America Cup

• 1998 — 5th place
• 1999 — 6th place
• 2000 — 6th place
• 2001 — 5th place
• 2005 — 6th place
• 2007 — did not compete

[edit] Squads

• 2002 FIVB World League — 13th place (tied)

  Jorge Reyes, Manuel Blanco, Andy Rojas, Gustavo Valderrama, Rodman Valera, Carlos Luna, Luis Díaz, Andres Manzanillo, Héctor Guzman, Ronald Mendez, Ernardo Gomez , José Torres, Ronald Mendez, Thomas Ereu, Ivan Marquez, Jorge Silva, Juan Carlos Blanco, and Fredy Cedeno. Head Coach: José David Suarez.

• 2002 World Championship — 17th place (tied)

  Carlos Tejeda, Andy Rojas, Gustavo Valderrama, Rodman Valera, Carlos Luna, Luis Díaz, Andres Manzanillo, Héctor Guzman, Ronald Mendez, Ernardo Gomez , Thomas Ereu, and Fredy Cedeno. Head Coach: José David Suarez.

• 2003 FIVB World League — 13th place (tied)

  Héctor Ubina, Manuel Blanco, Andy Rojas, Gustavo Valderrama, Rodman Valera, Carlos Luna, Luis Díaz, Andres Manzanillo, Héctor Guzman, Ronald Mendez, Ernardo Gomez , Carlos Tejeda, Daniel Mata, Thomas Ereu, Ivan Marquez, Jorge Silva, Juan Carlos Blanco, and Fredy Cedeno. Head Coach: José David Suarez.

• 2003 Pan American Games — Gold Medal

  Juan Carlos Blanco, Luis Díaz, Thomas Ereu, Ernardo Gomez , Carlos Luna, Andres Manzanillo, Ivan Marquez, Ronald Mendez, Andy Rojas, Carlos Tejeda, Gustavo Valderrama, and Rodman Valera.

• 2003 FIVB World Cup — 8th place

  Juan Carlos Blanco, Fredy Cedeno, Luis Díaz, Thomas Ereu, Ernardo Gomez , Carlos Luna, Andres Manzanillo, Ivan Marquez, Ronald Mendez, Carlos Tejeda, Gustavo Valderrama, and Rodman Valera. Head Coach: Miguel Cambero.

• 2005 America's Cup — 6th place

  Deivi Yustiz, Andy Rojas, Gustavo Valderrama, Rodman Valera, Carlos Luna, Luis Díaz, Andres Manzanillo, Ernardo Gomez, Carlos Tejeda, Iván Marquez, Juan Carlos Blanco, and Fredy Cedeno. Head Coach: Argimiro Méndez.

• 2006 World Championship — 17th place (tied)

  Ismel Ramos, Joel Silva, Carlos Luna, Luis Díaz, Renzo Sánchez, Ernardo Gomez, Carlos Tejeda, Iván Marquez, Thomas Ereu, Francisco Soteldo, Juan Carlos Blanco, and Fredy Cedeno. Head Coach: Eliseo Ramos.

[edit] References

• Sports123