2016 Summer Olympics / volleyball (hall) / participants

In the volleyball tournament of the 2016 Olympic Games , twelve teams each competed for men and women. Each nation nominated a squad with twelve players.

Women

Argentina

The Argentine women qualified for the Olympic Games for the first time. In the South American qualification they prevailed without defeat.

Surname	No.	size	Date of birth	position	society
Tanya Acosta	2	1.82 m	11th Mar 1991	AA	Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata
Leticia Boscacci	13	1.86 m	0Nov 8, 1985	D.	VC Kanti Schaffhausen
Florencia Natasha Busquets Reyes	16	1.92 m	June 27, 1989	MB	Volleyball Franches-Montagnes
Yael Castiglione	18th	1.84 m	27 Sep 1985	Z	Rio do Sul
Josefina Fernandez	14th	1.75 m	Aug 17, 1991	AA	Volleyball Franches-Montagnes
Lucía Fresco	5	1.95 m	May 14, 1991	D.	Robur Tiboni Urbino Volley
Julieta Constanza Lazcano	11	1.90 m	July 25, 1989	MB	Istres Ouest-Provence volley ball
Morena Martinez Franchi	19th	1.64 m	19 Feb 1993	AA	Velez Sarsfield
Paula Yamila Nizetich	3	1.81 m	Jan. 27, 1989	AA	Nilüfer Belediyespor
Tatiana Soledad Rizzo	12	1.78 m	Dec. 30, 1986	L.	Boca Juniors
Clarisa Sagardia	9	1.74 m	June 29, 1989	Z	Boca Juniors
Emilce Sosa	10	1.77 m	Sep 11 1987	MB	Rio do Sul
Coach: Guillermo Orduna , ; Assistant trainer: Guillermo Caceres ,					Source: FIVB

Brazil

The Brazilian volleyball players represented the host's country and were therefore set as participants. They also competed as defending champions. In the 2008 finals in Beijing and 2012 in London , they prevailed against the USA.

Surname	No.	size	Date of birth	position	society
Juciely Cristina Barreto	2	1.84 m	Dec 18, 1980	MB	Rio de Janeiro VC
Gabriela Braga Guimarães	10	1.76 m	May 19, 1994	AA	Rio de Janeiro VC
Jaqueline Carvalho	8th	1.86 m	Dec 31, 1983	AA	Minas Tênis Club
Sheilla Castro	13	1.85 m	0July 1, 1983	D.	Vakıfbank Güneş Sigorta İstanbul
Fabiana Claudino	1	1.93 m	Jan. 24, 1985	MB	SESI São Paulo
Josefa Fabíola	17th	1.84 m	0Feb. 3, 1983	Z	VBC Voléro Zurich
Danielle Lins	3	1.81 m	0Jan 5, 1985	Z	Osasco Voleibol Clube
Thaísa Menezes	6th	1.96 m	May 15, 1987	MB	Osasco Voleibol Clube
Natália Pereira	12	1.83 m	0Apr 4, 1989	AA	Rio de Janeiro VC
Fernanda Rodrigues	16	1.79 m	May 10, 1986	AA	VK Dynamo Krasnodar
Adenízia Silva	5	1.85 m	Dec 18, 1986	MB	Osasco Voleibol Clube
Léia Silva	19th	1.68 m	01st Mar 1985	L.
Coach: José Roberto Guimarães , ; Assistant trainer: Paulo Do Rego Barros Junior ,					Source: globo.com

China

The Chinese women have been there every time since the 1984 Games . At that time they won the gold medal and in 2004 they were able to repeat the success. For Rio they qualified as winners of the Women's Volleyball World Cup 2015 .

Surname	No.	size	Date of birth	position	society
Ding Xia	16	1.80 m	Jan. 13, 1990	Z	Liaoning
Gong Xiangyu	6th	1.86 m	Apr 21, 1997	D.	Jiangsu
Hui Ruoqi	12	1.92 m	04th Mar 1991	AA	Jiangsu
Lin Li	15th	1.71 m	05th July 1992	L.	Fujian
Liu Xiaotong	10	1.88 m	Feb 16, 1990	AA	Beijing
Wei Qiuyue	7th	1.82 m	26 Sep 1988	Z	Tianjin
Xu Yunli	11	1.95 m	0Aug 2, 1987	MB	Fujian
Yan Ni	17th	1.92 m	02nd Mar 1987	MB	Liaoning
Yang Fangxu	3	1.90 m	0Oct 6, 1994	D.	Shandong
Yuan Xinyue	1	1.99 m	Dec 21, 1996	MB
Zhang Changning	9	1.93 m	0Nov 6, 1995	AA	Jiangsu
* Zhu Ting	2	1.95 m	Nov 29, 1994	AA	Henan
Coach: Lang Ping , ; Assistant trainer: Lai Yawen ,					Source: sina.com.cn

Italy

The Italians have always been there since 2000. Most recently, they finished fifth three times in a row. They qualified at a tournament in Japan .

Surname	No.	size	Date of birth	position	society
Nadia Centoni	9	1.82 m	June 19, 1981	AA	Galatasaray Istanbul
Cristina Chirichella	11	1.95 m	Feb 10, 1994	MB	Igor Gorgonzola Novara
Anna Danesi	20th	1.95 m	Apr 20, 1996	MB	Club Italia
Monica De Gennaro	6th	1.74 m	0Jan. 8, 1987	L.	Imoco Volley Conegliano
Antonella Del Core	15th	1.80 m	0Nov 5, 1980	AA	VK Dynamo Kazan
Valentina Diouf	17th	2.02 m	Jan. 10, 1993	D.	Liu Ju Modena
Martina Guiggi	7th	1.87 m	0May 1, 1984	MB	Igor Gorgonzola Novara
Eleonora Lo Bianco	14th	1.71 m	Dec 22, 1979	Z	Galatasaray Istanbul
Paola Ogechi Egonu	18th	1.90 m	Dec 18, 1998	AA	Club Italia
Alessia Orro	4th	1.80 m	July 18, 1998	Z	Club Italia
Serena Ortolani	1	1.87 m	0Jan. 7, 1987	D.	Imoco Volley Conegliano
Miriam Fatime Sylla	16	1.84 m	0Jan. 8, 1995	AA	Foppapedretti Bergamo
Coach: Marco Bonitta , ; Co-Trainer: Fabio Soli ,					Source: FIP

Japan

The Japanese women were represented at every Olympic tournament up to 1980. The greatest successes (gold in 1964 and 1976), however, were a few decades ago. As the best Asian team, Japan achieved the starting position in Rio at the qualifying tournament in their own country .

Surname	No.	size	Date of birth	position	society
Erika Araki	11	1.86 m	0Aug 3, 1984	MB	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis
Yuki Ishii	12	1.80 m	0May 8, 1991	AA	Hisamitsu Springs
Saori Kimura	3	1.85 m	Aug 19, 1986	AA	Toray Arrows
Haruka Miyashita	2	1.77 m	0Sep 1 1994	Z	Okayama Seagulls
Yurie Nabeya	6th	1.76 m	Dec 15, 1993	AA	Denso Airybees
Miyu Nagaoka	1	1.79 m	July 25, 1991	D.	Hisamitsu Springs
Saori Sakoda	16	1.75 m	Dec 18, 1987	D.	Toray Arrows
Miya Sato	13	1.75 m	07th Mar 1990	Z	Hitachi rival
Haruyo Shimamura	9	1.82 m	04th Mar 1992	MB	NEC Red Rockets
Kanami Tashiro	20th	1.73 m	25th Mar 1991	Z	Toray Arrows
Mai Yamaguchi	7th	1.76 m	03rd July 1983	MB	Okayama Seagulls
Kotoki Zayasu	18th	1.59 m	Jan. 11, 1990	L.	Hisamitsu Springs
Coach: Masayoshi Manabe , ; Assistant trainer: Gen Kawakita ,					Source: JVA

Cameroon

The national team of Cameroon took part in the Olympic tournament for the first time. In the final of the African qualification , the team prevailed against Egypt.

Surname	No.	size	Date of birth	position	society
Théorine Christelle Aboa Mbeza	5	1.82 m	Aug 25, 1992	MB	FAP VB Yaoundé
Berthrade Simone Flore Bikatal	10	1.83 m	July 23, 1992	AA	Nyong-et-Kéllé
Madeleine Samantha Bodo Essissima	13	1.82 m	Apr 29, 1992	Z	FAP VB Yaoundé
Abdoulkarim Fawziya	12	1.80 m	01st Mar 1989	AA	Bafia volleyball evolution
Stephanie Fotso Mogoung	1	1.84 m	25 Sep 1987	MB	VBC Chamalières
Yolanda Juliana Amana Guigolo	14th	1.84 m	Sep 15 1997	Z	Bafia volleyball evolution
Henriette Nadege Koulla	7th	1.69 m	Sep 14 1992	Z	Tremblay Athlétique Club
Victoire Pauline L'Or Ngon Ntame	11	1.77 m	Dec. 31, 1985	MB	INJS VB Yaoundé
Laetitia Crescence Moma Bassoko	6th	1.84 m	0Oct 9, 1993	AA	VBC Chamalières
Raissa Nasser	4th	1.73 m	Aug 19, 1994	L.	La Rochelle volley ball
Christelle Tchoudjang Nana	2	1.84 m	0July 7, 1989	D.	VBC Chamalières
Emelda Piata Zessi	15th	1.90 m	0Apr 8, 1997	MB	Bafia volleyball evolution
Coach: Jean-Rene Akono , ; Co-Trainer: Joseph Nane Eone ,					Source: FECA Volley

Netherlands

The Dutch women were at an Olympic tournament for the third time. They achieved their best result so far in 1996 in Atlanta with fifth place. They qualified for Rio as runner-up at the tournament in Japan .

Surname	No.	size	Date of birth	position	society
Maret Balkestein-Grothues	6th	1.80 m	16 Sep 1988	AA	Trefl Sopot
Yvon Beliën	3	1.88 m	Dec 28, 1993	MB	North Meccanica Piacenza
Anne Buijs	11	1.91 m	0Dec 2, 1991	AA	Vakıfbank Güneş Sigorta İstanbul
Robin De Kruijf	5	1.92 m	0May 5, 1991	MB	Vakıfbank Güneş Sigorta İstanbul
Laura Dijkema	14th	1.84 m	Feb. 18, 1990	Z	Dresdner SC
Judith Pietersen	8th	1.88 m	03rd July 1989	D.	Savino Del Bene Scandicci
Celeste plak	4th	1.90 m	Oct 26, 1995	AA	Foppapedretti Bergamo
Myrtle Schoot	9	1.82 m	Aug 29, 1988	AA	Dresdner SC
Lonneke Slöetjes	10	1.91 m	Nov 15, 1990	D.	Vakıfbank Güneş Sigorta İstanbul
Debby Stam-Pilon	16	1.84 m	July 24, 1984	L.	Rocheville Le Cannet
Quinta Steenbergen	7th	1.89 m	0Apr 2, 1985	MB	VK Prostějov
Femke Stoltenborg	2	1.89 m	July 30, 1991	Z	Allianz MTV Stuttgart
Coach: Giovanni Guidetti , ; Co-Trainer: Saskia van Hintum ,					Source: FIVB

Puerto Rico

The Puerto Rican team qualified for the Olympic Games for the first time. She prevailed against competitors from South America and Africa in the last qualifying tournament .

Surname	No.	size	Date of birth	position	society
Aurea Cruz	9	1.80 m	Jan 10, 1982	AA	Gigantes de Carolina
Stephanie Enright	7th	1.79 m	Dec 15, 1990	AA	Criollas de Caguas
Vilmarie Mojica	3	1.80 m	Aug 13, 1985	Z	Valencianas de Juncos
Lynda Morales	18th	1.88 m	May 20, 1988	MB	Criollas de Caguas
Karina Ocasio	11	1.92 m	0Aug 1, 1985	D.	Criollas de Caguas
Alexandra Oquendo	16	1.89 m	0Feb. 3, 1984	MB	Lancheras de Cataño
Diana Reyes	10	1.91 m	Apr 29, 1993	MB	Criollas de Caguas
Yarimar Rosa	6th	1.78 m	June 20, 1988	AA	Valencianas de Juncos
Daly Santana	15th	1.85 m	Feb 19, 1995	AA	Capitalinas de San Juan
Debora Seilhamer	1	1.66 m	0Oct. 4, 1985	L.	Lancheras de Cataño
Natalia Valentín	14th	1.70 m	Sep 12 1989	Z	Leonas de Ponce
Shara Venegas	2	1.73 m	Sep 18 1992	L.	Criollas de Caguas
Coach: Juan Carlos Nunez , ; Assistant trainer: Xiomara Molero ,					Source: elnuevodia.com

Russia

The Russian women (including the Soviet Union ) were the most successful nation in the women's Olympic tournaments with four gold and five silver medals. They only missed the 1984 tournament due to the boycott at the time. In the European qualification they beat the Netherlands in the final.

Surname	No.	size	Date of birth	position	society
Irina Fetissova	14th	1.90 m	0Sep 7 1994	MB	VK Dynamo Moscow
Jelena Jeschowa	3	1.78 m	Aug 14, 1977	L.	VK Dynamo Kazan
Tatiana Sergeyevna Kosheleva	15th	1.91 m	Dec 23, 1988	AA	VK Dynamo Krasnodar
Ekaterina Kosyanenko	10	1.78 m	0Feb. 2, 1990	Z	VK Dynamo Moscow
Anna Sergejewna Malowa	19th	1.75 m	Apr 16, 1990	L.	VK Dynamo Moscow
Darja Malygina	6th	2.02 m	0Apr 4, 1994	D.	VK Saretschje Odintsowo
Natalia Obmochayeva	8th	1.94 m	0June 1, 1989	D.	VK Dynamo Moscow
Anastassija Sergeevna Samoilenko	20th	1.92 m	0Oct 5, 1990	MB	VK Dynamo Krasnodar
Irina Sarjaschko	4th	1.96 m	0Oct 4, 1991	MB	VK Uralochka-NTMK
Jana Scherban	1	1.85 m	06 Sep 1989	AA	VK Dynamo Moscow
Wera Wetrowa	9	1.80 m	Aug 21, 1986	Z	VK Dynamo Moscow
Irina Voronkova	16	1.90 m	Oct 20, 1995	AA	VK Saretschje Odintsowo
Coach: Yuri Maritschew , ; Assistant trainer: Igor Kurnossow ,					Source: rsport.ru

Serbia

The Serbian women finished fifth in their first two Olympic appearances in 2008 and eleventh in 2012. For Rio they qualified as runner-up in the 2015 Women's Volleyball World Cup .

Surname	No.	size	Date of birth	position	society
Tijana Bošković	19th	1.93 m	0March 8 1997	D.	Eczacıbaşı Istanbul
Jovana Brakočević	2	1.96 m	05th Mar 1988	D.	Vakıfbank Güneş Sigorta İstanbul
Bianka Buša	1	1.87 m	July 25, 1994	AA	CSM Târgovişte
Tijana Malešević	6th	1.85 m	18 Mar 1991	AA	Igor Gorgonzola Novara
Brankica Mihajlović	9	1.90 m	Apr 13, 1991	AA	Fenerbahçe İstanbul
Jelena Nikolić	12	1.94 m	Apr 13, 1982	AA	Bursa Büyükşehir Belediye Spor
Maja Ognjenović	10	1.83 m	0Aug 6, 1984	Z	North Meccanica Piacenza
Silvija Popović	17th	1.78 m	15th Mar 1986	L.	VBC Voléro Zurich
Milena Rašić	16	1.91 m	Oct 25, 1990	MB	Vakıfbank Güneş Sigorta İstanbul
Jovana Stevanović	15th	1.92 m	June 30, 1992	MB	Pomì Casalmaggiore
Stefana Veljković	11	1.90 m	0Jan. 9, 1990	MB	Chemical Police
Bojana Živković	4th	1.86 m	29 Mar 1988	Z	VBC Voléro Zurich
Coach: Zoran Terzić , ; Assistant coach: Branko Kovačević ,					Source: zurnal.rs

South Korea

The South Korean team took part in an Olympic tournament for the twelfth time. She qualified at the international tournament in Japan .

Surname	No.	size	Date of birth	position	society
Hae Ran Kim	5	1.68 m	16. Mar. 1984	L.	Daejeon Korea Ginseng
Heejin Kim	4th	1.85 m	Apr 29, 1991	D.	Hwaseong IBK Altos
Hye Seon Yeum	17th	1.76 m	0Feb 3, 1991	Z	Suwon Hyundai Engineering & Construction
Hyo Hee Lee	3	1.73 m	0Sep 9 1980	Z	Gyeongbuk Gimcheon
Hyo Jin Yang	14th	1.90 m	Dec 14, 1989	MB	Suwon Hyundai Engineering & Construction
Jaeyeong Lee	7th	1.78 m	Oct 15, 1996	AA	Incheon Heungkuk Life Insurance
Jeongah Park	13	1.86 m	26th Mar 1993	AA	Hwaseong IBK Altos
Jie Youn Nam	8th	1.71 m	May 25, 1983	AA	Hwaseong IBK Altos
Su Ji Kim	11	1.87 m	July 11, 1987	MB	Incheon Heungkuk Life Insurance
Yeon Koung Kim	10	1.92 m	Feb. 26, 1988	AA	Fenerbahçe İstanbul
Yoo Na Bae	16	1.82 m	Nov. 30, 1989	MB	Gyeongbuk Gimcheon
Youn Joo Hwang	6th	1.77 m	Aug 13, 1986	D.	Suwon Hyundai Engineering & Construction
Coach: Lee Jung-chul , ; Assistant coach: Lim Sunghan ,

United States

The US team made it to the Olympic finals in 1984, 2008 and 2012, but first had to admit defeat to China and recently twice to the Brazilians. In the NORCECA qualification for Rio, the Americans prevailed without defeat.

Surname	No.	size	Date of birth	position	society
Rachael Adams	5	1.88 m	03rd June 1990	MB	Imoco Volley Conegliano
Foluke Akinradewo	16	1.91 m	0Oct 5, 1987	MB	VBC Voléro Zurich
Kayla Banwarth	2	1.78 m	Jan. 21, 1989	L.
Alisha Glass	1	1.84 m	0Apr 5, 1988	Z	Imoco Volley Conegliano
Christa Harmotto	13	1.88 m	Oct 12, 1986	MB	Fenerbahçe İstanbul
Kimberly Hill	15th	1.93 m	Nov. 30, 1989	AA	Vakıfbank Güneş Sigorta İstanbul
Jordan Larson	10	1.88 m	Oct 16, 1986	AA	Eczacıbaşı Istanbul
Carli Lloyd	6th	1.80 m	0Aug 6, 1989	Z	Pomì Casalmaggiore
Karsta Lowe	25th	1.93 m	0Feb. 2, 1993	D.	Yamamay Busto Arsizio
Kelly Murphy	12	1.88 m	Oct 20, 1989	D.	Ageo Medics
Kelsey Robinson	23	1.88 m	June 25, 1992	AA	Imoco Volley Conegliano
Courtney Thompson	3	1.70 m	0Nov 4, 1984	Z	Rio de Janeiro VC
Coach: Karch Kiraly , ; Assistant coach: Jamie Morrison ,					Source: FIVB

Men

Egypt

The Egyptians have so far been represented at three Olympic tournaments; the best result was tenth place in 1984. Egypt won the final of the African qualification against Tunisia.

Surname	No.	size	Date of birth	position	society
Hossam Abdalla	12	2.03 m	Feb 16, 1988	Z	Al Ahly volleyball
Ahmed Abdelaal	22nd	1.88 m	0June 8, 1989	L.
Ahmed Abdelhay	4th	1.97 m	Aug 19, 1984	D.
Mamdouh Abdelrehim	6th	2.07 m	0Aug 5, 1989	MB
Abd Elhalim Mohamed Abou	3	2.10 m	0June 3, 1989	MB	Al Ahly volleyball
Ashraf Abouelhassan	7th	1.86 m	17th May 1975	Z	Al Zamalek SC
Ahmed Afifi	11	1.94 m	30th Mar 1988	AA	Al Zamalek SC
Ahmed Elkotb	15th	1.97 m	July 23, 1991	D.	Al Ahly volleyball
Omar Hassan	14th	1.94 m	0Apr 4, 1991	AA
Mohamed Masoud	10	2.11 m	0May 1, 1994	MB	Smouha SC
Badawy Mohamed Moneim	13	1.95 m	Jan. 11, 1986	AA	Al Zamalek SC
Mohamed Thakil	8th	1.84 m	July 12, 1986	AA
Coach: Sherif Hamdy El Shemerly , ; Co-Trainer: Nehad Shehata ,					Source: NBC Olympics

Argentina

The Argentines have been to the Olympic Games six times since 1984 and achieved their greatest success with the bronze medal in 1988. In the South American qualification they remained without defeat.

Surname	No.	size	Date of birth	position	society
Nicolas Bruno	1	1.87 m	Feb. 24, 1989	AA	Club Ciudad de Bolívar
Facundo Conte	7th	1.97 m	Aug 25, 1989	AA	Skra Bełchatów
Pablo Crer	14th	2.02 m	June 12, 1989	MB	Club Ciudad de Bolívar
Luciano De Cecco	15th	1.91 m	0June 2nd, 1988	Z	Sir Safety Perugia
Alexis González	16	1.84 m	July 21, 1981	L.	Club Ciudad de Bolívar
Demián González	8th	1.92 m	Feb 21, 1983	Z	Vôlei Brasil Kirin
Bruno Lima	12	1.98 m	0Feb. 4, 1996	D.	Club Obras Sanitarias de San Juan
Ezequiel Palacios	13	1.98 m	0Oct 2, 1992	AA	La Unión de Formosa
Cristian Poglajen	6th	1.95 m	July 14, 1989	D.	Montes Claros Vôlei
Martin Ramos	4th	1.97 m	Aug 26, 1991	MB	UPCN San Juan Vóley
Facundo Santucci	18th	1.85 m	06th Mar 1987	L.	Spacer's Toulouse Volley
Sebastián Solé	11	2.00 m	June 12, 1991	MB	Trentino volley
Coach: Julio Velasco , ; Assistant trainer: Julian Alvarez ,					Source: FEVA

Brazil

The Brazilians represented the host's country and were therefore seated. They were represented at all Olympic tournaments and won gold twice and silver three times. They lost the last two finals against the USA and Russia.

Surname	No.	size	Date of birth	position	society
William Arjona	7th	1.85 m	July 31, 1979	Z	Sada Cruzeiro Vôlei
Mauricio Borges Almeida Silva	19th	1.99 m	0Feb. 4, 1989	AA	Arkasspor İzmir
Eder Carbonera	3	2.05 m	Oct 19, 1983	MB	Funvic Taubaté
Wallace de Souza	4th	1.98 m	June 26, 1987	D.	Sada Cruzeiro Vôlei
Sérgio Dutra Santos	10	1.84 m	Oct 15, 1975	L.	SESI São Paulo
Evandro Guerra	17th	2.07 m	Dec. 27, 1981	D.	Suntory Sunbirds
Ricardo Lucarelli Santos de Souza	18th	1.95 m	Feb 14, 1992	AA	Funvic Taubaté
Luiz Felipe Marques Fonteles	12	1.96 m	June 19, 1984	AA	Funvic Taubaté
Bruno Rezende	1	1.90 m	02nd July 1986	Z	Pallavolo Modena
Lucas Saatkamp	16	2.09 m	06th Mar 1986	MB	Pallavolo Modena
Douglas Souza	14th	1.99 m	Aug 20, 1995	AA	SESI São Paulo
Mauricio Souza	13	2.09 m	29 Sep 1988	MB	Funvic Taubaté
Coach: Bernardo Rezende , ; Co-Trainer: Roberley Leonaldo ,					Source: globo.com

France

The French have so far been represented at three Olympic tournaments and achieved their best result when they first participated in 1988 with eighth place. For Rio they qualified as third in the tournament in Japan .

Surname	No.	size	Date of birth	position	society
Trevor Clévenot	5	1.99 m	June 28, 1994	AA	Pallavolo Piacenza
Jenia Grebennikov	2	1.88 m	Aug 13, 1990	L.	Lube Macerata
Franck Lafitte	17th	2.03 m	0March 8 1989	MB	Arago de Sète
Nicolas Le Goff	14th	2.06 m	Feb 12, 1992	MB	Istanbul BBSK
Kevin Le Roux	10	2.09 m	May 11, 1989	MB	Pallavolo Modena
Nicolas Marechal	16	1.98 m	04th Mar 1987	AA	Istanbul BBSK
Earvin N'Gapeth	9	1.94 m	Feb 12, 1991	AA	Pallavolo Modena
Pierre Pujol	13	1.86 m	July 13, 1984	Z	AS Cannes
Thibault Rossard	18th	1.93 m	Aug 28, 1993	AA	Asseco Resovia Rzeszów
Antonin Rouzier	4th	2.00 m	Aug 18, 1986	AA	Istanbul BBSK
Kevin Tillie	7th	2.00 m	0Nov 2, 1990	L.	Zaksa Kędzierzyn-Koźle
Benjamin Toniutti	6th	1.83 m	Oct. 30, 1989	Z	Zaksa Kędzierzyn-Koźle
Coach: Laurent Tillie , ; Co-Trainer: Arnaud Josserand ,					Source: FIVB

Iran

The Iranian team qualified for the Olympic Games for the first time. She succeeded as the best Asian team at the tournament in Japan .

Surname	No.	size	Date of birth	position	society
Milad Ebadipour	2	1.96 m	Oct 17, 1993	AA	Shahrdari Urmia
Farhad Ghaemi	5	1.97 m	Aug 28, 1989	AA	Paykan Tehran
Amir Ghafour	10	2.02 m	0June 6, 1991	AA	Paykan Tehran
Nobility Gholami	9	1.95 m	0Feb 9, 1986	MB	Sarmayeh Bank Tehran
Mahdi Mahdavi	13	1.91 m	Feb 13, 1984	Z	Sarmayeh Bank Tehran
Shahram Mahmoudi	1	1.98 m	July 20, 1988	AA	Sarmayeh Bank Tehran
Mohammadjavad Manavinezhad	14th	2.00 m	Nov. 27, 1995	AA	Paykan Tehran
Mahdi Marandi	19th	1.72 m	May 12, 1986	L.	Paykan Tehran
Saeid Marouf	4th	1.89 m	Oct. 20, 1985	Z	Shahrdari Urmia
Mojtaba Mirzajanpour	12	2.05 m	0Oct 7, 1991	AA	Paykan Tehran
Seyed Mohammad Mousavi	6th	2.03	22 Aug 1987	MB	Sarmayeh Bank Tehran
Mostafa Sharifat	15th	2.04 m	16 Sep 1987	MB	Matin Varamin
Hamzeh Zarini	7th	1.98 m	Oct 18, 1985	AA	Kalleh Mazandaran VC
Coach: Raul Lozano , ; Co-Trainer: Juan Manuel Cichello ,					Source: FIVB

Italy

The Italians have been represented at every Olympic tournament since 1976. Her greatest successes were the silver medals in 1996 and 2004. For Rio they qualified as runner-up at the 2015 Men's Volleyball World Cup .

Surname	No.	size	Date of birth	position	society
Oleg Antonov	16	1.98 m	July 28, 1988	AA	Trentino volley
Emanuele Birarelli	15th	2.02 m	0Feb. 8, 1981	MB	Sir Safety Perugia
Simone Buti	11	2.06 m	19 Sep 1983	MB	Sir Safety Perugia
Massimo Colaci	13	1.80 m	Feb. 21, 1985	L.	Trentino volley
Simone Giannelli	6th	1.98 m	0Aug 9, 1996	Z	Trentino volley
Osmany Juantorena	5	2.00 m	Aug 12, 1985	AA	Lube Macerata
Filippo Lanza	10	1.98 m	03rd Mar 1991	AA	Trentino volley
Matteo Piano	14th	2.08 m	Oct 24, 1990	MB	Pallavolo Modena
Salvatore Rossini	7th	1.85 m	July 13, 1986	L.	Pallavolo Modena
Pasquale Sottile	3	1.86 m	Aug 17, 1979	Z	Andreoli Latina
Luca Vettori	4th	2.00 m	Apr 26, 1991	D.	Pallavolo Modena
Ivan Zaytsev	9	2.04 m	0Oct 2, 1988	D.	VK Dynamo Moscow
Coach: Gianlorenzo Blengini , ; Co-Trainer: Giampaolo Medei ,					Source: FIP

Canada

The Canadian team has so far participated in three Olympic tournaments and in 1984, when they finished fourth, narrowly missed a medal. Canada qualified for Rio at the tournament in Japan .

Surname	No.	size	Date of birth	position	society
Blair Cameron Bann	19th	1.85 m	Feb. 26, 1988	L.	SWD Powervolleys Düren
Jay Blankenau	21st	1.94 m	27 Sep 1989	Z	SWD Powervolleys Düren
Justin Duff	6th	2.00 m	May 10, 1988	MB	Benfica Lisbon
Nicholas Hoag	4th	2.00 m	Aug 19, 1992	AA	Paris volley
Daniel Cornelius Jansen Vandoorn	11	2.07 m	21 Mar 1990	MB	Pamvohaikos VC
Steven Marshall	22nd	1.93 m	Nov 23, 1989	AA	Berlin Recycling Volleys
John Gordon Perrin	2	2.01 m	Aug 17, 1989	AA	Pallavolo Piacenza
Tyler Sanders	1	1.91 m	Dec 14, 1991	Z	MKS Będzin
Gavin Schmitt	12	2.08 m	Jan. 27, 1986	D.	Funvic Taubaté
Rudy Verhoeff	5	1.98 m	June 24, 1989	D.	SWD Powervolleys Düren
Graham Vigrass	17th	2.05 m	June 17, 1989	MB	Arkasspor İzmir
Frederic Winters	15th	1.95 m	25 Sep 1982	AA	Sada Cruzeiro Vôlei
Coach: Glenn Hoag , ; Co-Trainer: Vincent Pichette ,					Source: Canadian Olympic Team

Cuba

The Cubans have so far participated in six Olympic tournaments and won the bronze medal in 1976. The team survived the NORCECA qualification for Rio without losing a set.

Surname	No.	size	Date of birth	position	society
Javier Octavio Concepción Rojas	5	2.00 m	Dec. 27, 1997	MB	La Habana
Darienn Ferrer Delís	10	2.02 m	Oct. 31, 1982	MB	Santiago de Cuba
Yonder Román García Álvarez	7th	1.83 m	Feb 26, 1993	L.	Ciudad Habana
Adrián Eduardo Goide Arredondo	21st	1.91 m	June 26, 1998	Z	Santi Spiritus
Yosvani González Nicolás	1	1.96 m	Apr 18, 1988	Z	La Habana
Javier Ernesto Jiménez Scull	4th	1.98 m	Nov 16, 1989	AA	Matanzas
Miguel Ángel López Castro	18th	1.89 m	25th Mar 1997	AA	Cienfuegos
Osniel Lazaro Melgarejo Hernandez	6th	2.02 m	Oct 26, 1996	AA	Santi Spiritus
Liván Osoria Rodríguez	9	2.01 m	0Feb 5, 1994	MB	Santiago de Cuba
Osniel Cecilio Rendón González	6th	2.02 m	Oct 26, 1996	D.	Matanzas
Mario Luis Rivera Sánchez	13	1.80 m	Oct 26, 1982	AA	Pinar del Río
Reinier Rojas Cohimbra	17th	1.90 m	July 31, 1986		La Habana
Coach: Nicolas Vives Coffigny , ; Assistant coach: Ariel Sainz Rodriguez ,					Source: trabajadores.cu

Mexico

The Mexicans had only qualified to host the 1968 Olympic Games and were last at the time. They also took the last chance at the tournament in their own country to qualify for Rio .

Surname	No.	size	Date of birth	position	society
Tomas Aguilera	14th	2.02 m	Nov 15, 1988	MB	Chihuahua
Jorge Barajas	11	1.88 m	0May 7, 1991	AA	Colima
Samuel Cordova	13	2.00 m	13 Mar 1989	MB	Baja California
Carlos Guerra	9	1.96 m	0Aug 3, 1981	AA	Chênois Genève
José Martínez	21st	2.00 m	Jan. 23, 1993	MB	Virtus Guanajuato
Nestor Orellana	17th	1.92 m	0Jan. 7, 1992	D.	Nuevo León
Jesus Alberto Perales	6th	1.97 m	Dec 22, 1993	Z	Nuevo León
Jorge Quiñones	7th	1.86 m	Nov 13, 1981	AA	Virtus Guanajuato
Jesus Rangel	5	1.90 m	Sep 20 1980	L.	Nuevo León
Pedro Rangel	10	1.92 m	16 Sep 1988	Z	Nuevo León
Gonzalo Ruiz de la Cruz	4th	1.86 m	Apr 28, 1988	AA	IMSS ATN
Daniel Vargas	1	1.97 m	0Sep 1 1986	D.	Raision Loimu
Coach: Jorge Miguel Lopez Azair , ; Assistant coach: Gerardo Iván Contreras Gamez ,					Source: COM

Poland

The Polish team has so far participated in eight Olympic tournaments and in 1976 won the final against the Soviet Union. She finished fifth in the last three tournaments. Poland qualified for Rio as the winner of the tournament in Japan .

Surname	No.	size	Date of birth	position	society
Bartosz Bednorz	22nd	2.01 m	July 25, 1994	AA	AZS Olsztyn
Mateusz Bieniek	23	2.10 m	0Apr 5, 1994	MB	Effector Kielce
Rafał Buszek	21st	1.94 m	Apr 28, 1987	AA	Zaksa Kędzierzyn-Koźle
Fabian Drzyzga	11	1.96 m	0Jan. 3, 1990	Z	Asseco Resovia Rzeszów
Karol Klos	7th	2.01 m	0Aug 8, 1989	MB	Skra Bełchatów
Dawid Konarski	3	1.98 m	Aug 31, 1989	D.	Zaksa Kędzierzyn-Koźle
Michał Kubiak	13	1.91 m	Feb. 23, 1988	AA	Halkbank Ankara
Bartosz Kurek	6th	2.05 m	Aug 29, 1988	D.	Asseco Resovia Rzeszów
Grzegorz Łomacz	12	1.87 m	0Oct 1, 1987	Z	Cuprum Lubin
Mateusz Mika	20th	2.06 m	Jan. 21, 1991	AA	Lotos Trefl Gdańsk
Piotr Nowakowski	1	2.05 m	Dec 18, 1987	MB	Asseco Resovia Rzeszów
Paweł Zatorski	17th	1.84 m	June 21, 1990	L.	Zaksa Kędzierzyn-Koźle
Coach: Stephane Antiga , ; Assistant coach: Philippe Blain ,					Source: Plus League

Russia

The Russians (including the Soviet Union ) took part in all Olympic tournaments except for the boycott in 1984 and have won four golds and three silver and three bronze medals each. In the final of 2012 , they prevailed against Brazil and thus went into the tournament as defending champions in Rio. At the European qualification in Berlin , they won the semi-finals against Germany and the final against France.

Surname	No.	size	Date of birth	position	society
Andrei Viktorovich Ashchev	11	2.02 m	May 10, 1983	MB	VK Zenit-Kazan
Konstantin Bakun	12	2.04 m	15th Mar 1985	D.	ZSK Gazprom-Ugra Surgut
Sergei Yuryevich Grankin	5	1.95 m	Jan. 21, 1985	Z	VK Dynamo Moscow
Artyom Sergeyevich Yermakov	20th	1.88 m	16. Mar. 1982	L.	VK Dynamo Moscow
Yegor Klyuka	19th	2.08 m	June 15, 1995	AA	Fakel Novy Urengoy
Igor Kobzar	1	1.98 m	Apr 13, 1991	Z	VK Zenit-Kazan
Maxim Michailowitsch Michailow	17th	2.02 m	19 Mar 1988	D.	VK Zenit-Kazan
Sergei Yuryevich Tetyuchin	8th	1.97 m	23 Sep 1975	AA	VK Lokomotiv-Belogorje
Alexei Igorevich Verbov	16	1.83 m	Jan. 31, 1982	L.	VK Zenit-Kazan
Alexander Alexandrovich Volkov	18th	2.10 m	Feb. 14, 1985	MB	Ural Ufa
Dmitri Volkov	7th	2.01 m	May 25, 1995	AA	Fakel Novy Urengoy
Artyom Alexandrovich Wolwitsch	14th	2.08 m	Jan. 22, 1990	MB	VK Lokomotiv Novosibirsk
Coach: Vladimir Alekno , ; Assistant coach: Sergio Busato ,					Source: sportbo.ru

United States

The US team has been Olympic champion three times so far, most recently in Beijing in 2008 . The USA finished the 2012 tournament in fifth place. For Rio they qualified as winners of the 2015 Men's Volleyball World Cup .

Surname	No.	size	Date of birth	position	society
Matthew Anderson	1	2.02 m	Apr 18, 1987	D.	VK Zenit-Kazan
Micah Christenson	11	1.98 m	0May 8, 1993	Z	Lube Macerata
Maxwell Holt	17th	2.05 m	March 12 1987	MB	Dynamo Moscow
Thomas Jaeschke	10	1.98 m	04th Sep 1993	AA	Asseco Resovia Rzeszów
David Lee	4th	2.03 m	0March 8 1982	MB	PAOK Thessaloniki
William Priddy	8th	1.94 m	0Oct 1, 1977	AA	Lube Macerata
Aaron Russell	2	2.05 m	04th June 1993	AA	Sir Safety Perugia
Taylor Sander	3	1.96 m	17th Mar 1992	AA	Bluvolley Verona
Erik Shoji	22nd	1.84 m	Aug 24, 1989	L.
Kawika Shoji	7th	1.90 m	Nov 11, 1987	Z	Arkasspor İzmir
David Smith	20th	2.01 m	May 15, 1985	MB	Tours volley ball
Murphy Troy	9	2.02 m	May 31, 1989	D.	Lotos Trefl Gdańsk
Coach: John Speraw , ; Co-Trainer: Matthew Fuerbringer ,					Source: FIVB

Web links

• Squad lists at the FIVB
  • Men: EGY - ARG - BRA - CAN - FRA - IRI - ITA - CUB - MEX - POL - RUS - USA
  • Women: ARG - BRA - CHN - ITA - JPN - CMR - NLD - PUR - RUS - SRB - KOR - USA

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x} Positions: AA = assumption / outside (wing spiker), D = diagonal (opposite), L = libero (libero) , MB = middle blocker, Z = setter
   (English-language names in brackets)
2. ↑ Orduna reveals Argentine women's Rio 2016 Olympic line-up. FIVB , July 13, 2016, accessed on August 1, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Zé Roberto corta Camila Brait, Tandara e Roberta e define lista olímpica. globo.com, July 18, 2016, accessed August 1, 2016 (Portuguese). 
4. ↑ 魏 秋月 领衔 女排 里 约 奥运 12 人 名单 无 曾 春蕾 沈静 思. sina.com.cn, July 18, 2016, accessed August 1, 2016 (Chinese). 
5. ↑ Pallavolo Comunicato Federale del 18 luglio 2016. Federazione Italiano Pallovolo, July 18, 2016, accessed on August 1, 2016 (Italian). 
6. ↑ 第 31 回 オ リ ン ピ ッ ク 競技 大会 (2016 / リ オ デ ジ ャ ネ イ ロ) 女子 バ レ ー ボ ー ル 競技 出場 内定 選手 12 名 発 表 記者 会見 を 開 催. JVA, June 27, 2016, accessed August 1, 2016 (Japanese). 
7. ^ JO: La liste des 12 joueuses sélectionnées. FECA Volley, accessed August 1, 2016 (French). 
8. ^ Guidetti names Dutch Olympic squad. FIVB, July 12, 2016, accessed on August 1, 2016 . 
9. ↑ Equipos del Grupo B anuncian sus cortes para las Olimpiadas. July 15, 2015, accessed August 1, 2016 (Spanish). 
10. ↑ Волейболистки Старцева и Любушкина не вошли в заявку сборной России для участия в ОИ. rsport.ru, July 25, 2016, accessed August 1, 2016 (Russian). 
11. ↑ Терзић објавио списак одбојкашица за ОИ. zurnal.rs, July 26, 2016, accessed August 1, 2016 (Serbian). 
12. ↑ USA Volleyball announces women's roster for Rio 2016. FIVB, July 12, 2016, accessed August 1, 2016 . 
13. ↑ Volleyball Men: Egypt. (No longer available online.) NBC Olympics, formerly original ; accessed on August 1, 2016 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
14. ^ Rumbo a Río: Se definieron las delegaciones olímpicas. FEVA, July 19, 2016, accessed August 1, 2016 (Spanish). 
15. ↑ Bernardinho anuncia cortes de Murilo, Isac e Brendle e fecha grupo olímpico. globo.com, July 18, 2016, accessed August 1, 2016 (Spanish). 
16. ^ Tillie announces French men's squad for Olympic Games. FIVB, July 13, 2016, accessed on August 1, 2016 . 
17. ^ Lozano announces Iran Olympic squad. FIVB, July 13, 2016, accessed on August 1, 2016 . 
18. ↑ Pallavolo Comunicato Federale del 18 luglio 2016. Federazione Italiano Pallovolo, July 18, 2016, accessed on August 1, 2016 (Italian). 
19. ↑ Canada's men's volleyball team ready for Rio after long Olympic absence. Canadian Olympic Team, July 22, 2016, accessed August 1, 2016 . 
20. ↑ Nuestra delegación a Río de Janeiro 2016. trabajadores.cu, July 21, 2016, accessed on August 1, 2016 (Spanish). 
21. ↑ Plazas Mexico XXXI Juegos Olimpicos Rio 2016. (PDF) Comité Olímpico Mexicano, July 18, 2016, accessed on August 1, 2016 (Spanish). 
22. ^ Skład reprezentacji Polski na Letnie Igrzyska Olimpijskie w Rio de Janeiro. Plus Liga, July 16, 2016, accessed August 1, 2016 (Polish). 
23. ↑ Алекно сделал выбор. Кто сыграет за Россию на Олимпиаде-2016. (No longer available online.) Sportbo.ru, July 26, 2016, archived from the original on July 29, 2016 ; Retrieved August 1, 2016 (Russian). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
24. ↑ Speraw announces USA men's team to Rio 2016. FIVB, June 21, 2016, accessed August 1, 2016 .