Cuba men's national volleyball team
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| Nickname(s) | Powerful | ||
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| Association | Federación Cubana De Voleibol | ||
| Confederation | NORCECA | ||
| FIVB ranking | 13 (as of August 2016) | ||
| Uniforms | |||
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| Summer Olympics | |||
| Appearances | 7 (First in 1972) | ||
| Best result | 3rd (1976) | ||
| World Championship | |||
| Appearances | 14 (First in 1956) | ||
| Best result | 2nd (1990, 2010) | ||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Olympic Games | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1976 Montreal | Team |
| World Championship | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1990 Brazil | |
| | 2010 Italy | |
| | 1978 Italy | |
| | 1998 Japan | |
| World Cup | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1989 Japan | |
| | 1981 Japan | |
| | 1991 Japan | |
| | 1999 Japan | |
| | 1977 Japan | |
| World League | ||
| | 1998 Milan | |
| | 1991 Milan | |
| | 1992 Genova | |
| | 1994 Milan | |
| | 1997 Moscow | |
| | 1999 Mar del Plata | |
| | 1995 Rio de Janeiro | |
| | 2005 Belgrade | |
| | 2012 Bulgaria | |
| World Grand Champions Cup | ||
| | 2001 Japan | |
| | 2009 Japan | |
| | 1993 Japan | |
| | 1997 Japan | |
| NORCECA Championship | ||
| | 1969 Mexico City | |
| | 1971 Havana | |
| | 1975 Los Angeles | |
| | 1977 Santo Domingo | |
| | 1979 Havana | |
| | 1981 Mexico City | |
| | 1987 Havana | |
| | 1989 San Juan | |
| | 1991 Regina | |
| | 1993 New Orleans | |
| | 1995 Edmonton | |
| | 1997 San Juan | |
| | 2001 Bridgetown | |
| | 2009 Bayamon | |
| | 2011 Mayaguez | |
| | 1973 Tijuana | |
| | 1985 Santiago | |
| | 1999 Monterrey | |
| | 2005 Winnipeg | |
| | 1983 Indianapolis | |
| | 2003 Culiacán | |
| | 2007 Anaheim | |
| Pan-American Cup | ||
| | 2007 Santo Domingo | Team |
| Central American and Caribbean Games | ||
| | 2006 Cartagena | Team |
The Cuba men's national volleyball team (Spanish: Selección masculina de voleibol de Cuba) is the national team of Cuba. Cuba in the 1976 Summer Olympics won the bronze medal. Other achievements of the team winning one World League, one World Grand Champions Cup and fifteen NORCECA Championships. Cuba have winner two silver and two bronze World Championship medals and have won the NORCECA Championship 15 times.
Results
Olympic Games
- 1972 – 10th place
- 1976 –
Bronze medal - 1980 – 7th place
- 1992 – 4th place
- 1996 – 6th place
- 2000 – 7th place
- 2016 – 11th place
World Championship
- 1956 – 19th place
- 1966 – 17th place
- 1970 – 13th place
- 1974 – 8th place
- 1978 – Bronze medal
- 1982 – 10th place
- 1986 – 5th place
- 1990 –
Silver medal - 1994 – 4th place
- 1998 – Bronze medal
- 2002 – 19th place
- 2006 – 15th place
- 2010 – Silver medal
- 2014 – 11th place
World Cup
- 1969 – 9th place
- 1977 – Bronze medal
- 1981 – Silver medal
- 1989 –
Gold medal - 1991 – Silver medal
- 1995 – 6th place
- 1999 – Silver medal
- 2011 – 5th place
World Grand Champions Cup
World League
- 1991 – Silver medal
- 1992 – Silver medal
- 1993 – 4th place
- 1994 – Silver medal
- 1995 – Bronze medal
- 1996 – 4th place
- 1997 – Silver medal
- 1998 – Gold medal
- 1999 – Silver medal
- 2000 – 8th place
- 2001 – 5th place
- 2002 – 13th place
- 2003 – 13th place
- 2004 – 7th place
- 2005 – Bronze medal
- 2006 – 7th place
- 2007 – 7th place
- 2008 – 10th place
- 2009 – 4th place
- 2010 – 4th place
- 2011 – 8th place
- 2012 – Bronze medal
- 2013 – 13th place
- 2014 – 21st place
- 2015 – 18th place
- 2016 – 22nd place
Pan American Games
- 1959 – 7th place
- 1967 – Bronze medal
- 1971 – Gold medal
- 1975 – Gold medal
- 1979 – Gold medal
- 1983 – Silver medal
- 1987 – Silver medal
- 1991 – Gold medal
- 1995 – Bronze medal
- 1999 – Gold medal
- 2003 – Silver medal
- 2007 – Bronze medal
- 2011 – Silver medal
- 2015 – 5th place
NORCECA Volleyball Championship
- 1969 – Gold medal
- 1971 – Gold medal
- 1973 – Silver medal
- 1975 – Gold medal
- 1977 – Gold medal
- 1979 – Gold medal
- 1981 – Gold medal
- 1983 – Bronze medal
- 1985 – Silver medal
- 1987 – Gold medal
- 1989 – Gold medal
- 1991 – Gold medal
- 1993 – Gold medal
- 1995 – Gold medal
- 1997 – Gold medal
- 1999 – Silver medal
- 2001 – Gold medal
- 2003 – Bronze medal
- 2005 – Silver medal
- 2007 – Bronze medal
- 2009 – Gold medal
- 2011 – Gold medal
- 2013 – Bronze medal
- 2015 – Silver medal
Pan-American Cup
America's Cup
- 1998 – Bronze medal
- 1999 – 4th place
- 2000 – Gold medal
- 2001 – Silver medal
- 2005 – Bronze medal
- 2007 – Bronze medal
- 2008 – Gold medal
Central American and Caribbean Games
- 1930 – Silver medal
- 1935 – Bronze medal
- 1938 – Bronze medal
- 1946 – Gold medal
- 1950 – Silver medal
- 1954 – Bronze medal
- 1962 – 4th place
- 1966 – Gold medal
- 1970 – Gold medal
- 1974 – Gold medal
- 1978 – Gold medal
- 1982 – Gold medal
- 1986 – Gold medal
- 1990 – Gold medal
- 1993 – Gold medal
- 1998 – Gold medal
- 2014 – Bronze medal
Team
Current squad
The following is the Cuban roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1][2]
Head coach: Nicolás Vives
| No. | Name | Date of birth | Height | Weight | Spike | Block | 2015–16 club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | González, YosvaniYosvani González | 18 April 1988 | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | 85 kg (187 lb) | 345 cm (136 in) | 330 cm (130 in) | La Habana |
| 2 | Melgarejo, OsnielOsniel Melgarejo | 18 December 1997 | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | 83 kg (183 lb) | 345 cm (136 in) | 320 cm (130 in) | Sancti Spiritus |
| 4 | Jiménez, JavierJavier Jiménez (C) | 16 November 1989 | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | 89 kg (196 lb) | 352 cm (139 in) | 345 cm (136 in) | Matanzas |
| 5 | Concepción, JavierJavier Concepción | 27 December 1997 | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) | 84 kg (185 lb) | 356 cm (140 in) | 350 cm (140 in) | La Habana |
| 6 | Rendón, OsnielOsniel Rendón | 26 October 1996 | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) | 90 kg (200 lb) | 350 cm (140 in) | 340 cm (130 in) | Matanzas |
| 7 | García, YonderYonder García (L) | 26 March 1993 | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 78 kg (172 lb) | 325 cm (128 in) | 320 cm (130 in) | Ciudad Habana |
| 9 | Osoria, LivánLiván Osoria | 5 February 1994 | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | 96 kg (212 lb) | 345 cm (136 in) | 325 cm (128 in) | Santiago de Cuba |
| 10 | Ferrer, DarienDarien Ferrer | 31 October 1982 | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) | 90 kg (200 lb) | 350 cm (140 in) | 348 cm (137 in) | Santiago de Cuba |
| 13 | Rivera, MarioMario Rivera | 25 October 1982 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | 92 kg (203 lb) | 343 cm (135 in) | 323 cm (127 in) | Pinar del Río |
| 17 | Rojas, ReinierReinier Rojas | 30 July 1986 | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | 78 kg (172 lb) | 335 cm (132 in) | 325 cm (128 in) | La Habana |
| 18 | López, Miguel ÁngelMiguel Ángel López | 25 March 1997 | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | 75 kg (165 lb) | 345 cm (136 in) | 320 cm (130 in) | Cienfuegos |
| 21 | Goide, AdriánAdrián Goide | 26 June 1998 | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | 80 kg (180 lb) | 344 cm (135 in) | 340 cm (130 in) | Sancti Spiritus |
2016 Finland rape incident
Eight members of the Cuban national men's volleyball team, including the team's captain, were held in Tampere, Finland on suspicion of aggravated gang rape of a 35-year-old Finnish woman[3][4], as of July 2016. Two of them were discarded of the claims later.[5] The incident took place in the Hotel Ilves at Tampere where the Olympics-bound Cuban team were staying. The arrested players were scheduled to play in the Cuban team at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[6]
On 16 August, the six team members still remaining in custody were charged with aggravated rape at Pirkanmaa District Court[7] and the proceedings started on 29 August.[8] On 20 September, four of the men, Osmany Santiago Uriarte Mestre, Rolando Cepeda Abreu, Ricardo Norberto Calvo Manzano and Abraham Alfonso Gavilán were given five-year jail sentences while Luis Tomás Sosa Sierra is facing a prison term of three and a half years.[9]
According to the NYT, the Cuban Volleyball Association stated early on that the athletes’ behavior was counter to the “discipline the sense of honor and respect that govern our sport and society.”[10]
Kit providers
The table below shows the history of kit providers for the Cuba national volleyball team.
| Period | Kit provider |
|---|---|
| 2000– | Adidas Puma |
Sponsorship
Primary sponsors include: main sponsors like Honda.
References
- ↑ "Nuestra delegación a Río de Janeiro 2016" [Our delegation for Rio de Janeiro 2016] (in Spanish). Trabajadores. 20 July 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
- ↑ "Cuba FIVB Olympic Profile". FIVB. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ↑ Kuubalaisten raiskausjutussa on käynnissä viimeinen päivä – Tämä jutusta tiedetään (Finnish) Aamulehti
- ↑ Syyttäjä: Kuubalaiset käyttivät joukkoraiskauksessa väkivaltaa ja kuvasivat teon (Finnish) Iltalehti
- ↑ "Two Cuban volleyballers released, six still held". Yleisradio. 2016-07-04. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
- ↑ "Members of Cuba's volleyball team detained on rape suspicions". Yleisradio. 2016-07-03. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
- ↑ Mansikka, Heli (2016-08-16). "Kuubalaisia lentopalloilijoita vastaan nostettiin syyte – kaikkia kuutta epäillään törkeästä raiskauksesta" [Charged pressed against Cuban volleyball players – all six suspected of aggravated rape] (in Finnish). Yleisradio. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
- ↑ Jansson, Kaisu (2016-08-29). "Kuubalaisten lentopalloilijoiden oikeudenkäynti alkaa Tampereella" [Cuban volleyballers' trial begins in Tampere] (in Finnish). Yle. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
- ↑ Viidelle kuubalaispelaajalle vankeustuomio - raiskasivat naisen törkeästi Tampereella (Finnish) Iltalehti
- ↑ http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/09/21/world/europe/finland-rape-cuban-volleyball.html
External links
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