Brazil women's national volleyball team(port. Seleção brasileira de voleibol feminino listen)) - represents Brazil in international volleyball competitions. Governed by the Brazilian Volleyball Confederation. Ranked fourth in the FIVB world rankings.
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The debut of the Brazilian women's team took place in September 1951 at the I South American Championship, held in Rio de Janeiro. Under the leadership of Adolfo Guilherme, the Brazilians won the league title with victories over Uruguay, Peru and Argentina.
In the 1950s-1980s, the Canarinos became the champions of South America seven times, where their main rival was the Peru team, and in the years they won the Pan American Games, demonstrating at the same time low results at the World Championships and the Olympics.
Performance results
Olympic Games
| 3
1996
Stars: Ana Alvarez (Ida), Leila Barros, Eriklea Bodziak (Filo), Fernanda Venturini, Virna Diaz, Ilma Caldeira, Marcia Cunha (Marcia Fu), Ana Moser, Ana Paula, Ana Flavia Sanglard, Elia Souza (Fofan), Sandra Suruagi . |
World Championships
| 2
1994
Cast: Ana Alvarez (Ida), Edna Veiga, Fernanda Venturini, Virna Diaz, Ilma Caldeira, Jeanina Conceisan, Marcia Cunha (Marcia Fu), Ana Moser, Ana Paula, Ana Flavia Sanglard, Elia Souza (Fofan), Estefania Souza. |
world CupWorld Champions CupThe Grand Prix
The League of nations
Goodwill GamesMontreux Volley Masters | South American Championships
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At the official press conference of the Federation of Brazil, Ze Roberto announced the list of 19 players who will be included in the Brazil women's team this season. One of the main announcements was the return of the passer Fabiola and the diagonal Tandara. Both volleyball players missed the previous season due to pregnancy. The second intriguing announcement was the inclusion of a new bunch in the team - Jennifer - who will make her debut in the national team.
Ze Roberto separately touched on the situation with Fabiola and the reasons for including 19 players in the national team. "We hope that Fabiola will be able to train, but it will depend on her condition", - he said. - “We hope that she will be able to attend our training sessions regularly and train to the best of her ability. possible way. Leia, our libero, suffered a concussion in the Superleague final, so we are also closely monitoring her condition. I believe that the list of the national team is determined by 90 percent ".
“We know that only 12 players should be included in the Olympic application. This somewhat limits us and makes it necessary to explore the capabilities of each player. We hope that we will select the very players who can compete against any world team."– the coach also analyzed the current situation and the chances of his team this season: "Brazil can play against the best teams peace. I don't think we are the strongest. We have yet to beat the US team. However, the Olympics is the kind of tournament where anything can happen. We need to focus on that and train hard.”.
Before the Olympic Games, the Brazilian team will take part in the World Grand Prix. Ten-time winners of these competitions will play in a difficult group, but on home soil. So, on June 9, the tournament will begin for the Brazilians with a match against Italy. This will be followed by games against the national teams of Serbia and Japan in the first week of the qualifying round. Next, the Brazilian national team will move to Macau (China), where it will compete with the national teams of China, Serbia and Belgium. The next stop will be Ankara (Turkey), where the players of the national team will meet with the representatives of Turkey, Belgium and Italy. The World Grand Prix Final will be held in Bangkok (Thailand) from 6 to 10 July.
Brazil women's team of the season 2016-2017:
Binders:
Dani Lins ("Will Nestle")
Fabiola (no club)
Roberta ("Rexona-Ades")
Nayan ("Camponesa/Minas")
Central blockers:
Fabian ("Sesi-SP")
Taysa ("Will Nestle")
Jusieli ("Rexona-Ades")
Karol ("Rexona-Ades")
adenisia ("Will Nestle")
Diagonal:
Sheila ("Vakifbank", Turkey)
Tandara ("Camponesa/Minas")
Monique ("Rexona-Ades")
Finishers:
Natalia ("Rexona-Ades")
Fernanda Garay (Dynamo Moscow, Russia)
Jacqueline ("Sesi-SP")
Gaby ("Rexona-Ades")
Marie Paraiba ("Camponesa/Minas")
Libero:
Camila Bright ("Will Nestle")
Lei ("Camponesa/Minas")