Rio 2016
A few coaches made some surprising moves, while some coaches had a difficult choice… All in all, the teams are ready for the big challenges in Rio!
All of these players, that are crossed out below in the tables, won’t travel to Rio. If you think that some of the coaches made wrong decision, you should start discussion below in the comments and give us reasons why they should be or should not be on the list…
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Men’s tournament:
| Teams | Rosters | Particpipation | Medals Summary |
| Russia |
SETTERS: Grankin, |
Soviet Union (1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1988), Russia (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016) | Soviet Union 6 (3-2-1), Russia 4 (1-1-2) |
| USA | SETTERS: Christenson, K. Shoji; OPPOSITE: Troy; MIDDLE BLOCKERS: Holt, Lee, Smith; RECEIVERS: Anderson, Sander, Russell, Jaeschke, Priddy; LIBERO: E. Shoji, |
1964, 1968, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 | 4 medals (3-0-1) |
| Brazil |
SETTERS: Rezende, Arjona; OPPOSITES: Wallace, Guerra; MIDDLE BLOCKERS: M. Souza, Saatkamp, Eder, |
1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 | 4 (2-2-0) |
| France |
SETTERS: Toniutti, Pujol; OPPOSITES: Rouzier, Rossard; MIDDLE BLOCKERS: Le Goff, Lafitte, Le Roux; RECEIVERS: Ngapeth, Marechal, Tillie, Clevenot; LIBEROS: Grebennikov; COACH: Tillie. |
1988, 1992, 2004, 2016 | |
| Italy |
SETTERS: Giannelli, Sottile; OPPOSITES: Zaytsev, Vettori; MIDDLE BLOCKERS: Buti, Birarelli, Piano; RECEIVERS: Juantorena; Lanza, Antonov, Rossini; LIBERO: Colaci; COACH: Blengini. |
1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 | 5 (0-2-3) |
| Poland |
SETTERS: Drzyzga, Lomacz; OPPOSITES: Kurek, Konarski; MIDDLE BLOCKERS: Nowakowski, Klos, Bieniek, |
1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1996, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 | 1 (1-0-0) |
| Iran |
SETTERS: Marouf, Mahdavi; OPPOSITES: Ghafour, Ghaemi; MIDDLE BLOCKERS: Mousavi, Sharifat, Gholami; RECEIVERS: Zarini, |
2016 | |
| Argentina |
SETTERS: De Cecco, D. Gonzalez, |
1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2012, 2016 | 1 (0-0-1) |
| Canada |
SETTERS: Blankenau, Sanders; OPPOSITE: Schmitt; MIDDLE BLOCKERS: Duff, Vigrass, Vandorrn, Verhoeff; RECEIVERS: Perrin, Hoag, Winters, Marshall; LIBERO: Bann; COACH: Hoag. |
1976, 1984, 1992, 2016 | |
| Mexico |
SETTERS: P. Rangel, Perales; OPPOSITES: Vargas, Orellana; MIDDLE BLOCKERS: Aguilera, Cordova, Martinez; RECEIVERS: Guerra, Barajas, Ruiz, Quinones; LIBERO: J. Rangel; COACH: Lopez. |
1968, 2016 | |
| Cuba |
SETTERS: Goide, |
1972, 1976, 1980, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2016 | 1 (0-0-1) |
| Egypt |
SETTERS: Aboulhassan, Youssif; OPPOSITES: Salah, Kotb, Heikal; MIDDLE BLOCKERS: Ma. Abdelmoneim, Ebo, Adel; RECEIVERS: Mo. Abdelmoneim, Youssif, Elhosseini, Naguib; LIBERO: Abdel Aal; COACH: El Shemerly. |
1976, 1984, 2000, 2008, 2016 |
Women’s tournament:
| Teams | Rosters | Participation | Medals Summary |
| Brazil | SETTERS: Dani Lins, Fabiola, |
1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 | 4 medals (2 golds – 0 – 2 bronzes |
| USA |
SETTERS: Thompson, Glass, Lloyd; OPPOSITES: Lowe, Murphy; MIDDLE BLOCKERS: Akinradewo, Dietzen, Adams; RECEIVERS: Larson, Hill, Robinson; LIBERO: Banwarth; COACH: Kiraly. |
1964, 1968, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 | 4 (0-3-1) |
| Russia | SETTERS: Kosyanenko, Vetrova, |
Soviet Union (1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1988), Russia (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016) | Soviet Union 6 (4-2-0), Russia 2 (0-2-0) |
| China | SETTERS: Qiuyue Wei, Xia Ding; OPPOSITES: Xiangyu Gong, Fangxu Yang; MIDDLE BLOCKERS: Xinyue Yuan, Yunli Xu, Ni Yan, RECEIVERS Changning Zhang, Rouqi Hui, Zhu Ting, Xiaotong Liu; LIBERO: Li Lin; COACH: Lang Ping. | 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 | 5 (2-1-2) |
| Serbia | SETTERS: Ognjenović, Živković; OPPOSITES: Brakočević, Bošković, |
2008, 2012, 2016 | |
| Italy | SETTERS: Lo Bianko, Orro; OPPOSITES: Centoni, Ortolani; MIDDLE BLOCKERS: Chirichella, Danesi, Guiggi; RECEIVERS: Del Core, Egonu, |
2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 | |
| Argentina | SETTERS: Castiglione, Sagardia; OPPOSITES: Fresco, Boscacci; MIDDLE BLOCKERS: Lazcano, Sosa, Busquets; RECEIVERS: Nizetich, Fernandez, Acosta, Martinez, LIBERO: Rizzo; COACH: Orduna. | 2016 | |
| Japan |
SETTERS: Tashiro, Miyashita; OPPOSITES: Sakoda, Nagaoka; MIDDLE BLOCKERS: Araki, Shimamura, Yamaguchi; RECEIVERS: Kimura, Sato, Ishii, Nabeya; LIBERO: Zayasu; COACH: Manabe. |
1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 | 6 (2-2-2) |
| Netherlands | SETTERS: Stoltenborg, Dijkema; OPPOSITE: Sloetjes; MIDDLE BLOCKERS: Belien, De Kruijf, Steenbergen; RECEIVERS: Plak, Grothues, Pietersen, Schoot, Buijs; LIBERO: Pilon; COACH: Guidetti. | 1992, 1996, 2016 | |
| South Korea | SETTERS: Lee Hyo-Hee, Yeum Hye-Seon; OPPOSITES: Kim Hee-Jin, Hwang Youn-Joo; MIDDLE BLOCKERS: Yang Hyo-Jin, Kim Su-Ji, Bae Yoo-Na; RECEIVERS: Kim Yeon-Koung, Lee Jae-Yeong, Park Jeong-Ah, Nam Jie-Youn; LIBERO: Kim Hae-Ran; COACH: Jung-Chul. | 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2012, 2016 | 1 (0-0-1) |
| Puerto Rico | SETTERS: Mojica, Valentin; OPPOSITE: Ocasio; MIDDLE BLOCKERS: Oquendo, Morales, Reyes; RECEIVERS: Cruz, Enright, Santana, Rosa; LIBEROS: Seilhamer, Venegas; COACH: Guadaloupe. | 2016 | |
| Cameroon | SETTERS: Koulla, Guigolo; OPPOSITE: Nana; MIDDLE BLOCKERS: Mogoung, Mbeza, Zessi, Ntame; Receivers: Fawziya; Essissima, Bossoko, Bikatal; LIBERO: Nasser; COACH: Akono. | 2016 |
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