Argentina men's national volleyball team

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Argentina

Federation		Federación del Voleibol Argentino
Website		www.feva.org.ar (Spanish)
Confederation		CSV
Manager		Osvaldo Celia
FIVB ranking		6 (as of 2008-01-05)
Olympic Games		5 appearances

Medal record
World Championships
Bronze	1982 Argentina	Team competition

The Argentina national volleyball team is the national volleyball team from Argentina, controlled by the Federación de Voleibol Argentino (FEVA), and represents the country in international competitions and friendly matches.

Volleyball was introduced in Argentina by the YMCA – Youth Christian Association in 1912. The Argentine Volleyball Federation was created in 1932 sharing the same management as basketball.

The Men's National team's first participation in an official event was at the 1951 Men's South American Championship held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where the squad finished in fourth place. The team first took part in the World Championship in 1960 in Rio de Janeiro, finishing 15th.

The team's best achievements were the 1982 bronze medal, and the bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics, and throughout the 1990s it was usually ranked among the first ten, and as of August 29, 2006, it was at the 7th position[1].

As for the Volleyball World League, Argentina first jointed it in 1996 in Mar del Plata. As host country in 1999, it took place in the final matches with the best six teams of the world. On the American level, Argentina took part in eight editions of the Pan American Games, obtaining three times the bronze medal and became champion in 1995 in Mar del Plata, Argentina.

In recent years, though without achieveng any medal, the team finished 4th in the 2000 and 5th in the 2004 Olympic Games, but did not participate of the 2003 Volleyball World Cup for internal problems with their association.

At continental level, overshadowed by volleyball power Brazil, Argentina won the 1964 South America Volleyball Championship gold medal, twelve silver and seven bronze.