United States men's national volleyball team

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Medal record
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Olympic Games
Gold	1984 Los Angeles	Team
Gold	1988 Seoul	Team
Bronze	1992 Barcelona	Team
World Championship
Gold	1986 France	Team
Bronze	1994 Greece	Team
World League
Bronze	1992 Genova	Team
Bronze	2007 Katowice	Team
Pan American Games
Gold	1955 Mexico City	Team
Gold	1959 Chicago	Team
Gold	1967 Winnipeg	Team
Gold	1987 Indianapolis	Team
Silver	1963 São Paulo	Team
Silver	1971 Cali	Team
Silver	1995 Mar del Plata	Team
Bronze	1999 Winnipeg	Team
Silver	2007 Rio de Janeiro	Team
America Cup
Silver	1999 Tampa	Team
Bronze	2000 São Bernardo	Team
Gold	2005 São Leopoldo	Team
Gold	2007 Manaus	Team
Pan-American Cup
Gold	2006 Mexicali	Team

The United States men's national volleyball team is the national team for the United States of America, it is governed by USA Volleyball. The team takes part in international competitions such as the Summer Olympics and the FIVB World League. The USA were World Champions in 1986.

1 Olympic Games
2 World Championship
3 World Cup
4 World Grand Champions Cup
5 NORCECA Championship
6 America Cup
7 Goodwill Games
8 Current team
9 References

[edit] Olympic Games

1964 — 9th place (Tokyo)

Mike Bright, Barry Brown, Keith Erickson, William Griebenow, Richard Hammer, Jacob Highland, Ron Lang, Charles Nelson, Mike O'Hara, Ernie Suwara, John Taylor, and Pedro Velasco. Head Coach: Harry Wilson.

1968 — 7th place (Mexico City)

John Alstrom, Mike Bright, Wink Davenport, Smitty Duke, Tom Haine, John Henn, Butch May, Danny Patterson, Larry Rundle, Jon Stanley, Rudy Suwara, and Pedro Velasco. Head Coach: Jim Coleman.

1984 — Gold Medal (Los Angeles)

Aldis Berzins, Craig Buck, Rich Duwelius, Dusty Dvorak, Karch Kiraly, Chris Marlowe, Pat Powers, Steven Salmons, Dave Saunders, Paul Sunderland, Steve Timmons, and Marc Waldie.

1988 — Gold Medal (Seoul)

Craig Buck, Bob Ctvrtlik, Scott Fortune, Karch Kiraly, Ricci Luyties, Doug Partie, Jon Root, Eric Sato, Dave Saunders, Jeff Stork, Troy Tanner, and Steve Timmons. Head Coach: Marvin Dunphy.

1992 — Bronze Medal (Barcelona)

Nick Becker, Carlos Briceno, Bob Ctvrtlik, Scott Fortune, Dan Greenbaum, Brent Hilliard, Bryan Ivie, Doug Partie, Bob Samuelson, Eric Sato, Jeff Stork, and Steve Timmons. Head Coach: Fred Sturm.

1996 — 9th place (Atlanta)

Lloy Ball, Bob Ctvrtlik, Scott Fortune, John Hyden, Bryan Ivie, Mike Lambert, Dan Landry, Jeff Nygaard, Tom Sorensen, Jeff Stork, Ethan Watts, and Brett Winslow. Head Coach: Fred Sturm.

2000 — 11th place (Sydney)

Lloy Ball, Kevin Barnett, Thomas Hoff, John Hyden, Mike Lambert, Dan Landry, Chip McCaw, Ryan Millar, Jeff Nygaard, George Roumain, Erik Sullivan, and Andy Witt. Head Coach: Doug Beal.

2004 — 4th place (Athens)

Lloy Ball, Kevin Barnett, Brook Billings, Phil Eatherton, Gabe Gardner, Thomas Hoff, Ryan Millar, Reid Priddy, Riley Salmon, Clay Stanley, Erik Sullivan, and Donald Suxho. Head Coach: Doug Beal.

[edit] World Championship

1949 — did not compete
1952 — did not compete
1956 — 6th place
1960 — 7th place
1962 — did not compete
1966 — 11th place
1970 — 18th place
1974 — 14th place
1978 — 19th place
1982 — 13th place
1986 — Gold Medal
1990 — 13th place
1994 — Bronze Medal
1998 — 9th place
2002 — 9th place
2006 — 10th place

[edit] World Cup

1965 — did not compete
1969 — did not compete
1973 — 7th place
1977 — 10th place
1981 — did not qualify
1985 — Gold Medal
1989 — 4th place
1991 — Bronze Medal
1995 — 4th place
1999 — 4th place
2003 — 4th place
2007 — 4th place

[edit] World Grand Champions Cup

1993 — 5th place
1997 — did not compete
2001 — did not compete
2005 — 2nd place

Phil Eatherton, James Polster, Richard Lambourne, Thomas Hoff, Dave McKienzie, Ryan Millar, William Priddy, Riley Salmon, Clay Stanley, Donald Suxho, Chris Tamas, and Pieter Olree. Head Coach: Hugh McCutcheon.

[edit] NORCECA Championship

1969 — Bronze Medal
1971 — Silver Medal
1973 — Gold Medal
1975 — Bronze Medal
1977 — 5th place
1979 — 5th place
1981 — Silver Medal
1983 — Gold Medal
1985 — Gold Medal
1987 — Silver Medal
1989 — Bronze Medal
1991 — Silver Medal
1993 — Silver Medal
1995 — Silver Medal
1997 — Silver Medal
1999 — Gold Medal
2001 — Silver Medal
2003 — Gold Medal
2005 — Gold Medal

2007 — Gold Medal

Lloy Ball, James Polster, Richard Lambourne, David Lee, Thomas Hoff , Ryan Millar, William Priddy, Riley Salmon, Clay Stanley, Kevin Hansen, Gabriel Gardner, and Scott Touzinsky. Head Coach: Hugh McCutcheon.

[edit] America Cup

1998 — 4th place
1999 — 2nd place
2000 — 3rd place
2001 — 4th place
2005 — 1st place
2007 — 1st place

[edit] Goodwill Games

1986 — Silver Medal (Moscow)

Bob Ctvrtlik, Dusty Dvorak, Karch Kiraly, Ricci Luyties, Mark Miller, Doug Partie, Pat Powers, Steven Salmons, Dave Saunders, Troy Tanner, Jeff Stork, and Steve Timmons.

[edit] Current team

Team Manager: Douglas Beal
Head coach: Hugh McCutcheon
Assistant Coach: Ronald Larsen
Trainer: John Speraw

#	Name	Birthdate	Age (2007)	Club
1	Lloy Ball	1972-02-17	35	Dynamo Kazan
2	Sean Rooney	1982-11-13	24	Hyundai Capital Skywalkers
3	James Polster	1979-02-08	28	Iraklis G.S. Thessalonica
4	Brandon Taliferro	1977-09-28	29	None
5	Richard Lambourne	1975-05-06	32	Sports Joint Stock Co.
6	Philip Eatherton	1974-01-02	33	AZS Czestochowa
7	David Lee	1982-03-08	25	Halk Bankasi Spor Kuluba
8	Reid Priddy	1977-10-01	29	None
9	Ryan Millar	1978-01-22	28	None
10	Riley Salmon	1976-07-02	30	AZS Czestochowa
11	Brook Billings	1980-04-30	27	AZS Czestochowa
12	Thomas Hoff	1973-06-09	34	Lokomotiv-Belgorie
13	Clayton Stanley	1978-01-20	29	Dynamo Kazan
14	Kevin Hansen	1982-03-19	25	PAOK VC
15	Gabriel Gardner	1976-03-18	31	Istanbul Buyukshir Belediye
16	David McKienzie	1979-07-05	27	Fenerbahçe Istanbul
17	Delano Thomas	1983-01-26	24	Avignon Volleyball
18	Nils Nielsen	1981-11-23	25	None