Cuba_men's_national_volleyball_team

Cuba men's national volleyball team

Cuba men's national volleyball team

Men's national volleyball team representing Cuba

The Cuba men's national volleyball team (Spanish: Selección masculina de voleibol de Cuba) represents Cuba in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches, governed by Federación Cubana De Voleibol. Cuba in the 1976 Summer Olympics won their first bronze medal. In FIVB competitions, the national team won one gold each at World Cup, World Grand Champions Cup, World League and Challenger Cup. Cuba also attained two silver and two bronze World Championship medals and have won the NORCECA Championship 15 times with a 6-peat record.

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Results

Olympic Games

  • 1972 – 10th place
  • 1976 – Bronze medal
  • 1980 – 7th place
  • 1984 – Qualified but withdrew due 1984 boycott
  • 1988 – Quafified but withdrew due 1988 boycott
  • 1992 – 4th place
  • 1996 – 6th place
  • 2000 – 7th place
  • 2004 – Didnt Qualify
  • 2008 – Didnt Qualify
  • 2012 – Didnt Qualify
  • 2016 – 11th place
  • 2020 – Didnt Qualify
  • 2024 – To be determined

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
  • 2018 – 18th place
  • 2022 – 14th place
  • 2025 – Qualified

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

  • 1993 – 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze medal
  • 1997 – 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze medal
  • 2001 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal
  • 2009 – 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver medal

World League

  • 1991 – 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver medal
  • 1992 – 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver medal
  • 1993 – 4th place
  • 1994 – 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver medal
  • 1995 – 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze medal
  • 1996 – 4th place
  • 1997 – 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver medal
  • 1998 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal
  • 1999 – 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver medal
  • 2000 – 8th place
  • 2001 – 5th place
  • 2002 – 13th place
  • 2003 – 13th place
  • 2004 – 7th place
  • 2005 – 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze medal
  • 2006 – 7th place
  • 2007 – 7th place
  • 2008 – 10th place
  • 2009 – 4th place
  • 2010 – 4th place
  • 2011 – 8th place
  • 2012 – 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze medal
  • 2013 – 13th place
  • 2014 – 21st place
  • 2015 – 18th place
  • 2016 – 22nd place
  • 2017 – Withdrew

Nations League

Challenger Cup

Pan American Games

  • 1959 – 7th place
  • 1967 – 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze medal
  • 1971 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal
  • 1975 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal
  • 1979 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal
  • 1983 – 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver medal
  • 1987 – 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver medal
  • 1991 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal
  • 1995 – 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze medal
  • 1999 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal
  • 2003 – 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver medal
  • 2007 – 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze medal
  • 2011 – 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver medal
  • 2015 – 5th place
  • 2019 – 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver medal

NORCECA Championship

  • 1969 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal
  • 1971 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal
  • 1973 – 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver medal
  • 1975 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal
  • 1977 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal
  • 1979 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal
  • 1981 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal
  • 1983 – 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze medal
  • 1985 – 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver medal
  • 1987 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal
  • 1989 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal
  • 1991 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal
  • 1993 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal
  • 1995 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal
  • 1997 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal
  • 1999 – 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver medal
  • 2001 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal
  • 2003 – 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze medal
  • 2005 – 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver medal
  • 2007 – 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze medal
  • 2009 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal
  • 2011 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal
  • 2013 – 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze medal
  • 2015 – 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver medal
  • 2017 – did not participate
  • 2019 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal
  • 2021 – 4th place
  • 2023 – 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze medal

Pan-American Cup

  • 2006 – 5th place
  • 2007 – 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze medal
  • 2014 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal
  • 2016 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal
  • 2017 – 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze medal
  • 2018 – 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze medal
  • 2019 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal
  • 2021 – Withdrew
  • 2022 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal

America's Cup

  • 1998 – 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze medal
  • 1999 – 4th place
  • 2000 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal
  • 2001 – 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver medal
  • 2005 – 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze medal
  • 2007 – 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze medal
  • 2008 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal

Central American and Caribbean Games

  • 1930 – 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver medal
  • 1935 – 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze medal
  • 1938 – 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze medal
  • 1946 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal
  • 1950 – 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver medal
  • 1954 – 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze medal
  • 1962 – 4th place
  • 1966 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal
  • 1970 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal
  • 1974 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal
  • 1978 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal
  • 1982 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal
  • 1986 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal
  • 1990 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal
  • 1993 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal
  • 1998 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal
  • 2002 – Did not participate
  • 2006 – 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver medal
  • 2010 – Did not participate
  • 2014 – 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze medal
  • 2018 – 4th place

Goodwill Games

  • 1986 – did not participate
  • 1990 – 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze medal

Team

Current squad

The following is the Cuban roster in the 2023 FIVB Volleyball Men's Olympic Qualification Tournaments

Head coach: Cuba Jesus Cruz

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Dream Team Squad

After 2001, many players defected from Cuba seeking better life conditions. Some of them excelled during their pro career, being more often considered the best of their positions. The following list follow 15 men throughout that period of time, that one way or another make history and were called Dream team squad.

Head coach: Gilberto Herrera

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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,[1][2] as of July 2016. Two of them later had their charges dismissed.[3] 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 with the Cuban team at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[4]

On 16 August, the six team members still remaining in custody were charged with aggravated rape at Pirkanmaa District Court[5] and the proceedings started on 29 August.[6] On 20 September, four of the men, Osmany Uriarte, Rolando Cepeda Abreu, Ricardo Norberto Calvo, and Abraham Alfonso Gavilán were given five-year jail sentences, while Luis Sosa Sierra was facing a prison term of three and a half years.[7][8] All men appealed, and on 30 June 2017, the Turku court of appeal decreased the length of all sentences and lifted the sentence of Sosa Sierra.[9]

According to The New York Times, 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]

In June 2017, all players convicted for aggravated rape appealed, and sentences were reduced in the case of Uriarte, Alfonso, Calvo, and the ex-captain Abreu. Sosa Sierra was released as he was found not guilty due to lack of evidence, and he received compensation from the government of Finland of 200,000 euros for financial and reputational harm.[11]

Kit providers

The table below shows the history of kit providers for the Cuba national volleyball team.

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Sponsorship

Primary sponsors include: main sponsors like Honda.

References

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    Kuubalaisten raiskausjutussa on käynnissä viimeinen päivä – Tämä jutusta tiedetään Archived 2016-10-11 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish) Aamulehti
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    Syyttäjä: Kuubalaiset käyttivät joukkoraiskauksessa väkivaltaa ja kuvasivat teon (in Finnish) Iltalehti
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    "Two Cuban volleyballers released, six still held". Yleisradio. 2016-07-04. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
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    "Members of Cuba's volleyball team detained on rape suspicions". Yleisradio. 2016-07-03. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
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    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.
  6. [6]
    Jansson, Kaisu (2016-08-29). "Kuubalaisten lentopalloilijoiden oikeudenkäynti alkaa Tampereella" [Cuban volleyballers' trial begins in Tampere] (in Finnish). Yle. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
  7. [7]
    Viidelle kuubalaispelaajalle vankeustuomio - raiskasivat naisen törkeästi Tampereella (in Finnish) Iltalehti
  8. [8]
    Oppman, Patrick (20 September 2016). "5 Cuban volleyball players convicted of rape in Finland". CNN. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
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    "Kuubalaisten lentopalloilijoiden raiskaustuomiot lyhenivät hovissa, yhden syyte hylättiin".
  10. [10]
    Bilefsky, Dan; Kuosa, Mari-Leena (20 September 2016). "5 Cuban Volleyball Players Convicted of Rape in Finland". The New York Times.
  11. [11]
    "Finnish woman's gang rape was filmed — documents reveal what happened that night in the Tampere hotel" (in Finnish). Ilta-Sanomat. 14 September 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
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