United_States_men's_national_volleyball_team
United States men's national volleyball team
Men's national volleyball team representing the U.S.
The United States men's national volleyball team represents the country in international competitions and friendly matches. The team is governed by USA Volleyball. The team has won five Olympic medals, including three gold.
As the birthplace of volleyball, the United States founded the first association to regulate the sport. The United States Volleyball Association was formed in 1927, and was the founding member of FIVB in 1947.[1]
However, by the time of volleyball's international growth in the 1940s, the U.S. was no longer a major power. They competed in the inaugural volleyball Olympic tournament in 1964.[2] The U.S. returned to the elite in the 1980s, winning the FIVB World Championship in 1986 in Paris, as well as four golds at the Pan American Games and eight at the NORCECA Championships. Of the nine times that the U.S. have competed at the World Cup, they have finished fourth five times, most recently in 2007. They won the event in 1985, and last time out in 2011 they finished in sixth place, eight points away from the medal positions. The team was a bronze medal at the World Championships in 1994. Four years prior, in Italy, they finished sixth. Of the 14 times the United States have qualified for this competition, they have finished in the top 10 on eight occasions.
The U.S. at the World Cup in 1985 and the World Championship in 1986. The U.S. team won its first Olympic gold medal in 20 years when they defeated Brazil 3-1 to take gold at Beijing 2008. The team failed to defend their title in 2012, losing 3-0 to Italy in the quarterfinals for an equal-fifth finish. The U.S. won the 2015 World Cup title, where they got the first Rio 2016 Olympic qualification ticket. In September 2015 U.S. national team took part in 2015 World Cup. American players won 10 of 11 matches (the same result as Poland and Italy) and lost only to Poland (1-3). On September 23, 2015 they played their last game at the World Cup and defeated Argentina (3–1). The U.S. won the World Cup on a points tie-breaker and qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[3][4] It was their second victory in World Cup tournament (previous in 1985).[5]
In the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League, the inaugural edition replacing the World League, the U.S. national team defeated the reigning Olympic champions and 9-time World League winners Brazil in straight sets for the bronze medal.[6]
Olympics
- 1964 Tokyo — 9th place
- 1968 Mexico — 7th place
- 1984 Los Angeles —
Gold medal
- 1988 Seoul — Gold medal
- 1992 Barcelona —
Bronze medal
- 1996 Atlanta — 9th place
- 2000 Sydney — 11th place
- 2004 Athens — 4th place
- 2008 Beijing —
Gold medal
- 2012 London — 5th place
- 2016 Rio de Janeiro — Bronze medal
- 2020 Tokyo — 10th place
- 2024 Paris — qualified
FIVB World Championship
- 1956 France — 6th place
- 1960 Brazil — 7th place
- 1966 Czechoslovakia — 11th place
- 1970 Bulgaria — 18th place
- 1974 Mexico — 14th place
- 1978 Italy — 19th place
- 1982 Argentina — 13th place
- 1986 France —
Gold medal
- 1990 Brazil — 13th place
- 1994 Greece —
Bronze medal - 1998 Japan — 9th place
- 2002 Argentina — 9th place
- 2006 Japan — 10th place
- 2010 Italy — 6th place
- 2014 Poland — 7th place
- 2018 Italy/Bulgaria – Bronze medal
- 2022 Poland/Slovenia — 6th place
- Anderson, Russell, Jendryk, Ensing, DeFalco, Christenson, Kyle_Russell_(volleyball), Tuaniga, Muagututia, Averill, Smith, Briggs, Shoji, Kessel. Head coach: Speraw
- 2025 Philippines — Qualified
FIVB World Cup
FIVB World Grand Champions Cup
- 1993 Japan — 5th place
- 2005 Japan —
Silver medal
- 2013 Japan — 5th place
- 2017 Japan — 4th place
FIVB Volleyball World League
- 1990 Osaka — 7th place
- 1991 Milan — 6th place
- 1992 Genoa —
Bronze medal - 1993 São Paulo — 9th place
- 1994 Milan — 12th place
- 1995 Rio de Janeiro — 10th place
- 2000 Rotterdam — 6th place
- 2001 Katowice — 9th place
- 2006 Moscow — T-10th place
- 2007 Katowice — Bronze medal
- 2008 Rio de Janeiro —
Gold medal
- 2009 Belgrade — 6th place
- 2010 Córdoba — 8th place
- 2011 Gdańsk — 7th place
- 2012 Sofia — Silver medal
- 2013 Mar del Plata — 12th place
- 2014 Florence — Gold medal
- 2015 Rio de Janeiro — Bronze medal
- 2016 Kraków — 5th place
- 2017 Curitiba — 4th place
FIVB Volleyball Nations League
- 2018 — Bronze medal
- 2019 — Silver medal
- 2021 — 7th place
- 2022 — Silver medal
- Smith (C), Jendryk, Ensing, Stahl, Defalco, A. Russell, Christenson, K. Russell, Dagostino, Kessel, Tuaniga, Mitchem, Muagututia, Shoji. Head coach: Speraw
- 2023 — Silver medal
- Anderson, A. Russell, Jendryk, Defalco, Hanes, Dagostino, Christenson (C), Holt, Ma'a, Jaeschke, Muagututia, Averill, Smith, Shoji. Head coach: Speraw
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
- 2009 — Silver medal
- 2011 — Silver medal
- 2013 — Gold medal
- 2015 — Did not participate
- 2017 — Gold medal
- 2019 — Silver medal
- Jendryk, Ensing, Stahl, Defalco, J. Worsley, Carmody, Maʻa (C), B. Sander, Kessel, Wieczorek, Huhmann, G. Worsley, Dagostino, K. Russell. Head Coach: Hawks
- 2021 — 5th place
- 2023 — Gold medal
Pan American Cup
- 2006 — Gold medal
- 2008 — Gold medal
- 2009 — Gold medal
- 2010 — Gold medal
- 2011 — Silver medal
- 2012 — Gold medal
- 2013 — 5th place
- 2014 — Silver medal
- 2015 — 6th place
- Kessel, Jendryk, Benesh, Brinkley, Langlois, Mcllvaine, Nally
- 2016 — 5th place
- 2017 — 5th place
- 2018 — 7th place
- 2019 — 5th place
- 2021 — Bronze medal
- Holdaway, Kauling, Gillis, Pasteur, Mitchem, Lietzke, Sani, McHenry, Champlin, Wetter, Sloane, McCauley, Palma, Dagostino. Head coach: Read
- 2022 — Bronze medal
- Jenness, Shaw, Pasteur, Hanes, Sani, Gasman, Isaacson, Omene, Ezeonu, Worsley, Briggs, McCauley, Wildman, McHenry. Head coach: Read
Volleyball America's Cup
Goodwill Games
2023 Nations League
The following is the American roster in the 2023 Nations League.[7][8]
Head coach: 
John Speraw
| No. | Name | Date of birth | Height | Weight | Spike | Block | 2022–23 club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matt Anderson | April 18, 1987 | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) | 220 lb (100 kg) | 140 in (360 cm) | 131 in (332 cm) |  Zenit St. Petersburg |
| 2 | Aaron Russell | June 4, 1993 | 6 ft 9 in (2.05 m) | 216 lb (98 kg) | 140 in (356 cm) | 133 in (337 cm) |  JT Thunders |
| 3 | James Shaw | March 5, 1994 | 6 ft 8 in (2.04 m) | 218 lb (99 kg) | 141 in (358 cm) | 133 in (338 cm) |  WWK Volleys Herrsching |
| 4 | Jeffrey Jendryk | September 15, 1995 | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) | 196 lb (89 kg) | 139 in (353 cm) | 136 in (345 cm) |  LUK Lublin |
| 5 | Kyle Ensing | March 6, 1997 | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | 220 lb (100 kg) | 144 in (366 cm) | 139 in (353 cm) |  Saint-Nazaire VBA |
| 6 | Quinn Isaacson | February 19, 1999 | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 165 lb (75 kg) | 93 in (236 cm) | 116 in (294 cm) | Saint-Nazaire VBA |
| 7 | Jacob Pasteur | June 5, 2002 | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 179 lb (81 kg) | 139 in (353 cm) | 130 in (330 cm) | Ohio State |
| 8 | Torey DeFalco | April 10, 1997 | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | 209 lb (95 kg) | 130 in (340 cm) | 129 in (328 cm) | Resovia |
| 9 | Jake Hanes | March 5, 1998 | 6 ft 11 in (2.10 m) | 225 lb (102 kg) | 144 in (366 cm) | 139 in (353 cm) | Cuprum Lubin |
| 10 | Kyle Dagostino | April 10, 1997 | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | 165 lb (75 kg) | 123 in (312 cm) | 121 in (307 cm) | Nice |
| 11 | Micah Christenson | May 8, 1993 | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | 194 lb (88 kg) | 137 in (349 cm) | 130 in (340 cm) | Zenit Kazan |
| 12 | Maxwell Holt | March 12, 1987 | 6 ft 9 in (2.05 m) | 200 lb (90 kg) | 138 in (351 cm) | 131 in (333 cm) |  Vero Volley Monza |
| 13 | Patrick Gasman | January 2, 1997 | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) | 236 lb (107 kg) | 138 in (351 cm) | 133 in (338 cm) | Chaumont |
| 14 | Micah Maʻa | April 16, 1997 | 6 ft 4 in (1.92 m) | 194 lb (88 kg) | 131 in (333 cm) | 125 in (318 cm) | Stade Poitevin |
| 15 | Kyle Russell | August 25, 1993 | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | 214 lb (97 kg) | 141 in (358 cm) | 135 in (343 cm) | Arago de Sète |
| 16 | Joshua Tuaniga | March 18, 1997 | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | 225 lb (102 kg) | 130 in (320 cm) | 121 in (307 cm) | AZS Olsztyn |
| 17 | Thomas Jaeschke | September 4, 1993 | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | 185 lb (84 kg) | 137 in (348 cm) | 130 in (330 cm) | Asseco Resovia Rzeszów |
| 18 | Garrett Muagututia | February 26, 1988 | 6 ft 5 in (1.95 m) | 203 lb (92 kg) | 141 in (359 cm) | 136 in (345 cm) |  Jakarta Bhayangkara Presisi |
| 19 | Taylor Averill | March 5, 1992 | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | 207 lb (94 kg) | 150 in (370 cm) | 130 in (330 cm) | AZS Olsztyn |
| 20 | David Smith | May 15, 1985 | 6 ft 8 in (2.02 m) | 190 lb (86 kg) | 137 in (348 cm) | 124 in (314 cm) | ZAKSA |
| 21 | Mason Briggs | January 21, 2001 | 6 ft 0 in (1.82 m) | 150 lb (70 kg) | 130 in (320 cm) | 120 in (300 cm) | Long Beach State |
| 22 | Erik Shoji | August 24, 1989 | 6 ft 0 in (1.84 m) | 183 lb (83 kg) | 130 in (330 cm) | 126 in (321 cm) | ZAKSA |
| 23 | Cody Kessel | December 3, 1991 | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 205 lb (93 kg) | 140 in (360 cm) | 136 in (345 cm) | Berlin Recycling Volleys |
| 24 | Brett Wildman | March 6, 2000 | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 185 lb (84 kg) | 130 in (340 cm) | 128 in (325 cm) | Penn State |
| 25 | Ethan Champlin | November 29, 2001 | 6 ft 2 in (1.89 m) | 200 lb (90 kg) | 140 in (350 cm) | 128 in (325 cm) | UCLA |
| 26 | Merrick McHenry | October 17, 2000 | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | 165 lb (75 kg) | 138 in (351 cm) | 132 in (335 cm) | UCLA |
| 27 | Tyler Mitchem | May 24, 1998 | 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) | 236 lb (107 kg) | 147 in (373 cm) | 140 in (355 cm) | Le Plessis |
| 28 | Francesco Sani | July 16, 2002 | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | 194 lb (88 kg) | 139 in (353 cm) | 130 in (330 cm) | UC Irvine |
| 29 | Jordan Ewert | March 18, 1997 | 6 ft 4 in (1.94 m) | 185 lb (84 kg) | 135 in (344 cm) | 128 in (326 cm) | Saint-Nazaire VBA |
| 30 | Kyle McCauley | January 23, 1999 | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 205 lb (93 kg) | 139 in (353 cm) | 132 in (335 cm) |  Lycurgus |
2020 Tokyo Olympics
| No. | Name | Date of birth | Position | Height | 2021–22 club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matt Anderson | April 18, 1987 | Opposite | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) | Sir Safety Umbria Volley |
| 3 | Taylor Sander | March 17, 1992 | Outside hitter | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | |
| 5 | Kyle Ensing | March 6, 1997 | Opposite | 6 ft 7 in (2.00 m) |  Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| 6 | Mitchell Stahl | August 31, 1994 | Middle blocker | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | Stal Nysa |
| 7 | Kawika Shoji (C) | November 11, 1987 | Setter | 6 ft 3 in (1.90 m) |  Spor Toto |
| 8 | Torey DeFalco | April 10, 1997 | Outside hitter | 6 ft 5 in (1.95 m) | Indykpol AZS Olsztyn |
| 11 | Micah Christenson | May 8, 1993 | Setter | 6 ft 5 in (1.95 m) | Zenit-Kazan |
| 12 | Maxwell Holt | March 12, 1987 | Middle blocker | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) | Volley Piacenza |
| 17 | Thomas Jaeschke | September 4, 1993 | Outside hitter | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | Power Volley Milano |
| 18 | Garrett Muagututia | February 23, 1988 | Outside hitter | 6 ft 5 in (1.95 m) |  Al Ahly |
| 20 | David Smith | May 15, 1985 | Middle blocker | 6 ft 7 in (2.00 m) | ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle |
| 22 | Erik Shoji | August 24, 1989 | Libero | 6 ft 0 in (1.82 m) | ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle |
The table below shows the history of kit providers for the United States national volleyball team.
Sponsorship
Primary sponsors include: main sponsors like Liberty Mutual, Mizuno Corporation and Commerce Bancorp, other sponsors: Molten Corporation, Almond Breeze, Arirweave, National Car, CoSport, Oppiaperformance, Alamo and Muscleaidtape.
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- USA’s Anderson heads Men’s World Cup Dream Team – fivb.org – September 23, 2015
- USA end 30 years of hurt with World Cup triumph – fivb.org – September 23, 2015
- "USA Volleyball". usavolleyball.org. Retrieved May 12, 2023.