Brazil women's national volleyball team

The Brazil women's national volleyball team is administered by the Confederação Brasileira de Voleibol (CBV) and takes part in international volleyball competitions. It is ranked second in the FIVB World Rankings as of August 2021. They are the current record holder of FIVB World Grand Prix champion titles, having won it for the eleventh time in 2016 and are the gold medalists of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and 2012 Summer Olympics in London. The team also got a gold four times in the Pan American Games, and three other Olympic medals, the latest a silver in the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Brazil
Nickname(s)Canarinhas
AssociationCBV
ConfederationCSV
Head coachJosé Roberto Guimarães
FIVB ranking4 (as of 31 July 2023)
Uniforms
Home
Away
Third
Summer Olympics
Appearances10 (First in 1980)
Best result Gold : (2008, 2012)
World Championship
Appearances15 (First in 1956)
Best result Silver : (1994, 2006, 2010, 2022)
World Cup
Appearances11 (First in 1973)
Best result Silver : (1995, 2003, 2007, 2023)
www.cbv.com.br (in Portuguese)
Honours

The most successful coaches for Brazil are Bernardo Rezende, who led the team from 1990 to 2000, and José Roberto Guimarães, who has managed the team since 2004.

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