Cuba men's national volleyball team

Results

Olympic Games

• 1972 – 10th place
• 1976 – [[File:Bronze medal.svg|16px]] 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 – Didn't Qualify
• 2008 – Didn't Qualify
• 2012 – Didn't Qualify
• 2016 – 11th place
• 2020 – Didn't Qualify
• 2024 – Didn't Qualify

World Championship

• 1956 – 19th place
• 1966 – 17th place
• 1970 – 13th place
• 1974 – 8th place
• 1978 – [[File:Bronze medal world centered-2.svg|16px]] Bronze medal
• 1982 – 10th place
• 1986 – 5th place
• 1990 – [[File:Silver medal world centered-2.svg|16px]] Silver medal
• 1994 – 4th place
• 1998 – [[File:Bronze medal world centered-2.svg|16px]] Bronze medal
• 2002 – 19th place
• 2006 – 15th place
• 2010 – [[File:Silver medal world centered-2.svg|16px]] Silver medal
• 2014 – 11th place
• 2018 – 18th place
• 2022 – 14th place
• 2025 – 20th place

World Cup

• 1969 – 9th place
• 1977 – [[File:Simple bronze cup.svg|16px]] Bronze medal
• 1981 – [[File:Simple silver cup.svg|16px]] Silver medal
• 1989 – [[File:Simple gold cup.svg|16px]] Gold medal
• 1991 – [[File:Simple silver cup.svg|16px]] Silver medal
• 1995 – 6th place
• 1999 – [[File:Simple silver cup.svg|16px]] Silver medal
• 2011 – 5th place

World Grand Champions Cup

• 1993 – Bronze medal
• 1997 – Bronze medal
• 2001 – Gold medal
• 2009 – Silver medal

World League

• 1991 – Silver medal
• 1992 – Silver medal
• 1993 – 4th place
• 1994 – Silver medal
• 1995 – Bronze medal
• 1996 – 4th place
• 1997 – Silver medal
• 1998 – Gold medal
• 1999 – Silver medal
• 2000 – 8th place
• 2001 – 5th place
• 2002 – 13th place
• 2003 – 13th place
• 2004 – 7th place
• 2005 – Bronze medal
• 2006 – 7th place
• 2007 – 7th place
• 2008 – 10th place
• 2009 – 4th place
• 2010 – 4th place
• 2011 – 8th place
• 2012 – Bronze medal
• 2013 – 13th place
• 2014 – 21st place
• 2015 – 18th place
• 2016 – 22nd place
• 2017 – Withdrew

Nations League

• 2023 – 13th place
• 2024 – 9th place
• 2025 – 7th place

Challenger Cup

• 2018 – 4th place
• 2019 – Silver medal
• 2022 – Gold medal
• 2023 – Participated in Nations League

Pan American Games

• 1959 – 7th place
• 1967 – Bronze medal
• 1971 – Gold medal
• 1975 – Gold medal
• 1979 – Gold medal
• 1983 – Silver medal
• 1987 – Silver medal
• 1991 – Gold medal
• 1995 – Bronze medal
• 1999 – Gold medal
• 2003 – Silver medal
• 2007 – Bronze medal
• 2011 – Silver medal
• 2015 – 5th place
• 2019 – Silver medal
• 2023 – 4th place

NORCECA Championship

• 1969 – Gold medal
• 1971 – Gold medal
• 1973 – Silver medal
• 1975 – Gold medal
• 1977 – Gold medal
• 1979 – Gold medal
• 1981 – Gold medal
• 1983 – Bronze medal
• 1985 – Silver medal
• 1987 – Gold medal
• 1989 – Gold medal
• 1991 – Gold medal
• 1993 – Gold medal
• 1995 – Gold medal
• 1997 – Gold medal
• 1999 – Silver medal
• 2001 – Gold medal
• 2003 – Bronze medal
• 2005 – Silver medal
• 2007 – Bronze medal
• 2009 – Gold medal
• 2011 – Gold medal
• 2013 – Bronze medal
• 2015 – Silver medal
• 2017 – did not participate
• 2019 – Gold medal
• 2021 – 4th place
• 2023 – Bronze medal

Pan-American Cup

• 2006 – 5th place
• 2007 – Bronze medal
• 2014 – Gold medal
• 2016 – Gold medal
• 2017 – Bronze medal
• 2018 – Bronze medal
• 2019 – Gold medal
• 2021 – Withdrew
• 2022 – Gold medal

America's Cup

• 1998 – Bronze medal
• 1999 – 4th place
• 2000 – Gold medal
• 2001 – Silver medal
• 2005 – Bronze medal
• 2007 – Bronze medal
• 2008 – Gold medal

Central American and Caribbean Games

• 1930 – Silver medal
• 1935 – Bronze medal
• 1938 – Bronze medal
• 1946 – Gold medal
• 1950 – Silver medal
• 1954 – Bronze medal
• 1962 – 4th place
• 1966 – Gold medal
• 1970 – Gold medal
• 1974 – Gold medal
• 1978 – Gold medal
• 1982 – Gold medal
• 1986 – Gold medal
• 1990 – Gold medal
• 1993 – Gold medal
• 1998 – Gold medal
• 2002 – Did not participate
• 2006 – Silver medal
• 2010 – Did not participate
• 2014 – Bronze medal
• 2018 – 4th place
• 2023 – Gold medal

Goodwill Games

• 1986 – did not participate
• 1990 – Bronze medal

Team

Current squad

The following is the Cuban roster in the 2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League

Head coach: CUB Jesus Cruz

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

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, as of July 2016. Two of them later had their charges dismissed. 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.

On 16 August, the six team members still remaining in custody were charged with aggravated rape at Pirkanmaa District Court and the proceedings started on 29 August. 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. 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. Sosa Sierra 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.

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”.

Kit providers

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

Sponsorship

Honda is a main sponsor.

References

References

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2. Matson-Mäkelä, Kirsi. (30 June 2017). "Kuubalaisten lentopalloilijoiden raiskaustuomiot lyhenivät hovissa, yhden syyte hylättiin". Yle.
3. (30 June 2017). "Finland rape case: Cuban volleyball players' jail terms cut". [[BBC]].
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