Cuba men's national volleyball team


The Cuba men's national volleyball team is the national team of Cuba.
Cuba in the 1976 Summer Olympics won the bronze medal. Other achievements of the team winning one World League, one World Grand Champions Cup and fifteen NORCECA Championships.
Cuba have attained two silver and two bronze World Championship medals and have won the NORCECA Championship 15 times.

Results

Olympic Games

Current squad

The following is the Cuban roster in the 2020 Men's North American Olympic Qualification Tournament
Head coach: Nicolas Vives
No.NameDate of birthHeightWeight2019-20 Club2020-21 Club
18 12 1997 Bolivar VoleyChaumont VB 52
Julio Cardenas04 9 2000 Obras San JuanTourcoing LM
23 5 2001 Chaumont VB 52Cucine Lube Civitanova
26 12 1997 Obras San JuanIndykpol AZS Olsztyn
01 5 1999 Obras San JuanGFC Ajaccio Volley-Ball
23 2 1993 Ciudad Habana
5 02 1994 Ciudad VolleyCambrai-Volley
1311 6 1987 Cucine Lube CivitanovaCucine Lube Civitanova
114 10 1998 Ciudad Habana
124 4 1995 Bolivar VoleyChaumont VB 52
26 6 1998 Sancti Spiritus Haliliye Belediye Spor
1524 01 1995 Bolivar Voley VM Zalău
24 07 1997 Consar RavennaChaumont VB 52
1825 03 1997 UPCN San Juan VóleySada Cruzeiro

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
No.NameDate of birthHeightWeightSpikeBlockClub
31 07 1993 Sir Safety Perugia
11 6 1987 Cucine Lube Civitanova
31 08 1988 Cucine Lube Civitanova
12 8 1985 Cucine Lube Civitanova
14 07 1987 Ziraat Bankası
95 6 1986 KB Insurance Stars
11 09 1989 Pallavolo Padova
1522 7 1986 Zenit Saint Petersburg
25 9 1979 Sporting Lisbon
713 6 1977 Sporting Lisbon
146 06 1972 Retired

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 were discarded of the claims later. 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 in 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 Santiago Uriarte Mestre, Rolando Cepeda Abreu, Ricardo Norberto Calvo Manzano and Abraham Alfonso Gavilán were given five-year jail sentences while Luis Tomás Sosa Sierra is 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.
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.”
In June 2017, all players convicted for aggravated rape appealed, and sentences were reduced in the case of Osmany Uriarte, Abraham Alfonso, Ricardo Calvo and the ex-captain Rolando Cepeda Abreu. Sosa was released as he was found not guilty due to lack of evidence, and he received a compensation from the government of Finland for the quantity of 200,000 euros, due to damages against his person and in his sports career.

Kit providers

The table below shows the history of kit providers for the Cuba national volleyball team.
PeriodKit provider
2000–Adidas
Puma

Sponsorship

Primary sponsors include: main sponsors like Honda.