Brazil Names 10 Olympians to 18-Player Roster for Men’s World League

  0 Braden Keith | May 11th, 2017 | Brazilian Volleyball, FIVB World League, International Volleyball, News, South American Volleyball

After trickling out the first 5 names for their 2017 Men’s World League roster over the last 2 weeks, this week the Brazilian volleyball federation (CBV) released its full 18-player roster for the multi-tiered event that will culminate with the final in front of a home crow in Curitiba in July. Of those 18, only 14 can be active for each match.

They’ve also appointed Bruno Rezende as the captain. Rezende was also the captain of last year’s Olympic gold medal winning team. All but 2 members of last year’s Olympic Team will be in camp. The two missing players are the two oldest players from that team: the now-retired Sergio Santos and 37-year old setter William Arjona.

According to the CBV, William asked to stay home with his family for the summer and not be put on the roster.

“I had a conversation with William in Canoas and told him that I was counting on him,” head coach Renan Dal Zotto said. “William explained to me about this family commitment after the Super League, which is fair. He thanked me for our conversation and I said that I was counting on him to play at the World Championships He immediately replied that he would go to the Olympics. I’m glad he’s got this in his mind.”

The well-established 21-year old Douglas Souza will return to the team as the second youngest player of a very veteran Brazilian squad. The only player younger is 20-year old new callup Rodrigo Leao – who is making his Brazilian Senior team debut.

“We have a very clear focus. Short-term World League, medium-term World Cup 2018 and long-term the Tokyo Olympics in 2020,” Dal Zotto continued. “We know that all competition that Brazil takes part in we are favorites, and that is a great responsibility.”

Brazil will make their World League debut on June 2nd in Pesaro, Italy against Poland, where they’ll also face an Olympic gold medal game rematch with the Italians and Iran. Then they move on to Bulgaria where they will play Poland, Canada, and Bulgaria. Their final pool will be hosted closer to home in Cordoba, Argentina, where they’ll play Bulgaria, Argentina, and Serbia.

Then they’ll return home to Curitiba, Brazil in a soccer stadium in front of what should be a massive crowd. Brazil as the host team is automatically qualified for the final, meaning that this gives them an opportunity to test their young players in the preliminary rounds and give their Olympians time to rest before the final.

NAME BIRTHDATE HEIGHT WEIGHT SPIKE BLOCK WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS OLYMPIC GAMES OTHER TOTAL CLUB
1 Bruno Mossa Rezende C 02/07/1986 190 76 323 302 7 2 20 29 SESI-SP
2 Isac Santos 13/12/1990 208 99 339 306 0 0 8 8 Sada Cruzeiro
3 Eder Carbonera 19/10/1983 205 107 360 330 3 0 5 8 Funvic Taubaté
4 Wallace De Souza 26/06/1987 198 87 344 318 14 1 37 52 Funvic Taubaté
5 Lucas Eduardo Loh 18/01/1991 195 83 336 320 0 0 0 0 Funvic Taubaté
6 Tiago Brendle 21/10/1985 188 83 315 300 0 0 4 4 Vôlei Brasil Kirin
7 Murilo Radke 31/01/1989 194 76 329 310 0 0 0 0 Montes Claros Vôlei
8 Thales Hoss 26/04/1989 190 74 320 303 0 0 0 0 Vôlei Canoas
9 Raphael Vieira De Oliveira 14/06/1979 190 82 330 306 0 0 23 23 Funvic Taubaté
10 Otávio Henrique Rodrigues Pinto 27/02/1991 200 85 347 319 0 0 1 1 Funvic Taubaté
11 Rodrigo Leao 05/06/1996 197 85 331 316 0 0 0 0 Sada Cruzeiro
12 Luiz Felipe Marques Fonteles 19/06/1984 198 100 351 340 13 0 37 50 Halkbank
13 Maurício Souza 29/09/1988 209 93 344 323 0 0 0 0 Vôlei Brasil Kirin
14 Douglas Souza 20/08/1995 199 75 338 317 0 0 0 0 SESI-SP
15 Mario Da Silva Pedreira Junior 03/05/1982 192 91 330 321 9 0 1 10 Funvic Taubaté
16 Lucas Saatkamp 06/03/1986 209 101 340 321 16 0 37 53 SESI-SP
17 Evandro M. Guerra 27/12/1981 207 106 359 332 7 0 17 24 Sada Cruzeiro
18 Ricardo Lucarelli Souza 14/02/1992 196 87 348 326 0 0 0 0 Funvic Taubaté
19 Mauricio Borges Almeida Silva 04/02/1989 199 99 335 315 0 0 0 0 Arkas Spor
20 Renan Buiatti 10/01/1990 217 105 350 314 7 0 14 21 JF Vôlei
21 Rafael Araujo 13/06/1991 206 93 348 325 0 0 1 1 MKS Bedzin

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