The Cuba men's national volleyball team () represents Cuba in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches, governed by Federación Cubana De Voleibol. Cuba in the 1976 Summer Olympics won their first bronze medal. In FIVB competitions, the national team won one gold each at World Cup, World Grand Champions Cup, World League and Challenger Cup. Cuba also attained two silver and two bronze World Championship medals and have won the NORCECA Championship 15 times with a 6-peat record.

Results

Olympic Games 1972 – 10th place 1976 – 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 2028 – Qualified

World Championship 1956 – 19th place 1966 – 17th place 1970 – 13th place 1974 – 8th place 1978 – Bronze medal 1982 – 10th place 1986 – 5th place 1990 – Silver medal 1994 – 4th place 1998 – Bronze medal 2002 – 19th place 2006 – 15th place 2010 – Silver medal 2014 – 11th place 2018 – 18th place 2022 – 14th place 2025 – 20th place 2027 – Qualified

World Cup 1969 – 9th place 1977 – Bronze medal 1981 – Silver medal 1989 – Gold medal 1991 – Silver medal 1995 – 6th place 1999 – 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 Nations League recordYearRoundPosition 2018 Did not participate 2019 2021 2022 2023 Preliminary round 13th 12 3 9 15 33 2024 Preliminary round 9th 12 5 7 24 26 2025 Final round 7th 13 6 7 29 29 2026 Preliminary round 17th 12 3 9 16 29 2027 qualified Total 0 Titles 5/9 49 17 32 84 117 —

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 2026 – 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: Jesus Cruz

No.NameDate of birthHeightWeight2023-24 Club2024-25 Club2025-26 ClubVfB FriedrichshafenVfB FriedrichshafenPaykan TehranAllianz MilanoDynamo-LODynamo-LOSK Aich/DobCalcit KramnikFenerbahçe S.K.PoitiersShahdab YazdAkkuş BelediyesporCizre BelediyesporCizre Belediyesporİstanbul Gençlik()Al AhlyAl AhlyCeske BujedoviceCeske BujedoviceCorona BrasovJoinville VoleiBresciaMaccabi Tel Aviv Gas Sales PiacenzaGas Sales PiacenzaGas Sales PiacenzaSK Aich/DobSK Aich/DobOK MariborGas Sales PiacenzaPrisma TarantoGalatasaray SK18Sada CruzeiroPanasonic PanthersPanasonic PanthersPrisma TarantoModena VolleyGas Sales PiacenzaCucine Lube CivitanovaZenit Saint PetersburgZenit Saint PetersburgShakhtior SoligorskKuzbass KemerovoKuzbass Kemerovo

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 LKPS Lublin Cucine Lube Civitanova Leo Shoes PerkinElmer Modena Cucine Lube Civitanova Foynikas Syros9 Korean Air Jumbos PAOK Thessaloniki15 Zenit Saint Petersburg LPR Piacenza7 Sporting CP 14 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 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.

PeriodKit provider2000–AdidasPuma

Sponsorship Honda is a main sponsor.

Notes

References

External links FIVB profile