The 2026 Men's Volleyball Copa Sudamericana is the second edition of the Men's Volleyball Copa Sudamericana, the annual second-tier international volleyball competition organised by the Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol (CSV) for men's national teams of South America. It was held in Cochabamba, Bolivia from 5 to 9 August 2026 and it was co-organized by the Bolivian Volleyball Federation and the Club Olympic.
Starting with this edition, the tournament was rebranded Copa Sudamericana instead of Copa América, the name it was known by in the inaugural edition.
The tournament served as qualifiers for other two international competitions. The top four teams—other than Brazil and Argentina—qualified for the 2026 Men's South American Volleyball Championship in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, while Brazil and Argentina qualified automatically as the hosts and the top-ranked team in the FIVB Men's World Ranking (aside from Brazil), respectively. The top team—other than Peru and Brazil—qualified for the 2027 Pan American Games men's volleyball tournament in Lima, Peru, while Peru and Brazil qualified automatically as the hosts and the 2025 Junior Pan American Games men's volleyball tournament champions, respectively.
Argentina won their first Copa Sudamericana title by beating runners-up and defending champion Brazil 3–2 in the final. Colombia defeated Chile 3–0 in the third-place match. Colombia, Chile, Bolivia and Venezuela qualified for the 2026 Men's South American Championship, with Argentina also qualifying for the 2027 Pan American Games men's volleyball tournament.
Host and venue Cochabamba Coliseo de La Coronilla Capacity: 10,000 In April 2026, Bernardo Pavisic, president of the Club Olympic announced Cochabamba, Bolivia as the host city for the tournament, which was confirmed by the CSV in June 2026.
The competition is entirely played at the Coliseo de La Coronilla.
Teams Eight of the twelve CSV member associations entered the tournament.
Team Previous best performance2nd (2025) (hosts)1stNone (Debut) (holders)2nd (2025)2nd (2025)1stNone (Debut)1stNone (Debut)2nd (2025)2nd (2025) Both Brazil and Argentina decided to send an alternate team made up of a mix of senior players and several youth players, since their main teams had just competed in the 2026 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League.
Competition format The competition format consisted of a two groups of four teams each, which were played on a single round-robin basis in the preliminary round. The group standing procedure was as follows:
Total number of victories (matches won, matches lost); Match points; Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser Match won 3–2: 2 points for the winner, 1 point for the loser Match forfeited: 3 points for the winner, 0 points (0–25, 0–25, 0–25) for the loser Sets ratio; Points ratio; If the tie continues between two teams: result of the last match between the tied teams. If the tie continues between three or more teams: a new classification would be made taking into consideration only the matches involving the teams in question.
Once the preliminary round is completed, the top two teams in each group advance to the semi-finals, while the third and fourth placed teams advanced to the semi-finals for 5th to 8th places. The winners of the semi-finals advance to the final to define the champions while the losers of the semi-finals decide third and fourth place. Winners of the 5th to 8th semi-finals play for the fifth and sixth place while losers play for seventh and eighth place.
Premilimary round All match times are local, BOT (UTC-4).
Group A
Group B
Final round
5th–8th places
5th–8th semi-finals
7th place match
5th place match
1st–4th places
Semi-finals
3rd place match
Final
Final standing
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1 Santiago Arroyo (L), 2 Lucas Conde, 4 Iñaki Ramos, 5 Ignacio Luengas (C), 6 Iván Pavón, 8 Lucas Astegiano, 9 Federico Debonis, 11 Federico Arquez, 12 Imanol Salazar, 19 Leandro Klaczynski, 22 Pedro Agustín Ojuez, 25 Gustavo Maciel, 66 Pablo Denis Cabañas, 67 Samuel Guidi.
Individual awards The following individual awards were presented at the end of the tournament.
Most valuable player (MVP)
Best middle blockers
Best setter
Best opposite spiker
Best outside spikers
Best libero
See also 2026 AVC Men's Volleyball Cup 2026 Men's European Volleyball League 2026 Men's South American Volleyball Championship
References
External links Tournament results at FIVB Live Center