United States men's national volleyball team

Infobox national volleyball team
name=United States

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federation=USA Volleyball
website= [http://www.usavolleyball.org www.usavolleyball.org]
confederation=NORCECA
manager=Doug Beal
coach=Hugh McCutcheon
FIVB rank=2
rank date=2008-08-25
Olympic apps=9

The United States men's national volleyball team is the national team for the United States of America, it is governed by USA Volleyball. The team takes part in international competitions such as the Summer Olympics and the FIVB World League. The USA were World Champions in 1986.

=Olympic Games=

* 1964 — 9th place (Tokyo)
*:Mike Bright, Barry Brown, Keith Erickson, William Griebenow, Richard Hammer, Jacob Highland, Ron Lang, Charles Nelson, Mike O'Hara, Ernie Suwara, John Taylor, and Pedro Velasco. Head Coach: Harry Wilson.
* 1968 — 7th place (Mexico City)
*:John Alstrom, Mike Bright, Wink Davenport, Smitty Duke, Tom Haine, John Henn, Butch May, Danny Patterson, Larry Rundle, Jon Stanley, Rudy Suwara, and Pedro Velasco. Head Coach: Jim Coleman.
* 1984 — Gold Medal (Los Angeles)
*:Aldis Berzins, Craig Buck, Rich Duwelius, Dusty Dvorak, Karch Kiraly, Chris Marlowe, Pat Powers, Steven Salmons, Dave Saunders, Paul Sunderland, Steve Timmons, and Marc Waldie.
* 1988 — Gold Medal (Seoul)
*:Craig Buck, Bob Ctvrtlik, Scott Fortune, Karch Kiraly, Ricci Luyties, Doug Partie, Jon Root, Eric Sato, Dave Saunders, Jeff Stork, Troy Tanner, and Steve Timmons. Head Coach: Marvin Dunphy.
* 1992 — Bronze Medal (Barcelona)
*:Nick Becker, Carlos Briceno, Bob Ctvrtlik, Scott Fortune, Dan Greenbaum, Brent Hilliard, Bryan Ivie, Doug Partie, Bob Samuelson, Eric Sato, Jeff Stork, and Steve Timmons. Head Coach: Fred Sturm.
* 1996 — 9th place (Atlanta)
*:Lloy Ball, Bob Ctvrtlik, Scott Fortune, John Hyden, Bryan Ivie, Mike Lambert, Dan Landry, Jeff Nygaard, Tom Sorensen, Jeff Stork, Ethan Watts, and Brett Winslow. Head Coach: Fred Sturm.
* 2000 — 11th place (Sydney)
*:Lloy Ball, Kevin Barnett, Thomas Hoff, John Hyden, Mike Lambert, Dan Landry, Chip McCaw, Ryan Millar, Jeff Nygaard, George Roumain, Erik Sullivan, and Andy Witt. Head Coach: Doug Beal.
* 2004 — 4th place (Athens)
*:Lloy Ball, Kevin Barnett, Brook Billings, Phillip Eatherton, Gabe Gardner, Thomas Hoff, Ryan Millar, Reid Priddy, Riley Salmon, Clay Stanley, Erik Sullivan, and Donald Suxho. Head Coach: Doug Beal.
*2008 — Gold Medal (Beijing)
*: Lloy Ball, Gabe Gardner, Kevin Hansen, Tom Hoff, Rich Lambourne, David Lee, Ryan Millar, Reid Priddy, Sean Rooney, Riley Salmon, Clay Stanley, and Scott Touzinsky. Head Coach: Hugh McCutcheon

=World Championship=

*1949 — did not compete
*1952 — did not compete
*1956 — 6th place
*1960 — 7th place
*1962 — did not compete
*1966 — 11th place
*1970 — 18th place
*1974 — 14th place
*1978 — 19th place
*1982 — 13th place
*1986 — Gold Medal
*1990 — 13th place
*1994 — Bronze Medal
*1998 — 9th place
*2002 — 9th place
*2006 — 10th place

Volleyball World League

"Did not compete": 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, & 2005

*1990 — 7th place
*1991 — 6th place
*1992 — Bronze Medal
*1993 — 9th place
*1994 — 12th place
*1995 — 10th place
*2000 — 6th place
*2001 — T-9th place
*2006 — T-10th
*2007 — Bronze Medal:Jim Polster, Brandon Taliaferro, Rich Lambourne, David Lee, Reid Priddy, Ryan Millar, Riley Salmon, Tom Hoff, Clay Stanley, Kevin Hansen, and Gabe Gardner. Head Coach: Hugh McCutcheon.
*2008 — Gold Medal:Lloy Ball, Sean Rooney, Rich Lambourne, Reid Priddy, Ryan Millar, Riley Salmon, Tom Hoff, Clay Stanley, Kevin Hansen, Gabe Gardner, David Lee and Scott Touzinsky. Head Coach: Hugh McCutcheon.

World Cup

*1965 — did not compete
*1969 — did not compete
*1973 — 7th place
*1977 — 10th place
*1981 — did not qualify
*1985 — Gold Medal
*1989 — 4th place
*1991 — Bronze Medal
*1995 — 4th place
*1999 — 4th place
*2003 — 4th place
*2007 — 4th place

=World Grand Champions Cup=

*1993 — 5th place
*1997 — did not compete
*2001 — did not compete
*2005 — Silver Medal
*:Phil Eatherton, James Polster, Richard Lambourne, Thomas Hoff, Dave McKienzie, Ryan Millar, William Priddy, Riley Salmon, Clay Stanley, Donald Suxho, Chris Tamas, and Pieter Olree. Head Coach: Hugh McCutcheon.

=NORCECA Championship=

*1969 — Bronze Medal
*1971 — Silver Medal
*1973 — Gold Medal
*1975 — Bronze Medal
*1977 — 5th place
*1979 — 5th place
*1981 — Silver Medal
*1983 — Gold Medal
*1985 — Gold Medal
*1987 — Silver Medal
*1989 — Bronze Medal
*1991 — Silver Medal
*1993 — Silver Medal
*1995 — Silver Medal
*1997 — Silver Medal
*1999 — Gold Medal
*2001 — Silver Medal
*2003 — Gold Medal
*2005 — Gold Medal
*2007 — Gold Medal
*:Lloy Ball, James Polster, Richard Lambourne, David Lee, Thomas Hoff .

America Cup

*1998 — 4th place
*1999 — Silver Medal
*2000 — Bronze Medal
*2001 — 4th place
*2005 — Gold Medal
*2007 — Gold Medal:*Lloy Ball, Brook Billings, Phillip Eatherton, Kevin Hansen, Thomas Hoff, Richard Lambourne, Ryan Millar, James Polster, William Priddy, Sean Rooney, Riley Salmon, and Clayton Stanley. Head Coach: Hugh McCutcheon.
*2008 — 5th place:*Matt Anderson, Nils Nielson, Phillip Eatherton, Richard Lambourne, Jayson Jablonsky, Jonathan Winder, Brook Billings, Andrew Hein, Brandon Taliaferro, Delano Thomas, and Scott Touzinsky. Head Coach: Ron Larsen.

Goodwill Games

*1986 — )"'
*:Bob Ctvrtlik, Dusty Dvorak, Karch Kiraly, Ricci Luyties, Mark Miller, Doug Partie, Pat Powers, Steven Salmons, Dave Saunders, Troy Tanner, Jeff Stork, and Steve Timmons.

References

* [http://www.fivb.org/EN/volleyball/competitions/WorldLeague/2007/Teams/Team_Roster.asp?TRN=WL2007&TEAM=USA&sm=43 FIVB]
* [http://www.usavolleyball.org/volleyballnews/news.asp?id=1456 USA Volleyball]
* [http://www.usavolleyball.org/media/national/08NORCECA_MediaKit1.pdf USA Volleyball Factsheet]

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