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Puerto Rico women's national volleyball team

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Confederation
  
NORCECA

Home
  
Away

Best result
  
11th (2016)

Head coach
  
Javier Gaspar

FIVB ranking
  
15 (as of August 2016)

Appearances
  
1 (First in 2016)

Appearances
  
6 (First in 1974)

Location
  
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The Puerto Rico women's national volleyball team represents Puerto Rico in international volleyball competitions. One of the more consistent teams of the NORCECA zone, Puerto Rico has taken one silver and two bronzes on the NORCECA Women's Volleyball Championship, one silver and two bronzes at the Pan-American Cup, and five silvers and one bronze at the Central American and Caribbean Games. The team has participated at least once in all FIVB competitions, except for the World Cup.

Contents

Summer Olympics

     Champions       Runners up       Third place       Fourth place

World Championship

     Champions       Runners up       Third place       Fourth place

World Grand Prix

     Champions       Runners up       Third place       Fourth place

Pan American Cup

     Champions       Runners up       Third place       Fourth place

Pan American Games

     Champions       Runners up       Third place       Fourth place

Central American & Caribbean Games

     Champions       Runners up       Third place       Fourth place

NORCECA Championship

     Champions       Runners up       Third place       Fourth place

Current squad

The following is the Puerto Rican roster in the women's volleyball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. ‹See Tfd›

Head coach: Juan Carlos Núñez

Former squads

  • 2002 World Championship12th placeDariam Acevedo, Áurea Cruz, Eva Cruz, Tatiana Encarnación, Lourdes Isern, Dolly Meléndez, Vilmarie Mojica, Xiomara Molero, Karina Ocasio, Yarleen Santiago, and Jetzabel Del Valle. Head Coach: David Alemán.
  • 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament — 6th place (did not qualify)Sarai Álvarez, Michelle Cardona, Áurea Cruz, Eva Cruz, Omayra George, Xiomara Molero, Karina Ocasio, Sheila Ocasio, Alexandra Oquendo, Yarleen Santiago, Shannon Torregrosa, and Shirley Pérez. Head Coach: David Alemán.
  • 2006 Pan-American Cup — 5th placeSarai Álvarez, Áurea Cruz, Eva Cruz, Tatiana Encarnación, Vilmarie Mojica, Karina Ocasio, Sheila Ocasio, Alexandra Oquendo, Glorimar Ortega, Yarleen Santiago, Shannon Torregrosa, and Jetzabel Del Valle.
  • 2006 Central American and Caribbean GamesBronze MedalVilmarie Mojica, Tatiana Encarnación, Yarleen Santiago, Eva Cruz, Áurea Cruz, Vanessa Vélez, Karina Ocasio, Dariam Acevedo, Glorimar Ortega, Shannon Torregrosa, Alexandra Oquendo, and Sheila Ocasio. Head Coach: Juan Carlos Núñez.
  • 2006 World Championship — 16th placeSarai Álvarez, Áurea Cruz, Eva Cruz, Xaimara Colón, Tatiana Encarnación, Vilmarie Mojica, Karina Ocasio, Sheila Ocasio, Glorimar Ortega, Alexandra Oquendo, Yarleen Santiago, and Jetzabel Del Valle. Head Coach: Juan Carlos Núñez.
  • 2007 Pan American Games6th placeDariam Acevedo, Sarai Álvarez, Áurea Cruz, Eva Cruz, Michelle Cardona, Tatiana Encarnación, Vilmarie Mojica, Karina Ocasio, Sheila Ocasio, Shannon Torregrosa, Deborah Seilhamer, and Vanessa Vélez. Head Coach: Juan Carlos Núñez.
  • 2007 NORCECA Championship — 5th placeDariam Acevedo, Michelle Cardona, Áurea Cruz , Eva Cruz, Tatiana Encarnación, Wilnelia González, Ana Rosa Luna, Vilmarie Mojica, Sheila Ocasio, Alexandra Oquendo, and Deborah Seilhamer. Head Coach: Juan Carlos Núñez.
  • 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament — 8th place (did not qualify)Sarai Álvarez, Michelle Cardona, Deborah Seilhamer, Xaimara Colón, Vilmarie Mojica , Eva Cruz, Áurea Cruz, Karina Ocasio, Ania Ruiz, Shanon Torregrosa, Sheila Ocasio, and Jetzabel Del Valle. Head Coach: Juan Carlos Núñez.
  • 2013 Pan-American Volleyball Cup — 5th placeYarimar Rosa , Karina Ocasio, Sheila Ocasio, Diana Reyes, Lynda Morales, Ania Ruiz, Shara Venegas, Génesis Collazo, Natalia Valentín, Michelle Nogueras, Daly Santana and Pilar M. Victoria. Head Coach: Epique Olazagasti.
  • 2015 Pan-American Games4th placeYarimar Rosa , Karina Ocasio, Sheila Ocasio, Lynda Morales, Debora Seilhamer, Vilmarie Mojica, Aurea Cruz, Natalia Valentín, Stephanie Enright, Shirley Ferrer, Nayka Benítez and Alexandra Oquendo. Head Coach: José Mieles.
  • References

    Puerto Rico women's national volleyball team Wikipedia