Puerto Rico women's national volleyball team

Puerto Rico
Association	Puerto Rican Volleyball Federation
Confederation	NORCECA
Head coach
FIVB ranking	16 (as of 12 June 2021)
Uniforms
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Summer Olympics
Appearances	1 (First in 2016)
Best result	11th (2016)
World Championship
Appearances	6 (First in 1974)
Best result	10th place (2002)
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Medal record
Challenger Cup
Pan-American Cup
NORCECA Championship
Central American and Caribbean Games

The Puerto Rico women's national volleyball team is 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.

Results[]

Summer Olympics[]

Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place

Summer Olympics record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Squad
2016	Group stage	11th Place	5	0	5	0	15	Squad
Total	0 titles	1/14	5	0	5	0	15	—

World Championship[]

Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place

World Championship record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Squad
1952	Did Not Enter
1956
1960
1962
1967
1970	Did Not Qualify
1974	Round 1	22nd Place	2	0	2	0	6
1978	Did Not Qualify
1982	Round 1	17th Place	3	0	3	0	9
1986	Did Not Qualify
1990	Did Not Qualify

World Championship record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Squad
1994	Did Not Qualify
1998	Did Not Qualify
2002	Round 2	12th Place	8	3	5	9	15	Squad
2006	Round 2	16th Place	9	2	7	6	22	Squad
2010	Round 1	20th Place	5	1	4	3	12	Squad
2014	Round 1	17th Place	5	1	4	5	12	Squad
2018	Round 2	14th Place	9	3	6	10	19	Squad
Total	0 titles	7/18	41	10	31	33	95	—

World Grand Prix[]

Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place

World Grand Prix record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Squad
1993	Did Not Enter
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004	Did Not Qualify
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009		10th Place						Squad
2010		11th Place						Squad
2011	Did Not Qualify
2012		13th Place						Squad

World Grand Prix record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Squad
2013		18th Place						Squad
2014		15th Place	11	8	3	25	15	Squad
2015	Group 2 finals	16th place	8	4	4	16	17	Squad
2016	Group 2 finals	15th place	8	7	1	22	8	Squad
2017		18th place	9	5	4	17	19	Squad
Total	0 titles	8/25

Pan American Cup[]

Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place

Pan-American Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Squad
2002	Round Robin	7th Place
2003	Round Robin	7th Place						Squad
2004	Round Robin	6th Place						Squad
2005	Round Robin	5th Place						Squad
2006	Round Robin	5th Place						Squad
2007	Round Robin	5th Place						Squad
2008	Round Robin	4th Place						Squad
2009	Round Robin	3rd Place						Squad
2010	Round Robin	6th Place						Squad
2011	Round Robin	5th Place						Squad
2012	Round Robin	6th Place
2013	Round Robin	5th Place						Squad

Pan-American Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Squad
2014	Round Robin	3rd Place
2015	Quarterfinal	5th Place	8	3	5	14	12
2016	Final	2nd place
2017	Semifinals	3rd place
2018	Quarterfinal	6th place
Total	0 titles	17/17

Pan American Games[]

Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place

Pan American Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Squad
1955	Did Not Enter
1959		4th Place
1963		5th Place
1967	Did Not Enter
1971	Did Not Enter
1975		7th Place
1979		8th Place
1983	Did Not Enter
1987
1991
1995
1999

Pan American Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Squad
2003		6th Place	3	1	2	6	6	Squad
2007		6th Place	3	1	2	5	6	Squad
2011	Quarterfinals	5th Place	4	2	2	8	8	Squad
2015	Semifinal	4th place	6	2	4	11	14
Total	0 titles	8/16

Central American & Caribbean Games[]

Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place

Central American & Caribbean Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Squad
1938	Round Robin	Runners Up
1946	Round Robin	Runners Up
1959	Did Not Enter
1962	Round Robin	Runners Up
1966	Round Robin	5th Place
1970	Did Not Enter
1974	Round Robin	4th Place
1978	Round Robin	5th Place
1982	Semifinals	4th Place
1986		5th Place
1990		5th Place
1993		5th Place

Central American & Caribbean Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Squad
1998	Semifinals	4th Place
2002	Semifinals	4th Place						Squad
2006	Semifinals	Third Place						Squad
2010	Final Round	Runners Up						Squad
2014	Final Round	Runners Up	5	3	2	11	9	Squad
Total	0 titles	15/17

NORCECA Championship[]

Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place

NORCECA Championship record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Squad
		5th Place
		4th Place
		6th Place
	Did Not Enter
		5th Place
	Did Not Enter
		6th Place
		5th Place
		4th Place
		5th Place
		6th Place
		6th Place
		5th Place
		5th Place
		5th Place
1999		5th Place
2001	Did Not Enter
2003		5th Place						Squad
2005	Semifinals	4th Place						Squad
2007		5th Place						Squad

NORCECA Championship record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Squad
2009	Final Round	Runners Up						Squad
2011	Semifinals	4th Place						Squad
2013	Semifinals	Third Place	5	4	1	13	5	Squad
2015	Semifinals	Third place	6	4	2	14	10	Squad
0 titles	21/24

Olympic qualifiers[]

Olympic Volleyball Qualifiers
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL
2004	Final Round	6th Place	7	2	5	6	16
2008	Final Round	8th Place	7	1	6	5	20
2016	Round Robin	1st place	3	3	0	9	0
Total	1 spots	2/9

Team[]

Current squad[]

The following is the Puerto Rican roster in the 2018 World Championship.^[1]

Head coach:

No.	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2017–18 club
1	Daly Santana	19 February 1995	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	72 kg (159 lb)	243 cm (96 in)	219 cm (86 in)	Il Bisonte Firenze
2	Shara Venegas	18 September 1992	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	68 kg (150 lb)	280 cm (110 in)	272 cm (107 in)	Llaneras de Toa Baja
3		21 May 1995	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	248 cm (98 in)	242 cm (95 in)	Leonas de Ponce
4	Raymariely Santos	13 April 1992	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	290 cm (110 in)	288 cm (113 in)	Indias de Mayagüez
5		31 October 1996	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	235 cm (93 in)	239 cm (94 in)	Free agent
7	Stephanie Enright	15 December 1990	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)	56 kg (123 lb)	300 cm (120 in)	292 cm (115 in)	Igor Gorgonzola Novara
11	Karina Ocasio	1 August 1985	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	76 kg (168 lb)	298 cm (117 in)	288 cm (113 in)	Criollas de Caguas
12		6 July 1993	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	68 kg (150 lb)	262 cm (103 in)	256 cm (101 in)	Free agent
14	Natalia Valentín (c)	12 September 1989	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	61 kg (134 lb)	244 cm (96 in)	240 cm (94 in)
17		29 November 1995	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	309 cm (122 in)	300 cm (120 in)
18		3 October 1995	2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	305 cm (120 in)	293 cm (115 in)
19		5 January 1995	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	310 cm (120 in)	294 cm (116 in)	Criollas de Caguas
22		1 March 1994	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	74 kg (163 lb)	245 cm (96 in)	237 cm (93 in)	Gigantes de Carolina
23	Diana Reyes	29 April 1993	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	303 cm (119 in)	299 cm (118 in)	Criollas de Caguas

Former squads[]

2002 World Championship — 12th place
Dariam Acevedo, Áurea Cruz, Eva Cruz, , , Dolly Meléndez, Vilmarie Mojica, Xiomara Molero, Karina Ocasio, Yarleen Santiago, and . Head Coach: .
2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament — 6th place (did not qualify)
, , Áurea Cruz, Eva Cruz, , Xiomara Molero, Karina Ocasio, , Alexandra Oquendo, Yarleen Santiago, , and Shirley Pérez. Head Coach: .
2006 Pan-American Cup — 5th place
, Áurea Cruz, Eva Cruz, , Vilmarie Mojica, Karina Ocasio, , Alexandra Oquendo, , Yarleen Santiago, , and .
2006 Central American and Caribbean Games — Bronze Medal
Vilmarie Mojica, , Yarleen Santiago, Eva Cruz, Áurea Cruz, Vanessa Vélez, Karina Ocasio, Dariam Acevedo, , , Alexandra Oquendo, and . Head Coach: Juan Carlos Núñez.
2006 World Championship — 16th place
, Áurea Cruz, Eva Cruz, , , Vilmarie Mojica, Karina Ocasio, , , Alexandra Oquendo, Yarleen Santiago, and . Head Coach: Juan Carlos Núñez.
2007 Pan American Games — 6th place
Dariam Acevedo, , Áurea Cruz, Eva Cruz, , , Vilmarie Mojica, Karina Ocasio, , , Deborah Seilhamer, and Vanessa Vélez. Head Coach: Juan Carlos Núñez.
2007 NORCECA Championship — 5th place
Dariam Acevedo, , Áurea Cruz (c), Eva Cruz, , , , Vilmarie Mojica, , Alexandra Oquendo, and Deborah Seilhamer. Head Coach: Juan Carlos Núñez.
2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament — 8th place (did not qualify)
, , Deborah Seilhamer, , Vilmarie Mojica (c), Eva Cruz, Áurea Cruz, Karina Ocasio, Ania Ruiz, , , and . Head Coach: Juan Carlos Núñez.
2013 Pan-American Volleyball Cup — 5th place
Yarimar Rosa (c), Karina Ocasio, , Diana Reyes, Lynda Morales, Ania Ruiz, Shara Venegas, , Natalia Valentín, , Daly Santana and . Head Coach: .
2015 Pan-American Games — 4th place
Yarimar Rosa (c), Karina Ocasio, , Lynda Morales, Debora Seilhamer, Vilmarie Mojica, Aurea Cruz, Natalia Valentín, Stephanie Enright, , Nayka Benítez and Alexandra Oquendo. Head Coach: .

References[]

^ "Puerto Rico Team Roster". FIVB. Retrieved 30 September 2018.

External links[]

Federación Puertorriqueña de Voleibol Official website (Spanish)
FIVB profile

[1] "Puerto Rico Team Roster". FIVB. Retrieved 30 September 2018.

[1]

Puerto Rico women's national volleyball team

Contents

Results[]

Summer Olympics[]

World Championship[]

World Grand Prix[]

Pan American Cup[]

Pan American Games[]

Central American & Caribbean Games[]

NORCECA Championship[]

Olympic qualifiers[]

Team[]

Current squad[]

Former squads[]

See also[]

References[]

External links[]

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