Australia women's national volleyball team
The Australia women's national volleyball team, also known as Volleyball Team Australia Women (VTAW) or the Volleyroos, is the national volleyball team of the volleyball playing nation of Australia. As of January 2016, they are ranked 41st in the world.[1] They are a member of the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC).
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| Association | AVF | ||
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| Confederation | AVC | ||
| Head coach | Martin Collins | ||
| FIVB ranking | 30 (as of September, 2019) | ||
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| http://avf.org.au/ | |||
The Australian Women’s program maintained during the 1990s ranked 6th in the Asian zone, due in part to the strong nature of women’s volleyball in Asia, with teams like China, Japan and Korea ranked in the world at the time in the top 8. With the support of the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), they achieved 9th place in the 2000 Summer Olympics. Following this the Volleyroos achieved its highest-ever world ranking of 14th. They then achieved a 6th-place finish at the 2001 Asian Championships, and qualified for a second World Championships.
Their historic inclusion in the 2014 Women’s Grand Prix challenged the Volleyroos skills with higher world ranked competitors.[2]
Tournament history
A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within Australia
Olympic Games
The women's Volleyroos made their Olympic Games debut as host sport nation at the 2000 Summer Olympics. They have yet to return to Olympic competition.[3]
World Championships
Australia have participated twice internationally:[4] and 2002.[5][6]
1982 World Championship (Peru) – Finishing 12th out of 23 teams. 2002 World Championship (Germany) – Finishing 21st out of 24 teams.
Asian Championships
The first Asian Volleyball Championship was held in Melbourne, 1975, where Australia placed 4th.[7] They came 4th again in 1979.[8] These were the best placings in this competition. The team has always placed within the top 10 throughout its history in this tournament.
Asian Cup
Australia came 7th in the 2008 Asian Women's Cup Volleyball Championship, but have not been involved ever since.[9]
World Grand Prix
Australia played in the 2016 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix, one of 28 participating countries. They were in Group 3, featuring Cuba, Algeria, Peru, Croatia, Kazakhstan, Colombia, and Mexico.
Results table[10] below. The first 3 matches were played in Bendigo, Victoria, and the last 3 matches played in Cali, Colombia.
| Match | Home team | Away team | |
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| 1 | Australia | 0–3 | Colombia |
| 2 | Australia | 1–3 | Cuba |
| 3 | Australia | 0–3 | Croatia |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 3–0 | Australia |
| 5 | Colombia | 3–0 | Australia |
| 6 | Mexico | N/A | Australia |
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Current roster
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References
- "FIVB – Volleyball".
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-06-23. Retrieved 2016-06-13.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Volleyball". Archived from the original on 2017-02-19. Retrieved 2016-06-13.
- "Peru: El Mundial Femenino, Servido" (PDF) (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 18 June 1982. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
- "...::: Volleyball Almanac – Women's World Championship :::..." 31 May 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-05-31.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
- http://www.fivb.org/EN/Volleyball/Competitions/WorldChampionships/Women/2002/Index.asp Federation Internationale de Volleyball
- https://www.webcitation.org/5gYGghY9d?url=http://todor66.com/volleyball/Asia/Women_1975.html
- https://www.webcitation.org/5gZqa70cs?url=http://todor66.com/volleyball/Asia/Women_1979.html
- "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-27. Retrieved 2016-06-13.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- http://worldgrandprix.2016.fivb.com/en/preliminary-round-group3/competition/teams/aus-australia%5B%5D
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-06-23. Retrieved 2016-06-05.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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