Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol

Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol (CSV)
AbbreviationCSV
Formation1946
TypeContinental sports organisation
HeadquartersRio de Janeiro, Brazil
Location
Membership12 member associations
Official language
Spanish and Portuguese
President
Colombia Rafael Lloreda
Parent organization
FIVB
WebsiteVoleySur.org

The Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol (CSV) (Portuguese: Confederação Sul-americana de Voleibol) is the continental governing body for the sports of volleyball in South America. Its headquarters is located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Profile

The CSV's origins are still under dispute. Some argue it was founded in Buenos Aires, Argentina on February 12, 1946; some, that it was founded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on July 3 of the same year. Either way, it was formed even before the FIVB itself, and stands as the oldest of all volleyball continental confederations.

Up to now (2004), the CSV has had a total of eight presidents, all but one from national federations with some volleyball tradition at a certain point in history: Brazil, Peru, Argentina, Venezuela and Colombia, which is the exception. Following the election of the current president, Brazilian Mr. Ary Graça Filho, in 2003 the headquarters were relocated from Lima, Peru to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The CSV presides over national volleyball federations located in South America and organizes continental competitions such as the South American Men's Volleyball Championship (first edition, 1951) and the Pan American Games, sometimes in conjunction with the FIVB and with other confederations, notably NORCECA with whom CSV co-organises the Pan-American tournaments. It also takes part in the organization of qualification tournaments for major events such as the Olympic Games or the men's and women's world championships, and of international competitions hosted by one of its affiliated federations.[1]

Teams

Lately, the only national South American federation with expressive results in international competitions is Brazil, which maintains intensive development programs for men's and women's volleyball.

Argentina has some tradition in men's volleyball, but it has shown unmistakable signs of decline: in recent years, Venezuela has been constantly threatening to take its long held position as the second volleyball force of the continent. However, Argentina is still one of the dominant forces in Men's volleyball.

With a silver medal at the Seoul Olympic Games, Peru had a very strong women's volleyball team in the 1980s. Its level of play has nevertheless dropped after the retirement of superstar players like Cecilia Tait, Natalia Málaga, Rosa García and Gabriela Pérez del Solar. Nevertheless, Peru is still a respectively good team, and one of the main forces of the continent.

In recent years, the Junior and Youth categories in both boys and girls categories have started to shine in the CSV; as with their senior teams, Brazil in one of the world main forces in Junior and Youth categories but Argentina and Peru have started to shine in the Boys and Girls category respectively; after the I Youth Olympic Games where Argentinean boys got silver and Peruvian girls took bronze, Argentina claimed the top spot and Peru the third spot at the FIVB Senior World Rankings.[2]

Affiliated federations

As of 2022, the following 12 national federations were affiliated to the CSV:

Code Federation National teams Founded FIVB
affiliation		 CSV
affiliation		 IOC
member
ARG  Argentina
2003 2003 2003 Yes
BOL  Bolivia
Yes
BRA  Brazil
1954 Yes
CHI  Chile
Yes
COL  Colombia
Yes
ECU  Ecuador
Yes
GUF  French Guiana
No
GUY  Guyana
Yes
PAR  Paraguay
1943 Yes
PER  Peru
1942 Yes
URU  Uruguay
Yes
VEN  Venezuela
Yes

FIVB World Rankings

Competitions

Organised entirely by CSV

Men

Women

Title holders

Championship Copa América U–20 U–18 U–16 Club Championship
Men  Argentina
(2023) 		 Brazil
(2025) 		 Brazil
(2024) 		 Argentina
(2024) 		 Brazil
(2023) 		Brazil Sada Cruzeiro
(2025)
Women  Brazil
(2023) 		 Argentina
(2025) 		 Brazil
(2024) 		 Brazil
(2024) 		 Venezuela
(2025) 		Brazil Praia Clube
(2025)

Organised alongside NORCECA

Men

Women

Current champions

Senior Pan-American Cup
(M / W)		 U23 Pan-American Cup
(M / W)		 Junior Pan-American Cup
(M / W)		 Youth Pan-American Cup
(M / W)
Men  Venezuela (2025)  Dominican Republic (2025)  United States (2025)  United States (2025)
Women  Dominican Republic (2025)  United States (2025)  United States (2025)  United States (2025)

Beach Tournaments

References

  1. ^ CSV History (in Spanish)
  2. ^ CSV Affiliated Federations (in Spanish)
  3. ^ "The FIVB World Ranking". FIVB. 5 October 2025. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  4. ^ "The FIVB Women's World Ranking". FIVB. 29 June 2025. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
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