Portugal men's national volleyball team

The Portugal men's national volleyball team is the team representing Portugal in volleyball competitions. Their best results to date are winning the 2010 Men's European Volleyball League in Spain, the second place in the 2007 Men's European Volleyball League, 3rd at the 2009 Men's European Volleyball League, both tournaments hosted in Portugal, 4th in the 1948 Men's European Volleyball Championship in Italy, the 5th place at the 2005 FIVB World League in Serbia and Montenegro, 7th in the 1951 Men's European Volleyball Championship hosted in France and reaching the 8th place in the 2002 FIVB Men's World Championship in Argentina.

Olympic Games

• 1964 – 2024 – did not qualify

World Championship

• 1949 – 1952 – did not compete
• 1956 – 15th place
• 1960 – 1994 – did not compete
• 1998 – did not qualify
• 2002 – 8th place
• 2006 – 2022 – did not qualify
• 2025 – 16th place

World Cup

• 1965 – 1977 – did not compete
• 1981 – 2019 – did not qualify

World Grand Champions Cup

• 1993 – 2017 – did not compete

World League

• 1990 – 1998 – did not compete
• 1999 – 10th place
• 2000 – did not compete
• 2001 – 13th place
• 2002 – 13th place
• 2003 – 13th place
• 2004 – 12th place
• 2005 – 5th place
• 2006 – 13th place
• 2007 – 2010 – did not compete
• 2011 – 14th place
• 2012 – 16th place
• 2013 – 17th place
• 2014 – 13th place
• 2015 – 18th place
• 2016 – 14th place
• 2017 – 22nd place

Nations League

• 2018 – did not qualify
• 2019 – 15th place
• 2021 – did not qualify
• 2022 – did not qualify
• 2023 – did not qualify
• 2024 – did not qualify
• 2025 – did not qualify

Challenger Cup

• 2018 – Gold medal
• 2019 – did not compete (Participated in VNL)
• 2022 – did not compete
• 2023 – did not qualify
• 2024 – did not qualify

European Championship

• 1948 – 4th place
• 1950 – did not compete
• 1951 – 7th place
• 1955 – 1975 – did not compete
• 1977 – 2003 – did not qualify
• 2005 – 10th place
• 2007 – 2009 – did not qualify
• 2011 – 14th place
• 2013 – 2017 – did not qualify
• 2019 – 20th place
• 2021 – 15th place
• 2023 – 10th place
• 2026 – Qualified
• 2028 - To be determined

European League

• 2004 – 2006 – did not compete
• 2007 – Silver medal
• 2008 – 8th place
• 2009 – Bronze medal
• 2010 – Gold medal
• 2011 – 2017 – did not compete
• 2018 – 4th place
• 2019 – did not compete
• 2021 – 10th place
• 2022 – 5th place
• 2023 – 5th place
• 2024 – 8th place
• 2025 – 7th place

Current squad

The following is the Portuguese roster in the 2017 World League.

Head coach: João José

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