Peru women's national volleyball team

Peru

Association	Federación Peruana de Voleibol
Confederation	CSV
Head coach	Francisco Hervás
FIVB ranking	39 (as of 23 May 2024)
Uniforms
Home Away
Summer Olympics
Appearances	7 (First in 1968)
Best result	(1988)
World Championship
Appearances	12 (First in 1960)
Best result	(1982)
World Cup
Appearances	8 (First in 1973)
Best result	4th (1973)
Voleibol.pe (in Spanish)

The Peru women's national volleyball team was one of the dominant forces in women's volleyball in the 1980s, culminating in the silver medal won at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. The team's nickname is Las Hijas del Sol (Sun's daughters)

Current squad

As of July 2020

• Coach: Francisco Hervás
• Assistant Coach: José Antonio Cáceres
• Girls Youth Categories Coach: Gina Torrealva
• Women Junior Categories Coach: Natalia Malaga

#	Player	Birth Date	Height	2016/17 Club	Position
1.	Maria Paula Rodriguez	17/03/2003	185	CV Universidad de San Martín de Porres	Opposite
2.	Kiara Montes	13/01/2001	178	Regatas Lima	Outside/Opposite
3.	Brenda Uribe	11/12/1993	185	Alianza Lima	Opposite
4.	Karla Ortiz	20/10/1991	181	Regatas Lima	Outside Hitter
5.	Shiamara Almeida	19/02/1996	172	Alianza Lima	Setter
6.	Alexandra Muñoz	16/08/1992	184	Universidad Cesar Vallejo	Setter
7.	Andrea Urrutia	31/05/1997	186	CV Universidad de San Martín de Porres	Middle Blocker
8.	Maguilaura Frias	28/05/1997	183	CV Universidad de San Martín de Porres	Outside/Opposite
9.	Lucia Magallanes	01/09/1998	181	CV Universidad de San Martín de Porres	Setter
10.	Zoila La Rosa	31/05/1990	176	Municipal olympique Mougins Volley-ball	Setter
11.	Clarivett Yllescas (c)	11/08/1993	185	Volley Club de Marcq-en-Baroeul Lille Métropole	Middle Blocker
12.	Ángela Leyva	22/11/1996	181	PTT Spor Kulübü	Outside Hitter
13.	Thaisa Mc Leod	01/01/2002	189	Sporting Cristal	Outside hitter
14.	Pamela Barrera	09/03/1991	182	Regatas Lima	Middle Blocker
15.	Gina Lopez	28/05/1994	190	Jaamsa	Middle Blocker
16.	Leslie Leyva	06/12/1998	176	CV Universidad de San Martín de Porres	Outside Hitter
17.	Angélica Aquino	10/08/1990	171	Regatas Lima	Outside Hitter
18.	Yujhami Mosquera	31/03/1996	181	Alianza Lima	Middle Blocker
19.	Miriam Patiño	28/03/1990	169	Regatas Lima	Libero
20.	Esmeralda Sanchez	01/09/1998	162	Alianza Lima	Libero
21.	Sandra Ostos	11/10/1997	178	Circolo Sportivo Italiano	Outside Hitter
22.	Cristina Cuba	04/06/1996	178	Jaamsa	Setter
23.	Diana De la Peña	07/06/1999	187	Alianza Lima	Middle Blocker
24.	Katherine Regalado	11/03/1998	189	Jaamsa	Opposite
25.	Carla Rueda	19/04/1990	184	Jaamsa	Outside/Opposite
26.	Yadhira Anchante	19/11/2002	180	CV Universidad de San Martín de Porres	Setter
27.	Flavia Montes	22/11/2000	187	CV Universidad de San Martín de Porres	Middle Blocker

Results

Summer Olympics

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place

Summer Olympics record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Squad
1964	did not qualify
1968	Semi Finals	4th Place						Squad
1972	did not qualify
1976		7th Place						Squad
1980		6th Place						Squad
1984	Semi Finals	4th Place						Squad
1988	Final Round	Runners-Up						Squad
1992	did not qualify
1996		11th Place						Squad
2000		11th Place						Squad
2004	did not qualify

Summer Olympics record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Squad
2008	did not qualify
2012
2016
2020
Total	0 Titles	7/13						—

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		7th Place						Squad
1962	Did Not Enter
1967	Semi Finals	4th Place						Squad
1970		15th Place						Squad
1974		8th Place						Squad
1978		10th Place						Squad
1982	Final Round	Runners-Up						Squad
1986	Semi Finals	Third Place						Squad
1990		6th Place						Squad

World Championship record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Squad
1994		13th Place						Squad
1998		10th Place						Squad
2002	did not qualify
2006		17th Place						Squad
2010		15th Place						Squad
2014	did not qualify
2018	did not qualify
Total	0 Titles	12/18						—

World Cup

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Squad
1973		4th Place						Squad
1977		5th Place						Squad
1981	did not qualify
1985		5th Place						Squad
1989		5th Place						Squad
1991		5th Place						Squad
1995		10th Place						Squad
1999		10th Place						Squad
2003	did not qualify
2007		11th Place						Squad
2011	did not qualify
2015		11th Place						Squad
2019	did not qualify
Total	0 Titles	9/12						—

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		11th Place						Squad
1995	Did Not Enter
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004	did not qualify
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011		16th Place						Squad
2012	did not qualify

World Grand Prix record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Squad
2013	did not qualify
2014		18th Place
2015		22nd Place
2016		23rd Place
2017		21st Place
Total	0 Titles	6/25						—

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		Third Place						Squad
1963	Did Not Enter
1967		Runners-Up						Squad
1971		Runners-Up						Squad
1975		Runners-Up						Squad
1979		Runners-Up						Squad
1983		Third Place						Squad
1987		Runners-Up						Squad
1991		Third Place						Squad
1995		5th Place						Squad
1999		6th Place						Squad

Pan American Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Squad
2003		7th Place						Squad
2007	Semi Finals	4th Place						Squad
2011		6th Place						Squad
2015		7th Place						Squad
2019		6th Place						Squad
Total	0 Titles	14/16						—

Pan American Cup

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

Pan-American Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Squad
2002	Did Not Enter
2003
2004
2005
2006	Round Robin	6th Place						Squad
2007	Round Robin	7th Place						Squad
2008	Round Robin	7th Place						Squad
2009	Round Robin	5th Place						Squad
2010	Round Robin	Runners-Up						Squad
2011	Round Robin	8th Place						Squad
2012	Round Robin	7th Place						Squad
2013	Round Robin	8th Place						Squad

Pan-American Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Squad
2014	Round Robin	9th Place						Squad
2015	Round Robin	9th Place						Squad
2016	Round Robin	9th Place						Squad
2017		4th Place						Squad
2018		8th Place						Squad
2019		7th Place						Squad
2020	Cancelled
Total	0 Titles	13/17						—

South American Championship

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

South American Championship record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Squad
1951								Squad
1956								Squad
1958								Squad
1961								Squad
1962								Squad
1964								Squad
1967								Squad
1969								Squad
1971								Squad
1973								Squad
1975								Squad
1977								Squad
1979								Squad
1981								Squad
1983								Squad
1985								Squad
1987								Squad
1989								Squad
1991								Squad

South American Championship record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Squad
1993								Squad
1995								Squad
1997								Squad
1999								Squad
2001	Did Not Enter
2003								Squad
2005								Squad
2007								Squad
2009								Squad
2011								Squad
2013								Squad
2015								Squad
2017								Squad
2019								Squad
Total	12 Titles	32/33						—

Squads

Olympic Games

• Mexico 1968 — 4th place

  Olga Asato, Irma Cordero, Luisa Fuentes, Esperanza Jiménez, Teresa Nuñez, Ana María Ramírez, Aida Reyna, Alicia Sánchez, and Norma Velarde.

• Montreal 1976 — 7th place

  Gaby Cárdeñas, Ana Cecilia Carrillo, Luisa Cervera, Irma Cordero, Delia Córdova, María del Risco, Luisa Fuentes, Mercedes González, Luisa Merea, Teresa Núñez, María Ostolaza, and Silvia Quevedo.

• Moscow 1980 — 6th place

  Gaby Cárdeñas, Ana Cecilia Carrillo, Raquel Chumpitaz, María del Risco, Denisse Fajardo, Rosa García, Aurora Heredia, Silvia León, Natalia Malaga, Carmen Pimentel, Cecilia Tait and Gina Torrealva

• Los Angeles 1984 — 4th place

  Luisa Cervera, Ana Chaparro, María del Risco, Denisse Fajardo, Miriam Gallardo, Rosa García, Sonia Heredia, Natalia Málaga, Gabriela Pérez del Solar, Carmen Pimentel, Cecilia Tait, and Gina Torrealva.

• Seoul 1988 — Silver Medal

  Luisa Cervera, Alejandra de la Guerra, Denisse Fajardo, Miriam Gallardo, Rosa García, Sonia Heredia, Katherine Horny, Natalia Málaga, Gabriela Pérez del Solar, Cecilia Tait, Gina Torrealva, and Cenaida Uribe.

• Atlanta 1996 — 11th place

  Luren Baylon, Milagros Cámere, Leyla Chihuán, Verónica Contreras, Yolanda Delgado, Iris Falcón, Sara Joya, Sandra Rodriguez, Milagros Moy, Paola Ramos, Marjorie Vilchez, and Yulissa Zamudio. Head Coach: Park Jong-Dug.

• Sydney 2000 — 11th place

  Fiorella Aita, Milagros Cámere, Leyla Chihuán, Iris Falcón, Rosa García, Elena Keldibekova, Natalia Málaga, Milagros Moy, Patricia Soto, Jessenia Uceda, Janet Vasconzuelos, and Yulissa Zamudio. Head Coach: Park Man-bok.

World Championships

• Brazil 1960 — 7th place

  Unknown

• Japan 1967 — 4th place

  Unknown

• Bulgaria 1970 — 15th place

  Unknown

• Mexico 1974 — 8th place

  Unknown

• URSS 1978 — 10th place

  Unknown

• Peru 1982 — Silver Medal

  Gaby Cárdeñas, Ana Cecilia Carrillo, Raquel Chumpitaz, María del Risco, Denisse Fajardo, Rosa García, Aurora Heredia, Silvia León, Natalia Málaga, Carmen Pimentel, Cecilia Tait, and Gina Torrealva.

• Czechoslovakia 1986 — Bronze Medal

  Sonia Ayaucán, Cenaida Uribe, Rosa Garcia, Miriam Gallardo, Gabriela Perez del Solar, Sonia Heredia, Cecilia Tait, Luisa Cervera, Denisse Fajardo, Ana Arostegui, Gina Torrealva, and Natalia Malaga.

• China 1990 — 6th place

  Sonia Ayaucán, Cenaida Uribe, Rosa Garcia, Miriam Gallardo, Gabriela Perez del Solar, Jessica Tejada, Milagros Cámere, Yolanda Delgado, Sammy Duarte, Paola Paz Soldan, Janet Vasconzuelos, and Natalia Malaga.

• Brazil 1994 — 13th place

  Luren Baylon, Verónica Contreras, Milagros Cámere, Iris Falcón, Miriam Gallardo, Rosa García, Sara Joya, Milagros Moy, Natalia Málaga, Sandra Rodriguez, Janet Vasconzuelos and Yulissa Zamudio

• Japan 1998 — 10th place

  Fiorella Aita, Luren Baylon, Milagros Cámere, Yvon Cancino, Elizabeth Castillo, Sahara Castillo, Leyla Chihuán, Iris Falcón, Roxana Huamán, Jessica Tejada, Patricia Soto and Yulissa Zamudio.

• Japan 2006 — 17th place

  Luren Baylon, Leyla Chihuán, Verónica Contreras, Sara Joya, Elena Keldibekova, Milagros Moy, Vanessa Palacios, Natalia Romanova, Patricia Soto, Carla Tristán, Mirtha Uribe and Yulissa Zamudio.

• Japan 2010 — 15th place

  Angélica Aquino, Leyla Chihuán, Paola García, Elena Keldibekova, Zoila La Rosa, Karla Ortiz, Vanessa Palacios, Carla Rueda, Patricia Soto, Jessenia Uceda, Mirtha Uribe and Yulissa Zamudio. Head Coach: Cheol-Yeong Kim.

World Grand Prix

Peru has only qualified once to the World Grand Prix in 2011

• Shanghai 1994 — 11th place

  Unknown

• Macau 2011 — 16th place

• Angélica Aquino, Luren Baylon, Elena Keldibekova, Alexandra Muñoz, Karla Ortiz, Vanessa Palacios, Carla Rueda, Jessenia Uceda, Daniela Uribe, Mirtha Uribe, Clarivett Yllescas and Yulissa Zamudio. Head Coach: Luca Cristofani.

Pan-American Cups

• Puerto Rico 2006 — 6th place

  Luren Baylón, Leyla Chihuán, Verónica Contreras, Teresa de la Borda, Gisella Duarte, Sara Joya, Elena Keldibekova, Vanessa Palacios, Natalia Romanova, Patricia Soto, Mirtha Uribe and Yulissa Zamudio. Head Coach: Carlos Aparicio.

• Mexico 2007 — 7th place

  Luren Baylón, Leyla Chihuán, Verónica Contreras, Sara Joya, Elena Keldibekova, Vanessa Palacios, Pietra Schiappa, Patricia Soto, Carla Tristán, Jessenia Uceda, Mirtha Uribe and Yulissa Zamudio. Head Coach: Enio de Figueiredo.

• Mexico 2008 — 7th place

• Yvon Cancino, Veronica Contreras, Kely Culquimboz, Sara Joya, Vanessa Palacios, Carla Rueda, Erika Salazar, Patricia Soto, Carla Tristán, Jessenia Uceda, Mirtha Uribe and Yulissa Zamudio. Head Coach: José dos Santos.

• USA 2009 — 5th place

• Angélica Aquino, Leyla Chihuán, Paola García, Elena Keldibekova, Zoila La Rosa, Karla Ortiz, Vanessa Palacios, Carla Rueda, Patricia Soto, Jessenia Uceda, Mirtha Uribe and Yulissa Zamudio. Head Coach: Cheol Yong Kim.

• Mexico 2010 — Silver Medal

• Angélica Aquino, Leyla Chihuán, Paola García, Elena Keldibekova, Zoila La Rosa, Karla Ortiz, Vanessa Palacios, Carla Rueda, Patricia Soto, Jessenia Uceda, Mirtha Uribe and Yulissa Zamudio. Head Coach: Cheol Yong Kim.

• Mexico 2011 — 8th place

• Angélica Aquino, Luren Baylon, Paola García, Elena Keldibekova, Zoila La Rosa, Karla Ortiz, Vanessa Palacios, Carla Rueda, Patricia Soto, Mirtha Uribe and Yulissa Zamudio. Head Coach: Luca Cristofani.

• Mexico 2012 — 7th Place

• Angélica Aquino, Raffaella Camet, Elena Keldibekova, Ángela Leyva, Ginna Lopez, Alexandra Muñoz, Karla Ortiz, Vanessa Palacios, Carla Rueda, Daniela Uribe, Mirtha Uribe and Clarivett Yllescas. Head Coach: Edwin Jimenez.

• Peru 2013 — 8th Place

• María de Fátima Acosta, Angélica Aquino, Raffaella Camet, Grecia Herrada, Alexandra Muñoz, Zoila La Rosa, Karla Ortiz, Patricia Soto, Janice Torres, Mirtha Uribe, Clarivett Yllescas and Yulissa Zamudio. Head Coach: Sung-Jin Hong.

South American Championships

• Porto Alegre 2009 — Bronze Medal

• Angélica Aquino, Raffaella Camet, Leyla Chihuan, Paola García, Elena Keldibekova, Zoila La Rosa, Karla Ortiz, Vanessa Palacios, Carla Rueda, Patricia Soto, Jessenia Uceda and Clarivett Yllescas. Head Coach: Cheol-Yeong Kim.

• Lima 2011 — Bronze Medal

• Angélica Aquino, Luren Baylon, Elena Keldibekova, Alexandra Muñoz, Karla Ortiz, Vanessa Palacios, Carla Rueda, Patricia Soto, Jessenia Uceda, Mirtha Uribe, Clarivett Yllescas and Yulissa Zamudio. Head Coach: Luca Cristofani.

• Ica 2013 — Bronze Medal

• María de Fátima Acosta, Angélica Aquino, Raffaella Camet, Grecia Herrada, Zoila La Rosa, Alexandra Muñoz, Karla Ortiz, Vanessa Palacios, Mirtha Uribe, Clarivett Yllescas and Yulissa Zamudio. Head Coach: Luca Cristofani.

• Cartagena 2015 — Silver Medal

• Susan Egoavil, Angela Leyva, Katherine Regalado, Mabel Olemar, Maricarmen Guerrero, Alexandra Muñoz, Coraima Gomez, Esmeralda Sanchez, Mirtha Uribe, Clarivett Yllescas, Nair Canessa and Diana De la Peña. Head Coach: Mauro Marasciulo.

See also

• Peru women's national under-23 volleyball team
• Peru women's national under-20 volleyball team
• Peru women's national under-18 volleyball team

• Liga Nacional Superior de Voleibol
• Volleyball Copa Latina

Videos

• CUBA Vs PERÚ COPA PANAMERICANA 2015 Partido Completo. Youtube.com video (in Spanish)

References

• Washington Post Article
• Sports123
• Squads