With an eye on the Nations League, Bernardinho makes his first national team call-up for the 2026 season

Brazil debuts in the competition playing at home, on June 10th, at 8pm; match will take place at the Nilson Nelson gym

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Coach of the men’s volleyball team, Bernardinho

With an eye on the Nations League, which starts in June, the coach of the men’s volleyball team, Bernardinho, made this Friday (24) the first squad list for the 2026 season. In total, six athletes were selected to begin preparation for the Nations League:

Summoned

  • Honorato (pointer)
  • Thiery (central)
  • Maicon (pointer)
  • Barreto (central)
  • Purity (libero)
  • Guilherme Voss (central)

Brazil debuts in the competition playing at home. The first match will be in Brasília (DF), on the 10th, at 8pm, against Iran. The Nilson Nelson gym will be the stage for the matches that will take place until the 14th.

Between June 24th and 28th, the Brazilian team will be in Ljubljana, capital of Slovenia, for the second week of the competition. And, closing the qualifying phase, Brazil will go to Chicago (USA) from July 15th to 19th.

The final phase will be in Ningbo (CHN) between July 29th and August 2nd.

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