Canada men's junior national volleyball team

The Canada men's national junior volleyball team is the men's national under-21 volleyball team of Canada. The team is controlled by Volleyball Canada, which represents the country in international competitions - Junior NORCECA Championship and FIVB U21 World Championships. The Canadian junior national team is ranked 7th (as of September 2015) in the FIVB world ranking.

Canada men's national junior volleyball team

Medal record
Junior NORCECA Championship
	1998 Guatemala
	2002 Canada
	2006 Mexico
	2008 El Salvador
	2010 Canada
	2012 United States
	2014 El Salvador
	2016 Canada

International competitions

Junior NORCECA Championship

• 1998 Guatemala –– Gold medal
• 2000 Cuba –– 4th place
• 2002 Canada –– Gold medal
• 2004 Canada –– 4th place
• 2006 Mexico –– Bronze medal
• 2008 El Salvador –– Silver medal
• 2010 Canada –– Silver medal
• 2012 United States –– Silver medal
• 2014 El Salvador –– Silver medal
• 2016 Canada –– Bronze medal
• 2018 Cuba –– Bronze medal

Junior Pan-American Cup

• 2011 Panama –– Silver medal
• 2015 Canada –– Bronze medal
• 2017 Canada –– Bronze medal
• 2019 Peru –– Silver medal
• 2022 CUB –– Bronze medal

U21 World Championship

• 1977 Brazil –– 10th place
• 1981 United States –– 13th place
• 1985 Italy –– Did not qualify
• 1987 Bahrain –– 12th place
• 1989 Greece — Did not qualify
• 1991 Egypt –– Did not qualify
• 1993 Argentina –– Did not qualify
• 1995 Malaysia — Did not qualify
• 1997 Bahrain — Did not qualify
• 1999 Thailand — 5th place
• 2001 Poland — Did not qualify
• 2003 Iran — 9th place
• 2005 India –– Did not qualify
• 2007 Morocco –– Did not qualify
• 2009 India — 12th place
• 2011 Brazil –– 11th place
• 2013 Turkey –– 13th place
• 2015 Mexico — 8th place
• 2017 Czech Republic - 8th place
• 2019 Bahrain - 12th place
• 2021 Italy Bulgaria - 10th place

• 2023 - 11th place

Current squad

The following is the Canadian roster in the 2016 Men's Junior NORCECA Volleyball Championship.^[1]

Head Coach: Gino Brousseau

No.	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2016 club
1	Elijah Risso	6 November 1997	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	329 cm (130 in)	300 cm (120 in)	UBC Okanagan Heat
2	Sharone Vernon-Evans	28 August 1998	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	374 cm (147 in)	347 cm (137 in)	Pakmen VBC
4	Taryq Sani	6 November 1998	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	366 cm (144 in)	330 cm (130 in)	Pakmen VBC
5	Eric Loeppky	1 September 1998	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	89 kg (196 lb)	348 cm (137 in)	325 cm (128 in)	Winman VBC
7	Jordan Pereira	8 March 1998	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	72 kg (159 lb)	323 cm (127 in)	297 cm (117 in)	Pakmen VBC
9	Matthew Mawdsley (C)	21 January 1997	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	350 cm (140 in)	328 cm (129 in)	LVC Fire
10	Pearson Eshenko	16 October 1997	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	360 cm (140 in)	336 cm (132 in)	Trinity Western Spartans
11	Cristopher Jay Gavlas	22 April 1997	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	340 cm (130 in)	313 cm (123 in)	Saskatchewan Huskies
13	Matthew Passalent	8 June 1997	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	351 cm (138 in)	332 cm (131 in)	McMaster Marauders
14	Derek Epp	15 June 1998	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	335 cm (132 in)	315 cm (124 in)	Junior Huskies
15	Jacob Kern	26 August 1997	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	346 cm (136 in)	324 cm (128 in)	Trinity Western Spartans
16	Daenan Gyimah	16 January 1998	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	372 cm (146 in)	339 cm (133 in)	STVC Nemesis

External links

• Official website