Peru women's national volleyball team

Peru

Association	Federación Peruana de Voleibol
Confederation	CSV
Head coach	Antonio Rizola
FIVB ranking	40 (as of 8 January 2025)
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	9 (First in 1973 )
Best result	4th (1973)
(in Spanish)

The Peru women's national volleyball team represents Peru in international women's volleyball. It is governed by the Peruvian Volleyball Federation (FVF) and 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 (The Sun's daughters).

Current squad

As of August 2025

• Coach: Antonio Rizola
• Assistant coach: Marcello Bencardino
• Assistant coach: Walter Lung
• Physical Trainer: David Torres
• U17 Category Coach: Marcello Bencardino
• U19 Category Coach: Martín Escudero
• U21 Category Coach: Marcello Bencardino

#	Player	Birth Date	Height	2024/25 Club	Position
1.	Yadhira Anchante	19/11/2002	180	AO Thiras	Setter
2.	Diana De la Peña	07/06/1999	187	Alianza Lima	Middle Blocker
3.	Maria Paula Rodriguez	17/03/2002	185	Club Universitario de Deportes	Opposite
4.	Cristina Cuba	04/06/1996	178	Regatas Lima	Setter
5.	Andrea Villegas	30/10/1999	163	Circolo Sportivo Italiano	Libero
6.	Aixa Vigil	23/09/2001	185	CV Universidad de San Martín de Porres	Opposite
7.	Alondra Alarcón	08/03/2003	180	Odessa College	Outside Hitter
8.	Kiara Vicente	08/10/2002	179	Club Cultural Deportivo Géminis	Outside Hitter
9.	Claudia Palza	04/07/2001	181	Rebaza Acosta	Middle Blocker
10.	Sandra Ostos	10/10/1997	178	Alianza Lima	Outside Hitter
11.	Kiara Montes	13/01/2001	178	Regatas Lima	Outside Hitter
12.	Ángela Leyva	22/11/1996	184	Beşiktaş JK	Outside Hitter
13.	María José Rojas	12/07/2003	177	Club Atlético Atenea	Setter
14.	Flavia Montes	22/11/2000	187	CV Universidad de San Martín de Porres	Middle Blocker
15.	Karla Ortiz	20/10/1991	181	Club Universitario de Deportes	Outside Hitter
16.	Lesly Johansson	16/06/2000	190	Regatas Lima	Middle Blocker
17.	Jade Cuya	08/03/2003	177	Jacksonville University	Setter
18.	Ysabella Sanchez	02/07/1999	178	Alianza Lima	Outside Hitter
19.	Jade Rodriguez	13/12/1993	182	Trinity Valley Community College	Middle Blocker
20.	Coraima Gomez	09/08/1996	177	Club Universitario de Deportes	Outside Hitter
21.	Thaisa McLeod	01/01/2002	189	Club Atlético Atenea	Opposite
22.	Pamela Cuya	29/12/2003	158	CV Universidad de San Martín de Porres	Libero
23.	Elizabeth Braithwaite	15/12/2006	194	Western Nebraska Community College	Middle Blocker
24.	Rachell Hidalgo	12/09/2002	160	Regatas Lima	Libero

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 7 3 4 12 15 Squad 1972 did not qualify 1976 Final Round 7th Place 5 2 3 9 12 Squad 1980 Final Round 6th Place 5 1 4 7 12 Squad 1984 Semi Finals 4th Place 5 2 3 7 11 Squad 1988 Final Round Runners-Up 5 4 1 14 9 Squad 1992 did not qualify 1996 Preliminary round 11th Place 5 0 5 2 15 Squad 2000 Preliminary round 11th Place 5 0 5 2 15 Squad 2004 did not qualify 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 Total 0 Titles 7/16 37 12 25 53 89 —

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 First round 7th Place 5 2 3 7 10 Squad 1962 Did Not Enter 1967 Semifinals 4th Place 3 0 3 1 9 Squad 1970 First round 15th Place 10 2 8 7 15 Squad 1974 Second round 8th Place 11 6 5 18 18 Squad 1978 Second round 10th Place 10 4 6 17 20 Squad 1982 Final round Runners-Up 10 8 2 24 7 Squad 1986 Semi finals Third Place 10 7 3 25 13 Squad 1990 Quarter finals 6th Place 7 4 3 13 10 Squad 1994 First round 13th place 3 0 3 0 9 Squad 1998 Second round 10th Place 8 2 6 6 22 Squad 2002 did not qualify 2006 First round 17th Place 5 1 4 9 12 Squad 2010 Second round 15th Place 12 2 10 11 31 Squad 2014 did not qualify 2018 did not qualify / 2022 did not qualify 2025 did not qualify Total 0 Titles 12/20 —

World Cup

Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place World Cup record Year Round Position Pld W L SW SL Squad 1973 Final round 4th Place 6 3 3 9 10 Squad 1977 Final round 5th Place 6 4 2 15 8 Squad 1981 did not qualify 1985 Final round 5th Place 7 3 4 9 14 Squad 1989 Final round 5th Place 7 2 5 9 18 Squad 1991 Final round 5th Place 10 4 6 20 22 Squad 1995 Final round 10th Place 11 2 9 7 27 Squad 1999 Final round 10th Place 11 2 9 13 11 Squad 2003 did not qualify 2007 Final round 11th Place 11 1 10 6 39 Squad 2011 did not qualify 2015 Final round 11th Place 11 1 10 9 30 Squad 2019 did not qualify Total 0 Titles 9/13 —

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 Preliminary round 11th Place 9 1 8 5 25 Squad 1995 Did Not Enter 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 did not qualify 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Preliminary round 16th Place 9 0 9 1 27 Squad 2012 did not qualify 2013 did not qualify 2014 Intercontinental round 18th Place 9 3 6 12 18 Squad 2015 Final round 22nd Place 8 6 2 19 7 Squad 2016 Final round 23rd Place 8 7 1 22 9 Squad 2017 Intercontinental round 21st Place 9 3 6 13 20 Squad 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 Round robin Runners-Up 8 6 2 19 7 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 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 15/17 —

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 Quarter-finals 6th place Squad 2007 Round robin 7th place Squad 2008 Round robin 7th place Squad 2009 Quarter-finals 5th place Squad 2010 Final Runners-up Squad 2011 Round robin 8th place Squad 2012 Quarter-finals 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 Semi-finals Fourth place Squad 2018 Round robin 8th place Squad 2019 Round robin 7th place Squad 2021 Did Not Enter 2022 Round robin 7th place Squad Total 0 Titles 15/20 —

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 Round-robin Bronze 5 3 2 9 6 Squad 2019 Squad 2021 Round-robin 4th 4 2 2 6 7 Squad 2023 Round-robin 5th 4 0 4 4 12 Squad Total 12 Titles 34/35 —

Squads

Olympic Games

• Mexico 1968 —4th place ^{[1] [2]}

  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 Gonzáles, 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 ^{[3] [4]}

  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 ^[5]

  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, Gisela 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

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