Cuba women's national volleyball team
Year Games Host Runner-up Third Place
1978 8th World Championship USSR Japan Soviet Union
1989 5th World Cup Japan Soviet Union China
1991 # 6th World Cup Japan China Soviet Union
1992 # Barcelona Olympic Games Spain Unified Team United States
1994 # 12th World Championship Brazil Brazil Russia
1995 # 7th World Cup Japan Brazil China
1996 # Atlanta Olympic Games USA China Brazil
1998 # 13th World Championship Japan China Russia
1999 # 8th World Cup Japan Russia Brazil
2000 # Sydney Olympic Games Australia Russia Brazil
Winner of 10 major world titles
The Cuba women's national volleyball team was the first team to break the USSR's and Japan's domination in the world women's volleyball by winning the 1978 World Women's Volleyball Championship. Cuba women's national volleyball team dominated the world in the last decade of the 20th century (1991-2000), winning eight times in row as FIVB World Champions in straight (6th World Cup in 1991, Barcelona Olympic Games in 1992, 12th World Championship in 1994, 7th World Cup in 1995, Atlanta Olympic Games in 1996, 13th World Championship in 1998, 8th World Cup in 1999, Sydney Olympic Games in 2000). The team's nickname was Las Espectaculares Morenas del Caribe The Spectacular Caribbean Girls in English.