TEAM COMPOSITION

ARG / Argentina - Team Composition

Team manager	Milan Sergio
Head coach	Bastit Horacio
Assistant coach	Guillaume Eduardo
Doctor	Senes Hugo
Therapist / trainer	Betti Matias ID 180583
Journalist	Scali Natalia

	No.	Name	Lastname	Shirt Name	Birthdate	Height	Weight	Spike	Block
L	1	Lucia	Gaido	Gaido	19.01.1988	162	52	278	265
	3	Paula Yamila	Nizetich	Nizetich	27.01.1989	183	76	305	295
	4	Maria Jimena	Perez	Perez	06.02.1984	176	64	290	275
	5	Lucia	Fresco	Fresco	14.05.1991	193	80	308	297
	8	Tatiana Soledad	Rizzo	Rizzo	30.12.1986	177	63	288	275
C	10	Emilce	Sosa	Sosa	11.09.1987	180	65	312	300
	12	Antonella	Bortolozzi	Bortolozzi	22.01.1986	182	72	298	278
	13	Leticia	Boscacci	Boscacci	08.11.1985	184	69	304	294
	14	Florencia	Carlotto	Carlotto	14.10.1988	183	72	302	291
	16	Florencia Natasha	Busquets	Busquets	27.06.1989	189	65	309	294
	17	Antonela Ayelen	Curatola	Curatola	23.10.1991	173	72	280	275
	18	Yael	Castiglione	Castiglione Y.	27.09.1985	183	75	300	289

C=Captain L=Libero

Team profile

The Argentina women’s team has made a remarkable transformation in the past few years. They have had an unbroken eight-year run of competing at the Pan-American Cup, qualified for the Final Four twice and this year made their debut in the FIVB World Grand Prix, underlining the fine job coach Horacio Bastit has done. These strong results and experience is also a key part of the team’s target of participating in the London 2012 Olympic Games.

The level of skill within the squad has improved immensely. In 2009 and 2011, Argentina were runners-up at the South American Championship behind Brazil, while the junior and youth teams have been equally successful at international level. After a good showing at the Pan-American Cup, the senior squad was awarded a spot in the FIVB World Grand Prix and its debut this year could not have been better, with players awarded for their dedication with victories over Cuba and the Dominican Republic.

Argentina’s Pan American Cup performance (sixth) also saw them qualify for next year’s FIVB World Grand Prix and, after finishing as the unlucky runners-up at the South American Championship (due to Argentina’s world ranking they were ranked fifth out of the five continental runners-up. The best four five runners-up automatically qualified for Japan), they were handed a wild card entry for the FIVB World Cup.

Coach profile

Horacio Bastit took charge of Argentina in 2008 with the aim of qualifying for the Olympic Games, a feat never achieved before by the Argentina women’s team. Bastit became part of Argentine women’s volleyball history as coach of Gimnasia y Esgrima de Buenos Aires (1985-1999), winning two Argentine League crowns and finishing third at the 1997 South American Club Championship. Bastit is supported by assistant coach Eduardo Guillaume, who coaches the Argentina junior women’s team, and Guillermo Cáceres, coach of the Argentina girls’ youth squad.