Brazil’s women’s national volleyball team adjusted its training group ahead of the South American Championship.
Setter Macris Carneiro and libero Natinha were left out of training, while three players were newly called up.
This announcement should be distinguished from confirmation of the tournament roster.
3-Line Summary
1. Macris was left out of the national team’s training group
2. Three setters and attackers were newly called up
3. The final 14-player roster has not yet been finalized
Macris and Natinha Left Out of the Training Group
Brazil women’s national volleyball team head coach José Roberto Guimarães called three additional players into training for the South American Championship. According to ge, the newly called-up players are setter Vivian, wing spiker Karina, and opposite spiker Sabrina. On the same day, Macris and Natinha were left out of training.
Macris is a setter who connects the team’s offensive plays, while Natinha is a libero responsible for defense and reception. Vivian, meanwhile, was introduced as a setter; Karina as a wing spiker; and Sabrina as an opposite. This adjustment was not limited to a change in one libero position; it involved changes to the training group that included the setter and attacking positions as well.
The wording confirmed in the announcement is that the two players were left out of training. Based on this announcement alone, it is not possible to conclude anything about Macris’s overall involvement with the national team or her chances of being selected later. That is because the roster reported by LANCE! at the time concerned the training group, not the final list of participants in the South American Championship.
LANCE! reported that the Brazilian Volleyball Confederation (CBV) officially announced Natinha’s departure from training and that the coach left Natinha and Macris out of training. In that report, the players mentioned as libero options following Natinha’s absence were Niemi and Marcelle. However, this too concerned only the composition of the training group at the time and was not an announcement that the final roster had been set.
South American Championship to Be Held at Maracanãzinho from September 8
The tournament the national team is preparing for is the 2026 South American Women’s Volleyball Championship. According to ge and LANCE!, the tournament is scheduled to be held from September 8 to 13 at Maracanãzinho in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The winner will receive a berth in the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics.
Training has continued at the Brazilian Volleyball Confederation’s Volleyball Development Center in Saquarema, Rio de Janeiro state. ge reported that the coach released the first call-up list in early August and that the returns of Gabi Guimarães, Niemi, and Tainara drew attention. These three players did not participate when Brazil won the silver medal in the Nations League in July.
ge also reported that Maiara Basso was the only player who competed in the Nations League Finals to be left out of this call-up. Accordingly, this training group was not simply a list made up of the participants from the immediately preceding tournament. Macris and Natinha were left out of training after returning players and newly called-up players had been included together.
The group at the time, as introduced by LANCE!, included setters Roberta and Vivian, and opposites Kisy, Tainara, and Sabrina. The wing spikers listed were Gabi Guimarães, Julia Bergmann, and Karina, while the middle blockers were Diana, Luzia, Lorena, and Larissa Bessen. The libero positions were occupied by Niemi and Marcelle.
Interpretation Surrounding the 14-Player Roster and Vivian’s Call-Up
LANCE! reported that the final roster for the South American Championship was expected to consist of 14 players, with three more players needing to be cut before the tournament began. This is why it is difficult to interpret the names currently listed in the training group as guarantees of tournament participation. Conversely, based solely on the announcement provided, it is also not possible to say that the player left out of training has been confirmed to miss the tournament.
A volleyball column in O TEMPO expressed the view that this South American Championship should not be regarded as a stage for rigorously evaluating the players’ abilities. The column argued that although Brazil has the goal of securing an Olympic berth, it would be difficult to make technical judgments about returning players or new selections based solely on the tournament results. This was the columnist’s assessment, not an official explanation from the national team or CBV.
The column described Macris’s pregnancy and request for leave as an opportunity to examine the second setter, and raised the question of choosing between Vivian and Bruninha. It specifically wrote that Bruninha had been the starter for the national team’s B team. However, the changes confirmed by official reports are that Macris was left out of training and that Vivian, Karina, and Sabrina were called into training.
The clearest point in the news concerning Macris is that the change to the current training roster and the still-pending procedure for finalizing the 14-player roster are separate matters. It is confirmed that winning the South American Championship leads to an Olympic berth. However, this selection process is more accurately viewed as an ongoing change ahead of the tournament.
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