The Brazil women's national volleyball team is the national volleyball team of Brazil. It is administrated by the Confederação Brasileira de Voleibol (CBV) and takes part in international volleyball competitions. It is ranked second in the FIVB World Rankings as of July 2012. They have eight titles of the FIVB World Grand Prix (having won it for the eighth time in 2009) and the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and in 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
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