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Russia women's national volleyball team

Women's national volleyball team representing Russia


Summary

Women's national volleyball team representing Russia

FieldValue
nameRussia
genderwomen
imageFlag of Russia.svg
federationVolleyball Federation of Russia
websitewww.volley.ru
confederationCEV
coachvacant
Olympic apps14
Olympic first1964
Olympic best(1968 (USSR)), (1972 (USSR)), (1980 (USSR)), (1988 (USSR))
World Champs apps17
World Champs first1952
World Champs best(1952 (USSR), 1956 (USSR), 1960 (USSR), 1970 (USSR), 1990 (USSR), 2006 & 2010)
World Cup apps8
World Cup first1973
World Cup best[[Image:Gold medal with cup.svg16px]] (1973 (USSR))
Regional nameEuropean Championship
Regional cup apps30
Regional cup first1949
Regional cup best(1949 (USSR), 1950 (USSR), 1951 (USSR), 1958 (USSR), 1963 (USSR), 1967 (USSR), 1971 (USSR), 1975 (USSR), 1977 (USSR), 1979 (USSR), 1985 (USSR), 1989 (USSR), 1991 (USSR), 1993, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2013, 2015)
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| medaltemplates-expand = no The Russia women's national volleyball team is governed by the Russian Volleyball Federation and participated in international volleyball competitions. They played from 1949 to 1991 as the Soviet Union and as the CIS in 1992.

In response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the International Volleyball Federation suspended all Russian national teams, clubs, and officials, as well as beach and snow volleyball athletes, from all events. The European Volleyball Confederation (CEV) also banned all Russian national teams, clubs, and officials from participating in European competition, and suspended all members of Russia from their respective functions in CEV organs.

Major world titles

USSR

YearGamesHostRunners-up3rd place
19521st World ChampionshipURS Soviet Union
19562nd World ChampionshipFRA France
19603rd World ChampionshipBRA Brazil
1968#19th Olympic GamesMEX Mexico
1970#6th World ChampionshipBUL Bulgaria
1972#20th Olympic GamesFRG West Germany
1973#1st World CupURU Uruguay
198022nd Olympic GamesURS Soviet Union
198824th Olympic GamesKOR South Korea
199011th World ChampionshipChina China

– 4 major titles in row in late 1960s - early 1970s (World Women's Volleyball Championship, World Cup, Olympic Games)

Russia

YearGamesHostRunners-up3rd place
200615th World ChampionshipJapan Japan
201016th World ChampionshipJapan Japan

Results

Olympic Games

;Soviet Union

  • 1964 – Silver medal
  • 1968 – Gold medal
  • 1972 – Gold medal
  • 1976 – Silver medal
  • 1980 – Gold medal
  • 1988 – Gold medal

;Unified Team

  • 1992 – Silver medal

;Russia

  • 1996 – 4th place
  • 2000 – Silver medal
  • 2004 – Silver medal
  • 2008 – 6th place
  • 2012 – 5th place
  • 2016 – 6th place

;ROC

  • 2020 – 7th place

FIVB World Championship

;Soviet Union

  • 1952Gold medal
  • 1956Gold medal
  • 1960Gold medal
  • 1962 – Silver medal
  • 1970Gold medal
  • 1974 – Silver medal
  • 1978 – Bronze medal
  • 1982 – 6th place
  • 1986 – 6th place
  • 1990Gold medal

;Russia

  • 1994 – Bronze medal
  • 1998 – Bronze medal
  • 2002 – Bronze medal
  • 2006Gold medal
  • 2010Gold medal
  • 2014 – 6th place
  • 2018 – 8th place
  • 2022 – Banned by FIVB
  • 2025 – Banned by FIVB

FIVB Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup

  • 1993 – Bronze medal
  • 1997Gold medal
  • 2001 – Silver medal
  • 2013 – 4th place
  • 2017 – 4th place

FIVB World Cup

;Soviet Union

  • 1973 – [[Image:Gold medal with cup.svg|16px]] Gold medal
  • 1977 – 7th place (tied)
  • 1981 – [[Image:Bronze medal with cup.svg|16px]] Bronze medal
  • 1985 – [[Image:Bronze medal with cup.svg|16px]] Bronze medal
  • 1989 – [[Image:Silver medal with cup.svg|16px]] Silver medal
  • 1991 – [[Image:Bronze medal with cup.svg|16px]] Bronze medal

;Russia

  • 1999 – [[Image:Silver medal with cup.svg|16px]] Silver medal
  • 2015 – 4th place
  • 2019 – [[Image:Bronze medal with cup.svg|16px]] Bronze medal

FIVB World Grand Prix

;Russia

  • 1993 – Bronze medal
  • 1994 – 7th place
  • 1995 – 6th place
  • 1996 – Bronze medal
  • 1997Gold medal
  • 1998 – Silver medal
  • 1999Gold medal
  • 2000 – Silver medal
  • 2001 – Bronze medal
  • 2002Gold medal
  • 2003 – Silver medal
  • 2004 – 7th place
  • 2006 – Silver medal
  • 2007 – 4th place
  • 2009 – Silver medal
  • 2011 – 4th place
  • 2013 – 7th place
  • 2014 – Bronze medal
  • 2015 – Silver medal
  • 2016 – 4th place
  • 2017 – 9th place

FIVB Nations League

;Russia

  • 2018 – 7th place
  • 2019 – 14th place
  • 2021 – 8th place
  • 2022 – Banned by FIVB
  • 2023 – Banned by FIVB
  • 2024 – Banned by FIVB
  • 2025 – Banned by FIVB

European Championship

;Soviet Union

  • 1949Gold medal
  • 1950Gold medal
  • 1951Gold medal
  • 1955 – Silver medal
  • 1958Gold medal
  • 1963Gold medal
  • 1967Gold medal
  • 1971Gold medal
  • 1975Gold medal
  • 1977Gold medal
  • 1979Gold medal
  • 1981 – Silver medal
  • 1983 – Silver medal
  • 1985Gold medal
  • 1987 – Silver medal
  • 1989Gold medal
  • 1991Gold medal

;Russia

  • 1993Gold medal
  • 1995 – Bronze medal
  • 1997Gold medal
  • 1999Gold medal
  • 2001Gold medal
  • 2003 – 5th place
  • 2005 – Bronze medal
  • 2007 – Bronze medal
  • 2009 – 6th place
  • 2011 – 6th place
  • 2013Gold medal
  • 2015Gold medal
  • 2017 – 6th place
  • 2019 – 7th place
  • 2021 – 6th place
  • 2023 – Banned by CEV
  • 2026 – Banned by CEV

Current squad

The following is the Russian roster in the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup.

Head coach: ITA Sergio Busato

No.NameDate of birthHeightWeightSpikeBlock2019 club
1.93 m80 kg320 cm305 cm{{flagiconSUI
1.93 m70 kg305 cm295 cmRUS Dynamo Moscow
1.77 m69 kg185 cm180 cmRUS Dinamo-Metar Chelyabinsk
1.96 m78 kg305 cm290 cmRUS Dynamo Kazan
1.78 m64 kg292 cm285 cmRUS Uralochka-NTMK
1.96 m75 kg315 cm306 cmRUS Dynamo Moscow
1.78 m65 kg295 cm290 cmRUS Lokomotiv Kaliningrad
111.85 m73 kg304 cm290 cmRUS Yenisey Krasnoyarsk
(c)1.86 m68 kg294 cm290 cmRUS Dynamo Kazan
161.94 m84 kg305 cm290 cmRUS Lokomotiv Kaliningrad
181.83 m64 kg300 cm286 cmRUS Uralochka-NTMK
191.95 m80 kg311 cm302 cmRUS Dinamo Krasnodar
251.96 m70 kg305 cm297 cmRUS Lokomotiv Kaliningrad
261.90 m67 kg315 cm300 cmRUS Dynamo Moscow

References

References

  1. "These are the sports that Russia has been suspended from".
  2. (3 March 2022). "A glance at reaction of sports to Russian invasion".
  3. "European Volleyball Federation bans Russian, Belarusian teams, officials from European competition".
  4. (2019). "Team Roster – Russia". FIVB.
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