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Soviet Union men's national volleyball team

National volleyball team (1948–1991)

Summary

National volleyball team (1948–1991)

Field	Value
name	Soviet Union
federation	Soviet Union
confederation	CEV
Olympic apps	6
Olympic first	1964
Olympic best	(1964, 1968, 1980)
World Champs apps	12
World Champs first	1949
World Champs best	(1949, 1952, 1960, 1962, 1978, 1982)
World Cup apps	7
World Cup first	1965
World Cup best	[[File:Simple gold cup.svg	16px]] (1965, 1977, 1981, 1991)
Regional name	European Championship
Regional cup apps	16
Regional cup first	1950
Regional cup best	(1950, 1951, 1967, 1971, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1991)
website	www.volley.ru
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The Soviet Union men's national volleyball team was the national volleyball team that had represented the Soviet Union in the International competitions between 1948 until 1991.

FIVB considers Russia as the inheritor of the records of Soviet Union (1948–1991) and CIS (1992). The USSR Volleyball Federation joined the FIVB in 1948, a year after the foundation of the international governing body. The following year they triumphed in the first FIVB Men’s World Championship and have been dominating the international scene ever since, having won three Summer Olympics, six World Championships, Four World Cups and 12 European Championships.

History

The USSR Volleyball Federation joined the FIVB in 1948 and the following year they won the first World Championship. The Soviets were soon regularly topping the podium at international competitions such as the Olympic Games, World Championship and European Championships and the World Cup.

Medals

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Total	29		8		10		47
Olympic Games	3	2	1	6
World Championship	6	2	3	11
World Cup	4	1	2	7
World League	0	0	1	1
European Championship	12	0	2	14
Summer Univesiade	3	2	1	6
Goodwill Games	1	1	0	2

Results

Olympic Games

Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place

Olympic Games record	Qualification	Year	Round	Position	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	Squad	Round	Pos	MW	ML	SW	SL	Total	3 Titles	6/7	—
JPN 1964	Final	Gold	9	8	1	25	5	Squad	Qualified, World Champions
MEX 1968	Final	Gold	9	8	1	26	8	Squad	Qualified, as defending Olympic Champions
GER 1972	Semifinals	Bronze	7	6	1	19	6	Squad	Qualified, as defending Olympic Champions
CAN 1976	Final	Silver	5	4	1	14	3	Squad	Qualified, as European Champions
URS 1980	Final	Gold	6	6	0	18	2	Squad	Qualified, as host country
USA 1984	Boycotted	Boycotted
KOR 1988	Final	Silver	7	5	2	18	7	Squad

World Championship

Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place

World Championship record	Year	Round	Position	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	Squad	Total	6 Titles	12/12	—
TCH 1949	Final Group	Champions	8	8	0	24	2	Squad
URS 1952	Final Group	Champions	8	8	0	24	0	Squad
FRA 1956	Final Group	3rd Place	11	9	2	30	10	Squad
BRA 1960	Final Group	Champions	10	10	0	24	5	Squad
URS 1962	Final Group	Champions	11	11	0	33	6	Squad
TCH 1966	Final Group	3rd Place	11	7	4	29	15	Squad
BUL 1970	Final Group	6th Place	11	6	5	22	16	Squad
MEX 1974	Final Group	2nd Place	11	8	3	27	10	Squad
ITA 1978	Final	Champions	9	9	0	27	3	Squad
ARG 1982	Final	Champions	9	9	0	27	2	Squad
FRA 1986	Final	Runners-up	8	7	1	22	5	Squad
BRA 1990	Semifinals	3rd Place	7	5	2	18	6	Squad

World Cup

Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place

World Cup record	Year	Round	Position	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	Squad	Total	4 Titles	7/7	—
POL 1965		Champions	7	6	1	20	7	Squad
GDR 1969		3rd Place	6	4	2	13	8	Squad
JPN 1977		Champions	8	7	1	23	5	Squad
JPN 1981	Round Robin	Champions	7	7	0	21	2	Squad
JPN 1985	Round Robin	Runners-up	7	5	2	18	8	Squad
JPN 1989	Round Robin	3rd Place	7	5	2	16	11	Squad
JPN 1991	Round Robin	Champions	8	7	1	22	4	Squad

World League

Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place

World League record	Year	Round	Position	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	Squad	Total	0 Titles	2/2	32	20	12	75	49	—
JPN 1990	Semifinals	4th Place	14	8	6	29	21	Squad
ITA 1991	Semifinals	3rd Place	18	12	6	46	28	Squad

European Championship

Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place

European Championship record	Year	Round	Position	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	Squad	Total	12 Titles	16/17	—
ITA 1948	did not enter
BUL 1950	Round Robin	Champions	5	5	0	15	0	Squad
FRA 1951	Final Group	Champions	7	7	0	21	0	Squad
ROM 1955	Final Group	4th Place	10	7	3	25	12	Squad
TCH 1958	Final Group	3rd Place	11	8	3	29	13	Squad
RPR 1963	Final Group	3rd Place	9	6	3	24	16	Squad
TUR 1967	Final Group	Champions	10	10	0	30	6	Squad
ITA 1971	Final Group	Champions	6	5	1	15	4	Squad
YUG 1975	Final Group	Champions	7	7	0	21	3	Squad
FIN 1977	Final	Champions	7	6	1	19	5	Squad
FRA 1979	Final Group	Champions	7	7	0	21	3	Squad
BUL 1981	Final Group	Champions	7	7	0	21	3	Squad
GDR 1983	Final Group	Champions	7	7	0	21	3	Squad
NED 1985	Final Group	Champions	7	7	0	21	2	Squad
BEL 1987	Final	Champions	7	7	0	21	5	Squad
SWE 1989	Semifinals	4th Place	7	5	2	17	10	Squad
GER 1991	Final	Champions	7	7	0	21	1	Squad

Goodwill Games

Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place

Goodwill Games record	Year	Round	Position	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	Total	1 Title	2/2	10	8	2	27	14
USSR 1986	Final	Champions	5	5	0	15	6
USA 1990	Final	Runners up	5	3	2	12	8

Team

[[1990 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship|1990 Last world Championship Squad]]

Head coach: Viacheslav Platanov

No.	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	1990 club
1	Oleg Shatunov		200 cm	100 kg	Automobilist
2	Andrey Kuznetsov		199 cm	95 kg	CSKA Moskva
3	Oleksandr Shadchyn		204 cm	91 kg	Shakhter
4	Ruslan Olikhver		201 cm	98 kg	Radiotekhnik
5	Igor Runov		202 cm	98 kg	CSKA Moskva
6	Evgueni Krasilnikov		191 cm	89 kg	Dinamo
8	Dimitri Fomin		200 cm	94 kg	CSKA Moskva
9	Igor Naumov		200 cm	94 kg	Iskra
10	Yuri Sapega		196 cm	96 kg
11	Yaroslav Antonov		198 cm	95 kg	CSKA Moskva
12	Yuriy Cherednik		203 cm	95 kg	Automobilist
13	Viktor Sidelnikov		191 cm	84 kg	Automobilist

Coaches

References

References

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