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Soviet Union women's national volleyball team

National women's volleyball team (1952–1991)

Summary

National women's volleyball team (1952–1991)

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nameSoviet Union
genderwomen
federationSoviet Union Volleyball Federation
websitewww.volley.ru
confederationCEV
Olympic apps6
Olympic first1964
Olympic bestGold Medalist : (1968, 1972, 1980, 1988)
World Champs apps10
World Champs first1952
World Champs bestChampions : (1952, 1956, 1960, 1970, 1990)
World Cup apps6
World Cup first1973
World Cup best[[File:Simple gold cup.svg16px]] Champions : (1973)
Regional nameEuropean Championship
Regional cup apps17
Regional cup first1949
Regional cup bestChampions : (1949, 1950, 1951, 1958, 1963, 1967, 1971, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1985, 1989, 1991)
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The Soviet Union women's national volleyball team was the national volleyball team that had represented the Soviet Union in the International competitions between 1952 until 1991.

FIVB considers Russia as the inheritor of the records of Soviet Union (1952–1991) and CIS (1992). The USSR Volleyball Federation joined the FIVB in 1948, a year after the foundation of the international governing body. In 1952, they triumphed in the first ever FIVB Women's World Championship and have been dominating the international scene ever since, having won Four Summer Olympics, Five World Championships, one World Cup and 13 European Championships.

History

The USSR Volleyball Federation joined the FIVB in 1948 and in 1952 they sent a team to compete in the first ever World Championship. They were soon regularly topping the podium at international competitions such as the Olympic Games, World Championship and European Championships and the World Cup.

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)

Results

Olympic Games

Source:

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

;Unified Team

  • 1992 – Silver Medal

FIVB World Championship

Source:

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

FIVB World Cup

Source:

  • 1973 – [[File:Simple gold cup.svg|16px]] Gold Medal
  • 1977 – 7th place (tied)
  • 1981 – [[File:Simple bronze cup.svg|16px]] Bronze Medal
  • 1985 – [[File:Simple bronze cup.svg|16px]] Bronze Medal
  • 1989 – [[File:Simple silver cup.svg|16px]] Silver Medal
  • 1991 – [[File:Simple bronze cup.svg|16px]] Bronze Medal

European Championship

Source:

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

Team

[[1990 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship|1990 Last World Championship squad]]

Coach: Nikolay Karpol

No.NameAgeHeightWeight
1Valentina Ogiyenko25182 cm74 kg
3Marina Nikulina27180 cm
4Yelena Batuchina19184 cm
5Irina Smirnova22186 cm74 kg
6Tatyana Sidorenko24185 cm80 kg
7Irina Parchomtschuk25178 cm
10Svetlana Vasilevskaya19
11Yelena Ovtschinnikova25188 cm
12Irina Gorbatiuk27
13Svetlana Korytova22185 cm
14Yuliya Bubnova19185 cm
15Olga Tolmachyova27180 cm

References

References

  1. "Todor volleyball".
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