The Russia women's national volleyball team is governed by the Russian Volleyball Federation and takes part in international volleyball competitions. They played from 1949 to 1991 as the Soviet Union and as CIS in 1992.
All Summer and Winter Olympic medals of the Soviet Union and the Russian Empire were inherited by Russia, but not combined together with the medal count of the Russian Federation.
Video Russia women's national volleyball team
Winner of 12 major world titles
USSR
# - 4 major titles in row in late 1960s - early 1970s (World Women's Volleyball Championship, World Cup, Olympic Games)
Russia
Maps Russia women's national volleyball team
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 -- 5th place (tied)
- 2012 -- 5th place (tied)
- 2016 -- 5th place (tied)
FIVB World Championship
- Soviet Union
- 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
- Russia
- 1994 - Bronze Medal
- 1998 - Bronze Medal
- 2002 - Bronze Medal
- 2006 - Gold Medal
- 2010 - Gold Medal
- 2014 - 5th place
- 2018 - Qualified
FIVB Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup
- 1993 - Bronze Medal
- 1997 - Gold Medal
- 2001 - Silver Medal
- 2013 - 4th place
- 2017 - 4th place
FIVB World Cup
- Soviet Union
- 1973 - Gold Medal
- 1977 - 7th place (tied)
- 1981 - Bronze Medal
- 1985 - Bronze Medal
- 1989 - Silver Medal
- 1991 - Bronze Medal
- Russia
- 1999 - Silver Medal
- 2015 - 4th place
FIVB World Grand Prix
- Russia
- 1993 -- Bronze Medal
- 1994 -- 7th place
- 1995 -- 6th place
- 1996 -- Bronze Medal
- 1997 -- Gold Medal
- 1998 -- Silver Medal
- 1999 -- Gold Medal
- 2000 -- Silver Medal
- 2001 -- Bronze Medal
- 2002 -- Gold 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
European Championship
- Soviet Union
- 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
- Russia
- 1993 - Gold Medal
- 1995 - Bronze Medal
- 1997 - Gold Medal
- 1999 - Gold Medal
- 2001 - Gold Medal
- 2003 - 5th place
- 2005 - Bronze Medal
- 2007 - Bronze Medal
- 2009 - 6th place
- 2011 - 6th place
- 2013 - Gold Medal
- 2015 - Gold Medal
- 2017 - 6th place
Current squad
The following is the Russian roster in the women's volleyball tournament of the 2017 World Grand Champions Cup. The 14 players highlighted in bold were also selected to play the 2017 European Championship.
Head coach: Vladimir Kuzyutkin (World Grand Champions Cup) / Konstantin Ushakov (European Championship)
- * Positions:
- LB - Libero
- MB - Middle Blocker
- OP - Opposite
- OS - Outside Hitter / Spiker
- ST - Setter
References
External links
- Official website
- FIVB profile
Source of article : Wikipedia