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: | (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.
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.
width=180 | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | width=55 | Total |
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Olympic Games[1] | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
World Championship[2] | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 | ||
World Cup[3] | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | ||
World League[4] | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
European Championship[5] | 12 | 0 | 2 | 14 | ||
Summer Univesiade[6] | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
Total | 29 | 8 | 10 | 47 |
Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
Olympic Games record | Qualification | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | Round | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | |||||||||||
1964 | Final | Gold | 9 | 8 | 1 | 25 | 5 | bgcolor=f9f9f9 colspan=6 | Qualified, World Champions | |||||||||||||||
1968 | Final | Gold | 9 | 8 | 1 | 26 | 8 | bgcolor=f9f9f9 colspan=6 | Qualified, as defending Olympic Champions | |||||||||||||||
1972 | Semifinals | Bronze | 7 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 6 | bgcolor=f9f9f9 colspan=6 | Qualified, as defending Olympic Champions | |||||||||||||||
1976 | Final | Silver | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 3 | bgcolor=f9f9f9 colspan=6 | Qualified, as European Champions | |||||||||||||||
1980 | Final | Gold | 6 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 2 | bgcolor=f9f9f9 colspan=6 | Qualified, as host country | |||||||||||||||
1984 | Boycotted | Boycotted | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1988 | Final | Silver | 7 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
Total | 3 Titles | 6/7 | — |
Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
World Championship record | |||||||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | ||||||
1949 | Final Group | Champions | 8 | 8 | 0 | 24 | 2 | ||||||
1952 | Final Group | Champions | 8 | 8 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||||||
1956 | Final Group | 3rd Place | 11 | 9 | 2 | 30 | 10 | ||||||
1960 | Final Group | Champions | 10 | 10 | 0 | 24 | 5 | ||||||
1962 | Final Group | Champions | 11 | 11 | 0 | 33 | 6 | ||||||
1966 | Final Group | 3rd Place | 11 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 15 | ||||||
1970 | Final Group | 6th Place | 11 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 16 | ||||||
1974 | Final Group | 2nd Place | 11 | 8 | 3 | 27 | 10 | ||||||
1978 | Final | Champions | 9 | 9 | 0 | 27 | 3 | ||||||
1982 | Final | Champions | 9 | 9 | 0 | 27 | 2 | ||||||
1986 | Final | Runners-up | 8 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 5 | ||||||
1990 | Semifinals | 3rd Place | 7 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 6 | ||||||
Total | 6 Titles | 12/12 | — |
Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
World Cup record | |||||||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | ||||||
1965 | Champions | 7 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 7 | |||||||
1969 | 3rd Place | 6 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | |||||||
1977 | Champions | 8 | 7 | 1 | 23 | 5 | |||||||
1981 | Round Robin | Champions | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 2 | ||||||
1985 | Round Robin | Runners-up | 7 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 8 | ||||||
1989 | Round Robin | 3rd Place | 7 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 11 | ||||||
1991 | Round Robin | Champions | 8 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 4 | ||||||
Total | 4 Titles | 7/7 | — |
Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
Year | Round | Position | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | ||||||
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Semifinals | 4th Place | 14 | 8 | 6 | 29 | 21 | |||||||
Semifinals | 3rd Place | 18 | 12 | 6 | 46 | 28 | |||||||
Total | 0 Titles | 2/2 | 32 | 20 | 12 | 75 | 49 | — |
Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
Year | Round | Position | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | ||||||
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Round Robin | Champions | 5 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |||||||
Final Group | Champions | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |||||||
Final Group | 4th Place | 10 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 12 | |||||||
Final Group | 3rd Place | 11 | 8 | 3 | 29 | 13 | |||||||
Final Group | 3rd Place | 9 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 16 | |||||||
Final Group | Champions | 10 | 10 | 0 | 30 | 6 | |||||||
Final Group | Champions | 6 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 4 | |||||||
Final Group | Champions | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 3 | |||||||
Final | Champions | 7 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 5 | |||||||
Final Group | Champions | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 3 | |||||||
Final Group | Champions | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 3 | |||||||
Final Group | Champions | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 3 | |||||||
Final Group | Champions | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 2 | |||||||
Final | Champions | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 5 | |||||||
Semifinals | 4th Place | 7 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 10 | |||||||
Final | Champions | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 1 | |||||||
Total | 12 Titles | 16/17 | — |
Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
Year | Round | Position | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | |||||
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Final | Champions | 5 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 6 | ||||||
Final | Runners up | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | ||||||
Total | 1 Title | 2/2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 27 | 14 |
Head coach: Viacheslav Platanov
No. | style=width:12em | Name | style=width:15em | Date of birth | style=width:9em | Height | style=width:9em | Weight | style=width:19em | 1990 club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | October 18, 1990 | 2000NaN0 | 100kg (200lb) | - | 2 | October 18, 1990 | 1990NaN0 | 95kg (209lb) | - | 3 | October 18, 1990 | 2040NaN0 | 91kg (201lb) | - | 4 | October 18, 1990 | 2010NaN0 | 98kg (216lb) | - | 5 | October 18, 1990 | 2020NaN0 | 98kg (216lb) | - | 6 | October 18, 1990 | 1910NaN0 | 89kg (196lb) | - | 8 | October 18, 1990 | 2000NaN0 | 94kg (207lb) | - | 9 | October 18, 1990 | 2000NaN0 | 94kg (207lb) | - | 10 | October 18, 1990 | 1960NaN0 | 96kg (212lb) | - | 11 | October 18, 1990 | 1980NaN0 | 95kg (209lb) | - | 12 | October 18, 1990 | 2030NaN0 | 95kg (209lb) | - | 13 | October 18, 1990 | 1910NaN0 | 84kg (185lb) | Automobilist |