Russia women's national volleyball team

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.

Russia
AssociationVolleyball Federation of Russia
Head coachSerbia Zoran Terzić
FIVB rankingNR (as of 30 May 2024)
Uniforms
Home
Away
Summer Olympics
Appearances14 (First in 1964)
Best resultGold (1968 (USSR)), (1972 (USSR)), (1980 (USSR)), (1988 (USSR))
World Championship
Appearances17 (First in 1952)
Best resultGold (1952 (USSR), 1956 (USSR), 1960 (USSR), 1970 (USSR), 1990 (USSR), 2006 & 2010)
World Cup
Appearances8 (First in 1973)
Best result (1973 (USSR))
European Championship
Appearances30 (First in 1949)
Best resultGold (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)
www.volley.ru (in Russian)

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.[1][2] 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.[3]

Major world titles edit

USSR edit

YearGamesHostRunners-up3rd place
19521st World Championship Soviet Union  Poland  Czechoslovakia
19562nd World Championship France  Romania  Poland
19603rd World Championship Brazil  Japan  Czechoslovakia
1968#19th Olympic Games Mexico  Japan  Poland
1970#6th World Championship Bulgaria  Japan  North Korea
1972#20th Olympic Games West Germany  Japan  North Korea
1973#1st World Cup Uruguay  Japan  South Korea
198022nd Olympic Games Soviet Union  East Germany  Bulgaria
198824th Olympic Games South Korea  Peru  China
199011th World Championship China  China  United States

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

Russia edit

YearGamesHostRunners-up3rd place
200615th World Championship Japan  Brazil  Serbia
201016th World Championship Japan  Brazil  Japan

Results edit

Olympic Games edit

Soviet Union
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)
ROC

FIVB World Championship edit

Soviet Union
Russia
  • 1994 Bronze medal
  • 1998 Bronze medal
  • 2002 Bronze medal
  • 2006 Gold medal
  • 2010 Gold medal
  • 2014 – 5th place
  • 2018 – 8th place
  • 2022 – Banned by FIVB

FIVB Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup edit

FIVB World Cup edit

Soviet Union
Russia

FIVB World Grand Prix edit

Russia

FIVB Nations League edit

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

European Championship edit

Soviet Union
Russia

Current squad edit

The following is the Russian roster in the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup.[4]

Head coach: Sergio Busato

No.NameDate of birthHeightWeightSpikeBlock2019 club
1Angelina Lazarenko23 April 19981.93 m (6 ft 4 in)80 kg (180 lb)320 cm (130 in)305 cm (120 in) Volero Le Cannet
3Ekaterina Efimova3 July 19931.93 m (6 ft 4 in)70 kg (150 lb)305 cm (120 in)295 cm (116 in) Dynamo Moscow
4Daria Chikrizova9 June 19901.77 m (5 ft 10 in)69 kg (152 lb)185 cm (73 in)180 cm (71 in) Dinamo-Metar Chelyabinsk
6Irina Zaryazhko4 October 19911.96 m (6 ft 5 in)78 kg (172 lb)305 cm (120 in)290 cm (110 in) Dynamo Kazan
7Tatiana Romanova9 September 19941.78 m (5 ft 10 in)64 kg (141 lb)292 cm (115 in)285 cm (112 in) Uralochka-NTMK
8Nataliya Goncharova1 June 19891.96 m (6 ft 5 in)75 kg (165 lb)315 cm (124 in)306 cm (120 in) Dynamo Moscow
9Alla Galkina15 April 19921.78 m (5 ft 10 in)65 kg (143 lb)295 cm (116 in)290 cm (110 in) Lokomotiv Kaliningrad
11Margarita Kurilo21 June 19931.85 m (6 ft 1 in)73 kg (161 lb)304 cm (120 in)290 cm (110 in) Yenisey Krasnoyarsk
13Yevgeniya Startseva (c)12 February 19891.86 m (6 ft 1 in)68 kg (150 lb)294 cm (116 in)290 cm (110 in) Dynamo Kazan
16Irina Voronkova20 October 19951.94 m (6 ft 4 in)84 kg (185 lb)305 cm (120 in)290 cm (110 in) Lokomotiv Kaliningrad
18Ksenia Parubets31 October 19941.83 m (6 ft 0 in)64 kg (141 lb)300 cm (120 in)286 cm (113 in) Uralochka-NTMK
19Maria Khaletskaia31 July 19941.95 m (6 ft 5 in)80 kg (180 lb)311 cm (122 in)302 cm (119 in) Dinamo Krasnodar
25Yulia Brovkina31 May 20011.96 m (6 ft 5 in)70 kg (150 lb)305 cm (120 in)297 cm (117 in) Lokomotiv Kaliningrad
26Anna Lazareva31 January 19971.90 m (6 ft 3 in)67 kg (148 lb)315 cm (124 in)300 cm (120 in) Dynamo Moscow

References edit

  1. ^ "These are the sports that Russia has been suspended from". CNN.
  2. ^ "A glance at reaction of sports to Russian invasion". Associated Press. 3 March 2022.
  3. ^ "European Volleyball Federation bans Russian, Belarusian teams, officials from European competition".
  4. ^ "Team Roster – Russia". FIVB. 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.

External links edit