The Russia men's national volleyball team is governed by the Russian Volleyball Federation and took part in international volleyball competitions.
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 sent a team to compete in the first FIVB Men’s World Championship and have been dominating the international scene ever since, having won six World Championships, four Olympic Games, six World Cups and 14 European Championships (medals of Russian and the Soviet union combined).
The USSR Volleyball Federation joined the FIVB in 1948, and the following year they sent a team to compete in the first World Championship.[ citation needed ]
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, and stripped Russia of the right to host the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship in August 2022, and has relocated 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League games that were to be in Russia in August and September. [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]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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Olympic Games | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
World Championship | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
World Cup | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
World Grand Champions Cup | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
World League | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 |
Nations League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
European Championship | 14 | 3 | 5 | 22 |
European Games | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
European League | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Summer Univesiade | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
Goodwill Games | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Total | 41 | 21 | 24 | 86 |
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World Championship record | ||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | GP | MW | ML | SW | SL | Squad |
1949 | Final Group | Champions | 8 | 8 | 0 | 24 | 2 | Squad |
1952 | Final Group | Champions | 8 | 8 | 0 | 24 | 0 | Squad |
1956 | Final Group | 3rd Place | 11 | 9 | 2 | 30 | 10 | Squad |
1960 | Final Group | Champions | 10 | 10 | 0 | 24 | 5 | Squad |
1962 | Final Group | Champions | 11 | 11 | 0 | 33 | 6 | Squad |
1966 | Final Group | 3rd Place | 11 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 15 | Squad |
1970 | Final Group | 6th Place | 11 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 16 | Squad |
1974 | Final Group | 2nd Place | 11 | 8 | 3 | 27 | 10 | Squad |
1978 | Final Group | Champions | 9 | 9 | 0 | 27 | 3 | Squad |
1982 | Final | Champions | 9 | 9 | 0 | 27 | 2 | Squad |
1986 | Final | Runners-up | 8 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 5 | Squad |
1990 | Semifinals | 3rd Place | 7 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 6 | Squad |
1994 | Quarterfinals | 7th Place | 7 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 11 | Squad |
1998 | 5th–8th places | 5th Place | 12 | 10 | 2 | 33 | 11 | Squad |
2002 | Final | Runners-up | 9 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 15 | Squad |
2006 | 5th–8th semifinals | 7th Place | 11 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 10 | Squad |
2010 | 5th place match | 5th place | 9 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 10 | Squad |
2014 | 5th place match | 5th place | 12 | 9 | 3 | 30 | 13 | Squad |
2018 | Third round | 6th place | 13 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 14 | Squad |
2022 | Banned by FIVB | |||||||
2025 | ||||||||
Total | 6 Titles | 19/19 | 187 | 148 | 39 | 479 | 164 | — |
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World Cup record | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | GP | MW | ML | SW | SL | Squad | |
1965 | Champions | 7 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 7 | Squad | ||
1969 | 3rd Place | 6 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | Squad | ||
1977 | Champions | 8 | 7 | 1 | 23 | 5 | Squad | ||
1981 | Round Robin | Champions | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 2 | Squad | |
1985 | Round Robin | Runners-up | 7 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 8 | Squad | |
1989 | Round Robin | 3rd Place | 7 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 11 | Squad | |
1991 | Round Robin | Champions | 8 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 4 | Squad | |
1995 | did not participate | ||||||||
1999 | Round Robin | Champions | 11 | 9 | 2 | 31 | 11 | Squad | |
2003 | did not participate | ||||||||
2007 | Round Robin | Runners-up | 11 | 9 | 2 | 29 | 9 | Squad | |
2011 | Round Robin | Champions | 11 | 10 | 1 | 30 | 8 | Squad | |
2015 | Round Robin | 4th place | 11 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 12 | Squad | |
2019 | Round Robin | 6th place | 11 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 23 | Squad | |
Total | 6 Titles | 12/14 | 105 | 82 | 23 | 268 | 108 | — |
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European Championship record | ||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | GP | MW | ML | SW | SL | Squad |
1948 | did not enter | |||||||
1950 | Round Robin | Champions | 5 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 0 | Squad |
1951 | Final Group | Champions | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 0 | Squad |
1955 | Final Group | 4th Place | 10 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 12 | Squad |
1958 | Final Group | 3rd Place | 11 | 8 | 3 | 29 | 13 | Squad |
1963 | Final Group | 3rd Place | 9 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 16 | Squad |
1967 | Final Group | Champions | 10 | 10 | 0 | 30 | 6 | Squad |
1971 | Final Group | Champions | 6 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 4 | Squad |
1975 | Final Group | Champions | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 3 | Squad |
1977 | Final | Champions | 7 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 5 | Squad |
1979 | Final Group | Champions | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 3 | Squad |
1981 | Final Group | Champions | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 3 | Squad |
1983 | Final Group | Champions | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 3 | Squad |
1985 | Final Group | Champions | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 2 | Squad |
1987 | Final | Champions | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 5 | Squad |
1989 | Semifinals | 4th Place | 7 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 10 | Squad |
1991 | Final | Champions | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 1 | Squad |
1993 | Semifinals | 3rd Place | 7 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 6 | Squad |
1995 | Groups Round | 5th Place | 7 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 8 | Squad |
1997 | Groups Round | 5th Place | 7 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 9 | Squad |
1999 | Final | Runners-up | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 5 | Squad |
2001 | Semifinals | 3rd Place | 7 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 11 | Squad |
2003 | Semifinals | 3rd Place | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 4 | Squad |
2005 | Final | Runners-up | 7 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 10 | Squad |
2007 | Final | Runners-up | 8 | 7 | 1 | 23 | 7 | Squad |
2009 | Semifinals | 4th Place | 8 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 10 | Squad |
2011 | Semifinals | 4th Place | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 8 | Squad |
2013 | Final | Champions | 7 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 7 | Squad |
2015 | Quarter-finals | 6th Place | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | Squad |
2017 | Final | Champions | 7 | 7 | 0 | 18 | 2 | Squad |
2019 | Quarter-finals | 5th Place | 7 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 5 | Squad |
2021 | Quarter-finals | 7th Place | 7 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 11 | Squad |
Total | 14 Titles | 30/31 | 223 | 189 | 33 | 601 | 193 | — |
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Goodwill Games record | |||||||
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Year | Round | Position | GP | MW | ML | SW | SL |
1986 | Final | Champions | 5 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 6 |
1990 | Final | Runners up | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 |
Total | 1 Titles | 2/2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 27 | 14 |
The following is the Russian roster in the 2020 Summer Olympics. [4]
Head coach: Konstantin Bryanskiy
No. | Name | Date of birth | Height | Weight | Spike | Block | 2020-21 club |
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1 | Yaroslav Podlesnykh | 3 September 1994 | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | 89 kg (196 lb) | 341 cm (134 in) | 330 cm (130 in) | Dinamo Moscow |
4 | Artem Volvich | 22 June 1990 | 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) | 96 kg (212 lb) | 350 cm (140 in) | 330 cm (130 in) | Zenit Kazan |
7 | Dmitry Volkov | 25 May 1995 | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | 88 kg (194 lb) | 340 cm (130 in) | 330 cm (130 in) | Fakel Novy Urengoy |
9 | Ivan Iakovlev | 17 April 1995 | 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) | 89 kg (196 lb) | 360 cm (140 in) | 350 cm (140 in) | Zenit Saint Petersburg |
10 | Denis Bogdan | 13 October 1996 | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) | 92 kg (203 lb) | 350 cm (140 in) | 340 cm (130 in) | Fakel Novy Urengoy |
11 | Pavel Pankov | 14 August 1995 | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | 90 kg (200 lb) | 345 cm (136 in) | 330 cm (130 in) | Dinamo Moscow |
15 | Viktor Poletaev | 27 July 1995 | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | 85 kg (187 lb) | 360 cm (140 in) | 340 cm (130 in) | Zenit Saint Petersburg |
17 | Maxim Mikhaylov | 19 March 1988 | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) | 103 kg (227 lb) | 360 cm (140 in) | 340 cm (130 in) | Zenit Kazan |
18 | Egor Kliuka | 15 June 1995 | 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) | 93 kg (205 lb) | 370 cm (150 in) | 350 cm (140 in) | Zenit Saint Petersburg |
20 | Ilyas Kurkaev | 18 January 1994 | 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) | 95 kg (209 lb) | 355 cm (140 in) | 335 cm (132 in) | Lokomotiv Novosibirsk |
24 | Igor Kobzar (C) | 13 April 1991 | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | 86 kg (190 lb) | 337 cm (133 in) | 315 cm (124 in) | Kuzbass Kemerovo |
27 | Valentin Golubev | 3 May 1992 | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | 70 kg (150 lb) | 310 cm (120 in) | 305 cm (120 in) | Belogorie |
The table below shows the history of kit providers for the Russia national volleyball team.
Period | Kit provider |
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2000– | Champion Mizuno |
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