Russia women's national volleyball team

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Russia
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AssociationVolleyball Federation of Russia
Head coach Flag of Serbia.svg Zoran Terzić
FIVB ranking NR (as of 31 July 2023)
Uniforms
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Summer Olympics
Appearances14 (First in 1964 )
Best resultGold medal.svg (1968 (USSR)), (1972 (USSR)), (1980 (USSR)), (1988 (USSR))
World Championship
Appearances17 (First in 1952 )
Best resultGold medal world centered-2.svg (1952 (USSR), 1956 (USSR), 1960 (USSR), 1970 (USSR), 1990 (USSR), 2006 & 2010)
World Cup
Appearances8 (First in 1973 )
Best result Gold medal with cup.svg (1973 (USSR))
European Championship
Appearances30 (First in 1949 )
Best resultGold medal europe.svg (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)
Honours
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1968 Mexico City Team (URS)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1972 Munich Team (URS)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1980 Moscow Team (URS)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1988 Seoul Team (URS)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1964 Tokyo Team (URS)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1976 Montreal Team (URS)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1992 Barcelona Team (EUN)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2000 Sydney Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2004 Athens Team
FIVB World Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1952 Soviet Union URS
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1956 France URS
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1960 Brazil URS
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1970 Bulgaria URS
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1990 China URS
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2006 Japan
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Japan
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1962 Soviet Union URS
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1974 Mexico URS
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1978 Soviet Union URS
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1994 Brazil
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1998 Japan
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2002 Germany
FIVB World Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1973 Uruguay (URS)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1989 Japan (URS)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1999 Japan
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1981 Japan (URS)
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1985 Japan (URS)
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1991 Japan (URS)
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Japan (RUS)
World Grand Champions Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1997 Japan
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2001 Japan
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1993 Japan
FIVB World Grand Prix
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1997 Kobe
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1999 Yu Xi
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2002 Hong Kong
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1998 Hong Kong
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2000 Manila
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2003 Andria
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2006 Reggio Calabria
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2009 Tokyo
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Omaha
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1993 Hong Kong
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1996 Shanghai
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2001 Macau
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Tokyo
European Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1949 Czechoslovakia (URS)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1950 Bulgaria (URS)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1951 France (URS)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1958 Czechoslovakia (URS)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1963 Romania (URS)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1967 Turkey (URS)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1971 Italy (URS)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1975 Yugoslavia (URS)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1977 Finland (URS)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1979 France (URS)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1985 Netherlands (URS)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1989 West Germany (URS)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1991 Italy (URS)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1993 Czech Republic
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1997 Czech Republic
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1999 Italy
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2001 Bulgaria
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Germany/Switzerland
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Netherlands
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1955 Romania (URS)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1981 Bulgaria (URS)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1983 East Germany (URS)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1987 Belgium (URS)
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1995 Netherlands
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2005 Croatia
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2007 Belgium/Luxembourg
Summer Universiade
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1997 Catania
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Kazan
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Gwangju
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Taipei
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Naples
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1999 Majorca
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2001 Beijing
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1995 Fukuoka
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2003 Daegu
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2011 Shenzhen

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.

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In response to the 2022 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

USSR

YearGamesHostRunners-up3rd place
1952 1st World Championship Flag of the USSR (1936-1955).svg Soviet Union Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
1956 2nd World Championship Flag of France.svg France Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
1960 3rd World Championship Flag of Brazil (1960-1968).svg Brazil Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
1968# 19th Olympic Games Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
1970# 6th World Championship Flag of Bulgaria (1967-1971).svg Bulgaria Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea
1972# 20th Olympic Games Flag of Germany.svg West Germany Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan Flag of North Korea (1948-1992).svg  North Korea
1973# 1st World Cup Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  South Korea
1980 22nd Olympic Games Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
1988 24th Olympic Games Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg South Korea Flag of Peru.svg  Peru Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
1990 11th World Championship Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Flag of the United States.svg  United States

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

Russia

YearGamesHostRunners-up3rd place
2006 15th World Championship Flag of Japan.svg Japan Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
2010 16th World Championship Flag of Japan.svg Japan Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Flag of Japan.svg  Japan

Results

Olympic Games

Soviet Union
Unified Team
Russia
ROC

FIVB World Championship

Soviet Union
Russia

FIVB Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup

FIVB World Cup

Soviet Union
Russia

FIVB World Grand Prix

Russia

FIVB Nations League

Russia

European Championship

Soviet Union
Russia

Current squad

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

Head coach: Flag of Italy.svg Sergio Busato

No.NameDate of birthHeightWeightSpikeBlock2019 club
1 Angelina Lazarenko 23 April 19981.93 m (6 ft 4 in)80 kg (180 lb)320 cm (130 in)305 cm (120 in) Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Volero Le Cannet
3 Ekaterina Efimova 3 July 19931.93 m (6 ft 4 in)70 kg (150 lb)305 cm (120 in)295 cm (116 in) Flag of Russia.svg Dynamo Moscow
4 Daria Chikrizova 9 June 19901.77 m (5 ft 10 in)69 kg (152 lb)185 cm (73 in)180 cm (71 in) Flag of Russia.svg Dinamo-Metar Chelyabinsk
6 Irina Zaryazhko 4 October 19911.96 m (6 ft 5 in)78 kg (172 lb)305 cm (120 in)290 cm (110 in) Flag of Russia.svg Dynamo Kazan
7 Tatiana Romanova 9 September 19941.78 m (5 ft 10 in)64 kg (141 lb)292 cm (115 in)285 cm (112 in) Flag of Russia.svg Uralochka-NTMK
8 Nataliya Goncharova 1 June 19891.96 m (6 ft 5 in)75 kg (165 lb)315 cm (124 in)306 cm (120 in) Flag of Russia.svg Dynamo Moscow
9 Alla Galkina 15 April 19921.78 m (5 ft 10 in)65 kg (143 lb)295 cm (116 in)290 cm (110 in) Flag of Russia.svg Lokomotiv Kaliningrad
11 Margarita Kurilo 21 June 19931.85 m (6 ft 1 in)73 kg (161 lb)304 cm (120 in)290 cm (110 in) Flag of Russia.svg Yenisey Krasnoyarsk
13 Yevgeniya Startseva (c)12 February 19891.86 m (6 ft 1 in)68 kg (150 lb)294 cm (116 in)290 cm (110 in) Flag of Russia.svg Dynamo Kazan
16 Irina Voronkova 20 October 19951.94 m (6 ft 4 in)84 kg (185 lb)305 cm (120 in)290 cm (110 in) Flag of Russia.svg Lokomotiv Kaliningrad
18 Ksenia Parubets 31 October 19941.83 m (6 ft 0 in)64 kg (141 lb)300 cm (120 in)286 cm (113 in) Flag of Russia.svg Uralochka-NTMK
19 Maria Khaletskaia 31 July 19941.95 m (6 ft 5 in)80 kg (180 lb)311 cm (122 in)302 cm (119 in) Flag of Russia.svg Dinamo Krasnodar
25 Yulia Brovkina 31 May 20011.96 m (6 ft 5 in)70 kg (150 lb)305 cm (120 in)297 cm (117 in) Flag of Russia.svg Lokomotiv Kaliningrad
26 Anna Lazareva 31 January 19971.90 m (6 ft 3 in)67 kg (148 lb)315 cm (124 in)300 cm (120 in) Flag of Russia.svg Dynamo Moscow

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References

  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.