Soviet Union men's national volleyball team

Soviet Union
AssociationSoviet Union
ConfederationCEV
FIVB ranking? (as of 8 January 2025)
Uniforms
Home
Away
Third
Summer Olympics
Appearances6 (First in 1964)
Best result (1964, 1968, 1980)
World Championship
Appearances12 (First in 1949)
Best result (1949, 1952, 1960, 1962, 1978, 1982)
World Cup
Appearances7 (First in 1965)
Best result (1965, 1977, 1981, 1991)
European Championship
Appearances16 (First in 1950)
Best result (1950, 1951, 1967, 1971, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1991)
www.volley.ru (in Russian)
Honours
Olympic Games
1964 Tokyo Team
1968 Mexico Team
1972 Munich Team
1976 Montreal Team
1980 Moscow Team
1988 Seoul Team
World Championship
1949 Czechoslovakia
1952 Soviet Union)
1960 Brazil
1962 Soviet Union
1978 Italy
1982 Argentina
1974 Mexico
1986 France
1956 France
1966 Czechoslovakia
1990 Brazil
World Cup
1965 Poland
1977 Japan
1981 Japan
1991 Japan
1985 Japan
1969 East Germany
1989 Japan
World League
1991 Milan
European Championship
1950 Bulgaria
1951 France
1967 Turkey
1971 Italy
1975 Yugoslavia
1977 Finland
1979 France
1981 Bulgaria
1983 East Germany
1985 Netherlands
1987 Belgium
1991 Germany
1958 Czechoslovakia
1963 Romania
Goodwill Games
1986 Moscow Team
1990 Seattle Team

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.

History

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.

Medals

Event Gold Silver Bronze Total
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
Goodwill Games 1 1 0 2
Total 29 8 10 47

Results

Olympic Games

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

World Championship

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

World Championship record
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 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
Total 6 Titles 12/12 —

World Cup

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

World Cup record
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
Total 4 Titles 7/7 —

World League

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

World League record
Year Round Position GP MW ML SW SL Squad
1990 Semifinals 4th Place 14 8 6 29 21 Squad
1991 Semifinals 3rd Place 18 12 6 46 28 Squad
Total 0 Titles 2/2 32 20 12 75 49 —

European Championship

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

European Championship record
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
Total 12 Titles 16/17 —

Goodwill Games

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

Goodwill Games record
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 Title 2/2 10 8 2 27 14


Team

1990 Last world Championship Squad

Head coach: Viacheslav Platanov

No. Name Date of birth Height Weight 1990 club
1 Oleg Shatunov ( 1967 -02-01)1 February 1967 (aged 23) 200 cm (6 ft 7 in) 100 kg (220 lb) Automobilist
2 Andrey Kuznetsov ( 1968 -04-14)14 April 1968 (aged 22) 199 cm (6 ft 6 in) 95 kg (209 lb) CSKA Moskva
3 Oleksandr Shadchyn ( 1969 -04-17)17 April 1969 (aged 21) 204 cm (6 ft 8 in) 91 kg (201 lb) Shakhter
4 Ruslan Olikhver ( 1969 -04-24)24 April 1969 (aged 21) 201 cm (6 ft 7 in) 98 kg (216 lb) Radiotekhnik
5 Igor Runov ( 1963 -02-08)8 February 1963 (aged 27) 202 cm (6 ft 8 in) 98 kg (216 lb) CSKA Moskva
6 Evgueni Krasilnikov ( 1965 -04-07)7 April 1965 (aged 25) 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) 89 kg (196 lb) Dinamo
8 Dimitri Fomin ( 1968 -01-21)21 January 1968 (aged 22) 200 cm (6 ft 7 in) 94 kg (207 lb) CSKA Moskva
9 Igor Naumov ( 1967 -04-28)28 April 1967 (aged 23) 200 cm (6 ft 7 in) 94 kg (207 lb) Iskra
10 Yuri Sapega ( 1965 -01-01)1 January 1965 (aged 25) 196 cm (6 ft 5 in) 96 kg (212 lb)
11 Yaroslav Antonov ( 1963 -01-10)10 January 1963 (aged 27) 198 cm (6 ft 6 in) 95 kg (209 lb) CSKA Moskva
12 Yuriy Cherednik ( 1966 -07-25)25 July 1966 (aged 24) 203 cm (6 ft 8 in) 95 kg (209 lb) Automobilist
13 Viktor Sidelnikov ( 1963 -01-15)15 January 1963 (aged 27) 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) 84 kg (185 lb) Automobilist

Coaches

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