Soviet Union men's national volleyball team

Soviet Union
Association	Soviet Union
Confederation	CEV
Uniforms
Summer Olympics
Appearances	6 (First in 1964)
Best result	(1964, 1968, 1980)
World Championship
Appearances	12 (First in 1949)
Best result	(1949, 1952, 1960, 1962, 1978, 1982)
World Cup
Appearances	7 (First in 1965)
Best result	(1965, 1977, 1981, 1991)
European Championship
Appearances	16 (First in 1950)
Best result	(1950, 1951, 1967, 1971, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1991)
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Olympic Games
World Championship
World Cup
World League
European Championship
Goodwill Games

AssociationSoviet Union

ConfederationCEV

Appearances6 (First in 1964)

Best result

(1964, 1968, 1980)

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.

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

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 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 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 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						—

Soviet Union men's national volleyball team

Medals

Results

Olympic Games

World Championship

World Cup

World League

European Championship

Goodwill Games

Team

1990 Last world Championship Squad

Coaches

References

External links

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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

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