Soviet Union women's national volleyball team

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The Soviet Union women's national volleyball team was the national volleyball team that had represented the Soviet Union in the International competitions between 1952 until 1991.

AssociationSoviet Union Volleyball Federation
ConfederationCEV
FIVB rankingNR (29 June 2025)[1]
Appearances6 (First in 1964)
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Soviet Union
AssociationSoviet Union Volleyball Federation
ConfederationCEV
FIVB rankingNR (29 June 2025)[1]
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Third
Summer Olympics
Appearances6 (First in 1964)
Best result1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold Medalist : (1968, 1972, 1980, 1988)
World Championship
Appearances10 (First in 1952)
Best result‹See Tfd›Gold medal – World Champions : (1952, 1956, 1960, 1970, 1990)
World Cup
Appearances6 (First in 1973)
Best result Champions : (1973)
European Championship
Appearances17 (First in 1949)
Best result‹See Tfd›Gold Champions : (1949, 1950, 1951, 1958, 1963, 1967, 1971, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1985, 1989, 1991)
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Honours
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place1964 TokyoTeam
Gold medal – first place1968 MexicoTeam
Gold medal – first place1972 MunichTeam
Silver medal – second place1976 MontrealTeam
Gold medal – first place1980 MoscowTeam
Gold medal – first place1988 SeoulTeam
FIVB World Championship
Gold medal – first place1952 Soviet Union
Gold medal – first place1956 France
Gold medal – first place1960 Brazil
Gold medal – first place1970 Bulgaria
Gold medal – first place1990 China
Silver medal – second place1962 Soviet Union
Silver medal – second place1974 Mexico
Bronze medal – third place1978 Soviet Union
FIVB World Cup
Gold medal – first place1973 Uruguay
Silver medal – second place1989 Japan
Bronze medal – third place1981 Japan
Bronze medal – third place1985 Japan
Bronze medal – third place1991 Japan
European Championship
Gold medal – first place1949 Czechoslovakia
Gold medal – first place1950 Bulgaria
Gold medal – first place1951 France
Gold medal – first place1958 Czechoslovakia
Gold medal – first place1963 Romania
Gold medal – first place1967 Turkey
Gold medal – first place1971 Italy
Gold medal – first place1975 Yugoslavia
Gold medal – first place1977 Finland
Gold medal – first place1979 France
Gold medal – first place1985 Netherlands
Gold medal – first place1989 West Germany
Gold medal – first place1991 Italy
Silver medal – second place1955 Romania
Silver medal – second place1981 Bulgaria
Silver medal – second place1983 East Germany
Silver medal – second place1987 Belgium
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FIVB considers Russia as the inheritor of the records of Soviet Union (1952–1991) and CIS (1992). The USSR Volleyball Federation joined the FIVB in 1948, a year after the foundation of the international governing body. In 1952, they triumphed in the first ever FIVB Women's World Championship and have been dominating the international scene ever since, having won Four Summer Olympics, Five World Championships, one World Cup and 13 European Championships.

History

The USSR Volleyball Federation joined the FIVB in 1948 and in 1952 they sent a team to compete in the first ever World Championship. They were soon regularly topping the podium at international competitions such as the Olympic Games, World Championship and European Championships and the World Cup.

Major world titles

USSR

More information Year, Games ...
Year Games Host Runners-up 3rd place
19521st World ChampionshipSoviet Union Soviet Union Poland Czechoslovakia
19562nd World ChampionshipFrance France Romania Poland
19603rd World ChampionshipBrazil Brazil Japan Czechoslovakia
1968#19th Olympic GamesMexico Mexico Japan Poland
1970#6th World ChampionshipBulgaria Bulgaria Japan North Korea
1972#20th Olympic GamesWest Germany West Germany Japan North Korea
1973#1st World CupUruguay Uruguay Japan South Korea
198022nd Olympic GamesSoviet Union Soviet Union East Germany Bulgaria
198824th Olympic GamesSouth Korea South Korea Peru China
199011th World ChampionshipChina China China United States
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# – 4 major titles in row in late 1960s - early 1970s (World Women's Volleyball Championship, World Cup, Olympic Games)

Results

Olympic Games

Source:[2]

  • 1964 – 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver Medal
  • 1968 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold Medal
  • 1972 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold Medal
  • 1976 – 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver Medal
  • 1980 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold Medal
  • 1988 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold Medal
Unified Team
  • 1992 – 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver Medal

FIVB World Championship

Source:[3]

FIVB World Cup

Source:[4]

  • 1973 – Gold Medal
  • 1977 – 7th place (tied)
  • 1981 – Bronze Medal
  • 1985 – Bronze Medal
  • 1989 – Silver Medal
  • 1991 – Bronze Medal

European Championship

Source:[5]

Team

1990 Last World Championship squad

Coach: Nikolay Karpol

More information No., Name ...
No. Name Age Height Weight
1Valentina Ogiyenko25182 cm (6 ft 0 in)74 kg (163 lb)
3Marina Nikulina27180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
4Yelena Batuchina19184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
5Irina Smirnova22186 cm (6 ft 1 in)74 kg (163 lb)
6Tatyana Sidorenko24185 cm (6 ft 1 in)80 kg (180 lb)
7Irina Parchomtschuk25178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
10Svetlana Vasilevskaya19
11Yelena Ovtschinnikova25188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
12Irina Gorbatiuk27
13Svetlana Korytova22185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
14Yuliya Bubnova19185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
15Olga Tolmachyova27180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
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