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Nickname(s)
  
Reds Caesar Land

Home
  
Away

Location
  
Russia

FIVB ranking
  
5 (as of August 2016)

Appearances
  
12 (First in 1964)

Head coach
  
Vladimir Alekno

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Association
  
Volleyball Federation Of Russia

Best result
  
(1964, 1968, 1980, 2012)

Former name
  
Soviet Union men's national volleyball team

Confederation
  
European Volleyball Confederation

Old russian volleyball team vs a young team


The Russia men's national volleyball team is the national volleyball team of Russia. It is governed by the Russian Volleyball Federation and takes part in international volleyball competitions. Russia winning Four Olympic Games in years (1964, 1968, 1980 and 2012), six World Championship (1949, 1952, 1960, 1962, 1978, and 1982), six World Cup (1965, 1977, 1981, 1991, 1999 and 2011), three World League and thirteen in European Championship.

Contents

FIVB considers Russia as the inheritor of the records of Soviet Union (1948–1991) and CIS (1992).

History

The USSR Volleyball Federation joined the FIVB in 1948 and the following year they sent a team to compete in the first 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.

Olympic Games

Soviet Union
  • 1964 – 01 ! Gold medal
  • 1968 – 01 ! Gold medal
  • 1972 – 03 ! Bronze medal
  • 1976 – 02 ! Silver medal
  • 1980 – 01 ! Gold medal
  • 1984 – Qualified but later withdrew
  • 1988 – 02 ! Silver medal
    • Unified Team (CIS)
  • 1992 – 7th place
    • Russia
  • 1996 – 4th place
  • 2000 – 02 ! Silver medal
  • 2004 – 03 ! Bronze medal
  • 2008 – 03 ! Bronze medal
  • 2012 – 01 ! Gold medal
  • 2016 – 4th place

    • World Championship

    Soviet Union
  • 1949 – 01 ! Gold medal
  • 1952 – 01 ! Gold medal
  • 1956 – 03 ! Bronze medal
  • 1960 – 01 ! Gold medal
  • 1962 – 01 ! Gold medal
  • 1966 – 03 ! Bronze medal
  • 1970 – 6th place
  • 1974 – 02 ! Silver medal
  • 1978 – 01 ! Gold medal
  • 1982 – 01 ! Gold medal
  • 1986 – 02 ! Silver medal
  • 1990 – 03 ! Bronze medal
    • Russia
  • 1994 – 7th place
  • 1998 – 5th place
  • 2002 – 02 ! Silver medal
  • 2006 – 7th place
  • 2010 – 5th place
  • 2014 – 5th place

    • World Cup

    Soviet Union
  • 1965 – 01 ! Gold medal
  • 1969 – 03 ! Bronze medal
  • 1977 – 01 ! Gold medal
  • 1981 – 01 ! Gold medal
  • 1985 – 02 ! Silver medal
  • 1989 – 03 ! Bronze medal
  • 1991 – 01 ! Gold medal
    • Russia
  • 1995 – Not qualified
  • 1999 – 01 ! Gold medal
  • 2003 – Not qualified
  • 2007 – 02 ! Silver medal
  • 2011 – 01 ! Gold medal
  • 2015 – 4th place

    • World Grand Champions Cup

  • 2013 – 02 ! Silver medal

    • World League

    Soviet Union
  • 1990 – 4th place
  • 1991 – 03 ! Bronze medal
    • CIS
  • 1992 – 6th place
    • Russia
  • 1993 – 02 ! Silver medal
  • 1994 – 6th place
  • 1995 – 4th place
  • 1996 – 03 ! Bronze medal
  • 1997 – 03 ! Bronze medal
  • 1998 – 02 ! Silver medal
  • 1999 – 4th place
  • 2000 – 02 ! Silver medal
  • 2001 – 03 ! Bronze medal
  • 2002 – 01 ! Gold medal
  • 2003 – 7th place
  • 2006 – 03 ! Bronze medal
  • 2007 – 02 ! Silver medal
  • 2008 – 03 ! Bronze medal
  • 2009 – 03 ! Bronze medal
  • 2010 – 02 ! Silver medal
  • 2011 – 01 ! Gold medal
  • 2012 – 8th place
  • 2013 – 01 ! Gold medal
  • 2014 – 5th place
  • 2015 – 8th place
  • 2016 – 7th place

    • European Championship

    Soviet Union
  • 1950 – 01 ! Gold medal
  • 1951 – 01 ! Gold medal
  • 1955 – 4th place
  • 1958 – 03 ! Bronze medal
  • 1963 – 03 ! Bronze medal
  • 1967 – 01 ! Gold medal
  • 1971 – 01 ! Gold medal
  • 1975 – 01 ! Gold medal
  • 1977 – 01 ! Gold medal
  • 1979 – 01 ! Gold medal
  • 1981 – 01 ! Gold medal
  • 1983 – 01 ! Gold medal
  • 1985 – 01 ! Gold medal
  • 1987 – 01 ! Gold medal
  • 1989 – 4th place
  • 1991 – 01 ! Gold medal
    • Russia
  • 1993 – 03 ! Bronze medal
  • 1995 – 5th place
  • 1997 – 5th place
  • 1999 – 02 ! Silver medal
  • 2001 – 03 ! Bronze medal
  • 2003 – 03 ! Bronze medal
  • 2005 – 02 ! Silver medal
  • 2007 – 02 ! Silver medal
  • 2009 – 4th place
  • 2011 – 4th place
  • 2013 – 01 ! Gold medal
  • 2015 – 6th place

    • European League

  • 2004 – 02 ! Silver medal
  • 2005 – 01 ! Gold medal

    • Current squad

    The following is the Russian roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. ‹See Tfd›

    Head coach: Vladimir Alekno

    Coaches

  • Viacheslav Platonov (1996–1997)
  • Vyacheslav Zaytsev (1997–1997)
  • Gennadiy Shipulin (1998–2004)
  • Zoran Gajić (2005–2006)
  • Vladimir Alekno (2007–2008)
  • Daniele Bagnoli (2009–2010)
  • Vladimir Alekno (2011–2012)
  • Andrey Voronkov (2013–2015)
  • Vladimir Alekno (2015–2016)

    • Kit providers

    The table below shows the history of kit providers for the Russia national volleyball team.

    Sponsorship

    Primary sponsors include: main sponsors like VTB Bank and Rosneft, other sponsors: Rosoboronexport, Transmashholding, Gazprom, Aeroflot, Incom, SibCem and BDO International.

    References

    Russia men's national volleyball team Wikipedia
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