Soviet Union women's national volleyball team

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.

Soviet Union
AssociationSoviet Union Volleyball Federation
ConfederationCEV
FIVB ranking? (as of September, 2019)
Uniforms
Home
Away
Third
Summer Olympics
Appearances6 (First in 1964)
Best result Gold Medalist : (1968, 1972, 1980, 1988)
World Championship
Appearances10 (First in 1952)
Best result Champions : (1952, 1956, 1960, 1970, 1990)
World Cup
Appearances6 (First in 1973)
Best result Champions : (1973)
European Championship
Appearances17 (First in 1949)
Best result Champions : (1949, 1950, 1951, 1958, 1963, 1967, 1971, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1985, 1989, 1991)
www.volley.ru (in Russian)
Honours
Olympic Games
1964 TokyoTeam
1968 MexicoTeam
1972 MunichTeam
1976 MontrealTeam
1980 MoscowTeam
1988 SeoulTeam
FIVB World Championship
1952 Soviet Union
1956 France
1960 Brazil
1970 Bulgaria
1990 China
1962 Soviet Union
1974 Mexico
1978 Soviet Union
FIVB World Cup
1973 Uruguay
1989 Japan
1981 Japan
1985 Japan
1991 Japan
European Championship
1949 Czechoslovakia
1950 Bulgaria
1951 France
1958 Czechoslovakia
1963 Romania
1967 Turkey
1971 Italy
1975 Yugoslavia
1977 Finland
1979 France
1985 Netherlands
1989 West Germany
1991 Italy
1955 Romania
1981 Bulgaria
1983 East Germany
1987 Belgium

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 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
Year Games Host Runners-up 3rd place
19521st World Championship Soviet Union Poland Czechoslovakia
19562nd World Championship France Romania Poland
19603rd World Championship Brazil Japan Czechoslovakia
1968#19th Olympic Games Mexico Japan Poland
1970#6th World Championship Bulgaria Japan North Korea
1972#20th Olympic Games West Germany Japan North Korea
1973#1st World Cup Uruguay Japan South Korea
198022nd Olympic Games Soviet Union East Germany Bulgaria
198824th Olympic Games South Korea Peru China
199011th World Championship China China United States

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


Results

Olympic Games[1]
  • 1964 – Silver Medal
  • 1968 – Gold Medal
  • 1972 – Gold Medal
  • 1976 – Silver Medal
  • 1980 – Gold Medal
  • 1988 – Gold Medal
Unified Team
  • 1992 – Silver Medal

FIVB World Championship[2]
  • 1952 – Gold Medal
  • 1956 – Gold Medal
  • 1960 – Gold Medal
  • 1962 – Silver Medal
  • 1970 – Gold Medal
  • 1974 – Silver Medal
  • 1978 – Bronze Medal
  • 1982 – 6th place
  • 1986 – 6th place
  • 1990 – Gold Medal

FIVB World Cup[3]
  • 1973 – Gold Medal
  • 1977 – 7th place (tied)
  • 1981 – Bronze Medal
  • 1985 – Bronze Medal
  • 1989 – Silver Medal
  • 1991 – Bronze Medal

European Championship[4]
  • 1949 – Gold Medal
  • 1950 – Gold Medal
  • 1951 – Gold Medal
  • 1955 – Silver Medal
  • 1958 – Gold Medal
  • 1963 – Gold Medal
  • 1967 – Gold Medal
  • 1971 – Gold Medal
  • 1975 – Gold Medal
  • 1977 – Gold Medal
  • 1979 – Gold Medal
  • 1981 – Silver Medal
  • 1983 – Silver Medal
  • 1985 – Gold Medal
  • 1987 – Silver Medal
  • 1989 – Gold Medal
  • 1991 – Gold Medal

1990 Last World Championship squad

Coach: Nikolay Karpol

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)

References
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