Russia men's national volleyball team facts for kids

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Russia

Nickname(s)	Reds Caesar Land
Association	Russian Volleyball Federation
Head coach	Konstantin Bryanskiyly
FIVB ranking	2 (as of September 2014)
Uniforms
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Summer Olympics
Appearances	14 (First in 1964)
Best result	(1964 (USSR)), (1968 (USSR)), (1980 (USSR)), (2012)
World Championship
Appearances	18 (First in 1949)
Best result	1949 (USSR), 1952 (USSR), 1960 (USSR), 1962 (USSR), 1978 (USSR), 1982 (USSR))
FIVB World Cup
Appearances	11 (First in 1965)
Best result	1965 (USSR), 1977 (USSR), 1981 (USSR), 1991 (USSR), 1999, 2011)
European Championship
Appearances	28 (First in 1950 (as USSR))
Best result	1950 (USSR), 1951 (USSR), 1967 (USSR), 1971 (USSR), 1975 (USSR), 1977 (USSR), 1979 (USSR), 1981 (USSR), 1983 (USSR), 1985 (USSR), 1987 (USSR), 1991 (USSR), 2013, 2017)
Website	www.volley.ru

The Russia men's national volleyball team is a group of top volleyball players who represent Russia in international games. They are managed by the Russian Volleyball Federation.

The FIVB (the world's volleyball organization) sees Russia as the team that carries on the history of the Soviet Union (1948–1991) and the CIS (1992) in volleyball. The Soviet Union's volleyball group joined the FIVB in 1948. Since then, the team has been very strong, winning many big tournaments. This includes six World Championships, four Olympic Games, six World Cups, and 14 European Championships. These wins combine the medals from both Russia and the Soviet Union.

History of the Team

The volleyball group for the USSR (Soviet Union) joined the FIVB in 1948. The very next year, they played in the first World Championship.

Recently, due to some events, the International Volleyball Federation has stopped all Russian national teams, clubs, and officials from taking part in their events. Russia also lost the right to host the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship. The European Volleyball Confederation (CEV) has also stopped Russian teams from playing in European competitions.

Team Achievements and Medals

The Russian men's volleyball team has won many medals over the years. Here is a summary of their top achievements in major international competitions:

Olympic Games Results

The team has a strong history at the Olympic Games. They have won four gold medals.

     Champions       Runners up       Third place       Fourth place

Olympic Games record Qualification Year Round Position GP MW ML SW SL Squad Round Pos MW ML SW SL 1964 Final Gold 9 8 1 25 5 Squad Qualified, World Champions 1968 Final Gold 9 8 1 26 8 Squad Qualified, as defending Olympic Champions 1972 Semifinals Bronze 7 6 1 19 6 Squad Qualified, as defending Olympic Champions 1976 Final Silver 5 4 1 14 3 Squad Qualified, as European Champions 1980 Final Gold 6 6 0 18 2 Squad Qualified, as host country 1984 Boycotted Boycotted 1988 Final Silver 7 5 2 18 7 Squad Qualified, as World Cup runners-up 1992 Quarterfinals 7th Place 8 4 4 17 15 Squad Qualified, as European Champions 1996 Semifinals 4th Place 8 3 5 11 15 Squad Final Champions 3 0 9 2 2000 Final Silver 8 6 2 19 13 Squad Qualified, World Cup champions 2004 Semifinals Bronze 8 5 3 17 13 Squad Final Champions 5 0 15 0 2008 Semifinals Bronze 8 6 2 22 11 Squad Qualified, World Cup runners-up 2012 Final Gold 8 7 1 21 8 Squad Qualified, World Cup champions 2016 Semifinals 4th Place 8 5 3 18 12 Squad Final Champions 4 1 13 5 2020 Final Silver 8 6 2 21 9 Squad Final Champions 3 0 9 0 2024 Banned Banned 2028 Future events 2032 Total 4 Titles 13/14 107 79 28 266 127 —

World Championship Results

The team has won the World Championship six times.

     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 Group	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
1994	Quarterfinals	7th Place	7	4	3	15	11	Squad
1998	5th–8th places	5th Place	12	10	2	33	11	Squad
2002	Final	Runners-up	9	6	3	21	15	Squad
2006	5th–8th semifinals	7th Place	11	8	3	26	10	Squad
2010	5th place match	5th place	9	7	2	24	10	Squad
2014	5th place match	5th place	12	9	3	30	13	Squad
2018	Third round	6th place	13	7	6	23	14	Squad
2022	Banned by FIVB
2025
Total	6 Titles	19/19	187	148	39	479	164	—

World Cup Results

The team has won the World Cup six times.

     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
1995	did not participate
1999	Round Robin	Champions	11	9	2	31	11	Squad
2003	did not participate
2007	Round Robin	Runners-up	11	9	2	29	9	Squad
2011	Round Robin	Champions	11	10	1	30	8	Squad
2015	Round Robin	4th place	11	8	3	25	12	Squad
2019	Round Robin	6th place	11	5	6	20	23	Squad
Total	6 Titles	12/14	105	82	23	268	108	—

World Grand Champions Cup Results

• 2013 – Silver medal

World League Results

The team has won the World League three times.

     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
1992	Playoff Round	6th Place	18	10	8	32	28	Squad
1993	Final	Runners-up	22	17	5	54	27	Squad
1994	Final Round	6th Place	14	10	4	34	14	Squad
1995	Final Round	4th Place	17	12	5	43	22	Squad
1996	Final Round	3rd Place	17	15	2	47	17	Squad
1997	Final Round	3rd Place	17	4	15	22	41	Squad
1998	Final	Runners-up	18	13	5	42	25	Squad
1999	Semifinals	4th Place	16	12	4	40	24	Squad
2000	Final	Runners-up	18	12	6	46	24	Squad
2001	Final	3rd Place	17	11	6	41	23	Squad
2002	Final	Champions	17	14	3	45	20	Squad
2003	Final Round	7th Place	15	11	3	36	21	Squad
2004	did not compete
2005	did not compete
2006	Semifinals	3rd Place	17	11	6	42	24	Squad
2007	Final	Runners-up	16	12	4	39	17	Squad
2008	Semifinals	3rd Place	16	12	4	39	24	Squad
2009	Semifinals	3rd Place	16	10	6	35	23	Squad
2010	Final	Runners-up	16	13	3	41	27	Squad
2011	Final	Champions	17	16	1	49	13	Squad
2012	Intercontinental Round	8th Place	12	8	4	29	23	Squad
2013	Final	Champions	14	10	4	32	18	Squad
2014	Final Round	5th Place	14	8	6	32	21	Squad
2015	Intercontinental Round	8th Place	12	1	11	11	34	Squad
2016	Intercontinental Round	7th Place	9	5	4	15	14	Squad
2017	Final Round	5th Place	11	5	6	21	22	Squad
Total	3 Titles	26/28	408	271	137	910	595	—

Nations League Results

The team has won the Nations League two times.

     Champions       Runners up       Third place       Fourth place

Nations League record
Year	Round	Position	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	Squad
2018	Final	Champions	19	15	4	48	15	Squad
2019	Final	Champions	19	15	4	46	22	Squad
2021	Preliminary	5th place	15	11	4	39	21	Squad
2022	Banned by FIVB
2023
2024
Total	2 Titles	3/6	53	41	12	133	58	—

European Championship Results

The team has won the European Championship 14 times.

     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
1993	Semifinals	3rd Place	7	6	1	18	6	Squad
1995	Groups Round	5th Place	7	5	2	18	8	Squad
1997	Groups Round	5th Place	7	4	3	16	9	Squad
1999	Final	Runners-up	5	4	1	13	5	Squad
2001	Semifinals	3rd Place	7	5	2	15	11	Squad
2003	Semifinals	3rd Place	7	7	0	21	4	Squad
2005	Final	Runners-up	7	6	1	20	10	Squad
2007	Final	Runners-up	8	7	1	23	7	Squad
2009	Semifinals	4th Place	8	6	2	20	10	Squad
2011	Semifinals	4th Place	6	4	2	15	8	Squad
2013	Final	Champions	7	6	1	18	7	Squad
2015	Quarter-finals	6th Place	4	3	1	9	4	Squad
2017	Final	Champions	7	7	0	18	2	Squad
2019	Quarter-finals	5th Place	7	6	1	19	5	Squad
2021	Quarter-finals	7th Place	7	5	2	16	11	Squad
Total	14 Titles	30/31	223	189	33	601	193	—

European League Results

• 2004 – Silver medal
• 2005 – Gold medal

Goodwill Games Results

     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 Titles	2/2	10	8	2	27	14

Current Team Players (2020 Squad)

This is the list of players who were on the Russian team for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Head coach: Konstantin Bryanskiy

No.	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2020-21 club
1	Podlesnykh, YaroslavYaroslav Podlesnykh	3 September 1994	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	89 kg (196 lb)	341 cm (134 in)	330 cm (130 in)	Dinamo Moscow
4	Volvich, ArtemArtem Volvich	22 June 1990	2.12 m (6 ft 11 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	350 cm (140 in)	330 cm (130 in)	Zenit Kazan
7	Volkov, DmitryDmitry Volkov	25 May 1995	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	340 cm (130 in)	330 cm (130 in)	Fakel Novy Urengoy
9	Iakovlev, IvanIvan Iakovlev	17 April 1995	2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)	89 kg (196 lb)	360 cm (140 in)	350 cm (140 in)	Zenit Saint Petersburg
10	Bogdan, DenisDenis Bogdan	13 October 1996	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	350 cm (140 in)	340 cm (130 in)	Fakel Novy Urengoy
11	Pankov, PavelPavel Pankov	14 August 1995	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	345 cm (136 in)	330 cm (130 in)	Dinamo Moscow
15	Poletaev, ViktorViktor Poletaev	27 July 1995	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	360 cm (140 in)	340 cm (130 in)	Zenit Saint Petersburg
17	Mikhaylov, MaximMaxim Mikhaylov	19 March 1988	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	103 kg (227 lb)	360 cm (140 in)	340 cm (130 in)	Zenit Kazan
18	Kliuka, EgorEgor Kliuka	15 June 1995	2.09 m (6 ft 10 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	370 cm (150 in)	350 cm (140 in)	Zenit Saint Petersburg
20	Kurkaev, IlyasIlyas Kurkaev	18 January 1994	2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	355 cm (140 in)	335 cm (132 in)	Lokomotiv Novosibirsk
24	Kobzar, IgorIgor Kobzar (C)	13 April 1991	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	337 cm (133 in)	315 cm (124 in)	Kuzbass Kemerovo
27	Golubev, ValentinValentin Golubev	3 May 1992	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	310 cm (120 in)	305 cm (120 in)	Belogorie

Team Coaches

Here are the coaches who have led the Russian men's national volleyball team:

• 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)
• Sergey Shlyapnikov (2017–2019)
• Tuomas Sammelvuo (2019–2022)
• Konstantin Bryanskiy (2022-

Kit Providers

The table below shows the companies that have provided uniforms for the Russia national volleyball team.

Images for kids

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  Russia team in final World League 2011

See also

In Spanish: Selección de voleibol de Rusia para niños