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

Association	Soviet Union Volleyball Federation
Confederation	CEV
FIVB ranking	? (as of September, 2019)
Uniforms
Home Away Third
Summer Olympics
Appearances	6 (First in 1964)
Best result	Gold Medalist : (1968, 1972, 1980, 1988)
World Championship
Appearances	10 (First in 1952)
Best result	Champions : (1952, 1956, 1960, 1970, 1990)
World Cup
Appearances	6 (First in 1973)
Best result	Champions : (1973)
European Championship
Appearances	17 (First in 1949)
Best result	Champions : (1949, 1950, 1951, 1958, 1963, 1967, 1971, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1985, 1989, 1991)
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Honours Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo Team 1968 Mexico Team 1972 Munich Team 1976 Montreal Team 1980 Moscow Team 1988 Seoul Team 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
1952	1st World Championship	Soviet Union	Poland	Czechoslovakia
1956	2nd World Championship	France	Romania	Poland
1960	3rd 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
1980	22nd Olympic Games	Soviet Union	East Germany	Bulgaria
1988	24th Olympic Games	South Korea	Peru	China
1990	11th 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
1	Valentina Ogiyenko	25	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)	74 kg (163 lb)
3	Marina Nikulina	27	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
4	Yelena Batuchina	19	184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
5	Irina Smirnova	22	186 cm (6 ft 1 in)	74 kg (163 lb)
6	Tatyana Sidorenko	24	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)	80 kg (180 lb)
7	Irina Parchomtschuk	25	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
10	Svetlana Vasilevskaya	19
11	Yelena Ovtschinnikova	25	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
12	Irina Gorbatiuk	27
13	Svetlana Korytova	22	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
14	Yuliya Bubnova	19	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
15	Olga Tolmachyova	27	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)

References

1. "Todor volleyball". Todor66 sports references. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
2. "Todor volleyball". Todor66 sports references. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
3. "Todor volleyball". Todor66 sports references. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
4. "Todor volleyball". Todor66 sports references. Retrieved 21 March 2020.

External links

• Official website
• FIVB profile