Russia women's national volleyball team

Russia

Association	Volleyball Federation Of Russia
Confederation	CEV
Head coach	Vladimir Kuzyutkin
FIVB ranking	6 (as of November 2011)
Olympics
Appearances	10
Best result	(1968, 1972, 1980 & 1988)
World Championship
Appearances	15
Best result	(1952, 1956, 1960, 1970, 1960, 2006 & 2010)
Website	www.volley.ru (Russian)
Uniforms
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Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold	1968 Mexico City	Team
Gold	1972 Munich	Team
Gold	1980 Moscow	Team
Gold	1988 Seoul	Team
Silver	1964 Tokyo	Team
Silver	1976 Montreal	Team
Silver	1992 Barcelona	Team
Silver	2000 Sydney	Team
Silver	2004 Athens	Team
World Championship
Gold	1952 Soviet Union	Team
Gold	1956 France	Team
Gold	1960 Brazil	Team
Gold	1970 Bulgaria	Team
Gold	1990 China	Team
Gold	2006 Japan	Team
Gold	2010 Japan	Team
Silver	1962 Soviet Union	Team
Silver	1967 Japan	Team
Silver	1974 Mexico	Team
Bronze	1978 Soviet Union	Team
Bronze	1994 Brazil	Team
Bronze	1998 Japan	Team
Bronze	2002 Germany	Team
World Grand Prix
Gold	1997 Kobe	Team
Gold	1999 Yu Xi	Team
Gold	2002 Hong Kong	Team
Silver	1998 Hong Kong	Team
Silver	2000 Manila	Team
Silver	2003 Andria	Team
Silver	2006 Reggio Calabria	Team
Silver	2009 Tokyo	Team
Bronze	1993 Hong Kong	Team
Bronze	1996 Shanghai	Team
Bronze	2001 Macau	Team
World Cup
Gold	1973 Uruguay	Team
Silver	1989 Japan	Team
Silver	1999 Japan	Team
Bronze	1981 Japan	Team
Bronze	1985 Japan	Team
Bronze	1991 Japan	Team
World Grand Champions Cup
Gold	1997 Japan	Team
Silver	2001 Japan	Team
Bronze	1993 Japan	Team
European Championship
Gold	1949 Czechoslovakia	Team
Gold	1950 Bulgaria	Team
Gold	1951 France	Team
Gold	1958 Czechoslovakia	Team
Gold	1963 Romania	Team
Gold	1967 Turkey	Team
Gold	1971 Italy	Team
Gold	1975 Yugoslavia	Team
Gold	1977 Finland	Team
Gold	1979 France	Team
Gold	1985 Netherlands	Team
Gold	1989 West Germany	Team
Gold	1991 Italy	Team
Gold	1993 Czech Republic	Team
Gold	1997 Czech Republic	Team
Gold	1999 Italy	Team
Gold	2001 Bulgaria	Team
Silver	1955 Romania	Team
Silver	1981 Bulgaria	Team
Silver	1983 East Germany	Team
Silver	1987 Belgium	Team
Bronze	1995 Netherlands	Team
Bronze	2005 Croatia	Team
Bronze	2007 Belgium/Luxembourg	Team

The Russia women's national volleyball team is the national team of Russia. It is governed by the Russian Volleyball Federation and takes part in international volleyball competitions.

They played from 1949 to 1991 as the Soviet Union and as CIS in 1992.

Current Squad

as of 2011 Pre-European Olympic Qualification Tournament

Shirt No	Player	Birth Date	Height	Club	Position
1.	Maria Borodakova	08.03.1986	190	Dynamo Kazan	Middle Blocker
2.	Lesya Makhno	04.9.1981	188	Dynamo Moscow	Universal
3.	Maria Perepelkina	09.03.1984	187	Dynamo Moscow	Middle Blocker
5.	Liubov Sokolova	04.12.1977	192	Fenerbahçe Universal	Universal
7.	Svetlana Kryuchkova	21.02.1985	174	Dynamo Moscow	Libero
8.	Nataliya Goncharova	01.06.1989	194	Dynamo Moscow	Opposite
11.	Ekaterina Gamova	17.10.1980	202	Dynamo Kazan	Opposite
12.	Vera Ulyakina	21.08.1986	180	Dynamo Kazan	Setter
13.	Evgeniya Startseva	12.02.1989	185	Dynamo Krasnodar	Setter
15.	Tatiana Kosheleva	23.12.1988	191	Dynamo Kazan	Outside Hitter
16.	Yulia Merkulova	17.02.1984	202	Dynamo Moscow	Middle Blocker
17.	Victoria Kuzyakina	1.06.1985	155	Dynamo Moscow	Libero

12 time World Champions

As USSR (10)

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	Japan	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

As Russia (2)

Year	Games	Host	Runners-up	3rd place
2006	15th World Championship	Japan	Brazil	Serbia
2010	16th World Championship	Japan	Brazil	Japan

Results

Olympic Games

As Soviet Union

• 1964 — Silver Medal
• 1968 — Gold Medal
• 1972 — Gold Medal
• 1976 — Silver Medal
• 1980 — Gold Medal
• 1984 — did not participate
• 1988 — Gold Medal

As Russia

• 1992 — did not participate
• 1996 — 4th place
• 2000 — Silver Medal
• 2004 — Silver Medal
• 2008 — 5th place (tied)

World Championship

As Soviet Union

• 1952 – Gold Medal
• 1956 – Gold Medal
• 1960 – Gold Medal
• 1962 – Silver Medal
• 1967 – did not compete
• 1970 – Gold Medal
• 1974 – Silver Medal
• 1978 – Bronze Medal
• 1982 – 6th place
• 1986 – 6th place
• 1990 – Gold Medal

As Russia

• 1994 – Bronze Medal
• 1998 – Bronze Medal
• 2002 – Bronze Medal
• 2006 – Gold Medal
• 2010 – Gold Medal

World Cup

As Soviet Union

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

As Russia

• 1995 – did not qualify
• 1999 – Silver Medal
• 2003 – did not qualify
• 2007 – did not qualify
• 2011 – did not qualify

World Grand Prix

As Russia

• 1993 — 3rd place
• 1994 — 7th place
• 1995 — 6th place
• 1996 — Bronze Medal
• 1997 — Gold Medal
• 1998 — Silver Medal
• 1999 — Gold Medal
• 2000 — Silver Medal
• 2001 — Bronze Medal
• 2002 — Gold Medal
• 2003 — Silver Medal
• 2004 — 7th place
• 2005 — did not participate
• 2006 — Silver Medal
• 2007 — 4th place
• 2009 — Silver Medal
• 2010 — did not participate
• 2011 — 4th place

European Championship

As Soviet Union

• 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

As Russia

• 1993 – Gold Medal
• 1995 – Bronze Medal
• 1997 – Gold Medal
• 1999 – Gold Medal
• 2001 – Gold Medal
• 2003 – 5th place
• 2005 – Bronze Medal
• 2007 – Bronze Medal
• 2009 – 6th place
• 2011 – 6th place

See also

• Russia men's national volleyball team