Russia men's national volleyball team

Russia
Nickname(s)	Reds Caesar Land
Association	Russian Volleyball Federation
Head coach	Konstantin Bryanskiyly
FIVB ranking	NR (as of 2 December 2023)
Uniforms
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))
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)
	www.volley.ru (in Russian)
Olympic Games
World Championship
World Cup
World Grand Champions Cup
World League
Nations League
European Championship
European Games
European League
Summer Universiade
Goodwill Games

The Russia men's national volleyball team is governed by the Russian Volleyball Federation and took part in international volleyball competitions.

FIVB considers Russia as the inheritor of the records of Soviet Union (1948–1991) and CIS (1992). The USSR Volleyball Federation joined the FIVB in 1948, a year after the foundation of the international governing body. The following year they sent a team to compete in the first FIVB Men’s World Championship and have been dominating the international scene ever since, having won six World Championships, four Olympic Games, six World Cups and 14 European Championships (medals of Russian and the Soviet union combined).

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.^{[citation needed]}

In response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the International Volleyball Federation suspended all Russian national teams, clubs, and officials, as well as beach and snow volleyball athletes, from all events, and stripped Russia of the right to host the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship in August 2022, and has relocated 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League games that were to be in Russia in August and September.^[1]^[2] The European Volleyball Confederation (CEV) also banned all Russian national teams, clubs, and officials from participating in European competition, and suspended all members of Russia from their respective functions in CEV organs.^[3]

Medals

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Olympic Games	4	4	3	11
World Championship	6	3	3	12
World Cup	6	2	2	10
World Grand Champions Cup	0	1	0	1
World League	3	5	7	15
Nations League	2	0	0	2
European Championship	14	3	5	22
European Games	0	0	1	1
European League	1	1	0	2
Summer Univesiade	4	1	3	8
Goodwill Games	1	1	0	2
Total	41	21	24	86

Results

Olympic Games

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	Future events
Total	4 Titles	13/14	107	79	28	266	127	—

World Championship

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
Total	6 Titles	19/19	187	148	39	479	164	—

World Cup

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

2013 – Silver medal

World League

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

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	Banned by FIVB
Total	2 Titles	3/5	53	41	12	133	58	—

European Championship

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

2004 – Silver medal
2005 – Gold medal

Goodwill Games

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

Team

Current squad

The following is the Russian roster in the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[4]

Head coach: Tuomas Sammelvuo

No.	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2020-21 club
1	Yaroslav 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	Artem 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	Dmitry 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	Ivan 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	Denis 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	Pavel 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	Viktor 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	Maxim 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	Egor 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	Ilyas 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	Igor 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	Valentin Golubev	3 May 1992	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	310 cm (120 in)	305 cm (120 in)	Belogorie

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

Kit providers

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

Period	Kit provider
2000–	Champion Mizuno

References

^ "These are the sports that Russia has been suspended from". CNN.
^ "A glance at reaction of sports to Russian invasion". Associated Press. 3 March 2022.
^ "European Volleyball Federation bans Russian, Belarusian teams, officials from European competition".
^ "Tokyo 2020 Volleyball - Olympic Results by Discipline". olympics.com. Archived from the original on 15 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.

External links

Official website
FIVB profile

[1] "These are the sports that Russia has been suspended from". CNN.

[2] "A glance at reaction of sports to Russian invasion". Associated Press. 3 March 2022.

[3] "European Volleyball Federation bans Russian, Belarusian teams, officials from European competition".

[4] "Tokyo 2020 Volleyball - Olympic Results by Discipline". olympics.com. Archived from the original on 15 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.

v t e Men's national volleyball teams of Europe (CEV)
BVA (Sv)	Albania Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Greece Kosovo Malta Moldova Montenegro North Macedonia Romania Serbia Turkey
EEVZA (Pl)	Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Estonia Georgia Latvia Lithuania Poland Russia Ukraine
MEVZA (Sv)	Austria Czech Republic Cyprus Croatia Hungary Israel Slovakia Slovenia
NEVZA (Sv)	Denmark England Finland Faroe Islands Greenland Iceland Norway Sweden
WEVZA (Sv)	Belgium France Italy Germany Netherlands Portugal Switzerland Spain
SCA (Sv)	Andorra Faroe Islands Gibraltar Greenland Ireland Iceland Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Monaco Northern Ireland San Marino Scotland Wales
Defunct	Czechoslovakia East Germany Serbia and Montenegro Soviet Union Yugoslavia Great Britain (Inactive)