Russia women's national volleyball team

Russia

Association	Volleyball Federation Of Russia
Confederation	CEV
Head coach	Yuri Marichev
FIVB ranking	4 (as of October 2015)
Uniforms
Home Away
Summer Olympics
Appearances	11 (First in 1964)
Best result	(1968, 1972, 1980 & 1988)
World Championship
Appearances	16 (First in 1952)
Best result	(1952, 1956, 1960, 1970, 1990, 2006 & 2010)
European Championship
Appearances	29 (First in 1949)
Best result	(1949, 1950, 1951, 1958, 1963, 1967, 1971, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1985, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2013, 2015)
www.volley.ru (Russian)
Honours Medal record Olympic Games 1968 Mexico City Team 1972 Munich Team 1980 Moscow Team 1988 Seoul Team 1964 Tokyo Team 1976 Montreal Team 1992 Barcelona Team 2000 Sydney Team 2004 Athens Team FIVB World Championship 1952 Soviet Union 1956 France 1960 Brazil 1970 Bulgaria 1990 China 2006 Japan 2010 Japan 1962 Soviet Union 1967 Japan 1974 Mexico 1978 Soviet Union 1994 Brazil 1998 Japan 2002 Germany FIVB World Grand Prix 1997 Kobe 1999 Yu Xi 2002 Hong Kong 1998 Hong Kong 2000 Manila 2003 Andria 2006 Reggio Calabria 2009 Tokyo 1993 Hong Kong 1996 Shanghai 2001 Macau 2014 Tokyo 2015 Omaha FIVB World Cup 1973 Uruguay 1989 Japan 1999 Japan 1981 Japan 1985 Japan 1991 Japan World Grand Champions Cup 1997 Japan 2001 Japan 1993 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 1993 Czech Republic 1997 Czech Republic 1999 Italy 2001 Bulgaria 2013 Germany/Switzerland 2015 Netherlands 1955 Romania 1981 Bulgaria 1983 East Germany 1987 Belgium 1995 Netherlands 2005 Croatia 2007 Belgium/Luxembourg

The Russia women's national volleyball team is the national volleyball 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.

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	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

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 Unified Team

• 1992 — Silver Medal

As Russia

• 1996 — 4th place
• 2000 — Silver Medal
• 2004 — Silver Medal
• 2008 — 5th place (tied)
• 2012 — 5th place (tied)
• 2016 —

FIVB 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
• 2014 – 5th place

FIVB World Cup

As Soviet Union

• 1973 – Gold Medal
• 1977 – 7th place (tied)
• 1981 – 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
• 2015 – 4th place

FIVB World Grand Prix

As Russia

• 1993 — Bronze Medal
• 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
• 2012 — Did not participate
• 2013 — 7th place
• 2014 — Bronze Medal
• 2015 — Silver Medal

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
• 2013 – Gold Medal
• 2015 – Gold Medal

Current squad

The following is the Russian roster in the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship.^[1]

Head coach: Yuri Marichev

No.	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2014 club
1	Shcherban, YanaYana Shcherban	6 September 1989	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	71 kg (157 lb)	298 cm (117 in)	294 cm (116 in)	Dinamo Krasnodar
4	Zaryazhko, IrinaIrina Zaryazhko	4 October 1991	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	318 cm (125 in)	311 cm (122 in)	Uralochka Yekaterinburg
5	Pasynkova, AleksandraAleksandra Pasynkova	14 April 1987	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	313 cm (123 in)	305 cm (120 in)	Dinamo Krasnodar
7	Kryuchkova, SvetlanaSvetlana Kryuchkova	21 February 1985	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	290 cm (110 in)	286 cm (113 in)	Dinamo Krasnodar
8	Goncharova, NataliyaNataliya Goncharova	1 June 1989	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	315 cm (124 in)	306 cm (120 in)	Dinamo Moscow
10	Kosianenko, EkaterinaEkaterina Kosianenko (C)	2 February 1990	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	64 kg (141 lb)	290 cm (110 in)	285 cm (112 in)	Zarechie Odintsovo
11	Gamova, EkaterinaEkaterina Gamova	17 October 1980	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	321 cm (126 in)	310 cm (120 in)	Dinamo Kazan
13	Startseva, EvgeniyaEvgeniya Startseva	12 February 1989	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	68 kg (150 lb)	294 cm (116 in)	290 cm (110 in)	Dinamo Kazan
14	Fetisova, IrinaIrina Fetisova	7 September 1994	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	76 kg (168 lb)	307 cm (121 in)	286 cm (113 in)	Zarechie Odintsovo
15	Kosheleva, TatianaTatiana Kosheleva	23 December 1988	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	315 cm (124 in)	305 cm (120 in)	Dinamo Moscow
16	Podskalnaya, YuliyaYuliya Podskalnaya	18 April 1989	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	306 cm (120 in)	295 cm (116 in)	Dinamo Krasnodar
17	Malykh, NataliaNatalia Malykh	8 December 1993	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	308 cm (121 in)	297 cm (117 in)	Zarechie Odintsovo
19	Malova, AnnaAnna Malova	16 April 1990	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	59 kg (130 lb)	286 cm (113 in)	290 cm (110 in)	Dinamo Moscow
22	Moroz, ReginaRegina Moroz	14 January 1987	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	310 cm (120 in)	303 cm (119 in)	Dinamo Kazan

References

1. "Team Roster – Russia". italy2014.fivb.org. Retrieved 3 October 2014.

External links

• Official website
• FIVB profile