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.
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 Four Summer Olympics, 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 YearGamesHostRunners-up3rd place19521st World Championship Soviet Union19562nd World Championship France19603rd World Championship Brazil1968#19th Olympic Games Mexico1970#6th World Championship Bulgaria1972#20th Olympic Games West Germany1973#1st World Cup Uruguay198022nd Olympic Games Soviet Union198824th Olympic Games South Korea 199011th World Championship China # – 4 major titles in row in late 1960s - early 1970s (World Women's Volleyball Championship, World Cup, Olympic Games)
Results Olympic Games Source:
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 Source:
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 Source:
1973 – Gold Medal 1977 – 7th place (tied) 1981 – Bronze Medal 1985 – Bronze Medal 1989 – Silver Medal 1991 – Bronze Medal
European Championship Source:
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
Team
1990 Last World Championship squad Coach: Nikolay Karpol No.NameAgeHeightWeight1 Valentina Ogiyenko 25 3 Marina Nikulina 27 4 Yelena Batuchina 19 5 Irina Smirnova 22 6 Tatyana Sidorenko 24 7 Irina Parchomtschuk 25 10 Svetlana Vasilevskaya 1911 Yelena Ovtschinnikova 25 12 Irina Gorbatiuk 2713 Svetlana Korytova 22 14 Yuliya Bubnova 19 15 Olga Tolmachyova 27
References
External links
Official website FIVB profile Soviet Union national team Volleybox