The Russia men's national volleyball team is governed by the Russian Volleyball Federation and takes part in international volleyball competitions. Russia won one Olympic Games championship in 2012, two World Cup 1999 and 2011.
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, six World Cups and 13 European Championships.
Maps, Directions, and Place Reviews
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. They were soon regularly topping the podium at international competitions such as the Olympic Games, World Championship and European Championships and the World Cup.
Results
Olympic Games
- 1996 - 4th place
- 2000 - Silver medal
- 2004 - Bronze medal
- 2008 - Bronze medal
- 2012 - Gold medal
- 2016 - 4th place
World Championship
- 1994 - 7th place
- 1998 - 5th place
- 2002 - Silver medal
- 2006 - 7th place
- 2010 - 5th place
- 2014 - 5th place
World Cup
- 1995 - Not qualified
- 1999 - Gold medal
- 2003 - Not qualified
- 2007 - Silver medal
- 2011 - Gold medal
- 2015 - 4th place
World Grand Champions Cup
- 2013 - Silver medal
World League
- 1993 - Silver medal
- 1994 - 6th place
- 1995 - 4th place
- 1996 - Bronze medal
- 1997 - Bronze medal
- 1998 - Silver medal
- 1999 - 4th place
- 2000 - Silver medal
- 2001 - Bronze medal
- 2002 - Gold medal
- 2003 - 7th place
- 2006 - Bronze medal
- 2007 - Silver medal
- 2008 - Bronze medal
- 2009 - Bronze medal
- 2010 - Silver medal
- 2011 - Gold medal
- 2012 - 8th place
- 2013 - Gold medal
- 2014 - 5th place
- 2015 - 8th place
- 2016 - 7th place
- 2017 - 5th place
European Championship
- 1993 - Bronze medal
- 1995 - 5th place
- 1997 - 5th place
- 1999 - Silver medal
- 2001 - Bronze medal
- 2003 - Bronze medal
- 2005 - Silver medal
- 2007 - Silver medal
- 2009 - 4th place
- 2011 - 4th place
- 2013 - Gold medal
- 2015 - 6th place
European League
- 2004 - Silver medal
- 2005 - Gold medal
Team
Current squad
The following is the Russian roster in the 2017 World League.
Head coach: Sergey Shlyapnikov
Coaches
- Viacheslav Platonov (1996-1997)
- Vyacheslav Zaytsev (1997-1997)
- Gennadiy Shipulin (1998-2004)
- Zoran Gaji? (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-)
Kit providers
The table below shows the history of kit providers for the Russia national volleyball team.
Sponsorship
Primary sponsors include: main sponsors like VTB Bank and Rosneft, other sponsors: Rosoboronexport, Transmashholding, Gazprom, Aeroflot, Incom, SibCem and BDO International.
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