The Soviet Union men's national field hockey team represented the

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in men's international

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. The team was controlled by the Federation of bandy and field hockey USSR. It was one of the dominant national teams during the period of 1980s-1990s from

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. It won the bronze medal as the host of the 1980 Summer Olympics and reached the semi-finals of World Cup in 1986 where it finished fourth.

Tournament record

Summer Olympics

* 1980 – *

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– 7th place

World Cup

* 1982 – 6th place *

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– 4th place *

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– 6th place

European Championship

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– 14th place * 1978 – 9th place *

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– *

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– 4th place *

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– 4th place

Friendship Games

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–

Champions Trophy

* 1982 – 6th place *

– 8th place *

– 4th place *

– 5th place *

– 6th place

Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

–

Past squads

1980 Olympic Games

* Vladimir Pleshakov *

Viacheslav Lampeev Vyacheslav Frolovich Lampeyev (russian: Вячеслав Фролович Лампеев, 3 January 1952 – 15 November 2003) was a Russian field hockey defender. He was part of the Soviet team that won the bronze medal at the 1980 Olympics. He ...

* Leonid Pavlovski * Sos Hayrapetyan * Farit Zigangirov * Valeri Belyakov * Sergei Klevtsov * Oleg Zagorodnev * Aleksandr Gusev *

Sergei Pleshakov Sergei Mikhailovich Pleshakov (russian: Сергей Михайлович Плешаков, born 2 November 1957) is a retired Russian field hockey defender. Together with his twin brother Vladimir he competed in the 1980, 1988 and 1992 Summer ...

* Mikhail Nichepurenko * Minneula Azizov * Aleksandr Sychyov * Aleksandr Miasnikov * Viktor Deputatov *

Aleksandr Goncharov Aleksandr Goncharov (russian: Александр Гончаров; March 27, 1959 – June 19, 1990) was a field hockey player from the Soviet Union, who won the bronze medal with his national team at the boycotted 1980 Summer Olymp ...

External links

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Tournament record

Summer Olympics

World Cup

European Championship

Friendship Games

Champions Trophy

Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

Past squads

1980 Olympic Games

See also

External links