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

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as the inheritor of the records of

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(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

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, four

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, six

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s and 14

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(medals of Russian and the Soviet union combined).

History

The

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Volleyball Federation joined the FIVB in 1948, and the following year they sent a team to compete in the first World Championship. In response to the

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, the

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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 The 2022 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship was the 20th staging of the FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship, contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The tournament ...

in August 2022, and has relocated

2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League The 2022 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League was the fourth edition of the FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League, an annual men's international volleyball tournament. The competition was held between 7 June to 24 July 2022, and the final round too ...

games that were to be in Russia in August and September. The

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(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.

Medals

Results

Olympic Games

Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place

World Championship

Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place

World Cup

Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place

World Grand Champions Cup

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– Silver medal

World League

Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place

Nations League

Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place

European Championship

Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place

European League

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

– Silver medal *

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

– Gold medal

Goodwill Games

Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place

Team

2020 squad

The following was the Russian roster in the

2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

. Head coach: Konstantin Bryanskiy

Coaches

* Viacheslav Platonov (1996–1997) *

Vyacheslav Zaytsev Vyacheslav Alekseyevich Zaytsev (, 12 November 1952 – 12 June 2023) was a Russian volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1976 Summer Olympics, 1976, 1980 Summer Olympics, 1980, and the 1988 Summer Olympics. He was a setter ...

(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.

References

External links

Official websiteFIVB profile
{{National sports teams of Russia National men's volleyball teams M