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The Soviet Union men's national volleyball team was the national
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team that had represented the
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in the International competitions between 1948 until 1991. FIVB considers
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as the inheritor of the records of
Soviet Union The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...
(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 triumphed in the first FIVB Men’s World Championship and have been dominating the international scene ever since, having won three
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, six World Championships, Four World Cups and 12 European Championships.


History

The
USSR The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...
Volleyball Federation joined the FIVB in 1948 and the following year they won the first World Championship. The Soviets were soon regularly topping the podium at international competitions such as the Olympic Games, World Championship and European Championships and the World Cup.


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 League

Champions   Runners up   Third place   Fourth place


European Championship

Champions   Runners up   Third place   Fourth place


Goodwill Games

Champions   Runners up   Third place   Fourth place


Team


1990 Last world Championship Squad

Head coach: Viacheslav Platanov


Coaches


References


External links


Official websiteFIVB profile
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