Soviet Union men's national volleyball team


The Soviet Union men's national volleyball team was the national volleyball team that had represented the Soviet Union in the International competitions between 1948 until 1991.
FIVB considers Russia as the inheritor of the records of Soviet Union and CIS.
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, Four World Cups and 12 European Championships. All Olympic medals of the Soviet Union were inherited by Russia, but not combined together with the medal count of the Russian Federation.

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.

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 FIVB Volleyball [Men's World Championship|1990 Last world Championship Squad]]

Head coach: Viacheslav Platanov

Coaches