Soviet men's national volleyball team
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| Association | Confédération Européenne de Volleyball (CEV) |
| FIVB member | since 1948 |
| World Championship | |
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| Participation in the finals | 1949-2010 |
| best result | World champion in 1949, 1952, 1960, 1962, 1978, 1982 |
| Olympic games | |
| Participation in the finals | 1964–1980, 1988, 1992 (United team) |
| best result | Gold 1964, 1968, 1980 |
| European Championship | |
| Participation in the finals | 1950-1991 |
| best result | European champion 1950, 1951, 1967–1987, 1991 |
| World cup | |
| Participation in the finals | 1965-1991 |
| best result | Winner 1965, 1977, 1981, 1991 |
| World league | |
| Participation in the finals | 1990–1991, 1992 (United team) |
| best result | Third in 1991 |
| European League | |
| Participation in the finals | no |
| (As of June 21, 2017) | |
The Soviet men's national volleyball team was a selection of the best Soviet players who represented the Soviet volleyball association at international tournaments and internationals. With six world championship titles, three Olympic gold medals and numerous titles in other competitions, it was one of the most successful teams in the world in its time.
history
With the end of the Soviet Union in 1991, the national team was also dissolved. In 1992 the United Team played temporarily . The direct successor is the Russian national team . The following national teams also emerged from the former Soviet republics :
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Estonia
- Georgia
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Moldova
- Tajikistan
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine
- Uzbekistan
- Belarus
World championships
The Soviet Union became the first volleyball world champion at the 1949 tournament with a final victory over host Czechoslovakia . Three years later she defended the title against the same opponent in her own country. After a third place in 1956 there were two more World Cup titles in 1960 and 1962 , with Czechoslovakia again being the opponent in the final both in Brazil and in the Soviet Union. In the two following tournaments in 1966 and 1970 , the USSR missed the final in third and sixth. In 1974 she lost to Poland in the final. In 1978 and 1982 the Soviet men became world champions twice in a row against Italy and Brazil . In their last two tournaments, the Soviet Union came second in 1986 and third in 1990 .
Olympic games
The Soviet Union was also the first Olympic champion in volleyball ; she won the gold medal at the premiere in 1964 against Czechoslovakia . In 1968 in Mexico he defended his title against Japan . With bronze in 1972 and silver in 1976 , the Soviet men stayed in the medal ranks in the following tournaments. At their home game in Moscow in 1980 they became Olympic champions for the third time. By boycotting the Games in 1984 , they missed their only tournament. In 1988 in Seoul they lost to the USA in the final . At the 1992 tournament , the United Team entered and achieved a worse result with seventh place.
European championships
The Soviet Union was absent from the first European volleyball championship , as it had only joined the FIVB in 1948 a month before the start of the tournament . In 1950 she won her first European title against Czechoslovakia , which she defended in the 1951 final against Bulgaria . After the Soviet men had missed a medal in fourth in 1955 , they finished third in 1958 and 1963, respectively. From 1967 to 1987 there was no other European champion than the Soviet Union, which triumphed nine times in a row, first twice against Czechoslovakia, then in five finals in succession against Poland and finally again against the CSSR and once against France . The winning streak ended with fourth place in 1989 . When they last played in Germany in 1991 , the Soviet Union won a title in the final against Italy .
World cup
Also in the World Cup, the first winner at the 1965 Soviet Union tournament . In 1969 the Soviet men finished third. They then won the competition in 1977 against Japan and in 1981 against Cuba . In 1985 they were subject to the United States and in 1989 they took third place. The last time she participated, she won the tournament ahead of Cuba and the USA.
World league
The Soviet Union finished fourth in the world league shortly before its collapse in 1990 and third in 1991 . The United Team finished sixth in 1992 .
Player personalities
- Ivans Bugajenkovs
- Valery Kalachikhin
- Yevgeny Krassilnikov
- Viljar Loor
- Georgi Mondsolewski
- Yuri Poyarkov
- Konstantin Reva
- Vyacheslav Saizev
- Alexander Sawin
- Yuri Chesnokov