Russia women's national volleyball team

Russia
Association Volleyball Federation Of Russia
Confederation CEV
Head coach Yuri Marichev
FIVB ranking 4 (as of October 2015)
Uniforms
Home
Away
Summer Olympics
Appearances 11 (First in 1964)
Best result Gold (1968, 1972, 1980 & 1988)
World Championship
Appearances 16 (First in 1952)
Best result Gold (1952, 1956, 1960, 1970, 1990, 2006 & 2010)
European Championship
Appearances 29 (First in 1949)
Best result Gold (1949, 1950, 1951, 1958, 1963, 1967, 1971, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1985, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2013, 2015)
www.volley.ru (Russian)

The Russia women's national volleyball team is the national volleyball team of Russia. It is governed by the Russian Volleyball Federation and takes part in international volleyball competitions.

They played from 1949 to 1991 as the Soviet Union and as CIS in 1992.

12 time World Champions

As USSR (10)

Year Games Host Runners-up 3rd place
19521st World ChampionshipSoviet Union Soviet Union Poland Czechoslovakia
19562nd World ChampionshipFrance France Romania Poland
19603rd World ChampionshipBrazil Brazil Japan Czechoslovakia
196819th Olympic GamesMexico Mexico Japan Poland
19706th World ChampionshipBulgaria Bulgaria Japan North Korea
197220th Olympic GamesWest Germany West Germany Japan North Korea
19731st World CupUruguay Uruguay Japan South Korea
198022nd Olympic GamesSoviet Union Soviet Union East Germany Bulgaria
198824th Olympic GamesSouth Korea South Korea  Peru China
199011th World ChampionshipChina China China United States

As Russia (2)

Year Games Host Runners-up 3rd place
200615th World ChampionshipJapan Japan Brazil Serbia
201016th World ChampionshipJapan Japan Brazil Japan

Results

Olympic Games

As Soviet Union
As Unified Team
As Russia

FIVB World Championship

As Soviet Union
As Russia

FIVB World Cup

As Soviet Union
As Russia

FIVB World Grand Prix

As Russia

European Championship

As Soviet Union
As Russia

Current squad

The following is the Russian roster in the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship.[1]

Head coach: Yuri Marichev

No. Name Date of birth Height Weight Spike Block 2014 club
1 Shcherban, YanaYana Shcherban6 September 19891.91 m (6 ft 3 in)71 kg (157 lb)298 cm (117 in)294 cm (116 in)Russia Dinamo Krasnodar
4 Zaryazhko, IrinaIrina Zaryazhko4 October 19912.01 m (6 ft 7 in)75 kg (165 lb)318 cm (125 in)311 cm (122 in)Russia Uralochka Yekaterinburg
5 Pasynkova, AleksandraAleksandra Pasynkova14 April 19871.95 m (6 ft 5 in)75 kg (165 lb)313 cm (123 in)305 cm (120 in)Russia Dinamo Krasnodar
7 Kryuchkova, SvetlanaSvetlana Kryuchkova21 February 19851.74 m (5 ft 9 in)63 kg (139 lb)290 cm (110 in)286 cm (113 in)Russia Dinamo Krasnodar
8 Goncharova, NataliyaNataliya Goncharova1 June 19891.95 m (6 ft 5 in)75 kg (165 lb)315 cm (124 in)306 cm (120 in)Russia Dinamo Moscow
10 Kosianenko, EkaterinaEkaterina Kosianenko (C)2 February 19901.81 m (5 ft 11 in)64 kg (141 lb)290 cm (110 in)285 cm (112 in)Russia Zarechie Odintsovo
11 Gamova, EkaterinaEkaterina Gamova17 October 19802.02 m (6 ft 8 in)80 kg (180 lb)321 cm (126 in)310 cm (120 in)Russia Dinamo Kazan
13 Startseva, EvgeniyaEvgeniya Startseva12 February 19891.88 m (6 ft 2 in)68 kg (150 lb)294 cm (116 in)290 cm (110 in)Russia Dinamo Kazan
14 Fetisova, IrinaIrina Fetisova7 September 19941.98 m (6 ft 6 in)76 kg (168 lb)307 cm (121 in)286 cm (113 in)Russia Zarechie Odintsovo
15 Kosheleva, TatianaTatiana Kosheleva23 December 19881.95 m (6 ft 5 in)67 kg (148 lb)315 cm (124 in)305 cm (120 in)Russia Dinamo Moscow
16 Podskalnaya, YuliyaYuliya Podskalnaya18 April 19891.91 m (6 ft 3 in)75 kg (165 lb)306 cm (120 in)295 cm (116 in)Russia Dinamo Krasnodar
17 Malykh, NataliaNatalia Malykh8 December 19931.88 m (6 ft 2 in)65 kg (143 lb)308 cm (121 in)297 cm (117 in)Russia Zarechie Odintsovo
19 Malova, AnnaAnna Malova16 April 19901.80 m (5 ft 11 in)59 kg (130 lb)286 cm (113 in)290 cm (110 in)Russia Dinamo Moscow
22 Moroz, ReginaRegina Moroz14 January 19871.95 m (6 ft 5 in)70 kg (150 lb)310 cm (120 in)303 cm (119 in)Russia Dinamo Kazan

References

  1. "Team Roster – Russia". italy2014.fivb.org. Retrieved 3 October 2014.

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