The Russia women's national volleyball team is governed by the Russian Volleyball Federation and participated in international volleyball competitions. They played from 1949 to 1991 as the Soviet Union and as the CIS in 1992.
In response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the International Volleyball Federation suspended all Russian national teams, clubs, and officials, as well as beach and snow volleyball athletes, from all events. [1] [2] The European Volleyball Confederation (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. [3]
Year | Games | Host | Runners-up | 3rd place |
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1952 | 1st World Championship | Soviet Union | Poland | Czechoslovakia |
1956 | 2nd World Championship | France | Romania | Poland |
1960 | 3rd World Championship | Brazil | Japan | Czechoslovakia |
1968# | 19th Olympic Games | Mexico | Japan | Poland |
1970# | 6th World Championship | Bulgaria | Japan | North Korea |
1972# | 20th Olympic Games | West Germany | Japan | North Korea |
1973# | 1st World Cup | Uruguay | Japan | South Korea |
1980 | 22nd Olympic Games | Soviet Union | East Germany | Bulgaria |
1988 | 24th Olympic Games | South Korea | Peru | China |
1990 | 11th World Championship | China | China | United States |
# – 4 major titles in row in late 1960s - early 1970s (World Women's Volleyball Championship, World Cup, Olympic Games)
Year | Games | Host | Runners-up | 3rd place |
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2006 | 15th World Championship | Japan | Brazil | Serbia |
2010 | 16th World Championship | Japan | Brazil | Japan |
The following is the Russian roster in the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup. [4]
Head coach: Sergio Busato
No. | Name | Date of birth | Height | Weight | Spike | Block | 2019 club |
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1 | Angelina Lazarenko | 23 April 1998 | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | 80 kg (180 lb) | 320 cm (130 in) | 305 cm (120 in) | Volero Le Cannet |
3 | Ekaterina Efimova | 3 July 1993 | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | 70 kg (150 lb) | 305 cm (120 in) | 295 cm (116 in) | Dynamo Moscow |
4 | Daria Chikrizova | 9 June 1990 | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | 69 kg (152 lb) | 185 cm (73 in) | 180 cm (71 in) | Dinamo-Metar Chelyabinsk |
6 | Irina Zaryazhko | 4 October 1991 | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | 78 kg (172 lb) | 305 cm (120 in) | 290 cm (110 in) | Dynamo Kazan |
7 | Tatiana Romanova | 9 September 1994 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | 64 kg (141 lb) | 292 cm (115 in) | 285 cm (112 in) | Uralochka-NTMK |
8 | Nataliya Goncharova | 1 June 1989 | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | 75 kg (165 lb) | 315 cm (124 in) | 306 cm (120 in) | Dynamo Moscow |
9 | Alla Galkina | 15 April 1992 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | 65 kg (143 lb) | 295 cm (116 in) | 290 cm (110 in) | Lokomotiv Kaliningrad |
11 | Margarita Kurilo | 21 June 1993 | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | 73 kg (161 lb) | 304 cm (120 in) | 290 cm (110 in) | Yenisey Krasnoyarsk |
13 | Yevgeniya Startseva (c) | 12 February 1989 | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | 68 kg (150 lb) | 294 cm (116 in) | 290 cm (110 in) | Dynamo Kazan |
16 | Irina Voronkova | 20 October 1995 | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | 84 kg (185 lb) | 305 cm (120 in) | 290 cm (110 in) | Lokomotiv Kaliningrad |
18 | Ksenia Parubets | 31 October 1994 | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 64 kg (141 lb) | 300 cm (120 in) | 286 cm (113 in) | Uralochka-NTMK |
19 | Maria Khaletskaia | 31 July 1994 | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | 80 kg (180 lb) | 311 cm (122 in) | 302 cm (119 in) | Dinamo Krasnodar |
25 | Yulia Brovkina | 31 May 2001 | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | 70 kg (150 lb) | 305 cm (120 in) | 297 cm (117 in) | Lokomotiv Kaliningrad |
26 | Anna Lazareva | 31 January 1997 | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | 67 kg (148 lb) | 315 cm (124 in) | 300 cm (120 in) | Dynamo Moscow |
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