Russia men's national volleyball team

Russia
Nickname(s)Reds Caesar Land
AssociationRussian Volleyball Federation
Head coachRussia Konstantin Bryanskiyly
FIVB rankingNR (as of 10 July 2024)
Uniforms
Home
Away
Third
Summer Olympics
Appearances14 (First in 1964)
Best resultGold (1964 (USSR)), (1968 (USSR)), (1980 (USSR)), (2012)
World Championship
Appearances18 (First in 1949)
Best resultGold 1949 (USSR), 1952 (USSR), 1960 (USSR), 1962 (USSR), 1978 (USSR), 1982 (USSR))
World Cup
Appearances11 (First in 1965)
Best result 1965 (USSR), 1977 (USSR), 1981 (USSR), 1991 (USSR), 1999, 2011)
European Championship
Appearances28 (First in 1950 (as USSR))
Best resultGold 1950 (USSR), 1951 (USSR), 1967 (USSR), 1971 (USSR), 1975 (USSR), 1977 (USSR), 1979 (USSR), 1981 (USSR), 1983 (USSR), 1985 (USSR), 1987 (USSR), 1991 (USSR), 2013, 2017)
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Honours
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1964 Tokyo Team (URS)
Gold medal – first place 1968 Mexico City Team (URS)
Gold medal – first place 1980 Moscow Team (URS)
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Team
Silver medal – second place 1976 Montreal Team (URS)
Silver medal – second place 1988 Seoul Team (URS)
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney Team
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team
Bronze medal – third place 1972 Munich Team (URS)
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens Team
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1949 Czechoslovakia (URS)
Gold medal – first place 1952 Soviet Union (URS)
Gold medal – first place 1960 Brazil (URS)
Gold medal – first place 1962 Soviet Union (URS)
Gold medal – first place 1978 Italy (URS)
Gold medal – first place 1982 Argentina (URS)
Silver medal – second place 1974 Mexico (URS)
Silver medal – second place 1986 France (URS)
Silver medal – second place 2002 Argentina
Bronze medal – third place 1956 France (URS)
Bronze medal – third place 1966 Czechoslovakia (URS)
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Brazil (URS)
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1965 Poland (URS)
Gold medal – first place 1977 Japan (URS)
Gold medal – first place 1981 Japan (URS)
Gold medal – first place 1991 Japan (URS)
Gold medal – first place 1999 Japan
Gold medal – first place 2011 Japan
Silver medal – second place 1985 Japan (URS)
Silver medal – second place 2007 Japan
Bronze medal – third place 1969 East Germany (URS)
Bronze medal – third place 1989 Japan (URS)
World Grand Champions Cup
Silver medal – second place 2013 Japan
World League
Gold medal – first place 2002 Belo Horizonte
Gold medal – first place 2011 Gdańsk
Gold medal – first place 2013 Mar del Plata
Silver medal – second place 1993 São Paulo
Silver medal – second place 1998 Milan
Silver medal – second place 2000 Rotterdam
Silver medal – second place 2007 Katowice
Silver medal – second place 2010 Córdoba
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Milan (URS)
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Rotterdam
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Moscow
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Katowice
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Moscow
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Rio de Janeiro
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Belgrade
Nations League
Gold medal – first place 2018 Lille
Gold medal – first place 2019 Chicago
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 1950 Bulgaria (URS)
Gold medal – first place 1951 France (URS)
Gold medal – first place 1967 Turkey (URS)
Gold medal – first place 1971 Italy (URS)
Gold medal – first place 1975 Yugoslavia (URS)
Gold medal – first place 1977 Finland (URS)
Gold medal – first place 1979 France (URS)
Gold medal – first place 1981 Bulgaria (URS)
Gold medal – first place 1983 East Germany (URS)
Gold medal – first place 1985 Netherlands (URS)
Gold medal – first place 1987 Belgium (URS)
Gold medal – first place 1991 Germany (URS)
Gold medal – first place 2013 Denmark/Poland
Gold medal – first place 2017 Poland
Silver medal – second place 1999 Austria
Silver medal – second place 2005 Italy/Serbia and Montenegro
Silver medal – second place 2007 Russia
Bronze medal – third place 1958 Czechoslovakia (URS)
Bronze medal – third place 1963 Romania (URS)
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Finland
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Czech Republic
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Germany
European Games
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Baku Team
European League
Gold medal – first place 2005 Kazan
Silver medal – second place 2004 Opava
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2009 Belgrade Team
Gold medal – first place 2011 Shenzhen Team
Gold medal – first place 2013 Kazan Team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Gwangju Team
Silver medal – second place 2017 Taipei Team
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Sicily Team
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Beijing Team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Naples Team
Goodwill Games
Gold medal – first place 1986 Moscow Team
Silver medal – second place 1990 Seattle Team

The Russia men's national volleyball team is governed by the Russian Volleyball Federation and took part in international volleyball competitions.

FIVB considers Russia as the inheritor of the records of Soviet Union (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 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 Olympic Games, six World Cups and 14 European Championships (medals of Russian and the Soviet union combined).