Soviet Union women's national volleyball team

Soviet Union
AssociationSoviet Union Volleyball Federation
ConfederationCEV
FIVB ranking? (as of 10 July 2024)
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Third
Summer Olympics
Appearances6 (First in 1964)
Best resultGold Gold Medalist : (1968, 1972, 1980, 1988)
World Championship
Appearances10 (First in 1952)
Best resultGold Champions : (1952, 1956, 1960, 1970, 1990)
World Cup
Appearances6 (First in 1973)
Best result Champions : (1973)
European Championship
Appearances17 (First in 1949)
Best resultGold Champions : (1949, 1950, 1951, 1958, 1963, 1967, 1971, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1985, 1989, 1991)
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Honours
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1964 Tokyo Team
Gold medal – first place 1968 Mexico Team
Gold medal – first place 1972 Munich Team
Silver medal – second place 1976 Montreal Team
Gold medal – first place 1980 Moscow Team
Gold medal – first place 1988 Seoul Team
FIVB World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1952 Soviet Union
Gold medal – first place 1956 France
Gold medal – first place 1960 Brazil
Gold medal – first place 1970 Bulgaria
Gold medal – first place 1990 China
Silver medal – second place 1962 Soviet Union
Silver medal – second place 1974 Mexico
Bronze medal – third place 1978 Soviet Union
FIVB World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1973 Uruguay
Silver medal – second place 1989 Japan
Bronze medal – third place 1981 Japan
Bronze medal – third place 1985 Japan
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Japan
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 1949 Czechoslovakia
Gold medal – first place 1950 Bulgaria
Gold medal – first place 1951 France
Gold medal – first place 1958 Czechoslovakia
Gold medal – first place 1963 Romania
Gold medal – first place 1967 Turkey
Gold medal – first place 1971 Italy
Gold medal – first place 1975 Yugoslavia
Gold medal – first place 1977 Finland
Gold medal – first place 1979 France
Gold medal – first place 1985 Netherlands
Gold medal – first place 1989 West Germany
Gold medal – first place 1991 Italy
Silver medal – second place 1955 Romania
Silver medal – second place 1981 Bulgaria
Silver medal – second place 1983 East Germany
Silver medal – second place 1987 Belgium

The Soviet Union women's national volleyball team was the national volleyball team that had represented the Soviet Union in the International competitions between 1952 until 1991.

FIVB considers Russia as the inheritor of the records of Soviet Union (1952–1991) and CIS (1992). The USSR Volleyball Federation joined the FIVB in 1948, a year after the foundation of the international governing body. In 1952, they triumphed in the first ever FIVB Women’s World Championship and have been dominating the international scene ever since, having won Four Summer Olympics, Five World Championships, one World Cup and 13 European Championships.