Russia men's national volleyball team

Russia
Nickname(s)Reds Caesar Land
AssociationRussian Volleyball Federation
ConfederationCEV
Head coach Konstantin Bryanskiyly
FIVB rankingNR (as of 8 January 2025)
Uniforms
Home
Away
Third
Summer Olympics
Appearances14 (First in 1964)
Best result (1964 (USSR)), (1968 (USSR)), (1980 (USSR)), (2012)
World Championship
Appearances18 (First in 1949)
Best result 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 result 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)
www.volley.ru (in Russian)
Honours
Olympic Games
1964 TokyoTeam (URS)
1968 Mexico CityTeam (URS)
1980 MoscowTeam (URS)
2012 LondonTeam
1976 MontrealTeam (URS)
1988 SeoulTeam (URS)
2000 SydneyTeam
2020 TokyoTeam
1972 MunichTeam (URS)
2004 AthensTeam
2008 BeijingTeam
World Championship
1949 Czechoslovakia (URS)
1952 Soviet Union (URS)
1960 Brazil (URS)
1962 Soviet Union (URS)
1978 Italy (URS)
1982 Argentina (URS)
1974 Mexico (URS)
1986 France (URS)
2002 Argentina
1956 France (URS)
1966 Czechoslovakia (URS)
1990 Brazil (URS)
World Cup
1965 Poland (URS)
1977 Japan (URS)
1981 Japan (URS)
1991 Japan (URS)
1999 Japan
2011 Japan
1985 Japan (URS)
2007 Japan
1969 East Germany (URS)
1989 Japan (URS)
World Grand Champions Cup
2013 Japan
World League
2002 Belo Horizonte
2011 Gdańsk
2013 Mar del Plata
1993 São Paulo
1998 Milan
2000 Rotterdam
2007 Katowice
2010 Córdoba
1991 Milan (URS)
1996 Rotterdam
1997 Moscow
2001 Katowice
2006 Moscow
2008 Rio de Janeiro
2009 Belgrade
Nations League
2018 Lille
2019 Chicago
European Championship
1950 Bulgaria (URS)
1951 France (URS)
1967 Turkey (URS)
1971 Italy (URS)
1975 Yugoslavia (URS)
1977 Finland (URS)
1979 France (URS)
1981 Bulgaria (URS)
1983 East Germany (URS)
1985 Netherlands (URS)
1987 Belgium (URS)
1991 Germany (URS)
2013 Denmark/Poland
2017 Poland
1999 Austria
2005 Italy/Serbia and Montenegro
2007 Russia
1958 Czechoslovakia (URS)
1963 Romania (URS)
1993 Finland
2001 Czech Republic
2003 Germany
European Games
2015 BakuTeam
European League
2005 Kazan
2004 Opava
Summer Universiade
2009 BelgradeTeam
2011 ShenzhenTeam
2013 KazanTeam
2015 GwangjuTeam
2017 TaipeiTeam
1997 SicilyTeam
2001 BeijingTeam
2019 NaplesTeam
Goodwill Games
1986 MoscowTeam
1990 SeattleTeam

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).