Russia women's national volleyball team

Russia
AssociationVolleyball Federation of Russia
ConfederationCEV
Head coachvacant
FIVB rankingNR (29 June 2025)
Uniforms
Home
Away
Summer Olympics
Appearances14 (First in 1964)
Best result (1968 (USSR)), (1972 (USSR)), (1980 (USSR)), (1988 (USSR))
World Championship
Appearances17 (First in 1952)
Best result (1952 (USSR), 1956 (USSR), 1960 (USSR), 1970 (USSR), 1990 (USSR), 2006 & 2010)
World Cup
Appearances8 (First in 1973)
Best result (1973 (USSR))
European Championship
Appearances30 (First in 1949)
Best result (1949 (USSR), 1950 (USSR), 1951 (USSR), 1958 (USSR), 1963 (USSR), 1967 (USSR), 1971 (USSR), 1975 (USSR), 1977 (USSR), 1979 (USSR), 1985 (USSR), 1989 (USSR), 1991 (USSR), 1993, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2013, 2015)
www.volley.ru (in Russian)
Honours
Olympic Games
1968 Mexico City Team (URS)
1972 Munich Team (URS)
1980 Moscow Team (URS)
1988 Seoul Team (URS)
1964 Tokyo Team (URS)
1976 Montreal Team (URS)
1992 Barcelona Team (EUN)
2000 Sydney Team
2004 Athens Team
FIVB World Championship
1952 Soviet Union URS
1956 France URS
1960 Brazil URS
1970 Bulgaria URS
1990 China URS
2006 Japan
2010 Japan
1962 Soviet Union URS
1974 Mexico URS
1978 Soviet Union URS
1994 Brazil
1998 Japan
2002 Germany
FIVB World Cup
1973 Uruguay (URS)
1989 Japan (URS)
1999 Japan
1981 Japan (URS)
1985 Japan (URS)
1991 Japan (URS)
2019 Japan (RUS)
World Grand Champions Cup
1997 Japan
2001 Japan
1993 Japan
FIVB World Grand Prix
1997 Kobe
1999 Yu Xi
2002 Hong Kong
1998 Hong Kong
2000 Manila
2003 Andria
2006 Reggio Calabria
2009 Tokyo
2015 Omaha
1993 Hong Kong
1996 Shanghai
2001 Macau
2014 Tokyo
European Championship
1949 Czechoslovakia (URS)
1950 Bulgaria (URS)
1951 France (URS)
1958 Czechoslovakia (URS)
1963 Romania (URS)
1967 Turkey (URS)
1971 Italy (URS)
1975 Yugoslavia (URS)
1977 Finland (URS)
1979 France (URS)
1985 Netherlands (URS)
1989 West Germany (URS)
1991 Italy (URS)
1993 Czech Republic
1997 Czech Republic
1999 Italy
2001 Bulgaria
2013 Germany/Switzerland
2015 Netherlands
1955 Romania (URS)
1981 Bulgaria (URS)
1983 East Germany (URS)
1987 Belgium (URS)
1995 Netherlands
2005 Croatia
2007 Belgium/Luxembourg
Summer Universiade
1997 Catania
2013 Kazan
2015 Gwangju
2017 Taipei
2019 Naples
1999 Majorca
2001 Beijing
1995 Fukuoka
2003 Daegu
2011 Shenzhen

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 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. 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.