Russia women's national under-21 volleyball team

Russia U20
AssociationVolleyball Federation Of Russia
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FIVB U21 World Championship
Appearances11 (First in 1995)
Best resultGold Champions : (1997, 1999)
CEV Europe U19 Championship
Appearances13 (First in 1994)
Best resultGold Champions : (1994. 2016)
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The Russia women's national under-20 volleyball team represents Russia in international women's volleyball competitions and friendly matches under the age 20 and it is ruled by the Russian Volleyball Federation that is a member of the Federation of International Volleyball (FIVB) and also a part of the European Volleyball Confederation (CEV).[citation needed]

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]

Results

FIVB U20 World Championship

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

FIVB U20 World Championship[4]
Year Round Position Pld W L SW SL Squad
Brazil 1977 See  Soviet Union
Mexico 1981
Italy 1985
South Korea 1987
Peru 1989
Czechoslovakia 1991
Brazil 1993 Didn't Qualify
Thailand 1995 Semifinals Third place 7 6 1 20 5 Squad
Poland 1997 Final 1st place 7 7 0 21 4 Squad
Canada 1999 Final 1st place 7 7 0 21 4 Squad
Dominican Republic 2001 Didn't Qualify
Thailand 2003 5th–8th places 8th place 7 2 5 16 16 Squad
Turkey 2005 5th–8th places 7th place 7 4 3 14 10 Squad
Thailand 2007 Didn't Qualify
Mexico 2009
Peru 2011 9th–12th places 10th place 8 5 3 17 13 Squad
Czech Republic 2013 5th–8th places 6th place 8 5 3 17 13 Squad
Puerto Rico 2015 5th–8th places 7th place 8 4 4 16 14 Squad
Mexico 2017 Final 2nd place 8 7 1 21 8 Squad
Mexico 2019 Semifinals 3rd place 8 6 2 20 12 Squad
BelgiumNetherlands 2021 Semifinals 3rd place 8 5 3 17 13 Squad
Total 2 Titles 11/21 83 58 25 200 112

Europe U19 Championship

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

Europe U19 Championship
Year Round Position Pld W L SW SL Squad
Hungary 1966 See  Soviet Union
Soviet Union 1969
Italy 1971
Netherlands 1973
West Germany 1975
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1977
Spain 1979
West Germany 1982
France 1984
Bulgaria 1986
Italy 1988
Austria 1990
Greece 1992 Competed as  CIS
Hungary 1994 1st place Squad
Turkey 1996 2nd place Squad
Belgium 1998 2nd place Squad
Europe U19 Championship
Year Round Position Pld W L SW SL Squad
Switzerland 2000 4th place Squad
Croatia 2002 6th place Squad
Slovakia 2004 Third place Squad
France 2006 4th place Squad
Italy 2008 2nd place Squad
Serbia 2010 7th place Squad
Turkey 2012 4th place Squad
Finland/Estonia 2014 7th place Squad
Hungary/Slovakia 2016 1st place Squad
Albania 2018 2nd place Squad
Bosnia and HerzegovinaCroatia 2020 Withdrew due to travel restrictions imposed by COVID-19 pandemic[5] Squad
North Macedonia 2022 Disqualified for invading Ukraine[6] Squad
Total 2 Titles 13/28

Team

Recent squad

The following was the Russian roster in the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship.[7]

Head coach: Igor Kurnosov

No. Name Date of birth Height Weight Spike Block 2019 club
1 Varvara Shepeleva 7 August 2001 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 68 kg (150 lb) 295 cm (116 in) 280 cm (110 in) Russia Severyanka
3 Alexandra Borisova 20 June 2001 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 305 cm (120 in) 297 cm (117 in) Russia Severyanka
4 Eseniia Mishagina 12 January 2001 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 64 kg (141 lb) 290 cm (110 in) 280 cm (110 in) Russia Dinamo Krasnodar
5 Viktoriia Pushina 9 March 2000 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 310 cm (120 in) 302 cm (119 in) Russia Severyanka
7 Olga Zvereva 5 March 2000 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 74 kg (163 lb) 290 cm (110 in) 281 cm (111 in) Russia Dinamo Krasnodar
8 Ekaterina Pipunyrova 10 February 2000 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 69 kg (152 lb) 305 cm (120 in) 297 cm (117 in) Russia Dinamo Krasnodar
10 Veronika Rasputnaia 29 August 2001 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 71 kg (157 lb) 295 cm (116 in) 285 cm (112 in) Russia UZGU Atom
11 Yulia Brovkina 31 May 2001 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 70 kg (150 lb) 305 cm (120 in) 297 cm (117 in) Russia Lokomotiv Kaliningrad
14 Polina Shemanova 21 January 2001 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 55 kg (121 lb) 296 cm (117 in) 290 cm (110 in) Russia Nevskiye Zvezdy
15 Valeriya Shevchuk (C) 19 February 2001 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 60 kg (130 lb) 302 cm (119 in) 297 cm (117 in) Russia Lokomotiv Kaliningrad
17 Elizaveta Fitisova 21 September 2001 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 66 kg (146 lb) 305 cm (120 in) 295 cm (116 in) Russia Uralochka-NTMK
18 Oxana Yakushina 24 January 2001 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 73 kg (161 lb) 305 cm (120 in) 297 cm (117 in) Russia Lipetsk

Former squads

U20 World Championship

Europe U19 Championship

  • 2006 — 4th place
    Elena Boyarkina, Evgeniya Startseva, Lidiya Romanova, Lyudmila Malofeeva, Elena Kovalenko, Irina Kuznetsova, Tatiana Kosheleva, Viktoria Rusakova, Natalia Dianskaya, Olga Fedorchenko, Yuliya Podskalnaya and Alexandra Vinogradova
  • 2008 — Silver medal
    Ekaterina Bogacheva, Olga Efimova, Anna Kiseleva, Anastasia Konovalova, Ksenia Naumova, Daria Pisarenko, Irina Smirnova, Ekaterina Pankova, Irina Uraleva, Viktoria Chervova, Olga Shukaylo and Tatiana Shchukina
  • 2010 — 7th place
    Maria Ivonkina, Yana Manzyuk, Ekaterina Petrova, Alina Yaroshik (c), Natalia Krotkova, Anastasia Kornienko, Valeria Safonova, Anastasia Lyapushkina, Anastasia Bavykina, Anastasia Komogorova, Alla Galkina and Natalia Malykh
  • 2012 — 4th place
    Irina Voronkova, Tatiana Romanova, Maria Bibina, Olesya Nikolaeva, Irina Fetisova, Anna Luneva, Eli Uatarra, Elena Novik (c), Anastasiia Barchuk, Ksenia Ilchenko, Ekaterina Voronova and Rimma Goncharova
  • 2014 — 7th place
    Svetlana Serbina, Ekaterina Shkurikhina, Kristina Kurnosova, Ekaterina Novikova, Anastasia Grechanaia, Victoria Zhurbenko, Angelina Sperskaite (c), Anastasiia Barchuk, Anna Lazareva, Tatiana Iurinskaia, Natalia Guskova and Angelina Lazarenko
  • 2016 Gold medal
    Angelina Lazarenko, Inna Balyko, Anna Kotikova, Anastasia Stalnaya, Alina Podskalnaya, Aleksandra Oganezova, Ksenia Pligunova, Anastasiia Stankevichute, Victoria Russu, Elizaveta Kotova, Marina Tushova and Maria Vorobyeva (c)
  • 2018 Silver medal
    Varvara Shepeleva, Tatiana Kadochkina, Alexandra Borisova, Polina Matveeva, Viktoriia Pushina, Olga Zvereva, Ekaterina Pipunyrova, Veronika Rasputnaia, Yulia Brovkina, Irina Soboleva, Valeriya Shevchuk (c) and Oxana Yakushina

References

  1. ^ "These are the sports that Russia has been suspended from". CNN.
  2. ^ "A glance at reaction of sports to Russian invasion". Associated Press. 3 March 2022.
  3. ^ "European Volleyball Federation bans Russian, Belarusian teams, officials from European competition".
  4. ^ Championship Information
  5. ^ "EuroVolleyU19W ready to 'take off' in Zenica". cev.eu. 21 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  6. ^ "FIVB Declares Russia And Belarus Not Eligible For International And Continental Competitions". FIVB. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  7. ^ "Team Roster – Russia". Retrieved 22 July 2019.

External links

  • Official website (in Russian)
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