Soviet Men's Volleyball Championship

Soviet Union Championship

Sport	Volleyball
Founded	1933
First season	1933
Administrator	USRRV
Country	Soviet Union
Continent	Europe
Level on pyramid	1st Level
Domestic cup(s)	Soviet Union Cup
International cup(s)	CEV Champions League CEV Cup CEV Challenge Cup

The history of the USSR championships began on April 4, 1933. On that day the first matches among the national teams of the five cities were held at the Palace of Metalworkers in Dnepropetrovsk. These competitions, as well as the next three similar championships, were officially called the All-Union Volleyball Holidays.

The USSR championships among club teams representing various voluntary sports societies and departments were held since 1938. In 1956, 1959, 1963 and 1967 the USSR champion title was played in the Summer Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR. In 1937, 1941-1944 and 1964 there were no USSR Championship competitions.

In the 1991/92 season the USSR Volleyball Federation organized the CIS Open Championship, a number of its participants in 1992 played in parallel the first Russian Championship.

List of Champions

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See also

• Volleyball in Russia
• Russian Volleyball Super League

References

External links

• Soviet Union Men's Championship Editions