Russia women's national under-21 volleyball team

Russia U20

Association	Volleyball Federation Of Russia
Uniforms
Home Away Third
FIVB U21 World Championship
Appearances	11 (First in 1995)
Best result	Champions : (1997, 1999)
CEV Europe U19 Championship
Appearances	13 (First in 1994)
Best result	Champions : (1994. 2016)
www.volley.ru (in Russian)

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
1977	See  Soviet Union
1981
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993	Didn't Qualify
1995	Semifinals	Third place	7	6	1	20	5	Squad
1997	Final	1st place	7	7	0	21	4	Squad
1999	Final	1st place	7	7	0	21	4	Squad
2001	Didn't Qualify
2003	5th–8th places	8th place	7	2	5	16	16	Squad
2005	5th–8th places	7th place	7	4	3	14	10	Squad
2007	Didn't Qualify
2009
2011	9th–12th places	10th place	8	5	3	17	13	Squad
2013	5th–8th places	6th place	8	5	3	17	13	Squad
2015	5th–8th places	7th place	8	4	4	16	14	Squad
2017	Final	2nd place	8	7	1	21	8	Squad
2019	Semifinals	3rd place	8	6	2	20	12	Squad
2021	Semifinals	3rd place	8	5	3	17	13	Squad
2023	Banned
2025
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 1966 See  Soviet Union 1969 1971 1973 1975 1977 1979 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 Competed as  CIS 1994 1st place Squad 1996 2nd place Squad 1998 2nd place Squad

Europe U19 Championship Year Round Position Pld W L SW SL Squad 2000 4th place Squad 2002 6th place Squad 2004 Third place Squad 2006 4th place Squad 2008 2nd place Squad 2010 7th place Squad 2012 4th place Squad / 2014 7th place Squad / 2016 1st place Squad 2018 2nd place Squad 2020 Withdrew due to travel restrictions imposed by COVID-19 pandemic[5] Squad 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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	Lipetsk

Former squads

U20 World Championship

• 1997 — Gold medal

  Elena Vassilevskaya, Irina Tebenikhina, Anna Artamonova, Olga Chukanova, Anastasia Belikova, Natalia Safronova, Ekaterina Gamova, Anjela Gourieva, Marina Ivanova, Tatiana Gorchkova, Elena Plotnikova and Ekaterina Shitselova

• 1999 — Gold medal

  Anna Artamonova, Olga Chukanova, Anjela Gourieva, Ekaterina Gamova, Elena Konstantinova, Valeria Pouchnenkova, Tatiana Gorchkova, Olga Konovalova, Olessia Makarova, Anna Velikanova, Ekaterina Shitselova and Evguenia Kuzianina

• 2003 — 8th place

  Natalia Korobkova, Anna Moisseenko, Ekaterina Margatskaya, Viktoria Podkopaeva, Yulia Merkulova, Anna Gouryanova (c), Maria Borodakova, Irina Sukhova, Anna Zayko, Svetlana Akulova, Natalia Gladysheva and Zhanna Novikova

• 2005 — 7th place

  Tatiana Alizarova, Tatiana Soldatova, Anna Beskova, Anastasia Prisyagina, Ekaterina Kabeshova, Ekaterina Orlova, Anna Kosnyreva (c), Anastasia Markova, Ekaterina Gromova, Vera Ulyakina, Elena Irisova and Anna Arbuzova

• 2011 — 10th place

  Maria Ivonkina, Yana Manzyuk, Ekaterina Petrova, Ekaterina Lavrova, Alina Yaroshik (c), Valeria Safonova, Anastasia Lyapushkina, Anastasia Anufrienko, Anastasia Bavykina, Alla Galeeva, Alena Golosnova and Natalia Malykh

• 2013 — 6th place

  Ekaterina Makarchuk, Irina Voronkova, Tatiana Romanova, Olga Biryukova, Olesya Nikolaeva, Irina Fetisova, Anna Luneva, Valeriya Zaytseva, Elena Novik (c), Ksenia Ilchenko, Natalia Reshetnikova and Ekaterina Voronova

• 2015 — 7th place

  Angelina Lazarenko, Svetlana Serbina, Ekaterina Shkurikhina, Kristina Kurnosova, Ekaterina Novikova, Victoria Zhurbenko, Angelina Sperskaite (c), Anastasiia Barchuk, Anastasiia Cheremisina, Anna Lazareva, Tatiana Iurinskaia and Sabina Gilfanova

• 2017 — Silver medal

  Angelina Lazarenko, Ksenia Smirnova, Anna Kotikova, Anastasia Stalnaya, Olga Zubareva, Alina Podskalnaya, Aleksandra Oganezova, Anastasiia Stankevichute, Victoria Russu, Daria Ryseva, Elizaveta Kotova and Maria Vorobyeva (c)

• 2019 — Bronze medal

  Varvara Shepeleva, Alexandra Borisova, Eseniia Mishagina, Viktoriia Pushina, Olga Zvereva, Ekaterina Pipunyrova, Veronika Rasputnaia, Yulia Brovkina, Polina Shemanova, Valeriya Shevchuk (c), Elizaveta Fitisova and Oxana Yakushina

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)