The Russia women’s national volleyball team is governed by the Russian Volleyball Federation and takes part in international volleyball competitions. All Summer and Winter Olympic medals of the Soviet Union and the Russian Empire were inherited by Russia and women’s basketball, but not combined together with the medal count of the Russian Federation. The following is the Russian roster in the 2018 World Championship.
23 сентября вылетаем на ЧМ в Японию. Галкина перешла в калининградский Локомотив Galkina Has Moved to Lokomotiv Kaliningrad. Jump to navigation Jump to search This article is about the men’s team. For the women’s team, see Russia women’s national basketball team.
The team came into existence after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and its basketball team. After Blatt left the staff, Russian national basketball saw a deep crisis due to corruption in the RBF and the federation’s conflict with FIBA. The team performed poorly, partly due to a vast majority of top players rejecting participation. The history of post-Soviet basketball in Russia dates back to 1992. The head coach back then was Yuri Selikhov. Team Russia was top of its group in the preliminary round, only losing to the Spaniards.
Belov was replaced by Stanislav Eremin as the new head coach in the new century. Russia debuted at their first Summer Olympic Games, in Sydney, Australia, in 2000. In 2002, Sergey Elevich was the new head coach until 2003, when he was replaced by Sergei Babkov, who also coached for two years. However, Russia played poorly during this time, producing no outstanding results. On 9 March 2006, the new head coach of the national team became American-Israeli David Blatt.
The period under Blatt’s guidance is marked by some great moments. In the first quarter, the Russians were 10 points down, losing offensive and defensive rebounds and failing to counter Pau Gasol. Also their three-point throws were poor. However, in the last quarter the Russians came back. At the 2008 Olympics, the Russian roster consisted of strong players.
