# Russia women's national under-21 volleyball team

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).
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. 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.

## Results
### FIVB U20 World Championship

Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
FIVB U20 World Championship :
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | SW | SL | Squad |
| 1977 | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union |
| 1981 | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union |
| 1985 | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union |
| 1987 | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union |
| 1989 | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union |
| 1991 | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union |
| 1993 | Didn't Qualify | Didn't Qualify | Didn't Qualify | Didn't Qualify | Didn't Qualify | Didn't Qualify | Didn't Qualify | 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 | Didn't Qualify | Didn't Qualify | Didn't Qualify | Didn't Qualify | Didn't Qualify | Didn't Qualify | 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 | Didn't Qualify | Didn't Qualify | Didn't Qualify | Didn't Qualify | Didn't Qualify | Didn't Qualify | Didn't Qualify |
| 2009 | Didn't Qualify | Didn't Qualify | Didn't Qualify | Didn't Qualify | Didn't Qualify | Didn't Qualify | Didn't Qualify | Didn't Qualify |
| 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 | Banned | Banned | Banned | Banned | Banned | Banned | Banned |
| 2025 | Banned | Banned | Banned | Banned | Banned | Banned | Banned | Banned |
| 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 | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union |
| 1969 | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union |
| 1971 | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union |
| 1973 | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union |
| 1975 | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union |
| 1977 | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union |
| 1979 | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union |
| 1982 | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union |
| 1984 | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union |
| 1986 | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union |
| 1988 | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union |
| 1990 | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union |
| 1992 | Competed as CIS | Competed as CIS | Competed as CIS | Competed as CIS | Competed as CIS | Competed as CIS | Competed as CIS | 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 | Withdrew due to travel restrictions imposed by COVID-19 pandemic | Withdrew due to travel restrictions imposed by COVID-19 pandemic | Withdrew due to travel restrictions imposed by COVID-19 pandemic | Withdrew due to travel restrictions imposed by COVID-19 pandemic | Withdrew due to travel restrictions imposed by COVID-19 pandemic | Withdrew due to travel restrictions imposed by COVID-19 pandemic | Squad |
| 2022 | Disqualified for invading Ukraine | Disqualified for invading Ukraine | Disqualified for invading Ukraine | Disqualified for invading Ukraine | Disqualified for invading Ukraine | Disqualified for invading Ukraine | Disqualified for invading Ukraine | 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.
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