Soviet Men's Volleyball Championship Explained

Soviet Union Championship
Sport:Volleyball
Founded:1933
Dissolved:1991
Inaugural:1933
Continent:Europe
Administrator:USRRV
Level:1st Level
Domestic Cup:Soviet Union Cup
Confed Cup:
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

Sources[1] [2] [3]

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20110518175803/http://sports123.com/vol/msov.html League history in sports123.com
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20090425070150/http://www.volley.ru/ussrprisers.php Призёры Спартакиад народов СССР
  3. http://www.volley.ru/documents/497/p1/682/ Волейбол: Справочник