Russian Volleyball Federation

Russian Volleyball Federation

Sport	Volleyball Beach volleyball
Jurisdiction	Russia
Abbreviation	RVF (ВФВ)
Founded	1991 (1991)
Affiliation	FIVB
Affiliation date	1991 (1991)
Headquarters	Moscow
Location	Russia
Official website
www.volley.ru

The Russian Volleyball Federation ( in Russian: Всероссийская федерация волейбола, Vserossijskaja Federacija Volejbola hence the acronym Latinized VFV or in Russian ВФВ) is the governing body of volleyball in Russia; although existing since 1991, it is the prosecutor of the pre-existing Soviet volleyball federation (Федерация волейбола СССР, Federacija Volejbola SSSR).^{[citation needed]}

It organizes the men's and women's volleyball championships in Russia as well as the activities of the men's and women's national teams of Russia.^[1][2][3][4]

In response to the

Volleyball appeared in Russia in 1914 in Kazan and Nizhny Novgorod, where it was promoted by American instructors. In 1915, they got acquainted with volleyball in Khabarovsk and Vladivostok.

The official date of birth of Soviet volleyball is considered to be July 28, 1923, when a match between the men's teams of the Higher Art and Theater Workshops (VKHUTEMAS) and the State School of Cinematography (VKHUTEMAS) took place in Moscow with official arbitration. From the mid-1920s, volleyball teams began to appear in

Since 1927, official competitions for the city championship began to be held in Moscow.

Of importance for the further development of volleyball in the USSR was its inclusion in the program of the 1928 All-Union

In September 1949, in Prague (Czechoslovakia), the USSR women's team competed in the First European Championship, and the men's team competed in the First World Championship. Both teams became winners of the competition.

In 1950, the first USSR Cup was held. The men's and women's teams of Dynamo (Moscow) became the owners of the new honorary trophy.

In October 1950, in Sofia (Bulgaria), the men's team competed for the first time in the European Championship and won it.

In August 1952 in Moscow, the USSR women's national team made its World Championship debut and became the winner of the competition.

In 1956, the 1st Summer Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR was held in Moscow, the winners of which the volleyball competitions were the Ukrainian men's national team and the Moscow women's team. These competitions were also the USSR championship. Volleyball was invariably present in all subsequent Spartakiads.

In 1960, the volleyball European Champions Cup was played for the first time between men's club teams, which was won by the CSKA team. A similar women's tournament was held in 1961 and the Soviet team Dynamo (Moscow) also became its winner.

In 1964, volleyball competitions were held in Tokyo (Japan) for the first time on the program of the Olympic Games. The USSR men's national team became the winner, and the women's team took second place.

A year later, for the first time in Poland, the World Cup was played between men's teams, which was won by the USSR team.

In 1966, the USSR national teams debuted at the European Championships among youth teams. Both the men's and women's teams became champions.

In 1973, for the first time, CEV held a cup competition for club teams, the winners of which were volleyball players from the Zvezda (Voroshilovgrad) team and athletes from CSKA.

In 1977, the USSR national teams made their debut at the World Junior Championships. The men's team became the champion.

In the 1990/1991 season, under the auspices of the USSR Volleyball Federation, the last USSR championship and the USSR Cup took place, and in the 1992 Olympics season, the already open championships were played. Russia for women's teams and the CIS for men.

In 1991, the All-Russian Volleyball Federation was formed. Valentin Vasilyevich Zhukov, who held this position until 2004, was elected president.

On October 1, 1992, the USSR Volleyball Federation ceased to be a member of the

1991-2004 — Zhukov, Valentin Vasilievich

2004-2009 — Patrushev, Nikolái Platonovich

since 2010 — Shevchenko, Stanislav Vladímirovich (in 2009-2010 — acting president)

Structure

The supreme body of the All-Russian Volleyball Federation is the Conference, which can have the status of report and election (which is held once every 4 years for the election of the leadership of the federation) and extraordinary (to resolve other issues). The last 13th information and election conference was held in December 2008 in Moscow.

In order to resolve the tasks set by the Conference for the RVF, as well as the statutory requirements, the conference delegates elect the Presidium for a period of 4 years. From among its members, the Presidium elects the Executive Committee, which implements the decisions of the Conference and the RVF Presidium and also organizes the day-to-day activities of the federation. Its work is headed by the President of the All-Russian Volleyball Federation, elected by the Conference for a term of 4 years. In addition to the President, the Executive Committee is made up of the RVF First Vice President, Vice Presidents, Secretary General, Director General, and other members.

To solve the special tasks facing the RVF, permanent technical commissions and councils have been created in its structure: an international commission, a commission for the logistics of competitions and the training process, a beach volleyball council, and a council of veterans. In addition, the structure of the VFV includes the All-Russian College of Judges and the Commission for Arbitration and Control and Audit elected at the conference.

The All-Russian Volleyball Federation includes 83 volleyball federations from

List of regional volleyball federations included in the RVF structure

Leadership

Executive Committee

• Shevchenko, Stanislav Vladimirovich — President
• Gorbenko, Andrey Vladimirovich — CEO
• Karpol, Nikolai Vasilyevich — Vice president
• Shipulin, Gennady Yakovlevich — Vice president
• Yaremenko, Alexander Mikhailovich — General Secretary
• Patkin, Vladimir Leonidovich — Executive Director
• Zhukov, Valentin Vasilievich — President Adviser
• Titov, Sergey Valerievich — President of the All-Russian College of Judges
• Fadeev, Vladislav Valerievich — General Manager
• Yuriev, Yuri Nikolaevich — President of the Arbitration
• Trifonova, Zoya Alekseevna

Sponsors

• VTB Bank is the sponsor of the RVF, the general sponsor of the Russia men's national volleyball team.
• VEB.RF is the sponsor of the RVF, the general sponsor of the Russia women's national volleyball team.

Official tournaments

As part of its activities, the All-Russian Volleyball Federation is responsible for holding the following annual tournaments:

• Russian Championship — men and women
• Russian Cup — men and women
• Russian Super Cup — men and women
• Russian Championship — boys and girls
• All Russia competitions — veterans
• Beach Volley competitions

See also

• Russia men's national volleyball team
• Russia women's national volleyball team

References

External links

• Официальный сайт ВФВ