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Volleyball · Level 9: Master · Sub-level 9.5

Great Teams and Eras

10 tests · 100 facts · updated 25 October 2026 · markdown

The Soviet men, Japan's women of the 1960s, Poland in the 1970s, the US men of the 1980s, China's women of the 1980s, Italy's generation of phenomena, Cuba's women of the 1990s, Brazil's men of the 2000s, the Soviet and Russian women, and the great players and coaches.

Each test below is ten questions on Insporta. The list under a test is what the questions check: one fact per question, with the source it was written from. Read it before the test, or come back from a wrong answer.

Test 1The Soviet menTake a test

  1. It won in 1949, 1952, 1960, 1962, 1978 and 1982.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  2. Titles in 1978 and 1982 marked a second Soviet golden age.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  3. Poland beat the Soviet Union to the 1974 title.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  4. East Germany won in Bulgaria in 1970.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  5. Platonov led the strongest Soviet side of that time.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  6. It won in 1964, 1968 and 1980.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  7. The US men won the 1986 title in France.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  8. Four of the six Soviet world titles.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · applied

  9. 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978-82 and 1986.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · applied

  10. The Soviet Union won six men's world titles in that span.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · applied

Test 2Japan's womenTake a test

  1. Japan won in 1962, 1967 and 1974.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  2. The textile company's team supplied most of the players.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  3. Nichibo was a cotton-spinning firm.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  4. Japan won at Tokyo 1964 and Montreal 1976.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  5. Japan ended a run of three Soviet women's world titles.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  6. They won the title in the Soviet Union.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  7. Daimatsu's training was famously hard.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  8. Japan's golden era.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · applied

  9. Japan's era between Soviet and Cuban titles.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · applied

  10. Nichibo Kaizuka's players formed the core of Japan's team.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · applied

Test 3Poland in the 1970sTake a test

  1. Wagner built Poland's golden team.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  2. Mexico hosted the 1974 championship.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  3. The Soviet Union took silver.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  4. 1974 and 1976.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  5. Poland beat the Soviet Union in Montreal.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  6. The Cubans finished third in Montreal.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  7. World and Olympic wins over the Soviet Union made it famous.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  8. The coach arrives, then the 1974 and 1976 titles.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · applied

  9. Poland's gold sat between Japan's and the Soviet Union's.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · applied

  10. Wagner led Poland to the 1974 and 1976 titles.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · applied

Test 4The US men of the 1980sTake a test

  1. Kiraly starred in the US teams of the 1980s.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  2. The USA won in 1984 and 1988.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  3. France hosted the 1986 championship.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  4. The Soviet Union took silver.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  5. Dunphy took over after Beal.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  6. He won beach gold in 1996.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  7. Specialist passing fed a quick, varied offence.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  8. 1984, 1986 and 1988.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · applied

  9. Player indoors, player on the beach, then coach.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · applied

  10. The FIVB named Kiraly the best men's player of the century.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · applied

Test 5China's women of the 1980sTake a test

  1. World Cup 1981, World Championship 1982, Olympics 1984, World Cup 1985 and World Championship 1986.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  2. Her powerful spikes earned the nickname.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  3. Yuan Weimin led the team in the early 1980s.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  4. China won its first world title at the 1981 World Cup.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  5. Peru hosted the 1982 championship.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  6. She went on to coach China and other teams.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  7. The hosts Peru took silver.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  8. Five titles in five years.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · applied

  9. Player, champion, coach abroad, then coach at home.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · applied

  10. Lang Ping's spikes earned her the name.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · applied

Test 6Italy's generation of phenomenaTake a test

  1. In Italian, the 'generazione di fenomeni'.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  2. Velasco took over in 1989.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  3. He was born in La Plata, Argentina.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  4. Italy won in 1990, 1994 and 1998.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  5. They lost the 1996 Olympic final to the Netherlands.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  6. Italy won the European title in 1989.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  7. He moved to the women's national team.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  8. Three straight world titles.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · applied

  9. 1989, 1989, 1990 and 1996.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · applied

  10. Julio Velasco was born in Argentina.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · applied

Test 7Cuba's womenTake a test

  1. Cuba won in Barcelona, Atlanta and Sydney.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  2. George led Cuba to world titles in 1978, 1994 and 1998.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  3. Torres was honoured as the century's best female player.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  4. 1978, 1994 and 1998.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  5. Mireya Luis was famous for her extraordinary jump.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  6. Cuba won its first world title in 1978.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  7. Explosive athletes hit from far above the net.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  8. Titles across two decades.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · applied

  9. 1978, 1982-86, 1990 and 1994-98.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · applied

  10. The team was known as the Morenas del Caribe.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · applied

Test 8Brazil's menTake a test

  1. Bernardo Rezende, known as Bernardinho, led Brazil.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  2. Brazil won in 2002, 2006 and 2010.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  3. Giba was the star of Brazil's golden team.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  4. Brazil won in 2004 and again in 2016.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  5. Argentina hosted in 2002.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  6. Poland took silver in 2006.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  7. Fast sets and complete players defined the team.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  8. Three straight world titles.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · applied

  9. Italy's titles of the 1990s, then Brazil's.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · applied

  10. Bernardinho led Brazil's golden era.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · applied

Test 9The Soviet and Russian womenTake a test

  1. It won in 1952, 1956, 1960, 1970 and 1990.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  2. It won in 1968, 1972, 1980 and 1988.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  3. Russia won both titles in Japan.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  4. Japan hosted both championships.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  5. Brazil took silver twice.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  6. The hosts took silver.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  7. The 1990 title was the last before 1991.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  8. Four golds over twenty years.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · applied

  9. From Soviet titles to Russian ones.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · applied

  10. Soviet and Russian women won world titles across six decades.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · applied

Test 10Great players and coachesTake a test

  1. Kiraly for the men, Torres for the women.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  2. Kiraly became the US women's head coach.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  3. Lang Ping won Olympic gold as a player and as a coach.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  4. George coached the Morenas del Caribe.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  5. Each won Olympic gold on the court and from the bench.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  6. Long programmes produce lasting success.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  7. The nickname belongs to Cuba's 1990s women.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · recall

  8. The 1960s, 1980s, 1990s and 2000s.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · applied

  9. Japan, Poland, Italy and Brazil.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · applied

  10. Torres was honoured as the women's player of the century.

    Source: FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles · applied

Sources

FIVB history pages, Olympic and FIVB results records; original questions authored, nothing reproduced. Numbered FIVB rules belong to the Rules category.

  • FIVB and Olympic results records; Wikipedia team and player articles100