title: Soviet Union men's national field hockey team
text: # Soviet Union men's national field hockey team
  
  The Soviet Union men's national field hockey team represented the Soviet Union in men's international field hockey. The team was controlled by the Federation of bandy and field hockey USSR.
  
  It was one of the dominant national teams during the period of 1980s-1990s from Europe. It won the bronze medal as the host of the 1980 Summer Olympics and reached the semi-finals of World Cup in 1986 where it finished fourth.
  
  ## Tournament record
  
  ### Summer Olympics
  
  * 1980 –
  * 1988 – 7th place
  
  ### World Cup
  
  * 1982 – 6th place
  * 1986 – 4th place
  * 1990 – 6th place
  
  ### European Championship
  
  * 1970 – 14th place
  * 1978 – 9th place
  * 1983 –
  * 1987 – 4th place
  * 1991 – 4th place
  
  ### Friendship Games
  
  * 1984 –
  
  ### Champions Trophy
  
  * 1982 – 6th place
  * 1987 – 8th place
  * 1988 – 4th place
  * 1990 – 5th place
  * 1991 – 6th place
  
  ### Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
  
  * 1991 –
  
  ## Past squads
  
  ### 1980 Olympic Games
  
  * Vladimir Pleshakov
  * Viacheslav Lampeev
  * Leonid Pavlovski
  * Sos Hayrapetyan
  * Farit Zigangirov
  * Valeri Belyakov
  * Sergei Klevtsov
  * Oleg Zagorodnev
  * Aleksandr Gusev
  * Sergei Pleshakov
  * Mikhail Nichepurenko
  * Minneula Azizov
  * Aleksandr Sychyov
  * Aleksandr Miasnikov
  * Viktor Deputatov
  * Aleksandr Goncharov
  