Boris Yeltsin Volleyball Cup
[1] Yeltsin agreed for the tournament to be named after him; at the same time Karpol's initiative was strongly supported by the governor of Sverdlovsk Oblast, Eduard Rossel.
Finals: Russia vs China 3:1 (25:16, 25:23, 27:29, 26:24) Third place play-off: Azerbaijan vs USA 3:2 (22:25, 28:26, 25:22, 18:25, 15:11) The 2004 tournament was held in April, instead of June, due to national teams preparing for the Olympic Games in Athens.
Finals: China vs. Russia — 3:2 (25:22, 14:25, 25:20, 18:25, 15:9) Third place play-off: Netherlands vs. Turkey — 3:0 (25:17, 25:21, 26:24) The 2007 tournament was the first to be unattended by Yeltsin following his death on 23 April.
National team captain Marina Sheshenina and volleyball player Yekaterina Gamova became four-time winners of the First President of Russia Cup.
[6] Paolo Tofoli led the play of "Squadra Azzurra" in Yekaterinburg instead of head coach Marco Mercanelli, who stayed at the Apennines.
The victory parade included members of the USSR national team, who won a gold medal in the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
Russia lost its key players that year — Nataliya Obmochaeva, Tatiana Kosheleva, Iuliia Morozova, Anastasia Shlyakhovaya.
Russian team opposite Nataliya Obmochaeva was awarded MVP, Moran Zur (Israel) — the best playmaker, Yekaterina Zhdanova — the best blocker, Anna Malova (Russia) — the best libero, Gung Xianiu (China) — the best server, Pavla Winkourowa (Czech Republic) — the best setter, Ksenia Alexandrovna Ilchenko — the best young player of Russia national Team, Aleksandra Pasynkova got "Miss Tournament" award.
Due to the demands of the sports schedule in the Olympic season, an alternative team roster applied to participate in the Yeltsin Cup.
Uralochka, with two Kazan Dynamo volleyball players (Irina Zaryazhko and Daria Stolyarova) and led by Nikolay Karpol and Rishat Giliazutdinov, represented the Russia national team.
Individual awards went to Russians Yevgeniya Startseva (best passer), Irina Koroleva (best blocker), Anna Lazareva (best young player); Radmila Beresneva from Kazakhstan (best server); Turkish Simge Şebnem Aköz (best libero); Bulgarian Elitsa Vasileva ("Miss Tournament"); and Serbians Bojana Živković (best passer) and Brankica Mihajlović (MVP).
[8] The 2018 Yeltsin Cup 2018 was part of the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League, and consisted of Russia, Argentina, the Netherlands, and Thailand.
