Serbia men's national volleyball team

Serbia
Nickname(s)Orlovi (The Eagles)
AssociationVolleyball Federation of Serbia
ConfederationCEV
Head coachIgor Kolaković
FIVB ranking9 (as of 2 December 2023)
Uniforms
Home
Away
Summer Olympics
Appearances5 (First in 1996)
Best result (2000)
World Championship
Appearances7 (First in 1998)
Best result (1998)
World Cup
Appearances2 (First in 2003)
Best result (2003)
European Championship
Appearances12 (First in 1995)
Best result (2001, 2011, 2019)

The Serbia men's national volleyball team is the national team of Serbia. FIVB and CEV considers Serbia the inheritor of the records of SFR Yugoslavia (1948–1991) and Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006). Serbia won gold at the Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia and bronze at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

The Yugoslav Olympic Committee declared the national volleyball team to be the best male team of the year in 2000, and the Olympic Committee of Serbia did the same in 2010 and 2013.

History

Serbia's most proud moment came at the Sydney Olympics in 2000 when under the name Yugoslavia it won Olympic gold. A heavy favourite was team Italy, who won the last three World Championships and the European title in 1995 and 1999, but they had yet to win an Olympic gold medal. They swept through Group B undefeated and won their quarter-final match over Australia. In the semifinals, Serbia & Montenegro (Yugoslavia), runners-up at the 1998 Worlds, and bronze medalists at the 1999 Europeans, triumphed in straight sets, again denying Italy an Olympic gold medal. Serbia & Montenegro had struggled in the pools, finishing only third behind Italy and Russia, but they defeated Russia in straight sets in the final to win the gold medal. As in 1996, all medalists came from the same pool, this time Group B.

Volleyball was brought to Serbia by g. William Viland, a professor of folklore and folk sports from Oakland, California, when the Red Cross held a series of lectures and demonstrations of American sports in Belgrade and Novi Sad. It is believed that his arrival marked the beginning of volleyball in this area, and in 1924 is considered the year when the first volleyball ball came to Serbia. During the period of occupation, between 1941 and 1944, volleyball was played very actively, numerous competitions were held, and more sports clubs/society's had established its volleyball section.

The Serbian/Yugoslav Volleyball Federation was founded in 1946 by the Alliance for Physical Education of Yugoslavia. A year later, in 1947, the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) was founded and the former Yugoslavia was one of the 14 founders. From 13 February 1949, the Volleyball Federation became an independent sports organization. Two years later, at the European Championships held in Paris, the women's volleyball team of Yugoslavia won the bronze medal for the first time. This success was repeated with the men's event in 1975, when Serbia for the first time in history hosted the biggest European competition, both the men's and women's events. The Serbian team in the last match of the final group defeated Bulgaria in the crowded hall of "Pioneer" in Belgrade and won the bronze medal.

2011 – 2019

In 2011 Serbia became European champion and in 2016 the champion of FIVB World League for the first time, with Marko Ivović being crowned MVP of the tournament and Srećko Lisinac being chosen as the Best Middle Blocker.

2019 – 2021

After two bronze medal 2013 and 2017, Serbia become European champion again in 2019 with Uroš Kovačević being crowned MVP of the tournament.

2022 –

Medals

Event Gold Silver Bronze Total
Olympic Games 1 0 1 2
World Championship 0 1 1 2
World Cup 0 0 1 1
World Grand Champions Cup 0 0 1 1
World League 1 5 3 9
European Championship 3 1 8 12
Mediterranean Games 0 0 1 1
Total 5 7 14 26

Results

Serbia team in 2008 Olympic

Olympic Games

Champions   Runners up   Third place   Fourth place

Games Round Position Pld W L SF SA RT Squad
1964 to 1988 part of Yugoslavia
Spain 1992 Barcelona suspended
United States 1996 Atlanta Semifinals 3rd 8 5 3 16 14 1.143 Squad
Australia 2000 Sydney Final 1st 8 6 2 21 11 1.909 Squad
Greece 2004 Athens Quarterfinals 5th 6 4 2 13 9 1.444 Squad
China 2008 Beijing Quarterfinals 5th 6 2 4 11 13 0.846 Squad
United Kingdom 2012 London Preliminary round 9th 5 1 4 7 13 0.538 Squad
Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro did not qualify
Japan 2020 Tokyo
France 2024 Paris future events
United States 2028 Los Angeles
Australia 2032 Brisbane
Total 5/7 1 Title 33 18 15 68 60 1.133

World Championship

Champions   Runners up   Third place   Fourth place

Games Round Position Pld W L SF SA RT Squad
1949 to 1990 part of Yugoslavia
Greece 1994 suspended
Japan 1998 Final 2nd 12 10 2 31 10 3.100 Squad
Argentina 2002 Semifinals 4th 9 7 2 22 8 2.750 Squad
Japan 2006 Semifinals 4th 11 8 3 26 13 2.000 Squad
Italy 2010 Semifinals 3rd 9 6 3 22 13 1.692 Squad
Poland 2014 Second round 9th 9 5 4 18 15 1.200 Squad
Italy Bulgaria 2018 Semifinals 4th 12 7 5 24 21 1.142 Squad
Poland Slovenia 2022 Round of 16 9th place 4 3 1 9 3 3.000 Squad
N/A 2025 future event Squad
Total 7/8 0 Titles 66 46 20 152 83 1.831

World Cup

Year Rank Pld W L SW SL
1965 to 1991 part of Yugoslavia
Japan 1995 did not qualify
Japan 1999
Japan 2003 3rd place 11 9 2 29 10
Japan 2007 did not qualify
Japan 2011 8th place 11 5 6 20 23
Japan 2015 did not qualify
Japan 2019
Japan 2023 in progress
Total 2/7 22 14 8 49 33

Squads

World Grand Champions Cup

Champions   Runners up   Third place   Fourth place

Year Rank Pld W L SW SL
Japan 1993 suspended
Japan 1997 did not qualify
Japan 2001 3rd place 5 3 2 9 7
Japan 2005 did not qualify
Japan 2009
Japan 2013
Japan 2017
Japan 2021 not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Japan 2025 future event
Total 1/7 5 3 2 9 7

World League

Champions   Runners up   Third place   Fourth place

Year Rank Pld W L SW SL
Japan 1990 part of Yugoslavia
Italy 1991
Italy 1992 suspended
Brazil 1993
Italy 1994
Brazil 1995 did not enter
Netherlands 1996
Russia 1997 7th place 12 8 4 29 15
Italy 1998 6th place 14 4 10 23 32
Argentina 1999 withdrew
Netherlands 2000 4th place 18 12 6 43 26
Poland 2001 4th place 17 11 6 39 23
Brazil 2002 3rd place 17 11 6 42 24
Spain 2003 2nd place 17 12 5 44 24
Italy 2004 3rd place 15 11 4 37 20
Serbia and Montenegro 2005 2nd place 15 8 7 31 31
Russia 2006 5th place 15 10 5 32 26
Poland 2007 9th place 12 7 5 24 18
Brazil 2008 2nd place 16 10 6 39 24
Serbia 2009 2nd place 16 11 5 38 25
Argentina 2010 3rd place 16 11 5 40 26
Poland 2011 9th place 12 7 5 26 21
Bulgaria 2012 9th place 12 6 6 27 24
Argentina 2013 8th place 10 5 5 22 22
Italy 2014 7th place 12 7 5 24 20
Brazil 2015 2nd place 16 9 7 38 32
Poland 2016 1st place 13 10 3 34 17
Brazil 2017 5th place 11 6 5 24 20
Total 21/28 286 176 110 656 470

Squads

Serbia fans in 2009 world league

Nations League

Champions   Runners up   Third place   Fourth place

Year Rank GP MW ML SW SL Squad
France 2018 5th place 17 11 6 33 30 Squad
United States 2019 11th place 15 6 9 28 36 Squad
Italy 2021 6th place 15 10 5 35 27 Squad
Italy 2022 11th place 12 5 7 19 27 Squad
Poland 2023 9th place 12 6 6 23 23 Squad
Total 5/5 71 38 33 138 143

European Championship

Champions   Runners up   Third place   Fourth place

Year Round Position Pld W L SW SL
1948 to 1991 part of Yugoslavia
Finland 1993 suspended
Greece 1995 Semifinals 7 5 2 16 7
Netherlands 1997 Final 7 5 2 16 7
Austria 1999 Semifinals 5 3 2 11 8
Czech Republic 2001 Final 7 6 1 20 6
Germany 2003 Semifinals 4th 7 4 3 17 11
Italy Serbia and Montenegro 2005 Semifinals 7 6 1 20 6
Russia 2007 Semifinals 8 5 3 18 13
Turkey 2009 Second Round 5th 6 4 2 15 8
Austria Czech Republic 2011 Final 6 6 0 18 5
Denmark Poland 2013 Semifinals 7 5 2 17 9
Bulgaria Italy 2015 Quarterfinals 7th 5 3 2 11 10
Poland 2017 Semifinals 6 5 1 17 7
France Slovenia Belgium Netherlands 2019 Final 9 9 0 27 6
Czech Republic Finland Estonia Poland 2021 Semifinals 4th 9 6 3 21 15
Italy Bulgaria North Macedonia Israel 2023 Quarterfinals 6th 7 5 2 16 8
Total Qualified: 16/17 103 77 26 260 126

Squads

European Games

Champions   Runners up   Third place   Fourth place

Year Rank Pld W L SW SL
Azerbaijan 2015 Baku 5th 6 2 4 11 9
Belarus 2019 Minsk volleyball tournament not held
Poland 2023 Kraków
Total 1/1 6 2 4 11 9

Mediterranean Games

Champions   Runners up   Third place   Fourth place

Year Rank Pld W L SW SL
France 1993 suspended
Italy 1997 did not enter
Tunisia 2001 6th place - - - - -
Spain 2005 3rd place 5 4 1 13 6
Italy 2009 did not enter
Turkey 2013
Spain 2018
Algeria 2022 9th place 3 0 3 2 9
Italy 2026 future event
Total 2/8 8 4 4 15 15

Results and fixtures

Previous matches

Forthcoming matches

Team

Current squad

The following is the Serbia roster in the 2023 Men's European Volleyball Championship.

Head coach: Montenegro Igor Kolaković

No. Name Date of birth Height Weight Spike Block 2022–23 club
2 Uroš Kovačević 6 May 1993 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 90 kg (200 lb) 355 cm (140 in) 338 cm (133 in) Poland Aluron Zawiercie
3 Milorad Kapur 5 March 1991 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 305 cm (120 in) 300 cm (120 in) Serbia Partizan
7 Petar Krsmanović 1 June 1990 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 101 kg (223 lb) 354 cm (139 in) 349 cm (137 in) Serbia Vojvodina
8 Marko Ivović 22 December 1990 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 365 cm (144 in) 330 cm (130 in) Russia Dynamo-LO
10 Miran Kujundžić 19 June 1997 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 90 kg (200 lb) 350 cm (140 in) 320 cm (130 in) Poland Ślepsk Suwałki
11 Aleksa Batak 18 January 2000 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 346 cm (136 in) 337 cm (133 in) Serbia Partizan
12 Pavle Perić 7 August 1998 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 96 kg (212 lb) 355 cm (140 in) 335 cm (132 in) Turkey Fenerbahçe
14 Aleksandar Atanasijević 4 September 1991 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 99 kg (218 lb) 360 cm (140 in) 338 cm (133 in) Poland PGE Skra Bełchatów
15 Nemanja Mašulović 5 October 1995 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 350 cm (140 in) 340 cm (130 in) Slovenia ACH Volley
16 Dražen Luburić 2 November 1993 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 90 kg (200 lb) 337 cm (133 in) 331 cm (130 in) Russia Lokomotiv Novosibirsk
17 Miloš Krsteski 24 February 1993 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 300 cm (120 in) 300 cm (120 in) Serbia Ribnica
18 Marko Podraščanin (C) 29 August 1987 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 101 kg (223 lb) 358 cm (141 in) 340 cm (130 in) Italy Itas Trentino
21 Vuk Todorović 23 April 1998 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 80 kg (180 lb) 315 cm (124 in) 305 cm (120 in) Slovenia ACH Volley
29 Aleksandar Nedeljković 27 October 1997 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 90 kg (200 lb) 350 cm (140 in) 335 cm (132 in) Germany VfB Friedrichshafen

Coach history

Notable players

Ivan Miljković, one of the most notable players

Kit providers

The table below shows the history of kit providers for the Serbia national volleyball team.

Period Kit provider
2000– Asics DAcapo
2017– Peak Sport Products

Sponsorship

Primary sponsors include: main sponsors like Poštanska štedionica. other sponsors: Škoda Auto, Radio Television of Serbia, Žurnal, Srbijagas, Posta, EPS and Blic.

See also


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