The Serbia men's national volleyball team represents

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in international men's

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. FIVB and the CEV consider Serbia the inheritor of the records of

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(1948–1991) and

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(1992–2006). Serbia won gold at the

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, Australia and bronze at the

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. The

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declared the national volleyball team to be the best male team of the year in

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, and the

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did the same in

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and 2013.

History

Serbia's most proud moment came at the Sydney Olympics in 2000 when under the name

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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

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and folk sports from

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, when the

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held a series of lectures and demonstrations of American sports in

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and

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. 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

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(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

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being chosen as the Best Middle Blocker.

2019 – 2021

After two bronze medal

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and

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, Serbia become European champion again in

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with Uroš Kovačević being crowned MVP of the tournament.

Medals

Results

Olympic Games

Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place

World Championship

Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place

World Cup

Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place

Squads

* 2003 Japan – Simple bronze cup

Bronze medal *:

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, Janić, Boškan, Mijić, N. Grbić (), V. Grbić, Bjelica, Gerić, Vujević, Miljković, Ilić, Vusurović. Head coach: Travica

World Grand Champions Cup

Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place *

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

–

Bronze medal *: Jokanović, Majdak, Škorić, Boškan, Mijić, N. Grbić (), V. Grbić, Gerić, Vujević, Miljković, Vusurović. Head coach: Gajić

World League

Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place

Squads

* 2015 Rio de Janeiro – Silver medal *: Kovačević N., Kovačević U., Ivović,

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, Kostić,

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(), Jovović, Atanasijević, Starović, Majstorović, Podraščanin, Rosić, Lisinac, Okolić. Head coach: Grbić * 2016 Kraków – Gold medal with cup

Gold medal *: Okolić,

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, Katić,

(), Ivović, Jovović, Nikić, Dokić, Luburić, Brđović, Majstorović, Podraščanin, Rosić, Lisinac. Head coach: Grbić

Nations League

European Championship

Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place

Squads

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

–

Bronze medal *: Boškan, Brđović,

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, Gerić, N. Grbić, V. Grbić, Jokanović, Kovač, Mešter,

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, Tanasković, Vujević. Head Coach: Gajić *

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

–

Silver medal *: Batez, Boškan,

, Gerić, N. Grbić, V. Grbić, Jokanović, Kovač, Mešter, Tanasković, Vujević, Vušurović. Head Coach: Gajić *

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

–

Bronze medal *: Batez, Boškan,

, Gerić, N. Grbić, V. Grbić, Mešter, Mijić, Miljković, Petković, Tanasković, Vujević. Head Coach: Gajić *

–

Gold medal *: Boškan, Gerić, N. Grbić, V. Grbić, Jokanović,

, Mešter, Mijić, Miljković, Škorić, Vujević, Vušurović. Head Coach: Gajić *

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

–

Bronze medal *: Bjelica, Bojović, Boškan, Gerić, Ilić, Janić, Miljković, Mitrović, Samardžić,

, Vujević. Head coach: Travica *

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

–

Bronze medal *:

, Janić, Petković, Boškan,

, Samardžić, Grbić, Nikić, Gerić, Miljković, Starović, Podraščanin. Head coach: Kolaković *

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

–

Gold medal *: N. Kovačević, U. Kovačević, Petković, Terzić,

, Vujić, Nikić, Mitić, Rašić, Miljković, Starović, Atanasijević, Podraščanin, Rosić. Head Coach: Kolaković *

–

Bronze medal *:

, Ivović,

, Petković,

, Vujić, Jovović, Nikić, Rašić, Atanasijević, Starović, Podraščanin, Rosić, Lisinac. Head coach: Kolaković *

–

Bronze medal *: Okolić,

, Katić,

(), Škundrić,

, Jovović, Buculjević, Atanasijević, Luburić, Majstorović, Podraščanin, Rosić, Lisinac. Head coach: Grbić *

–

Gold medal *: Okolić,

(), Ćirović, Peković, Krsmanović, Ivović, Jovović, Atanasijević, Luburić, Majstorović, Podraščanin, Lisinac, Todorović. Head coach: Kovač

European Games

Mediterranean Games

Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place

Results and fixtures

Previous matches

Forthcoming matches

Team

Current squad

Roster for the

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Coach history

* Zoran Gajić (1995–2002) * Veselin Vuković (2002–2003) * Ljubomir Travica (2003–2006) * Igor Kolaković (2006–2014) * Nikola Grbić (2015–2019) * Slobodan Kovač (2019–2021) * Igor Kolaković (2022–2024) * Gheorghe Crețu (2025–present)

Notable players

* Ivan Miljković * Nikola Grbić *

Andrija Gerić Andrija Gerić ( sr-cyrl, Андрија Герић, ; born 24 January 1977) is a retired Serbian volleyball player who played on middle blocker position. Both in the club and in the national team he wore number 12. Career Gerić made a debut f ...

* Slobodan Boškan * Vladimir Grbić * Slobodan Kovač * Dejan Brđović * Rajko Jokanović * Goran Vujević * Đula Mešter * Vasa Mijić *

Žarko Petrović Žarko Petrović (Serbian Cyrillic: Жарко Петровић, October 27, 1964 – April 2, 2007) was a Serbian volleyball player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1996 Summer Olympics. He was born and died in Novi Sad Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl ...

* Igor Vušurović * Bojan Janić *

Edin Škorić Edin Škorić (; born 1 December 1975) is a former Serbs, Serbian volleyball player. As a member of Serbia men's national volleyball team, FR Yugoslavia national team, he won gold medal at the 2001 Men's European Volleyball Championship, 2001 Eur ...

* Veljko Petković *

Željko Tanasković Željko Tanasković (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: Жељко Танасковић, born 8 July 1967) is a Serbian volleyball player. With Volleyball national team won bronze and silver medals at the European Championships in 1995. ...

Kit providers

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

Sponsorship

Primary sponsors include: main sponsors like Poštanska štedionica. other sponsors:

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, Žurnal, Srbijagas, Posta,

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and Blic.

References

External links

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FIVB profile
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Men's sport in Serbia *

History

2011 – 2019

2019 – 2021

Medals

Results

Olympic Games

World Championship

World Cup

Squads

World Grand Champions Cup

World League

Squads

Nations League

European Championship

Squads

European Games

Mediterranean Games

Results and fixtures

Previous matches

Forthcoming matches

Team

Current squad

Coach history

Notable players

Kit providers

Sponsorship

See also

References

External links