The North Macedonia men's national volleyball team is the national

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team of

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History

The

Macedonian Volleyball Federation Macedonian Volleyball Federation was established in 1946 in the framework of physical culture Association of Macedonia. On 13 February 1949, the Macedonian volleyball federation has become an independent sports organization. References Vo ...

was established in 1946 in the framework of physical culture Association of Macedonia. On the 13 February 1949 the Macedonian volleyball federation has become an independent sports organization. North Macedonia has anticipated in five

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s and won the silver medal 3 times, and the bronze medal once. The national team competed successfully in the European League in the last 10 years fighting for the top spots. They finished second 4 times and third once. The Macedonian team qualified twice for the European Championship 2019 and 2021. They played well in tough groups against top European opponents. Best players of the team in this period are Georgiev Ljaftov and Madjunkov. Although its team spirit and compact covering on all spots are the keys to success of the national team. They cover each other and work hard for every point. :European Championship 2023 Hosts The national team is the host of Volleyball's EURO 2023. Skopje's BTSC -arena the home ground of the national team is venue for the Pool C teams :Denmark, Holland ,Poland ,Montenegro ,Czechia and Macedonia.

European League

The team is focused on competing in the European League. The goal is to make a team for European Championship Qualifiers that will be able to qualify for the European Volleyball Championship. The project started in the beginning of 2010 by the national volleyball federation in order to get the smaller sports like volleyball on a higher level. The National team played 6 semi-finals in the European league winning 4 silver and 2 bronze medals.

Home ground

The BTSC – Boris Trajkovski Sports Center mk, Спортски центар Борис Трајковски,

Skopje Skopje ( , , ; mk, Скопје ; sq, Shkup) is the capital and List of cities in North Macedonia by population, largest city of North Macedonia. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre. The territory of Sk ...

is a multi-functional indoor sports arena. It is located in the

Karpoš Municipality Karpoš Municipality ( mk, ) is one of the ten municipalities that make up the city of Skopje, the capital of the Republic of North Macedonia. Geography Karpoš borders * Saraj Municipality and Ǵorče Petrov Municipality to the west, * Čuč ...

of Skopje, Macedonia. It is named after the former

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Boris Trajkovski Boris Trajkovski ( GCMG) ( mk, Борис Трајковски, pronounced ; 25 June 1956 – 26 February 2004) was a Macedonian politician who served as the second President of Macedonia from 1999 until his death in 2004 in a plane crash. Tra ...

. Its capacity is 10,000. There is an Olympic size Swimming Pool and 5 Star Hotel Alexander Palace within the complex and an additional Water Land Fun Park and Ice Skating Rink next to it. The arena is a home-ground of the Macedonian volleyball team (men and women). The venue also contains four restaurants and a sports bar. It was the venue for the

in 2018 and 2021. The arena is hosting the European Volleyball Championship 2023 .It is the venue for the Pool C.

European League

* 2014 – 3rd place * 2015 – 2nd place * 2016 – 2nd place * 2017 – 2nd place * 2018 – 4th place – Silver League *

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– 2nd place – Silver League *

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– 3rd place – Silver League

European Championship

*Within Yugoslavia team :1951(5),1955(5),1958(7),1963(7),1967(7) :1971(11),1975 ,1977(7),1979 ,1981(10) :1985(11),1987(8),1989(8),1991(6) * 2019 – 17th place *

– 23rd place * 2023-Host

World Championship

*Within Yugoslavia team :1956(10),1962(8),1966(8),1970(10) *Macedonia 1991-2020 didn't enter

Olympic Games

*Within Yugoslavia team :1980 sixth place *Macedonia 1992-2020 didn't enter

Current team

''Updated: September 2019'' Roster for 2021 Men's European Volleyball Championship.

Macedonian players in Notable Squads

;1975 European Championship * Vladimir Bogoevski ;1979 European Championship * Goran Srbinovski, Aleksandar Tasevski, Vladimir Bogoevski ;1980 Olympic Games * Vladimir Bogoevski, Goran Srbinovski, Aleksandar Tasevski

External links

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