Serbia's men's volleyball team represents Serbia at international volleyball competitions . Is the successor to the national team of Serbia and Montenegro .
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| Confederation | European Volleyball Confederation (CEV) | |||
| National Federation | Serbia Volleyball Union (OSS) | |||
| First official match |  Russia 3: 0 Serbia ( Moscow , May 26, 2007 ) | |||
| FIVB Rank | 10th (October 2018) | |||
| Trainer | Nicola Grbic | |||
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| Olympic Games | ||||
| Participation | 5 (first time - 1996 ) | |||
| Progress | 5th ( 2008 ) | |||
| World Championships | ||||
| Participation | 6 (first time 1998 ) | |||
| Progress |  2010 | |||
| Europe championship | ||||
| Participation | 13 (first time 1995 ) | |||
| Progress |  2011 | |||
| world Cup | ||||
| Participation | 1 (first time 2011) | |||
| Progress | 8th ( 2011 ) | |||
| World league | ||||
| Participation | 11 (first time - 2007 ) | |||
| Progress | 2016 | |||
| The League of nations | ||||
| Participation | 1 (first time - 2018 ) | |||
| Progress | 5th ( 2018 ) | |||
| Site | http://ossrb.org/ | |||
Content
History
The national team of Serbia held its first official match on May 26, 2007 in the Moscow Krylatskoye sports center as part of the World League and lost to the Russian team with a score of 0: 3. The team of Igor Kolakovich did not have long-term leaders of the national team of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) : after the 2006 World Cup, performances for the Balkan team were completed by Vladimir Grbich and Goran Vuevich , paused by Andria Gerich , Slobodan Boskan , Ivan Milkovich and Nikola Grbich . Serbia ended the World League 2007 with 9th place, but thanks to the return of experienced players to the team at the next major start - the European Championships in Moscow and St. Petersburg - Serbia won bronze medals, and its attack leader Ivan Milkovich became the most successful player.
In 2008, the Serbian national team became a World League finalist, losing in the decisive match for the US national team , and lost to the same opponent in the dramatic five-set quarter-finals at the Beijing Olympics . In 2009, the Serbian team repeated its success in the World League , taking second place in the home Final Six, and became fifth in the European Championship in Turkey .
In the World League 2010, the Serbian national team, despite the absence of Nicola GrbiΔ and Ivan Milkovich from the team, was again able to achieve medal success, becoming the bronze winner of the tournament. And in October 2010, two illustrious veterans brought their team to the third step of the World Championship podium: captain Nikola Grbych was named the best binder of the tournament, and Ivan Milkovich became the second in the championship in performance.
In 2011, the Serbian national team won the European Championship , held in Austria and the Czech Republic . In the matches of the group stage, the Serbian team did not suffer a single defeat, then on the way to the finals overcame the stubborn resistance of the teams of France and Russia and in the decisive match prevailed over the Italians . The captain of the national team of Serbia Ivan Milkovich was recognized as the most valuable player in the tournament. In November of that year, the Serbs got off to a bad start at the World Cup in Japan, and although they found their game along the way, they could not compete for medals and a ticket to the London Olympics. The Igor Kolakovich team obtained the Olympic license only in June 2012, having won the world qualification tournament - already without Milkovich, who had just announced his retirement in the national team shortly before it began. In London, the Serbian team won only one victory (over Tunisia ) and stopped participating after the group stage.
In September 2013, the Balkan team won the bronze medals of the European Championship, and its new main diagonal, Aleksandar Atanasievich, became the most successful player in the continental championship. However, stability in the results did not come to the Serbian national team even on September 15, 2014, when it prematurely stopped fighting for the World Cup awards in Poland and finally took 9th place, Igor Kolakovich resigned from his post as head coach [1] . On February 3, 2015, Nikola GrbiΔ was appointed the new coach of the Serbian national team [2] .
In July 2015, the Serbian national team became the silver medalist of the World League , but three months later unsuccessfully performed at the European Championships . In the quarterfinals of the European championship, as in the decisive match of the World League, Serbs were defeated by France . In January 2016, the team of Nikola Grbych at the European Qualification Tournament in Berlin lost to the national teams of Poland and Germany , which did not allow her to get into the playoffs and compete for a ticket to the Games in Rio de Janeiro . However, in the same Olympic season, the Serbian national team won the World League for the first time, having won in the final match in Krakow over the Brazilians - 3: 0. The most valuable player in the βFinal Sixβ of the World League was recognized as a player, Marko Ivovich . In the meantime, performances for the national team were completed by the followers Milos Nikic and Nikola Kovachevich , diagonal Sasha Starovich , blocking Milan Rasic , and binder Vlado Petkovich . In September 2017, the renewed Serbian national team won bronze at the European Championships in Poland .
Performance Results
Olympic Games
| 2008 : Novitsa Belitsa , Dejan Boyovich , Andria Gerich , Nikola Grbich , Nikola Kovachevich , Ivan Milkovich , Milos Nikich , Vlado Petkovich , Marko Podrashchanin , Marko Samardzic , Sasha Starovich , Boyan Janich . |
World Championships
| 2010 : Nikola Grbich , Nikola Kovachevich , Ivan Milkovich , Milos Nikich , Vlado Petkovich , Borislav Petrovich , Marko Podrashchanin , Milan Rasic , Nikola Rosich , Marko Samardzic , Dragan Stankovich , Sasha Starovich , Milos Terzich , Boyan Janich . |
European Championships
| 2007 : Slobodan Boskan , Andria Gerich , Nikola Grbich , Nikola Kovachevich , Ivan Milkovich , Milos Nikich , Vlado Petkovich , Marco Podrashchanin , Marko Samardzic , Dragan Stankovic , Sasha Starovich , Boyan Yanich . |
World Cup
- 2011 - 8th place
World League and League of Nations
World league
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The League of nations
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Current squad
Serbia national team application for 2018 World Cup
| No. | Name | Date of Birth | Growth | Club |
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| Central blockers | ||||
| one | Aleksandar Okolich | June 26 1993 (26 years old) | 205 | PAOK |
| 7 | Petar Krsmanovich | June 1 1990 (29 years old) | 206 | Gazprom-Ugra |
| 18 | Marco PodraΕ‘chanin | August 29 1987 (31 years old) | 204 | Perugia |
| 20 | Srechko Lisinac | May 17 1992 (27 years old) | 205 | Trentino |
| Binders | ||||
| 9 | Nikola Jovovich | February 13 1992 (27 years old) | 197 | Ziraatbank |
| 21 | Ivo Kostich | January 8 1988 (31 years old) | 192 | Vojvodina |
| Diagonal | ||||
| 14 | Aleksandar Atanasievich | September 4 1991 (27 years old) | 201 | Perugia |
| sixteen | Drazen Luburich | November 2 1993 (25 years old) | 202 | Halkbank |
| Gamers | ||||
| 2 | Uros Kovachevich | May 6 1993 (26 years old) | 197 | Trentino |
| 3 | Milan Katic | October 22 1993 (25 years old) | 202 | "Scra" |
| four | Nemanja Petrich | July 28 1987 (32 years old) | 202 | "Belogorye" |
| eight | Marko Ivovich | December 22 1990 (28 years old) | 194 | "Locomotive" |
| Libero | ||||
| 17 | Neven Maystorovich | March 17 1989 (30 years old) | 193 | Craiova |
| nineteen | Nikola Rosic | August 5 1984 (35 years old) | 192 | Craiova |
Head coach - Nikola Grbych , assistant coach - Nejad Osmankach | ||||
See also
- Serbia and Montenegro Men's Volleyball Team
- Serbia Women's Volleyball Team
Notes
- β Igor KolakoviΔ podneo ostavku na mesto prvog trenera seniora Srbije (Serb.) . Volleyball Union of Serbia (September 15, 2014). Date of appeal September 15, 2014.
- β Nikola GrbiΔ prvi trener seniora Srbije (Serb.) (Unavailable link) . Volleyball Union of Serbia (February 3, 2015). Date of treatment February 4, 2015. Archived September 24, 2015.