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Croatia men's national volleyball team
National sports team
National sports team
| Field | Value | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| name | Croatia | |||||||
| image | Flag of Croatia.svg | |||||||
| federation | Croatian Volleyball Federation | |||||||
| website | www.hos.hr | |||||||
| confederation | CEV | |||||||
| coach | Ratko Peris | |||||||
| World Champs apps | 1 | |||||||
| World Champs first | 2002 | |||||||
| World Champs best | 19th (2002) | |||||||
| Regional name | European Championship | |||||||
| Regional cup apps | 5 | |||||||
| Regional cup first | 2005 | |||||||
| Regional cup best | 8th (2005) | |||||||
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The Croatia men's national volleyball team represents Croatia in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches. It is governed by the Croatian Volleyball Federation.
Results
Prior to 1992 Croatia men's national volleyball team competed as a part of Yugoslavia men's national volleyball team.
Competitions Croatia men's national volleyball team has never qualified for or competed at:
- the Olympic Games
- the World Cup
- the World Grand Champions Cup
- the World League
- the Junior World Championship
- the Youth Olympic Games
World Championship
| Year | Round | Position |
|---|---|---|
| GRE 1994 | Did not qualify | |
| JPN 1998 | ||
| ARG 2002 | First Round | 19th |
| JPN 2006 | Did not qualify | |
| ITA 2010 | ||
| POL 2014 | ||
| ITA BUL 2018 | ||
| POL SLO 2022 | ||
| PHI 2025 | ||
| POL 2027 | To be determined | |
| QAT 2029 |
Challenger Cup
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | SW | SL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POR 2018 | Did not qualify | ||||||
| SLO 2019 | |||||||
| KOR 2022 | |||||||
| QAT 2023 | |||||||
| CHN 2024 | Quarterfinals | 5th | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Total | Qualified: 1/5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
European Championship
| European Championship record | Qualification record | Year | Round | Position | GP | MW | ML | SW | SL | Squad | GP | MW | ML | SW | SL | Total | colspan="2" | Qualified: 5/16 | 23 | 8 | 15 | 34 | 53 | — | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948–1991 | Part of | Part of | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIN 1993 | Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GRE 1995 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NED 1997 | Did not qualify | 8 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AUT 1999 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CZE 2001 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GER 2003 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ITA SCG 2005 | Preliminary Round | 8th | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | Squad | 6 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| RUS 2007 | Preliminary Round | 14th | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | Squad | 6 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TUR 2009 | Did not qualify | Did not enter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AUT CZE 2011 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DEN POL 2013 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BUL ITA 2015 | Preliminary Round | 15th | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | Squad | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| POL 2017 | Did not qualify | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FRA SLO BEL NED 2019 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| POL CZE EST FIN 2021 | Round of 16 | 14th | 6 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | Squad | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ITA BUL MKD ISR 2023 | Round of 16 | 11th | 6 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | Squad | 6 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BUL FIN ITA ROU 2026 | Did not qualify | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
European League
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | SW | SL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CZE 2004 | League Round | 7th | 12 | 3 | 9 | ||
| RUS 2005 | did not compete | ||||||
| TUR 2006 | Final | 14 | 9 | 5 | |||
| POR 2007 | did not compete | ||||||
| TUR 2008 | |||||||
| POR 2009 | League Round | 12th | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||
| ESP 2010 | did not compete | ||||||
| SVK 2011 | League Round | 8th | 12 | 4 | 8 | ||
| TUR 2012 | did not compete | ||||||
| TUR 2013 | Final | 14 | 11 | 3 | |||
| MNE 2014 | did not compete | ||||||
| POL 2015 | League Round | 9th | 10 | 3 | 7 | ||
| BUL 2016 | did not compete | ||||||
| DEN 2017 | |||||||
| CZE 2018 | Silver League Champions | 13th | 8 | 7 | 1 | ||
| EST 2019 | Golden League League Round | 8th | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||
| BEL 2021 | Silver League Semifinals | 15th | 8 | 4 | 4 | ||
| CRO 2022 | Golden League Semifinals | 8 | 5 | 3 | |||
| CRO 2023 | Golden League Semifinals | 8 | 3 | 5 | |||
| CRO 2024 | Golden League Final | 8 | 7 | 1 | |||
| CZE 2025 | Golden League League Round | 10th | 6 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Total | Participated: 13/21 | 126 | 60 | 66 | |||
| Top tier (Golden League): 11/13 | 110 | 49 | 61 |
Mediterranean Games
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | SW | SL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRA 1993 | did not compete | ||||||
| ITA 1997 | Semifinals | ||||||
| TUN 2001 | did not compete | ||||||
| ESP 2005 | Preliminary Round | 9th | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| ITA 2009 | did not compete | ||||||
| TUR 2013 | |||||||
| ESP 2018 | Quarterfinals | 5th | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| ALG 2022 | Winners | 6 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 5 |
Team
Current squad
Croatia squad for 2022 Mediterranean Games
- Bernard Bakonji
- Petar Đirlić
- Tino Hanžić
- Ivan Mihalj
- Tomislav Mitrašinović
- Kruno Nikačević
- Stipe Perić
- Hrvoje Pervan
- Marko Sedlaček
- Filip Šestan
- Petar Višić
- Ivan Zeljković
Team coached by Cédric Énard
Notable players
- Tomislav Čošković
- best server of the 2006 European League
- Inoslav Krnić
- best setter of the 2006 European League
- Igor Omrčen
- top scorer of the 2004 European League
- top scorer of the 2006 European League
- Tsimafei Zhukouski
- best server of the 2013 European League
- Ivan Raič
- top scorer and best spiker of the 2013 European League
- Danijel Galić
- best receiver of the 2013 European League
Former squads
- silver medal at the 2006 European League: Tsimafei Zhukouski, Danijel Galić, Darko Nojić, Igor Omrčen, Šime Vulin, Jura Boriskijević (L), Dragan Puljić, Mario Zelić, Toni Kovačević, Tomislav Čošković, Inoslav Krnić, Roko Sikirić
- coach: Rade Malević
- silver medal at the 2013 European League: Tsimafei Zhukouski (C), Matija Sabljak, Darko Nojić, Nikola Ščerbakov, Ivan Raič, Sven Šarčević (L), Marko Sedlaček, Ivan Ćosić, Mladen Jurčević, Fran Peterlin, Goran Išek, Ivan Tropan
- coach: Igor Šimunčić
Player statistics
| Player | Matches | Position | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| 83 | 2000–2015 | ||
| 75 | |||
| 71 | |||
| 70 | |||
| 59 | –2010 | ||
| 55 | |||
| 53 |
Record against other teams
As of 13 Oct 2015
| Negative total balance (more losses) |
|---|
| National team | Total | Olympic Games | World | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | World Cup | World GC Cup | World League | European | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Championship | European League | Mediterranean | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Games | Qualifications | Pld | W | L | Pld | W | L | Pld | W | L | Pld | W | L | Pld | W | L | Pld | W | L | Pld | W | L | Pld | W | L | Pld | W | L | Pld | W | L | Total (35) |
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