Croatia men's national volleyball team
The Croatia men's national volleyball team represents Croatia in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches. It is governed by the Croatian Volleyball Federation.
| Association | Croatian Volleyball Federation | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Confederation | CEV | |||
| Head coach | Igor Juričić | |||
| FIVB ranking | 26 (as of 2 December 2023) | |||
| Uniforms | ||||
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| World Championship | ||||
| Appearances | 1 (First in 2002) | |||
| Best result | 19th (2002) | |||
| European Championship | ||||
| Appearances | 5 (First in 2005) | |||
| Best result | 8th (2005) | |||
| www.hos.hr (in Croatian) | ||||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| European League | ||
| 2006 Izmir | ||
| 2013 Marmaris | ||
| 2024 Osijek | ||
| 2022 Varaždin | ||
| 2023 Zadar | ||
| Mediterranean Games | ||
| 2022 Oran | Team | |
| 1997 Bari | Team | |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | did not qualify | |
| 1998 | ||
| 2002 | First Round | 19th |
| 2006 | did not qualify | |
| 2010 | ||
| 2014 | ||
| 2018 | ||
| 2022 | ||
European Championship
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | SW | SL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | did not qualify | |||||||
| 1995 | ||||||||
| 1997 | ||||||||
| 1999 | ||||||||
| 2001 | ||||||||
| 2003 | ||||||||
| 2005 | Preliminary Round | 8th | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | |
| 2007 | Preliminary Round | 14th | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |
| 2009 | did not qualify | |||||||
| 2011 | ||||||||
| 2013 | ||||||||
| 2015 | Preliminary Round | 15th | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | |
| 2017 | did not qualify | |||||||
| 2019 | ||||||||
| 2021 | Round of 16 | 14th | 6 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | |
| 2023 | Round of 16 | 11th | 6 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | |
| Total | Qualified: 5/16 | 23 | 8 | 15 | 34 | 53 | ||
European League
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | SW | SL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | League Round | 7th | 12 | 3 | 9 | ||
| 2005 | did not compete | ||||||
| 2006 | Final | 14 | 9 | 5 | |||
| 2007 | did not compete | ||||||
| 2008 | |||||||
| 2009 | League Round | 12th | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||
| 2010 | did not compete | ||||||
| 2011 | League Round | 8th | 12 | 4 | 8 | ||
| 2012 | did not compete | ||||||
| 2013 | Final | 14 | 11 | 3 | |||
| 2014 | did not compete | ||||||
| 2015 | League Round | 9th | 10 | 3 | 7 | ||
| 2016 | did not compete | ||||||
| 2017 | |||||||
| 2018 | Silver League Champions | 13th | 8 | 7 | 1 | ||
| 2019 | Golden League League Round | 8th | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 2021 | Silver League Semifinals | 15th | 8 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 2022 | Golden League Semifinals | 8 | 5 | 3 | |||
| 2023 | Golden League Semifinals | 8 | 3 | 5 | |||
| 2024 | Golden League Final | 8 | 7 | 1 | |||
| Total | Participated: 12/20 | 120 | 59 | 61 | |||
| Top tier (Golden League): 10/12 | 104 | 48 | 56 | ||||
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Igor Omrčen | 83 | 2000–2015 | |
| Inoslav Krnić | 75 | ||
| Toni Kovačević | 71 | ||
| Darko Nojić | 70 | ||
| Tomislav Čošković | 59 | –2010 | |
| Danijel Galić | 55 | ||
| Tsimafei Zhukouski | 53 |
Record against other teams
As of 13 Oct 2015
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