Yugoslavia men's national volleyball team

The Yugoslavia men's national volleyball team was the national team of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

History

Yugoslav Volleyball Federation was founded in 1946 by the Alliance for Physical Education of Yugoslavia. In 1947, the International Volleyball Federation FIVB was founded and Yugoslavia was one of the 14 founders. From 13 February 1949, the Volleyball Federation became an independent sports organization. Many years later, at the European Championships held in Belgrade, Yugoslav volleyball team won the bronze medal for the first time. That was in 1975, when Yugoslavia for the first time in history hosted the biggest European competition, both the men's and women's events. Yugoslav team in the last match of the final group defeated Bulgaria in Belgrade and won the bronze medal.

Results

Olympic Games

World Championship

European Championship

World Cup

• 1965 — 8th place
• 1969–1991 — did not qualify

World League

• 1990 — did not qualify
• 1991 — did not qualify

Mediterranean Games

Notable Squads

1975 European Championship

• MiloÅ¡ Grbić, Miodrag Gvozdenović, Nikola MatijaÅ¡ević, Vinko Dobrić, Laslo Lukač, Aleksandar Boričić, Vladimir Bogoevski, Vladimir BoÅ¡njak, Ivica Jelić, Slobodan Lozančić, Mirsad Elezović, Živojin Vračarić, coach: Lazar Grozdanović

1979 European Championship

• Ljubomir Travica, Goran Srbinovski, Slobodan Lozančić, Vladimir Trifunović, Miodrag Mitić, Aleksandar Tasevski, Radovan Malević, Boro Jović, Vladimir Bogoevski, Vinko Dobrić, Zdravko Kuljić, Dragan NiÅ¡ić, coach: Drago Tomić

1980 Olympic Games

• Vladimir Bogoevski, Ivica Jelić, Boro Jović, Mladen KaÅ¡ić, Zdravko Kuljić, Slobodan Lozančić, Radovan Malević, Miodrag Mitić, Goran Srbinovski, Aleksandar Tasevski, Ljubomir Travica, Vladimir Trifunović

See also

• Bosnia and Herzegovina men's national volleyball team
• Croatia men's national volleyball team
• Kosovo men's national volleyball team
• Montenegro men's national volleyball team
• North Macedonia men's national volleyball team
• Serbia men's national volleyball team
• Serbia women's national volleyball team
• Slovenia men's national volleyball team
• Yugoslavia women's national volleyball team

Former notable players

• Ivica Jelić
• Vladimir Janković
• MiloÅ¡ Grbić
• Miodrag Gvozdenović
• Laslo Lukač
• Vladimir Trifunović
• Slavko Balandžić
• Orhan Arslanagić
• Mirsad ImÅ¡irović
• Slobodan BoÅ¡kan
• Toni Stipaničev

References