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Croatia men's national volleyball team

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Croatia
AssociationCroatian Volleyball Federation
ConfederationCEV
Head coachIgor Juričić
FIVB ranking23 (as of 10 July 2024)
Uniforms
Home
Away
Third
World Championship
Appearances1 (First in 2002)
Best result19th (2002)
European Championship
Appearances5 (First in 2005)
Best result8th (2005)
www.hos.hr (in Croatian)
Croatia men's national volleyball team
Medal record
European League
Silver medal – second place 2006 Izmir
Silver medal – second place 2013 Marmaris
Silver medal – second place 2024 Osijek
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Varaždin
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Zadar
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Oran Team
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Bari 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.

Results

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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:

World Championship

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Year Round Position
Greece 1994 did not qualify
Japan 1998
Argentina 2002 First Round 19th
Japan 2006 did not qualify
Italy 2010
Poland 2014
Italy Bulgaria 2018
Poland Slovenia 2022
Philippines 2025

Challenger Cup

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Year Round Position Pld W L SW SL
Portugal 2018 did not qualify
Slovenia 2019
South Korea 2022
Qatar 2023
China 2024 Quarterfinals 5th 1 0 1 2 3
Total Qualified: 1/5 1 0 1 2 3

European Championship

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Year Round Position Pld W L SW SL
Finland 1993 did not qualify
Greece 1995
Netherlands 1997
Austria 1999
Czech Republic 2001
Germany 2003
Italy Serbia and Montenegro 2005 Preliminary Round 8th 5 2 3 9 9
Russia 2007 Preliminary Round 14th 3 0 3 4 9
Turkey 2009 did not qualify
Austria Czech Republic 2011
Denmark Poland 2013
Bulgaria Italy 2015 Preliminary Round 15th 3 0 3 0 9
Poland 2017 did not qualify
France Slovenia Belgium Netherlands 2019
Poland Czech Republic Estonia Finland 2021 Round of 16 14th 6 3 3 10 14
Italy Bulgaria North Macedonia Israel 2023 Round of 16 11th 6 3 3 11 12
Total Qualified: 5/16 23 8 15 34 53

European League

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Year Round Position Pld W L SW SL
Czech Republic 2004 League Round 7th 12 3 9
Russia 2005 did not compete
Turkey 2006 Final 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 14 9 5
Portugal 2007 did not compete
Turkey 2008
Portugal 2009 League Round 12th 12 0 12
Spain 2010 did not compete
Slovakia 2011 League Round 8th 12 4 8
Turkey 2012 did not compete
Turkey 2013 Final 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 14 11 3
Montenegro 2014 did not compete
Poland 2015 League Round 9th 10 3 7
Bulgaria 2016 did not compete
Denmark 2017
Czech Republic 2018 Silver League Champions 13th 8 7 1
Estonia 2019 Golden League League Round 8th 6 3 3
Belgium 2021 Silver League Semifinals 15th 8 4 4
Croatia 2022 Golden League Semifinals 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 8 5 3
Croatia 2023 Golden League Semifinals 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 8 3 5
Croatia 2024 Golden League Final 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 8 7 1
Total Participated: 12/20 120 59 61
Top tier (Golden League): 10/12 104 48 56

Mediterranean Games

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Year Round Position Pld W L SW SL
France 1993 did not compete
Italy 1997 Semifinals 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Tunisia 2001 did not compete
Spain 2005 Preliminary Round 9th 2 0 2 3 6
Italy 2009 did not compete
Turkey 2013
Spain 2018 Quarterfinals 5th 5 3 2 9 11
Algeria 2022 Winners 1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 5 1 17 5

Team

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Current squad

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Croatia squad for 2022 Mediterranean Games

Team coached by Cédric Énard

Notable players

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Former squads

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Player statistics

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Most appearances
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

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As of 13 Oct 2015

Key
Positive total balance (more wins)
Neutral total balance (equal W/L ratio)
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
 Austria 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1
 Azerbaijan 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
 Belarus 11 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 2 5 4 1
 Belgium 9 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 4 1 3
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0
 Bulgaria 5 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 3
 Canada 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Czech Republic 6 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 3 2 0 2
 Denmark 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0
 Egypt 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
 Estonia 9 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 3 0 5 2 3
 Finland 7 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 1 5
 France 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Germany 8 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 6 0 6
 Great Britain 8 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 5 0 0 0
 Greece 7 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 3 0 0 0 2 1 1
 Hungary 8 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 7
 Israel 9 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 5 3 2
 Italy 4 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Latvia 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 2
 North Macedonia 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 1
 Montenegro 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 2
 Netherlands 6 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 2 2
 Norway 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0
 Poland 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Portugal 9 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 3 5
 Romania 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 0
 Russia 6 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 1 3 1 0 1
 Slovakia 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 1
 Slovenia 9 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 5 0 0 0 3 0 3
 Spain 9 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 4 1 0 1 3 1 2
 Sweden 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
  Switzerland 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0
 Turkey 20 8 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 8 9 3 0 3
 Ukraine 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 3
Total (35) 198 81 118

See also

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