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Croatia women's national volleyball team

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Croatia
AssociationCroatian Volleyball Federation
ConfederationCEV
Head coachFerhat Akbaş
FIVB ranking37 (as of 10 July 2024)
Uniforms
Home
Away
Summer Olympics
Appearances1 (First in 2000)
Best result7th (2000)
World Championship
Appearances3 (First in 1998)
Best result6th (1998)
World Cup
Appearances2 (First in 1995)
Best result4th (1995)
European Championship
Appearances14 (First in 1993)
Best resultSilver (1995, 1997, 1999)
hos-cvf.hr (in Croatian)
Honours
Challenger Cup
Gold medal – first place 2022 Zadar Team
European Championship
Silver medal – second place 1995 Netherlands
Silver medal – second place 1997 Czech Republic
Silver medal – second place 1999 Italy
European League
Silver medal – second place 2019 Varaždin
Silver medal – second place 2021 Ruse
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Europe
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 1993 Languedoc-Roussillon
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Pescara Team
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Mersin Team
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tarragona Team
Croatia women's national volleyball team of 2011

The Croatia women's national volleyball team represents Croatia in international women's volleyball competitions and friendly matches. The team's biggest successes came in 1995, 1997 and 1999 when Croatia won three silver medals at the European Championships.

Tournament record

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Prior to 1992 Croatia women's national volleyball team competed as a part of Yugoslavia women's national volleyball team.

Summer Olympics

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Year Round Position Pld W L SW SL Squad
Summer Olympics record
Spain 1992 Couldn't participate in qualification
United States 1996 Did not qualify
Australia 2000 Quarterfinal 7th 8 4 4 13 16 Squad
Greece 2004 Did not qualify
China 2008
United Kingdom 2012
Brazil 2016
Japan 2020
France 2024
Total Qualified: 1/6 8 4 4 13 16 —

World Championship

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World Championship record Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W L SW SL Squad Pld W L SW SL
Brazil 1994 Did not qualify ? ? ? ? ?
Japan 1998 Second Round 6th 8 4 4 16 15 Squad 3 3 0 9 0
Germany 2002 Did not qualify 3 1 2 4 7
Japan 2006 3 0 3 1 9
Japan 2010 First Round 17th 5 2 3 6 9 Squad 6 5 1 16 6
Italy 2014 Second Round 13th 7 4 3 14 15 Squad 6 6 0 18 4
Japan 2018 Did not qualify 5 2 3 9 10
NetherlandsPoland 2022 First Round 22nd 5 0 5 2 15 Squad Reallocation after disqualification of Russia
Thailand 2025 Did not qualify 6 5 1 16 7
Total Qualified: 4/9 25 10 15 38 54 — 26 17 9 57 36

World Cup

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World Cup record
Year Position Pld W L SW SL Squad
Japan 1995 4th 11 7 4 27 15 Squad
Japan 1999 8th 11 4 7 15 24 Squad
Japan 2003 Did not qualify
Japan 2007
Japan 2011
Japan 2015
Japan 2019
Total Qualified: 2/7 22 11 11 42 39 —

World Grand Prix

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World Grand Prix record
Year Round Position Pld W L SW SL Squad
Hong Kong 1993 Did not qualify
China 1994
China 1995
China 1996
Japan 1997
Hong Kong 1998
China 1999
Philippines 2000
Macau 2001
Hong Kong 2002
Italy 2003
Italy 2004
Japan 2005
Italy 2006
China 2007
Japan 2008
Japan 2009
China 2010
Macau 2011
China 2012
Japan 2013
Japan 2014 Semifinal[1] 23rd[2] 8 5 3 19 11 Squad
United States 2015 Preliminary Round[3] 20th[4] 6 0 6 5 18 Squad
Thailand 2016 Final[1] 21st[5] 8 7 1 22 5 Squad
China 2017 Preliminary Round[6] 23rd[7] 9 1 8 9 26 Squad
Total Qualified: 4/25 31 13 18 55 49 —

Nations League

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Nations League record
Year Round Position Pld W L SW SL Squad
China 2018 Did not qualify
China 2019
Italy 2021
Turkey 2022
United States 2023 Preliminary Round 15th 12 2 10 8 30 Squad
Thailand 2024 Did not qualify
Total Qualified: 1/6 12 2 10 8 30 —

Challenger Cup

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Challenger Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W L SW SL Squad
Peru 2018 Did not qualify
Peru 2019 Semifinal 4th 4 1 3 4 10 Squad
Croatia 2022 Final 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 3 0 9 2 Squad
France 2023 Quarterfinal 7th 1 0 1 1 3 Squad
Philippines 2024 Did not qualify
Total Competed: 3/5 8 4 4 14 15 —

European Championship

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European Championship record Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W L SW SL Squad Pld W L SW SL
Czech Republic 1993 Preliminary Round 6th 7 4 3 15 11 Squad 6 5 1 15 4
Netherlands 1995 Final 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 6 1 18 7 Squad Qualified as 6th from the 1993 Euro
Czech Republic 1997 Final 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 6 1 18 5 Squad Qualified as 2nd from the 1995 Euro
Italy 1999 Final 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 3 2 9 8 Squad 10 6 4 23 14
Bulgaria 2001 Preliminary Round 9th 5 2 3 7 12 Squad Qualified as 2nd from the 1999 Euro
Turkey 2003 Did not qualify 6 0 6 2 18
Croatia 2005 Preliminary Round 8th 7 2 5 9 16 Squad 8 6 2 19 8
Belgium/Luxembourg 2007 Preliminary Round 14th 3 0 3 3 9 Squad 6 5 1 17 6
Poland 2009 Preliminary Round 16th 3 0 3 2 9 Squad 8 5 3 18 12
Italy/Serbia 2011 Preliminary Round 13th 3 1 2 4 6 Squad 8 7 1 21 7
Germany/Switzerland 2013 Quarterfinal 5th 5 3 2 10 8 Squad 6 5 1 16 3
Netherlands/Belgium 2015 Playoffs 10th 4 2 2 6 8 Squad Qualified as 5th from the 2013 Euro
Azerbaijan/Georgia (country) 2017 Playoffs 11th 4 1 3 7 10 Squad 6 6 0 18 1
Slovakia/Hungary/Poland/Turkey 2019 Round of 16 11th 6 3 3 13 11 Squad 6 6 0 18 2
Serbia/Bulgaria/Croatia/Romania 2021 Round of 16 10th 6 4 2 14 7 Squad Qualified as hosts
Belgium/Italy/Estonia/Germany 2023 Preliminary Round 22nd 5 0 5 5 15 Squad 6 5 1 16 7
Total Qualified: 15/16 77 37 40 140 142 — 76 56 20 183 82

European League

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European League record
Year Round Position Pld W L SW SL Squad
Turkey 2009 Did not compete
Turkey 2010
Turkey 2011 League Round 11th 12 1 11 7 33 Squad
Czech Republic 2012 Did not compete
Bulgaria 2013
European Union 2014
European Union 2015
European Union 2016
European Union 2017
Hungary 2018 League Round 7th 6 3 3 12 12 Squad
Croatia 2019 Final 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 8 6 2 21 12 Squad
Bulgaria 2021 Final 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 8 5 3 19 14 Squad
European Union 2022 Semifinal 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 3 2 10 8 Squad
Romania Sweden 2023 Did not compete
Czech Republic 2024 League Round 9th 6 2 4 9 13 Squad
Total Competed: 6/14 45 20 25 78 92 —
Top tier (Golden league): 6/6

Mediterranean Games

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Mediterranean Games record
Year Round Position Pld W L SW SL Squad
France 1993 Final 1st place, gold medalist(s) ? ? ? ? ? Squad
Italy 1997 Did not compete
Tunisia 2001 First Round 7th ? ? ? ? ? Squad
Spain 2005 Semifinal 4th 4 1 3 4 9 Squad
Italy 2009 Semifinal 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 3 2 10 7 Squad
Turkey 2013 Semifinal 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 2 2 6 10 Squad
Spain 2018 Final 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 5 0 15 5 Squad
Algeria 2022 Quarterfinals 7th 5 2 3 9 11 Squad
Total Competed: 6/7 23 13 10 44 42 —

Team

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The following is the Croatian roster for the 2023 Women's European Volleyball Championship.

No. Name Date of birth Height Position 2022–23 club
1 Karla Antunović (2002-03-27) 27 March 2002 (age 22) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Setter Croatia HAOK Mladost
2 Andrea Mihaljević (2003-02-21) 21 February 2003 (age 21) 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Opposite hitter Croatia HAOK Mladost
3 Ema Strunjak (1999-09-24) 24 September 1999 (age 25) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Middle blocker Turkey Beşiktaş JK
4 Božana Butigan (2000-08-19) 19 August 2000 (age 24) 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Middle blocker Italy Volley Bergamo
6 Lea Deak (2000-04-27) 27 April 2000 (age 24) 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) Setter Switzerland Volero Zürich
9 Lucija Mlinar (1995-05-06) 6 May 1995 (age 29) 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Outside spiker Turkey Edremit Bld. Altınoluk
10 Dijana Karatović (2003-07-23) 23 July 2003 (age 21) 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Outside spiker Croatia ŽOK Ribola Kaštela
11 Nina Strize (2003-11-14) 14 November 2003 (age 20) 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Opposite hitter Croatia ŽOK Ribola Kaštela
12 Josipa Marković (2001-01-25) 25 January 2001 (age 23) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Outside spiker Croatia HAOK Mladost
14 Martina Šamadan (1993-09-11) 11 September 1993 (age 31) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Middle blocker France Volley-Ball Nantes
15 Viktoria Ana Trcol (2004-09-18) 18 September 2004 (age 20) 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Middle blocker Croatia ŽOK Rijeka
17 Tia Kovčo (2005-10-31) 31 October 2005 (age 19) 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Libero Croatia OK Split
19 Izabela Štimac (2000-11-12) 12 November 2000 (age 24) 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) Libero Croatia HAOK Mladost
22 Mirta Freund (2002-07-04) 4 July 2002 (age 22) 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Middle blocker Germany VC Wiesbaden

References

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  1. ^ a b Group 3
  2. ^ Finished third in Group 3.
  3. ^ Group 2
  4. ^ Finished eighth in Group 2.
  5. ^ Finished first in Group 3.
  6. ^ Group 2
  7. ^ Finished eleventh in Group 2.
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