Croatia men's national volleyball team

Croatia

Association	Croatian Volleyball Federation
Confederation	CEV
Head coach	Igor Šimunčić
FIVB ranking	52 (as of September 2014)
Uniforms
Home 　 Away
Summer Olympics
Appearances	none
World Championship
Appearances	1 (First in 2002)
Best result	19th
FIVB World Cup
Appearances	none
Website	www.hos.hr (Croatian)

The Croatia men's national volleyball team represents Croatia in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches. It is governed by the Croatian Volleyball Federation.

Current squad

The following is the Croatia squad for the Final Four of the 2013 European League.

• Tsimafei Zhukouski (C)
• Matija Sabljak
• Darko Nojić
• Nikola Ščerbakov
• Ivan Raič
• Sven Šarčević (L)
• Marko Sedlaček
• Ivan Čosić
• Mladen Jurčević
• Fran Peterlin
• Goran Išek
• Ivan Tropan

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

European Championship

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	SR
1993	Did not qualify
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005	Preliminary Round	8th	5	2	3	9	9	1.000
2007	Preliminary Round	14th	3	0	3	4	9	0.444
2009	Did not qualify
2011
2013
2015	Qualification in progress
Total	Qualified: 2/11		8	2	6	13	18	0.722

European League

Year	Round	Position
2004	League Round	7th
2005	Did not compete
2006	Final	02 !
2007	Did not compete
2008
2009	League Round	12th
2010	Did not compete
2011	League Round	8th
2012	Did not compete
2013	Final	02 !

Mediterranean Games

Year	Round	Position
1993	Did not compete
1997	Semifinal	03 !
2001	Did not compete
2005	Preliminary Round	9th
2009 - 2013	Did not compete
2017	TBD

Boys Youth World Championship

Year	Round	Position
1993	Did not qualify
1995	Quarterfinal	8th
1997 - 2013	Did not qualify

Junior European Championship

Year	Round	Position
1994	Preliminary Round	12th
1996 - 2000	Did not qualify
2002	Preliminary Round	11th
2004	Preliminary Round	12th
2006	Did not qualify
2008	Preliminary Round	8th
2010 - 2012	Did not qualify

Boys' Youth European Championship

Year	Round	Position
1995	Preliminary Round	7th
1997 - 2001	Did not qualify
2003	Preliminary Round	8th
2005 - 2013	Did not qualify

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 Čosić, Mladen Jurčević, Fran Peterlin, Goran Išek, Ivan Tropan
  • coach: Igor Šimunčić

See also

• Croatia women's national volleyball team

References

• Croatian Volleyball Federation

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