Croatia women's national volleyball team

Croatia
Association	Croatian Volleyball Federation
Confederation	CEV
Head coach	Daniele Santarelli
FIVB ranking	30 (as of September, 2019)
Uniforms
Home	Away
Summer Olympics
Appearances	1 (First in 2000)
Best result	7th (2000)
World Championship
Appearances	3 (First in 1998)
Best result	6th (1998)
World Cup
Appearances	2 (First in 1995)
Best result	4th (1995)
European Championship
Appearances	13 (First in 1993)
Best result	(1995, 1997, 1999)
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European Championship
European League
Mediterranean Games

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.

Croatia women's national volleyball team of 2011

Tournament record

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

Summer Olympics

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Squad
Summer Olympics record
1992	Couldn't participate in qualification
1996	Did not qualify
2000	Quarterfinal	7th	8	4	4	13	16	Squad
2004	Did not qualify
2008
2012
2016
2020
Total	Qualified: 1/6		8	4	4	13	16	—

World Championship

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Squad	Pld	W	L	SW	SL
World Championship record									World Championship qualification record
1994	Did not qualify								?	?	?	?	?
1998	Second Round	6th	8	4	4	16	15	Squad	3	3	0	9	0
2002	Did not qualify								3	1	2	4	7
2006	Did not qualify								3	0	3	1	9
2010	First Round	17th	5	2	3	6	9	Squad	6	5	1	16	6
2014	Second Round	13th	7	4	3	14	15	Squad	6	6	0	18	4
2018	Did not qualify								5	2	3	9	10
Total	Qualified: 3/7		20	10	10	36	39	—	26	17	9	57	36

European Championship

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Squad	Pld	W	L	SW	SL
European Championship record									European Championship qualification record
1993	Preliminary Round	6th	7	4	3	15	11	Squad	6	5	1	15	4
1995	Final		7	6	1	18	7	Squad	Qualified as 6th from the 1993 Euro
1997	Final		7	6	1	18	5	Squad	Qualified as 2nd from the 1995 Euro
1999	Final		5	3	2	9	8	Squad	10	6	4	23	14
2001	Preliminary Round	9th	5	2	3	7	12	Squad	Qualified as 2nd from the 1999 Euro
2003	Did not qualify								6	0	6	2	18
2005	Preliminary Round	8th	7	2	5	9	16	Squad	8	6	2	19	8
/ 2007	Preliminary Round	14th	3	0	3	3	9	Squad	6	5	1	17	6
2009	Preliminary Round	16th	3	0	3	2	9	Squad	8	5	3	18	12
/ 2011	Preliminary Round	13th	3	1	2	4	6	Squad	8	7	1	21	7
/ 2013	Quarterfinal	5th	5	3	2	10	8	Squad	6	5	1	16	3
/ 2015	Playoffs	10th	4	2	2	6	8	Squad	Qualified as 5th from the 2013 Euro
/ 2017	Playoffs	11th	4	1	3	7	10	Squad	6	6	0	18	1
/// 2019	Round of 16	11th	6	3	3	13	11	Squad	6	6	0	18	2
/// 2021	TBD								Qualified as hosts
Total	Qualified: 14/15		66	33	33	121	120	—	70	51	19	167	75

World Cup

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

World Grand Prix

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

Nations League

Nations League record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Squad
2018	Did not qualify
2019	Did not qualify
Total	Qualified: 0/2		0	0	0	0	0	—

European League

European League record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Squad
2009	Did not compete
2010	Did not compete
2011	League Round	11th	12	1	11	7	33	Squad
2012	Did not compete
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018	League Round	7th	6	3	3	12	12	Squad
2019	Final		8	6	2	21	12	Squad
Total	Competed: 3/11		26	10	16	40	57	—

Mediterranean Games

Mediterranean Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Squad
1993	Final		?	?	?	?	?	Squad
1997	Did not compete
2001	First Round	7th	?	?	?	?	?	Squad
2005	Semifinal	4th	4	1	3	4	9	Squad
2009	Semifinal		5	3	2	10	7	Squad
2013	Semifinal		4	2	2	6	10	Squad
2018	Final		5	5	0	15	5	Squad
Total	Competed: 6/7		18	11	7	35	31	—

Team

The following is the Croatian roster for the 2020 Summer Olympics qualification tournament.[8]

Head coach: Daniele Santarelli

No.	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2019 club
1	Rene Sain	(1997-04-23) 23 April 1997	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)	54 kg (119 lb)	264 cm (104 in)	250 cm (98 in)	CS Știința Bacău
3	Ema Strunjak	(1999-09-24) 24 September 1999	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	74 kg (163 lb)	301 cm (119 in)	294 cm (116 in)	Bartoccini Fortinfissi Perugia
4	Božana Butigan	(2000-08-19) 19 August 2000	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	305 cm (120 in)	280 cm (110 in)	HAOK Mladost
5	Nikolina Božičević	(1995-01-14) 14 January 1995	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)	54 kg (119 lb)	215 cm (85 in)	210 cm (83 in)	Pölkky Kuusamo
8	Katarina Pavičić	(1999-05-17) 17 May 1999	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	294 cm (116 in)	284 cm (112 in)	HAOK Mladost
9	Lucija Mlinar	(1995-05-06) 6 May 1995	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	295 cm (116 in)	280 cm (110 in)	Dresdner SC
10	Matea Ikić	(1989-05-25) 25 May 1989	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	74 kg (163 lb)	305 cm (120 in)	295 cm (116 in)	Kuzeyboru Spor Kulübü
11	Sanja Popović	(1984-05-31) 31 May 1984	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	325 cm (128 in)	310 cm (120 in)	CSM Volei Alba Blaj
12	Beta Dumančić	(1991-03-26) 26 March 1991	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	308 cm (121 in)	299 cm (118 in)	Schweriner SC
13	Samanta Fabris	(1992-02-08) 8 February 1992	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	318 cm (125 in)	304 cm (120 in)	WVC Dynamo Kazan
14	Martina Šamadan	(1993-09-11) 11 September 1993	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	310 cm (120 in)	305 cm (120 in)	Allianz MTV Stuttgart
15	Bernarda Brčić	(1991-05-12) 12 May 1991	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	305 cm (120 in)	300 cm (120 in)	ASPTT Mulhouse
17	Lea Deak	(2000-04-27) 27 April 2000	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	62 kg (137 lb)	268 cm (106 in)	255 cm (100 in)	HAOK Mladost
18	Lara Vukasović	(1994-11-10) 10 November 1994	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	300 cm (120 in)	295 cm (116 in)	Volleyball Casalmaggiore

References

Group 3
Finished third in Group 3.
Group 2
Finished eighth in Group 2.
Finished first in Group 3.
Group 2
Finished eleventh in Group 2.
"Izbornik Santarelli objavio popis za pripreme za kvalifikacijski turnir olimpijskih igara u Tokiju". hos-cvf.hr (in Croatian). Croatian Volleyball Federation. 20 November 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2019.

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[Explanation3-1] Group 3

[Explanation2-2] Finished third in Group 3.

[Explanation6-3] Group 2

[Explanation5-4] Finished eighth in Group 2.

[Explanation7-5] Finished first in Group 3.

[Explanation8-6] Group 2

[Explanation9-7] Finished eleventh in Group 2.

[8] "Izbornik Santarelli objavio popis za pripreme za kvalifikacijski turnir olimpijskih igara u Tokiju". hos-cvf.hr (in Croatian). Croatian Volleyball Federation. 20 November 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2019.

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