Montenegro men's national volleyball team

The Montenegro men's national volleyball team represents Montenegro in international men's volleyball competitions and friendly matches. The national volleyball team was formed in 2006, recently after independence. Montenegro has been a full member of FIVB and CEV since 2006.

Montenegro
AssociationVolleyball Federation of Montenegro
ConfederationCEV
Head coachVeljko Basić
FIVB ranking39 (as of October 2019)
Uniforms
Home
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Montenegro played their first official match on 1 September 2007 in Podgorica and won against Latvia (3–1).

Until 2017, at major tournaments, Montenegro played in FIVB World League and European League. Montenegro made main success at 2014, winning the gold medal in European League.

History

Soon after the 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, the Volleyball Federation of Montenegro founded national teams. The men's team started to play in 2007, with the first match against Latvia (3–1, Olympic Games qualifiers).[1]

From 2007 to 2013, Montenegro played three times in European Championship qualifiers, but without significant success. At the same time, the team played two times in qualifiers for Olympic Games and once in qualifiers for World Championship.

First better result, Montenegrin team made at 2013, on their debut in European League. After 12 games, Montenegro won fifth place among 12 European teams.[2] A year later, Montenegrin volleyball team made their major success until today, with the gold medal in European League 2014. In the finals, Montenegro won both games against Greece (3–1, 3–2).

After the result in European League, during summer 2015, Montenegro debuted in FIVB World League. As a member of Pool C, Montenegro won the group at first stage of World League and qualified for final tournament (Pool B promotion) in Bratislava. At semifinals, Montenegro eliminated China (3–1). In the final game, Montenegro lost against Egypt (2–3), so they didn't qualify for World League Pool B competition. In the end, Montenegro won 22nd position in 2015 FIVB World League.[3]

A year later, Montenegro played in 2016 FIVB Volleyball World League, again in Pool C, but didn't make similar result as 2015. Montenegro finished World League season as a fourth-placed team in Pool C, but didn't qualify for the final tournament. The reason was that Germany, as a host nation, directly qualified for the finals.

In summer 2016, Montenegro played in the main round of 2017 Men's European Volleyball Championship qualification, but failed to qualify for the final tournament. Same result, Montenegrin team made in 2018 World Championship qualifiers, finishing as a third placed team in Group D.

Biggest success for Montenegrin team came at 2019. After the games against Slovakia, Moldova and Iceland, they qualified for European Championship 2019.

Competitive record

Until now, Montenegro never played on European Championship, World Championship or Olympic Games. They participated in FIVB Volleyball World League (2) and Men's European Volleyball League (2).
Biggest success of the team was gold medal at 2014 Men's European Volleyball League.

Olympic Games

Montenegro men's national volleyball team played two times in the qualifiers for Olympic Games (2008, 2012), but never played at main competition.

Summer Olympic Games Qualification
Year Pos. Pld W L Pld W L
2008Did not qualify422
2012431
2016---
Total000853

As of September 29, 2016

Head coaches

Since 2007, the national team of Montenegro has been led by four different head coaches. Most successful coach were Slobodan Boškan, who won the gold medal on European League with Montenegrin team and Veljko Bašić, who led Montenegro to European Championship 2019.

Period Coach Score
2007-2009 Veselin Vuković
12
6-6
2010-2011 Rade Malević
6
1-5
2011-2013 Ivan Joksimović
10
5-5
2013-2014 Nikola Matijašević
15
10-5
2014-2017 Slobodan Boškan
38
25-13
2017- Veljko Bašić
27
16-11

As of September 22, 2019 Sources: [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Official matches
Main article: List of official matches of the Montenegro men's national volleyball team

Montenengro played its first official match in September 2007. There is a list of official matches of the Montenegro men's national volleyball team.

Opponents

Below is the list of performances of Montenegro men's national volleyball team against every opponent.

Opponents' country G W L S
 Albania
1
1
0
3-1
 Azerbaijan
2
2
0
6-0
 China
1
1
0
3-1
 Chinese Taipei
2
1
1
4-4
 Croatia
5
2
3
9-11
 Cyprus
1
1
0
3-1
 Czech Republic
5
3
2
11-12
 Egypt
1
0
1
2-3
 Estonia
8
2
6
12-20
 Finland
2
0
2
2-6
 Germany
5
1
4
3-14
 Greece
6
4
2
15-9
 Hungary
7
6
1
17-5
 Iceland
3
3
0
9-1
 Italy
1
0
1
0-3
 Kazakhstan
1
1
0
3-0
 Kosovo
1
1
0
3-0
 Latvia
2
2
0
6-3
 Luxembourg
1
1
0
3-0
 Macedonia
5
3
2
10-9
 Mexico
2
2
0
6-2
 Moldova
2
1
1
5-3
 Monaco
1
1
0
3-0
 Netherlands
3
1
2
4-8
 Norway
2
2
0
6-0
 Poland
5
3
2
9-11
 Puerto Rico
2
2
0
6-1
 Romania
7
3
4
13-13
 Russia
1
0
1
0-3
 San Marino
1
1
0
3-0
 Slovakia
2
1
1
3-3
 Spain
7
5
2
17-14
  Switzerland
2
2
0
6-0
 Tunisia
5
3
2
13-8
 Turkey
3
1
2
5-7
 Ukraine
2
0
2
2-6
 Venezuela
1
0
1
2-3
OVERALL
108
63
45
227-185

Last update: September 22, 2019

Current squad

The following is the Montenegrin roster in the 2017 World League.[9]

Head coach: Veljko Basić

No. Name Date of birth Height Weight Spike Block 2016–17 club
1Aleksandar Minić9 November 19862.05 m (6 ft 9 in)103 kg (227 lb)350 cm (140 in)325 cm (128 in) Jakarta Pertamina Energi
2Simo Dabović9 April 19871.95 m (6 ft 5 in)93 kg (205 lb)345 cm (136 in)335 cm (132 in) Sazman Omran Sari
3Luka Babić7 July 19942.11 m (6 ft 11 in)105 kg (231 lb)340 cm (130 in)330 cm (130 in) Chênois Genève
4Gojko Ćuk10 October 19882.09 m (6 ft 10 in)101 kg (223 lb)347 cm (137 in)325 cm (128 in) Nice
5Rajko Strugar11 April 19951.93 m (6 ft 4 in)85 kg (187 lb)335 cm (132 in)325 cm (128 in) Tours
6Vojin Ćaćić (C)31 March 19902.03 m (6 ft 8 in)101 kg (223 lb)355 cm (140 in)340 cm (130 in) Bauchrieh Club
7Nikola Radonić30 July 19941.91 m (6 ft 3 in)78 kg (172 lb)0 cm (0 in)0 cm (0 in)
8Nikola Lakčević14 July 19951.90 m (6 ft 3 in)86 kg (190 lb)330 cm (130 in)310 cm (120 in) Budvanska Rivijera Budva
9Marko Bojić13 November 19882.01 m (6 ft 7 in)88 kg (194 lb)355 cm (140 in)335 cm (132 in)
10Balša Radunović12 August 19922.05 m (6 ft 9 in)93 kg (205 lb)350 cm (140 in)330 cm (130 in) Teruel
11Božidar Ćuk16 June 19922.00 m (6 ft 7 in)97 kg (214 lb)355 cm (140 in)330 cm (130 in) Stade Poitevin Poitiers
12Slobodan Bojic11 August 19922.00 m (6 ft 7 in)95 kg (209 lb)335 cm (132 in)325 cm (128 in) Sfaxien
13Bojan Strugar30 June 19952.02 m (6 ft 8 in)93 kg (205 lb)330 cm (130 in)325 cm (128 in) Top Volley Latina
14Blažo Milić22 November 19872.10 m (6 ft 11 in)88 kg (194 lb)345 cm (136 in)335 cm (132 in) Narbonne
16Marko Vukašinović30 July 19931.96 m (6 ft 5 in)88 kg (194 lb)348 cm (137 in)330 cm (130 in) Näfels
17Ivan Ječmenica17 March 19902.02 m (6 ft 8 in)90 kg (200 lb)350 cm (140 in)340 cm (130 in) Cambrai
18Miloš Ćulafić13 August 19862.05 m (6 ft 9 in)100 kg (220 lb)360 cm (140 in)340 cm (130 in) Sazman Omran Sari
19Ljubomir Popović14 November 19881.82 m (6 ft 0 in)87 kg (192 lb)300 cm (120 in)295 cm (116 in) Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje

See also

References
  1. "CEV - Confédération Européenne de Volleyball". Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  2. "Competition". Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  3. "Pools and Ranking - FIVB Volleyball World League 2015". Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  4. "ODBOJKA: Vuković selektor dve reprezentacije!". Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  5. http://www.minmedia.me. "Rade Malević novi selektor". Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  6. Redakcija (17 May 2013). "Matijašević novi selektor odbojkaša!". Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  7. Redakcija (25 February 2014). "Slobodan Boškan novi selektor odbojkaša Crne Gore". Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  8. http://www.oscg.me/veljko-basic-selektor-muske-seniorske-reprezentacije/
  9. "Team Roster - Montenegro". FIVB World League 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
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