Croatia men's national volleyball team

Croatia
AssociationCroatian Volleyball Federation
ConfederationCEV
Head coachRatko Peris
FIVB ranking28 (as of 8 January 2025)
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
2006 Izmir
2013 Marmaris
2024 Osijek
2022 Varaždin
2023 Zadar
Mediterranean Games
2022 Oran Team
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

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

Year Round Position
1994 did not qualify
1998
2002 First Round 19th
2006 did not qualify
2010
2014
2018
2022
2025

Challenger Cup

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

European Championship

European Championship record Qualification record
Year Round Position GP MW ML SW SL Squad GP MW ML SW SL
1948–1991 Part of  Yugoslavia Part of  Yugoslavia
1993 Did not enter Did not enter
1995
1997 Did not qualify 8 3 5 11 17
1999 10 7 3 23 10
2001 6 1 5 8 16
2003 6 3 3 10 11
2005 Preliminary Round 8th 5 2 3 9 9 Squad 6 5 1 17 10
2007 Preliminary Round 14th 3 0 3 4 9 Squad 6 6 0 18 2
2009 Did not qualify Did not enter
2011 8 3 5 9 16
2013 10 4 6 16 21
2015 Preliminary Round 15th 3 0 3 0 9 Squad 6 4 2 14 10
2017 Did not qualify 6 0 6 6 18
2019 6 1 5 3 7
2021 Round of 16 14th 6 3 3 10 14 Squad 4 3 1 10 8
2023 Round of 16 11th 6 3 3 11 12 Squad 6 4 2 13 6
2026 To be determined To be determined
Total Qualified: 5/16 23 8 15 34 53 —

European League

Year Round Position Pld W L SW SL
2004 League Round 7th 12 3 9
2005 did not compete
2006 Final 14 9 5
2007 did not compete
2008
2009 League Round 12th 12 0 12
2010 did not compete
2011 League Round 8th 12 4 8
2012 did not compete
2013 Final 14 11 3
2014 did not compete
2015 League Round 9th 10 3 7
2016 did not compete
2017
2018 Silver League Champions 13th 8 7 1
2019 Golden League League Round 8th 6 3 3
2021 Silver League Semifinals 15th 8 4 4
2022 Golden League Semifinals 8 5 3
2023 Golden League Semifinals 8 3 5
2024 Golden League Final 8 7 1
2025 Golden League League Round 10th 6 1 5
Total Participated: 13/21 126 60 66
Top tier (Golden League): 11/13 110 49 61

Mediterranean Games

Year Round Position Pld W L SW SL
1993 did not compete
1997 Semifinals
2001 did not compete
2005 Preliminary Round 9th 2 0 2 3 6
2009 did not compete
2013
2018 Quarterfinals 5th 5 3 2 9 11
2022 Winners 6 5 1 17 5

Team

Current squad

Croatia squad for 2022 Mediterranean Games

  • Bernard Bakonji
  • Petar Đirlić
  • Tino Hanžić
  • Ivan Mihalj
  • Tomislav Mitrašinović
  • Kruno Nikačević
  • Stipe Perić
  • Hrvoje Pervan
  • Marko Sedlaček
  • Filip Šestan
  • Petar Višić
  • Ivan Zeljković

Team coached by Cédric Énard

Notable players

Former squads

Player statistics

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

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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