Croatia women's national volleyball team

Croatia
AssociationCroatian Volleyball Federation
ConfederationCEV
Head coachFerhat Akbaş
FIVB ranking33 (as of 8 January 2025)
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 result (1995, 1997, 1999)
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Honours
Challenger Cup
2022 Zadar Team
European Championship
1995 Netherlands
1997 Czech Republic
1999 Italy
European League
2019 Varaždin
2021 Ruse
2022 Europe
Mediterranean Games
1993 Languedoc-Roussillon
2009 Pescara Team
2013 Mersin Team
2018 Tarragona Team

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

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
2024
Total Qualified: 1/6 8 4 4 13 16 —

World Championship

World Championship record Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W L SW SL Squad Pld W L SW SL
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 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
2022 First Round 22nd 5 0 5 2 15 Squad Reallocation after disqualification of Russia
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

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
2021
2022
2023 Preliminary Round 15th 12 2 10 8 30 Squad
2024 Did not qualify
Total Qualified: 1/6 12 2 10 8 30 —

Challenger Cup

Challenger Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W L SW SL Squad
2018 Did not qualify
2019 Semifinal 4th 4 1 3 4 10 Squad
2022 Final 3 3 0 9 2 Squad
2023 Quarterfinal 7th 1 0 1 1 3 Squad
2024 Did not qualify
Total Competed: 3/5 8 4 4 14 15 —

European Championship

European Championship record Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W L SW SL Squad Pld W L SW SL
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 Round of 16 10th 6 4 2 14 7 Squad Qualified as hosts
/// 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

European League record
Year Round Position Pld W L SW SL Squad
2009 Did not compete
2010
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
2021 Final 8 5 3 19 14 Squad
2022 Semifinal 5 3 2 10 8 Squad
2023 Did not compete
2024 League Round 9th 6 2 4 9 13 Squad
2025 League Round 8th 6 2 4 10 14 Squad
Total Competed: 7/16 51 22 29 88 106 —
Top tier (Golden league): 7/7

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
2022 Quarterfinals 7th 5 2 3 9 11 Squad
Total Competed: 6/7 23 13 10 44 42 —

Team

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 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Setter HAOK Mladost
2 Andrea Mihaljević (2003-02-21) 21 February 2003 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Opposite hitter HAOK Mladost
3 Ema Strunjak (1999-09-24) 24 September 1999 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Middle blocker Beşiktaş JK
4 Božana Butigan (2000-08-19) 19 August 2000 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Middle blocker Volley Bergamo
6 Lea Deak (2000-04-27) 27 April 2000 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) Setter Volero Zürich
9 Lucija Mlinar (1995-05-06) 6 May 1995 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Outside spiker Edremit Bld. Altınoluk
10 Dijana Karatović (2003-07-23) 23 July 2003 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Outside spiker ŽOK Ribola Kaštela
11 Nina Strize (2003-11-14) 14 November 2003 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Opposite hitter ŽOK Ribola Kaštela
12 Josipa Marković (2001-01-25) 25 January 2001 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Outside spiker HAOK Mladost
14 Martina Šamadan (1993-09-11) 11 September 1993 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Middle blocker Volley-Ball Nantes
15 Viktoria Ana Trcol (2004-09-18) 18 September 2004 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Middle blocker ŽOK Rijeka
17 Tia Kovčo (2005-10-31) 31 October 2005 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Libero OK Split
19 Izabela Štimac (2000-11-12) 12 November 2000 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) Libero HAOK Mladost
22 Mirta Freund (2002-07-04) 4 July 2002 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Middle blocker VC Wiesbaden

References

  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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