Serbia men's national volleyball team

Serbia
Nickname(s)	Orlovi (The Eagles)
Association	Volleyball Federation of Serbia
Confederation	CEV
Head coach	Gheorghe Crețu
FIVB ranking	10 (as of 8 January 2025)
Uniforms
Home	Away
Summer Olympics
Appearances	6 (First in 1996)
Best result	(2000)
World Championship
Appearances	8 (First in 1998)
Best result	(1998)
World Cup
Appearances	2 (First in 2003)
Best result	(2003)
European Championship
Appearances	29 (First in 1951)
Best result	(2001, 2011, 2019)
Representing Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro / Serbia
Olympic Games
World Championship
World Cup
World Grand Champions Cup
World League
European Championship
Mediterranean Games
Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner

The Serbia men's national volleyball team represents Serbia in international men's volleyball. FIVB and the CEV consider Serbia the inheritor of the records of SFR Yugoslavia (1948–1991) and Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006).^[1]^[2] Serbia won gold at the Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia and bronze at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

The Yugoslav Olympic Committee declared the national volleyball team to be the best male team of the year in 2000, and the Olympic Committee of Serbia did the same in 2010 and 2013.^[3]

History

Serbia's most proud moment came at the Sydney Olympics in 2000 when under the name Yugoslavia it won Olympic gold. A heavy favourite was team Italy, who won the last three World Championships and the European title in 1995 and 1999, but they had yet to win an Olympic gold medal. They swept through Group B undefeated and won their quarter-final match over Australia. In the semifinals, Serbia & Montenegro (Yugoslavia), runners-up at the 1998 Worlds, and bronze medalists at the 1999 Europeans, triumphed in straight sets, again denying Italy an Olympic gold medal. Serbia & Montenegro had struggled in the pools, finishing only third behind Italy and Russia, but they defeated Russia in straight sets in the final to win the gold medal. As in 1996, all medalists came from the same pool, this time Group B.^[4]

Volleyball was brought to Serbia by g. William Viland, a professor of folklore and folk sports from Oakland, California, when the Red Cross held a series of lectures and demonstrations of American sports in Belgrade and Novi Sad. It is believed that his arrival marked the beginning of volleyball in this area, and in 1924 is considered the year when the first volleyball ball came to Serbia. During the period of occupation, between 1941 and 1944, volleyball was played very actively, numerous competitions were held, and more sports clubs/society's had established its volleyball section.

The Serbian/Yugoslav Volleyball Federation was founded in 1946 by the Alliance for Physical Education of Yugoslavia. A year later, in 1947, the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) was founded and the former Yugoslavia was one of the 14 founders. From 13 February 1949, the Volleyball Federation became an independent sports organization. Two years later, at the European Championships held in Paris, the women's volleyball team of Yugoslavia won the bronze medal for the first time. This success was repeated with the men's event in 1975, when Serbia for the first time in history hosted the biggest European competition, both the men's and women's events. The Serbian team in the last match of the final group defeated Bulgaria in the crowded hall of "Pioneer" in Belgrade and won the bronze medal.^[5]

2011 – 2019

In 2011 Serbia became European champion and in 2016 the champion of FIVB World League for the first time, with Marko Ivović being crowned MVP of the tournament and Srećko Lisinac being chosen as the Best Middle Blocker.^[6]

2019 – 2021

After two bronze medal 2013 and 2017, Serbia become European champion again in 2019 with Uroš Kovačević being crowned MVP of the tournament.^[7]^[8]

Medals

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Olympic Games	1	0	1	2
World Championship	0	1	1	2
World Cup	0	0	1	1
World Grand Champions Cup	0	0	1	1
World League	1	5	3	9
European Championship	3	1	8	12^[9]
Mediterranean Games	0	0	1	1
Total	5	7	16	28

Results

Olympic Games

Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place

Games	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SF	SA	Squad
1964 to 1988	part of Yugoslavia
1992 Barcelona	suspended
1996 Atlanta	Semifinals	3rd	8	5	3	16	14	Squad
2000 Sydney	Final	1st	8	6	2	21	11	Squad
2004 Athens	Quarterfinals	5th	6	4	2	13	9	Squad
2008 Beijing	Quarterfinals	5th	6	2	4	11	13	Squad
2012 London	Preliminary round	9th	5	1	4	7	13	Squad
2016 Rio de Janeiro	did not qualify
2020 Tokyo	did not qualify
2024 Paris	Preliminary round	9th	3	1	2	5	8	Squad
Total	6/9	1 Title	36	19	17	73	68	—

World Championship

Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place

Games	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SF	SA	Squad
1949 to 1990	part of Yugoslavia
1994	suspended
1998	Final	2nd	12	10	2	31	10	Squad
2002	Semifinals	4th	9	7	2	22	8	Squad
2006	Semifinals	4th	11	8	3	26	13	Squad
2010	Semifinals	3rd	9	6	3	22	13	Squad
2014	Second round	9th	9	5	4	18	15	Squad
2018	Semifinals	4th	12	7	5	24	21	Squad
2022	Round of 16	9th place	4	3	1	9	3	Squad
2025	Qualified							Squad
Total	8/9	0 Title(s)	66	46	20	152	83	—

World Cup

Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place

Year	Rank	Pld	W	L	SW	SL
1965 to 1991	part of Yugoslavia
1995	did not qualify
1999	did not qualify
2003	3rd place	11	9	2	29	10
2007	did not qualify
2011	8th place	11	5	6	20	23
2015	did not qualify
2019	did not qualify
Total	3/8	29	17	12	59	46

Squads

2003 Japan – Bronze medal
Marić, Janić, Boškan, Mijić, N. Grbić (C), V. Grbić, Bjelica, Gerić, Vujević, Miljković, Ilić, Vusurović. Head coach: Travica

World Grand Champions Cup

Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place

Year	Rank	Pld	W	L	SW	SL
1993	suspended
1997	did not qualify
2001	3rd place	5	3	2	9	7
2005	did not qualify
2009
2013
2017
Total	1/7	5	3	2	9	7

2001 – Bronze medal
Jokanović, Majdak, Škorić, Boškan, Mijić, N. Grbić (C), V. Grbić, Gerić, Vujević, Miljković, Vusurović. Head coach: Gajić

World League

Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place

Year	Rank	Pld	W	L	SW	SL
1990	part of Yugoslavia
1991	part of Yugoslavia
1992	suspended
1993
1994
1995	did not enter
1996	did not enter
1997	7th place	12	8	4	29	15
1998	6th place	14	4	10	23	32
1999	withdrew
2000	4th place	18	12	6	43	26
2001	4th place	17	11	6	39	23
2002	3rd place	17	11	6	42	24
2003	2nd place	17	12	5	44	24
2004	3rd place	15	11	4	37	20
2005	2nd place	15	8	7	31	31
2006	5th place	15	10	5	32	26
2007	9th place	12	7	5	24	18
2008	2nd place	16	10	6	39	24
2009	2nd place	16	11	5	38	25
2010	3rd place	16	11	5	40	26
2011	9th place	12	7	5	26	21
2012	9th place	12	6	6	27	24
2013	8th place	10	5	5	22	22
2014	7th place	12	7	5	24	20
2015	2nd place	16	9	7	38	32
2016	1st place	13	10	3	34	17
2017	5th place	11	6	5	24	20
Total	21/28	286	176	110	656	470

Squads

2015 Rio de Janeiro – Silver medal
Kovačević N., Kovačević U., Ivović, Petrić, Kostić, Stanković (C), Jovović, Atanasijević, Starović, Majstorović, Podraščanin, Rosić, Lisinac, Okolić. Head coach: Grbić
2016 Kraków – Gold medal
Okolić, Kovačević, Katić, Stanković (C), Ivović, Jovović, Nikić, Dokić, Luburić, Brđović, Majstorović, Podraščanin, Rosić, Lisinac. Head coach: Grbić

Nations League

Year	Rank	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	PW	PL	Squad
2018	5th place	17	11	6	33	30	1404	1408	Squad
2019	11th place	15	6	9	28	36	1393	1417	Squad
2021	6th place	15	10	5	35	27	1419	1341	Squad
2022	11th place	12	5	7	19	27	1010	1043	Squad
2023	9th place	12	6	6	23	23	1045	1056	Squad
2024	10th place	12	5	7	23	26	1051	1094	Squad
2025	in progress								Squad
Total	7/7	83	43	40	161	169	7322	7359	—

Record by opponent

FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League matches (by team)
Opponent	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	SL
South Korea	1	1	0	3	0	Max
Bulgaria	5	5	0	15	3	5.000
Australia	4	4	0	12	5	2.400
China	5	4	1	12	6	2.000
Canada	5	4	1	14	8	1.750
Netherlands	3	3	0	9	4	2.250
Turkey	2	2	0	6	2	3.000
Cuba	3	2	1	7	7	1.000
Portugal	1	1	0	3	2	1.500
Iran	6	3	3	11	14	0.786
Germany	7	3	4	14	15	0.933
Poland	6	2	4	11	12	0.917
Japan	6	2	4	8	14	0.571
Argentina	7	2	5	10	18	0.556
Russia	3	1	2	6	8	0.750
Slovenia	4	1	3	6	10	0.600
Italy	5	1	4	3	13	0.231
United States	6	1	5	7	16	0.438
France	6	1	5	6	17	0.353
Brazil	6	1	5	5	17	0.294
Total (20 teams)	91^	44	47	168	191

^including VNL 2025 -8 games

European Championship

Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL
1948 to 1991	part of Yugoslavia
1993	suspended
1995	Semifinals		7	5	2	16	7
1997	Final		7	5	2	16	7
1999	Semifinals		5	3	2	11	8
2001	Final		7	6	1	20	6
2003	Semifinals	4th	7	4	3	17	11
2005	Semifinals		7	6	1	20	6
2007	Semifinals		8	5	3	18	13
2009	Second Round	5th	6	4	2	15	8
2011	Final		6	6	0	18	5
2013	Semifinals		7	5	2	17	9
2015	Quarterfinals	7th	5	3	2	11	10
2017	Semifinals		6	5	1	17	7
2019	Final		9	9	0	27	6
2021	Semifinals	4th	9	6	3	21	15
2023	Quarterfinals	6th	7	5	2	16	8
2026		Qualified
Total	Qualified: 16/17		103	77	26	260	126

Squads

1995 – Bronze medal
Boškan, Brđović, Đurić, Gerić, N. Grbić, V. Grbić, Jokanović, Kovač, Mešter, Petrović, Tanasković, Vujević. Head Coach: Gajić
1997 – Silver medal
Batez, Boškan, Đurić, Gerić, N. Grbić, V. Grbić, Jokanović, Kovač, Mešter, Tanasković, Vujević, Vušurović. Head Coach: Gajić
1999 – Bronze medal
Batez, Boškan, Đurić, Gerić, N. Grbić, V. Grbić, Mešter, Mijić, Miljković, Petković, Tanasković, Vujević. Head Coach: Gajić
2001 – Gold medal
Boškan, Gerić, N. Grbić, V. Grbić, Jokanović, Marić, Mešter, Mijić, Miljković, Škorić, Vujević, Vušurović. Head Coach: Gajić
2005 – Bronze medal
Bjelica, Bojović, Boškan, Gerić, Ilić, Janić, Miljković, Mitrović, Samardžić, Stanković, Vujević. Head coach: Travica
2007 – Bronze medal
Kovačević, Janić, Petković, Boškan, Stanković, Samardžić, Grbić, Nikić, Gerić, Miljković, Starović, Podraščanin. Head coach: Kolaković
2011 – Gold medal
N. Kovačević, U. Kovačević, Petković, Terzić, Stanković, Vujić, Nikić, Mitić, Rašić, Miljković, Starović, Atanasijević, Podraščanin, Rosić. Head Coach: Kolaković
2013 – Bronze medal
Kovačević, Ivović, Petrić, Petković, Stanković, Vujić, Jovović, Nikić, Rašić, Atanasijević, Starović, Podraščanin, Rosić, Lisinac. Head coach: Kolaković
2017 – Bronze medal
Okolić, Kovačević, Katić, Petrić (C), Škundrić, Stanković, Jovović, Buculjević, Atanasijević, Luburić, Majstorović, Podraščanin, Rosić, Lisinac. Head coach: Grbić
2019 – Gold medal
Okolić, Kovačević, Petrić (C), Ćirović, Peković, Krsmanović, Ivović, Jovović, Atanasijević, Luburić, Majstorović, Podraščanin, Lisinac, Todorović. Head coach: Kovač

European Games

Year	Rank	Pld	W	L	SW	SL
2015 Baku	5th	6	2	4	11	9
2019 Minsk	volleyball tournament not held
2023 Kraków	volleyball tournament not held
2027 Istanbul	TBD
Total	1/1	6	2	4	11	9

Mediterranean Games

Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place

Year	Rank	Pld	W	L	SW	SL
1993	suspended
1997	did not enter
2001	6th place	-	-	-	-	-
2005	3rd place	5	4	1	13	6
2009	did not enter
2013
2018
2022	9th place	3	0	3	2	9
2026	future event
2030	future event
Total	2/8	8	4	4	15	15

Results and fixtures

Previous matches

Date	Time	Opponent			Result
2021 (W–L 17–10)
2020 European Olympic Qualification Tournament
5 Jan	13:30	France	3–0		25–21	25–21	25–22			75–64	Report
6 Jan	14:00	Netherlands	0–3		18–25	18–25	17–25			53–75	Report
8 Jan	14:30		2–3	Bulgaria	21–25	26–24	22–25	25–20	13–15	107–109	Report
2021 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League
28 May	15:00		3–1	Slovenia	22–25	25–18	36–34	25–18		108–95	P2 Report
29 May	16:00	Poland	3–1		26–24	25–19	21–25	25–15		97–83	P2 Report
30 May	21:00		3–1	Italy	25–23	22–25	25–22	25–18		97–88	P2 Report
3 Jun	13:00	Japan	1–3		25–18	23–25	22–25	13–25		83–93	P2 Report
4 Jun	15:00		3–2	France	22–25	24–26	25–22	25–23	15–9	111–105	P2 Report
5 Jun	15:00	Brazil	3–1		23–25	25–23	25–15	25–22		98–85	P2 Report
9 Jun	10:00		3–1	Germany	19–25	25–22	25–18	25–15		94–80	P2 Report
10 Jun	10:00		3–2	Iran	21–25	25–15	26–28	25–22	15–8	112–98	P2 Report
11 Jun	18:00	United States	1–3		23–25	17–25	25–19	25–27		90–96	P2 Report
15 Jun	10:00	Russia	3–1		25–23	25–22	22–25	25–21		97–91	P2 Report
16 Jun	12:00		3–0	Bulgaria	25–20	25–17	25–17			75–54	P2 Report
17 Jun	10:00	Argentina	3–0		27–25	25–20	26–24			78–69	P2 Report
21 Jun	10:00	Australia	1–3		16–25	13–25	25–19	15–25		69–94	P2 Report
22 Jun	12:00		3–2	Netherlands	25–21	21–25	25–18	21–25	17–15	109–104	P2 Report
23 Jun	12:00	Canada	3–2		17–25	21–25	25–17	25–20	17–15	105–102	P2 Report
2021 Men's European Volleyball Championship
2 Sep	20:30	Belgium	1–3		13–25	18–25	25–21	20–25		76–96	Report
3 Sep	20:30	Ukraine	0–3		25–27	24–26	21–25			70–78	Report
4 Sep	20:30		2–3	Poland	21–25	25–23	25–20	20–25	14–16	105–109	Report
6 Sep	17:30	Portugal	1–3		15–25	21–25	25–22	17–25		78–97	Report
7 Sep	17:30		3–2	Greece	25–23	22–25	25–16	28–30	15–5	115–99	Report
12 Sep	20:30		3–2	Turkey	25–18	22–25	22–25	25–23	15–12	109–103	Report
14 Sep	17:30	Netherlands	0–3		23–25	20–25	25–27			68–77	Report
18 Sep	21:00		1–3	Italy	27–29	22–25	25–23	18–25		92–102	Report
19 Sep	17:30	Poland	3–0		25–22	25–16	25–22			75–60	Report

Date	Time	Opponent			Result
2022 (W–L 9–10)
2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League
7 Jun	16:30	Bulgaria	1–3		25–19	19–25	22–25	20–25		86–94	P2 Report
9 Jun	16:30		1–3	France	25–21	22–25	23–25	23–25		93–96	P2 Report
10 Jun	11:00		3–2	Argentina	25–16	25–18	17–25	12–25	15–6	94–90	P2 Report
11 Jun	13:00	Germany	3–2		27–25	25–27	18–25	28–26	18–16	116–119	P2 Report
22 Jun	20:00		1–3	United States	24–26	25–23	23–25	20–25		92–99	P2 Report
23 Jun	16:30		0–3	Brazil	18–25	24–26	17–25			59–76	P2 Report
24 Jun	13:30		3–2	Canada	20–25	19–25	25–20	26–24	15–11	105–105	P2 Report
26 Jun	13:30		3–0	Australia	25–17	25–20	25–22			75–59	P2 Report
6 Jul	20:00	Slovenia	3–0		25–15	25–19	25–23			75–57	P2 Report
8 Jul	20:00	Italy	3–0		25–21	25–14	25–23			75–58	P2 Report
9 Jul	17:00	Iran	3–0		35–33	25–21	25–12			85–66	P2 Report
10 Jul	14:00	China	1–3		17–25	17–25	25–23	22–25		81–98	P2 Report
2022 Hubert Jerzy Wagner Memorial
18 Aug	17:30	Argentina	3–1		25–21	19–25	25–22	25–18		94–86	Report
19 Aug	17:30	Iran	2–3		21–25	25–20	20–25	26–24	10–15	102–109	Report
20 Aug	18:30	Poland	3–0		25–22	25–23	25–22			75–67	Report
2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship
27 Aug	20:30	Ukraine	0–3		26–28	21–25	20–25			67–78	P2 Report
29 Aug	17:30		3–0	Puerto Rico	26–24	25–21	25–16			76–61	P2 Report
31 Aug	17:30		3–0	Tunisia	29–27	25–15	25–17			79–59	P2 Report
6 Sep	17:30		0–3	Argentina	23–25	21–25	23–25			67–75	P2 Report

Date	Time	Opponent			Result
2023 (W–L 14–12)
2023 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League
7 Jun	15:00	Slovenia	3–1		31–29	19–25	25–20	25–21		100–95	P2 Report
8 Jun	15:00		3–0	China	34–32	25–16	25–20			84–68	P2 Report
9 Jun	19:40	Japan	3–1		22–25	25–21	25–23	25–20		97–89	P2 Report
11 Jun	15:40		3–0	Poland	25–21	25–19	25–14			75–54	P2 Report
20 Jun	16:30	United States	3–1		22–25	25–19	25–19	25–21		97–84	P2 Report
22 Jun	16:30		3–1	Germany	25–21	20–25	25–23	25–23		95–92	P2 Report
23 Jun	20:00		0–3	Italy	11–25	21–25	20–25			52–75	P2 Report
25 Jun	16:00	Netherlands	2–3		25–22	21–25	25–21	33–35	9–15	113–118	P2 Report
4 Jul	13:00	Argentina	3–1		19–25	25–16	25–19	25–18		94–78	P2 Report
6 Jul	17:00		3–2	Cuba	19–25	25–23	25–21	22–25	15–11	106–105	P2 Report
7 Jul	13:30		1–3	France	25–20	23–25	20–25	26–28		94–98	P2 Report
8 Jul	13:30	Bulgaria	0–3		19–25	22–25	22–25			63–75	P2 Report
2023 Men's European Volleyball Championship
30 Aug	21:00	Switzerland	0–3		19–25	16–25	19–25			54–75	P2 Report
31 Aug	18:00		3–1	Belgium	25–22	18–25	25–20	25–20		93–87	P2 Report
1 Sep	21:00		0–3	Italy	15–25	19–25	21–25			55–75	P2 Report
4 Sep	18:00		3–0	Estonia	25–16	25–23	25–22			75–61	P2 Report
5 Sep	21:00	Germany	1–3		22–25	25–20	22–25	19–25		88–95	P2 Report
10 Sep	18:00		3–0	Czech Republic	25–21	26–24	25–21			76–66	P2 Report
12 Sep	18:00	Poland	3–1		26–28	25–15	36–34	25–17		112–94	P2 Report
2023 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup
30 Sep	13:00		1–3	Turkey	22–25	25–20	14–25	20–25		81–95	P2 Report
1 Oct	13:00		3–0	Tunisia	25–21	25–16	25–21			75–58	P2 Report
3 Oct	13:00		3–1	Egypt	18–25	25–19	25–14	25–16		93–74	P2 Report
4 Oct	13:00		3–0	Finland	25–21	25–22	25–22			75–65	P2 Report
6 Oct	19:25	Japan	3–0		25–17	25–14	25–22			75–53	P2 Report
7 Oct	16:00	United States	3–0		25–18	25–18	25–17			75–53	P2 Report
8 Oct	16:00	Slovenia	3–0		25–22	25–23	25–21			75–66	P2 Report

Date	Time	Opponent			Result
2024 (W–L 6–9)
2024 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League
22 May	21:00	Iran	1–3		25–27	25–17	19–25	18–25		87–94	P2 Report
23 May	17:30	Japan	3–0		25–20	25–16	25–22			75–58	P2 Report
24 May	21:00		1–3	Brazil	21–25	20–25	25–22	22–25		88–97	P2 Report
26 May	14:00		0–3	Germany	21–25	20–25	20–25			61–75	P2 Report
5 Jun	16:30		3–0	Netherlands	25–17	25–20	26–24			76–61	P2 Report
7 Jun	20:00	United States	3–1		23–25	25–15	25–23	25–14		98–77	P2 Report
8 Jun	20:00		2–3	Argentina	26–28	18–25	25–18	25–22	13–15	107–108	P2 Report
9 Jun	18:00	Canada	1–3		25–21	20–25	18–25	23–25		86–96	P2 Report
19 Jun	16:30	Cuba	2–3		25–22	25–21	16–25	21–25	12–15	99–108	P2 Report
21 Jun	20:30	Turkey	1–3		25–20	19–25	23–25	21–25		88–95	P2 Report
22 Jun	16:30		2–3	Poland	21–25	25–21	18–25	25–22	11–15	100–108	P2 Report
23 Jun	20:30		2–3	Slovenia	13–25	27–25	14–25	25–22	12–15	91–112	P2 Report
2024 Summer Olympics
28 Jul	17:00	France	3–2		23–25	25–17	25–17	21–25	15–6	109–90	P2 Report
30 Jul	17:00	Slovenia	3–0		25–21	25–19	25–19			75–59	P2 Report
3 Aug	21:00	Canada	2–3		25–16	25–22	24–26	19–25	16–18	109–107	P2 Report

Date	Time	Opponent			Result
2025 (W–L 1–7)
2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League
11 Jun	20:30		3–1	Turkey	12–25	25–22	25–23	25–23	87–93	P2 Report
12 Jun	17:00	China	3–0		25–23	25–23	25–20		75–66	P2 Report
13 Jun	17:00	Japan	3–0		25–20	25–23	26–24		76–67	P2 Report
15 Jun	19:00	Poland	3–0		25–21	25–20	25–23		75–64	P2 Report
25 Jun	20:00		1–3	Iran	21–25	19–25	25–23	23–25	88–98	P2 Report
26 Jun	20:00		1–3	Cuba	25–22	22–25	16–25	16–25	79–97	P2 Report
28 Jun	20:00		1–3	Argentina	25–18	18–25	23–25	12–25	78–93	P2 Report
29 Jun	20:00	Germany	3–1		25–20	25–21	23–25	25–17	98–83	P2 Report
16 Jul	16:30		–	Italy	–	–	–		0–0	P2 Report
18 Jul	16:30	Ukraine	–		–	–	–		0–0	P2 Report
19 Jul	16:30		–	Canada	–	–	–		0–0	P2 Report
20 Jul	20:30		–	Slovenia	–	–	–		0–0	P2 Report
2025 Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner
29 Aug	20:30	Poland	–		–	–	–		0–0	[ Report]
30 Aug	17:30		–	Argentina	–	–	–		0–0	[ Report]
31 Aug	18:00	Brazil	–		–	–	–		0–0	[ Report]
2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship
14 Sep	17:30		–	Czech Republic	–	–	–		0–0	Report
16 Sep	21:00		–	China	–	–	–		0–0	Report
18 Sep	10:00	Brazil	–		–	–	–		0–0	Report

Forthcoming matches

Date	Time	Opponent			Result
2025
2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League
16 Jul	16:30		–	Italy	–	–	–	0–0	[ P2] Report
18 Jul	16:30	Ukraine	–		–	–	–	0–0	[ P2] Report
19 Jul	16:30		–	Canada	–	–	–	0–0	[ P2] Report
20 Jul	20:30		–	Slovenia	–	–	–	0–0	[ P2] Report
2025 Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner
29 Aug	20:30	Poland	–		–	–	–	0–0	[ Report]
30 Aug	17:30		–	Argentina	–	–	–	0–0	[ Report]
31 Aug	18:00	Brazil	–		–	–	–	0–0	[ Report]
2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship
14 Sep	17:30		–	Czech Republic	–	–	–	0–0	Report
16 Sep	21:00		–	China	–	–	–	0–0	Report
18 Sep	10:00	Brazil	–		–	–	–	0–0	Report

Team

Current squad

Roster for the 2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League.^[10]

Head coach: Gheorghe Crețu

1 Dušan Nikolić OP
2 Danilo Veselić S
3 Ignjat Dopudj OH
4 Veljko Mašulović OH
5 Matija Milanović S
6 Vukasin Ristić L
7 Stefan Negić L
8 Marko Ivović OH
9 Nikola Jovović S
10 Miran Kujundžić OH
11 Aleksa Batak S
12 Pavle Perić OH
13 Vladimir Gajović MB
14 Luka Stanković OP
15 Nemanja Mašulović MB
16 Dražen Luburić OP
17 Lazar Jeremić L
18 Dusan Petrović MB
19 Aleksandar Stefanović MB
21 Vuk Todorović S
22 Nikola Brborić OH
23 Aleksa Mandić OH
24 Vuk Kulpinac OP
25 Stefan Kokeza MB
26 Uroš Mišković L
29 Aleksandar Nedeljković MB
31 Nemanja Antunović MB
35 Andrej Rudić MB

Coach history

Zoran Gajić (1995–2002)
Veselin Vuković (2002–2003)
Ljubomir Travica (2003–2006)
Igor Kolaković (2006–2014)
Nikola Grbić (2015–2019)
Slobodan Kovač (2019–2021)
Igor Kolaković (2022–2024)
Gheorghe Crețu (2025–present)

Notable players

Kit providers

The table below shows the history of kit providers for the Serbia national volleyball team.

Period	Kit provider
2000–	Asics DAcapo
2017–	Peak Sport Products

Sponsorship

Primary sponsors include: main sponsors like Poštanska štedionica. other sponsors: Škoda Auto, Radio Television of Serbia, Žurnal, Srbijagas, Posta, EPS and Blic.

References

^ "CEV - Confédération Européenne de Volleyball". Archived from the original on 8 January 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
^ "Serbia". CEV. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
^ "Trofej OKS – Najuspešniji sportisti". Olympic Committee of Serbia. Archived from the original on 20 August 2010. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
^ Volleyball at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's Volleyball
^ "Istorija odbojke u Srbiji". Volleyball Association of Serbia. Archived from the original on 28 March 2014.
^ Serbia celebrates "Million Dollar Boys"
^ Serbia triumph with EuroVolley men's crown too!
^ "Kovač više nije selektor, promene i u mlađim kategorijama reprezentacije". Volleyball Association of Serbia. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
^ "CEV - Confédération Européenne de Volleyball". Archived from the original on 8 January 2021.
^ "Serbia VNL 2025". Volleyball World. Retrieved 14 June 2025.

External links

[1] "CEV - Confédération Européenne de Volleyball". Archived from the original on 8 January 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2020.

[2] "Serbia". CEV. Retrieved 13 May 2024.

[3] "Trofej OKS – Najuspešniji sportisti". Olympic Committee of Serbia. Archived from the original on 20 August 2010. Retrieved 20 August 2010.

[4] Volleyball at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's Volleyball

[5] "Istorija odbojke u Srbiji". Volleyball Association of Serbia. Archived from the original on 28 March 2014.

[6] Serbia celebrates "Million Dollar Boys"

[7] Serbia triumph with EuroVolley men's crown too!

[8] "Kovač više nije selektor, promene i u mlađim kategorijama reprezentacije". Volleyball Association of Serbia. Retrieved 23 October 2021.

[9] "CEV - Confédération Européenne de Volleyball". Archived from the original on 8 January 2021.

[10] "Serbia VNL 2025". Volleyball World. Retrieved 14 June 2025.

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Men's national volleyball teams of Europe (CEV)
BVA (Sv)	Albania Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Greece Kosovo Malta Moldova Montenegro North Macedonia Romania Turkey
EEVZA (Pl)	Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Estonia Georgia Latvia Lithuania Poland Russia Ukraine
MEVZA (Sv)	Austria Czech Republic Cyprus Croatia Hungary Israel Slovakia Slovenia
NEVZA (Sv)	Denmark England Finland Faroe Islands Greenland Iceland Norway Sweden
WEVZA (Sv)	Belgium France Italy Germany Netherlands Portugal Switzerland Spain
SCA (Sv)	Andorra Faroe Islands Gibraltar Greenland Ireland Iceland Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Monaco Northern Ireland San Marino Scotland Wales
Defunct	Czechoslovakia East Germany Serbia and Montenegro Soviet Union Yugoslavia Great Britain (Inactive)

Awards of Olympic Committee of Serbia
Sportsman of The Year	1994: Stevan Pletikosić 1995: Aleksandar Đorđević 1996: Vladimir Grbić 1997: Nikola Grbić 1998: Dejan Bodiroga 1999: Nedeljko Jovanović 2000: Vladimir Grbić 2001: Aleksandar Šoštar 2002: Dejan Bodiroga 2003: Milorad Čavić 2004: Aleksandar Šapić 2005: Vladimir Vujasinović 2006: Nikola Stojić 2007: Novak Djokovic 2008: Milorad Čavić 2009: Milorad Čavić 2010: Novak Djokovic 2011: Novak Djokovic 2012: Andrija Prlainović 2013: Novak Djokovic 2014: Novak Djokovic 2015: Novak Djokovic 2016: Filip Filipović 2017: Milenko Zorić & Marko Tomićević 2018: Novak Djokovic 2019: Novak Djokovic 2020: Novak Djokovic 2021: Filip Filipović 2022: Zurabi Datunashvili 2023: Novak Djokovic
Sportswoman of The Year	1994: Jasna Šekarić 1995: Jasna Šekarić 1996: Aleksandra Ivošev 1997: Jasna Šekarić 1998: Olivera Jevtić 1999: Olivera Jevtić 2000: Jasna Šekarić 2001: Jelena Dokić 2002: Mara Kovačević 2003: Silvija Erdelji 2004: Jasna Šekarić 2005: Jasna Šekarić 2006: Olivera Jevtić 2007: Jelena Janković 2008: Jelena Janković 2009: Nađa Higl 2010: Zorana Arunović 2011: Jovana Brakočević 2012: Milica Mandić 2013: Ivana Španović 2014: Nikolina Moldovan 2015: Ivana Španović 2016: Tijana Bogdanović 2017: Milica Mandić 2018: Tijana Bošković 2019: Tijana Bošković 2020: Bobana Veličković 2021: Jovana Preković 2022: Ivana Vuleta 2023: Ivana Španović
Men's Team of The Year	1995: Basketball team 1996: Basketball team 1997: Basketball team 1998: Basketball team 1999: Handball team 2000: 2001: Water polo team 2002: Basketball team 2003: Water polo team 2004: Water polo team 2005: Water polo team 2006: Water polo team 2007: Water polo team 2008: Water polo team 2009: Water polo team 2010: 2011: Water polo team 2012: Water polo team 2013: 2014: Basketball team 2015: Water polo team 2016: Water polo team 2017: Water polo team 2018: 3x3 basketball team 2019: 2021: Water polo team 2022: 3x3 basketball team 2023: 3x3 basketball team
Women's Team of The Year	1995: Shooting team 1996: Karate club "Soko Štark" 1997: Karate club "Knjaz Miloš" 1998: Handball club "Budućnost" 1999: Chess team 2001: Handball team 2005: Junior basketball team 2006: Volleyball team 2007: Volleyball team 2008: Volleyball team 2009: Volleyball team 2010: Volleyball team 2011: Volleyball team 2012: Fed Cup team 2013: Handball team 2015: Basketball team 2016: Volleyball team 2017: Volleyball team 2018: Volleyball team 2019: Volleyball team 2021: Volleyball team 2022: Volleyball team 2023: Volleyball team
Team Sport Athlete of The Year	2022: Tijana Bošković 2023: Strahinja Stojačić
Young Athlete of The Year	2010: Velimir Stjepanović 2011: Uroš Kovačević 2012: Dušan Mandić 2013: Andrija Šljukić 2014: Nemanja Majdov 2015: Tijana Bogdanović 2016: Nikola Jakšić 2017: Tijana Bošković 2018: Nadica Božanić 2019: Ivana Perović 2020: Matija Dinić 2021: Adriana Vilagoš 2022: Adriana Vilagoš 2023: Angelina Topić
Coach of The Year	2009: Dejan Udovičić 2010: Marián Vajda 2011: Marián Vajda 2012: Dragan Jović 2013: Saša Bošković 2014: Dragan Plavšić 2015: Dejan Savić 2016: Dejan Savić 2017: Dragan Jović 2018: Zoran Terzić 2019: Slobodan Kovač 2020: Jasna Šekarić 2021: Dragan Jović 2022: Dragan Jović 2023 Goran Obradović

History

2011 – 2019

2019 – 2021

Medals

Results

Olympic Games

World Championship

World Cup

Squads

World Grand Champions Cup

World League

Squads

Nations League

Record by opponent

European Championship

Squads

European Games

Mediterranean Games

Results and fixtures

Previous matches

Forthcoming matches

Team

Current squad

Coach history

Notable players

Kit providers

Sponsorship

See also

References

External links