Yugoslavia women's national volleyball team

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AssociationVolleyball Federation of Yugoslavia
ConfederationCEV
Head coachAndrew Hof
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The Yugoslavia women's national volleyball team was the women's national volleyball team of Yugoslavia.

History

Yugoslav Volleyball Federation was founded in 1946 by the Alliance for Physical Education of Yugoslavia. In 1947, the International Volleyball Federation FIVB was founded and Yugoslavia was one of the 14 founders. From 13 February 1949, the Volleyball Federation became an independent sports organization. The greatest success of the Yugoslav women's national team was the bronze medal at the European Championship in 1951, which was also the first international medal for Yugoslav volleyball. The national team participated nine more times in the European Championships, once in the World Championships, until it failed to qualify for the Olympic Games. At the Mediterranean Games, three medals were won, one gold, one silver and one bronze for the same number of participants.

Results

Olympic Games

Games Round Position Pld W L SF SA
1964 did not qualify
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
Total 0/7 0 Title 0 0 0 0 0

World Championship

Games Round Position Pld W L SF SA
1952 did not qualify
1956
1960
1967
1970
1974
1978 First round 16th 9 4 5 15 16
1982 did not qualify
1986
1990
Total 1/10 0 Titles 9 4 5 15 16

European Championship

Year Round Position Pld W L SW SL
1949 did not qualify
1950
1951 Final round 5 2 3 7 9
1955 did not qualify
1958 Final Pool 7th 9 2 7 11 22
1963 Final Pool 8th 9 1 8 6 25
1967 did not qualify
1971 Preliminary Round 14th 7 4 3 14 9
1975 Preliminary Round 8th 7 4 3 15 13
1977 Preliminary Round 9th 7 3 4 11 16
1979 Preliminary Round 10th 7 2 5 9 16
1981 Preliminary Round 9th 7 1 6 6 15
1983 did not qualify
1985
1987
1989 Preliminary Round 8th 7 2 5 7 15
1991 Preliminary Round 12th 5 0 5 2 15
Total Qualified: 10/17 70 20 50 88 153

World Cup

  • 1973-1991 - did not qualify

Mediterranean Games

Year Round Position Pld W L SW SL
1975 Winners / / / / /
1979 Second / / / / /
1983 Third / / / / /
1987 did not participate / / / / / /
1991 did not participate / / / / / /

Notable squads

1951 European Championship
  • Štefanija Milošev, Nataša Luković, Gordana Tkačuk, Branka Popović, Desanka Končar, Danica Glumac, Liza Valentan, Anica Flis, Ančka Magušar, Tilka Završnik, coach: Branislav Marković

Notable former players

  • Nataša Luković
  • Štefanija Milošev
  • Milica Stojadinović (1955–1971)[1]
  • Cvijeta Stakić
  • Nada Gašević
  • Gabrijela Hrvat - Jurkić

See also

References

  1. ^ "Obituary: Yugoslavia's Volleyball legend Milica Stojadinovic (77)". CEV. 8 April 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2017.