Croatia women's national volleyball team

Croatia women's national volleyball team
Medal record
European Championship
Mediterranean Games

Croatia
Association	Croatian Volleyball Federation
Confederation	CEV
Head coach	Frane žanić
FIVB ranking	19 (as of August 2017)
Uniforms
Home	Away
Summer Olympics
Appearances	1 (First in 2000)
Best result	7th (2000)
World Championship
Appearances	3 (First in 1998)
Best result	6th (1998)
World Cup
Appearances	2 (First in 1995)
Best result	4th (1995)
European Championship
Appearances	12 (First in 1993)
Best result	(1995, 1997, 1999)
	www.hou.hr (in Croatian)

Croatia women's national volleyball team of 2011

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.

Results

Prior to 1992 Croatia women's national volleyball team competed as a part of Yugoslavia women's national volleyball team. Competitions Croatia women's national volleyball team has never qualified for or competed at:

the World Grand Champions Cup
the Youth Olympic Games

Summer Olympics

Competitive record at the Summer Olympics

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	SR
1992	Couldn't participate in qualification
1996	Did not qualify
2000	Quarterfinal	7th	8	4	4	13	16	0.813
2004	Did not qualify
2008
2012
2016
2020	Qualification in progress
Total	Qualified: 1/5		8	4	4	13	16	0.813

Record against other teams at the Summer Olympics

National team	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	SR
Australia	1	1	0	3	1	1.000
Brazil	1	0	1	0	3	0.000
China	1	1	0	3	1	1.000
Cuba	1	0	1	0	3	0.000
Germany	1	0	1	1	3	0.333
Kenya	1	1	0	3	1	1.000
South Korea	1	1	0	3	1	3.000
USA	1	0	1	0	3	0.000
Total	8 teams

World Championship

Competitive record at the World Championship

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	SR
1994	Did not qualify
1998	Second Round	6th	8	4	4	16	15	1.067
2002	Did not qualify
2006	Did not qualify
2010	First Round	17th	5	2	3	6	9	0.667
2014	Second Round	13th	7	4	3	14	15	0.933
2018	Did not qualify
Total	Qualified: 3/6		20	10	10	36	39	0.923
Including qualifying rounds			41	25	16	84	65	1.292

Record against other teams at the World Championship

National team	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	SR
Argentina	1	1	0	3	1	3.000
Bulgaria	1	1	0	3	1	3.000
China	2	0	2	2	6	0.333
Cuba	2	1	1	3	3	1.000
Dominican Republic	1	0	1	2	3	0.667
Germany	2	1	1	3	5	0.600
Italy	3	1	2	3	8	0.375
Japan	2	2	0	6	2	3.000
Kazakhstan	1	1	0	3	0	MAX
South Korea	1	0	1	2	3	0.667
Thailand	2	1	1	3	3	1.000
Tunisia	1	1	0	3	1	3.000
United States	1	0	1	0	3	0.000
Total	13 teams
Including qualifying rounds	30 teams

Competitive record in qualifying rounds

Year	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	SR	Qual
1994	unknown						no
1998	3	3	0	9	0	MAX	yes
2002	3	1	2	4	7	0.571	no
2006	3	0	3	1	9	0.111	no
2010	6	5	1	16	6	2.667	yes
2014	6	6	0	18	4	4.500	yes
2018	Qualification in progress						TBD
Total	21	15	6	48	26	1.846	3/6

Record against other teams in qualifying rounds

National team	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	SR
Belgium	1	1	0	3	0	MAX
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	1	0	3	0	MAX
Bulgaria	1	0	1	0	3	0.000
Czech Republic	1	0	1	0	3	0.000
Finland	1	1	0	3	1	3.000
France	1	1	0	3	1	3.000
Greece	1	0	1	1	3	0.333
Hungary	2	2	0	6	0	MAX
Italy	1	1	0	3	0	MAX
Macedonia	1	1	0	3	0	MAX
Montenegro	1	1	0	3	1	3.000
Netherlands	1	1	0	3	2	1.500
Portugal	1	1	0	3	0	MAX
Romania	1	1	0	3	1	3.000
Serbia	1	0	1	1	3	0.333
Serbia and Montenegro	1	0	1	0	3	0.000
Slovakia	2	1	1	4	3	1.333
Spain	1	1	0	3	2	1.500
Turkey	1	1	0	3	0	MAX
Total	19 teams

European Championship

Competitive record at EuroVolley

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	SR
1993	Preliminary Round	6th	7	4	3	15	11	1.364
1995	Final		7	6	1	18	7	2.571
1997	Final		7	6	1	18	5	3.600
1999	Final		5	3	2	9	8	1.125
2001	Preliminary Round	9th	5	2	3	7	12	0.583
2003	Did not qualify
2005	Preliminary Round	8th	7	2	5	9	16	0.563
2007	Preliminary Round	14th	3	0	3	3	9	0.333
2009	Preliminary Round	16th	3	0	3	2	9	0.222
2011	Preliminary Round	13th	3	1	2	4	6	0.667
2013	Quarterfinal	5th	5	3	2	10	8	1.250
2015	Playoffs	10th	4	2	2	6	8	0.750
2017	Playoffs	11th	4	1	3	7	10	0.700
Total	Qualified: 12/13		60	30	30	108	109	0.990
Including qualifying rounds			118	71	49	239	181	1.320

Record against other teams at EuroVolley

National team	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	SR
Azerbaijan	3	1	2	4	6	0.667
Belarus	2	2	0	6	0	MAX
Bulgaria	4	4	0	12	2	6.000
Czech Republic	2	2	0	6	0	MAX
Czechoslovakia	1	1	0	3	1	3.000
France	1	0	1	1	3	0.333
Germany	7	5	2	15	10	1.500
Italy	6	3	3	10	13	0.769
Latvia	1	1	0	3	1	3.000
Netherlands	6	3	3	10	14	0.714
Poland	4	1	3	4	9	0.444
Romania	2	1	1	4	3	1.333
Russia	4	0	4	1	12	0.083
Serbia and Montenegro	2	1	1	3	4	0.750
Spain	1	0	1	2	3	0.666
Turkey	4	2	2	9	6	1.500
Ukraine	2	1	1	3	3	1.000
Total	17 teams
Including qualifying rounds	30 teams

Competitive record in qualifying rounds

Year	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	SR	Qual
1993	6	5	1	15	4	3.750	yes
1995	Qualified as 6th from the 1993 Euro
1997	Qualified as 2nd from the 1995 Euro
1999	10	6	4	23	14	1.643	yes
2001	Qualified as 2nd from the 1999 Euro
2003	6	0	6	2	18	0.111	no
2005	8	6	2	19	8	2.375	yes^[1]
2007	6	5	1	17	6	2.833	yes
2009	8	5	3	18	12	1.500	yes
2011	8	7	1	21	7	3.000	yes
2013	6	5	1	16	3	5.333	yes
2015	Qualified as 5th from the 2013 Euro
Total	58	39	19	131	72	1.819	11/12

Record against other teams in qualifying rounds

National team	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	SR
Belarus	2	1	1	5	5	1.000
Belgium	2	2	0	6	3	2.000
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	2	0	6	0	MAX
Bulgaria	2	0	2	1	6	0.167
Czech Republic	2	2	0	6	0	MAX
Estonia	2	2	0	6	0	MAX
Finland	2	2	0	6	2	3.000
Georgia	2	2	0	6	0	MAX
Germany	2	0	2	0	6	0.000
Great Britain	2	2	0	6	0	MAX
Latvia	2	1	1	5	3	1.667
Moldova	2	2	0	6	0	MAX
Montenegro	2	2	0	6	1	6.000
Netherlands	2	2	0	6	1	6.000
Poland	6	2	4	7	11	0.636
Portugal	2	2	0	6	0	MAX
Romania	6	3	3	12	10	1.200
Slovakia	2	0	2	2	6	0.333
Slovenia	4	2	2	7	6	1.167
Spain	2	1	1	3	3	1.000
Sweden	2	2	0	6	2	3.000
Switzerland	4	4	0	12	1	12.000
Ukraine	2	1	1	5	4	1.250
Total	23 teams

World Cup

Year	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	SR
1995	4th	11	7	4	27	15	1.800
1999	8th	11	4	7	15	24	0.625
2003	Did not qualify
2007
2011
2015
2019	Qualification in progress
Total	Qualified: 2/6	22	11	11	42	39	1.077

World Grand Prix

Competitive record in the World Grand Prix

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	SR
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^[2]	23rd^[3]	8	5	3	19	11	1.727
2015	Preliminary Round^[4]	20th^[5]	6	0	6	5	18	0.278
2016	Final^[2]	21st^[6]	8	7	1	22	5	4.400
2017	Preliminary Round^[7]	23rd^[8]	9	1	8	9	26	0.346
Total	Qualified: 4/25		31	13	18	55	49	1.122

Record against other teams in the World Grand Prix

National team	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	SR
Australia	2	2	0	6	1	6.000
Bulgaria	1	0	1	1	3	0.333
Czech Republic	2	0	2	3	6	0.500
Kazakhstan	2	2	0	6	1	6.000
Kenya	1	1	0	3	0	MAX
Total	5 teams

European League

Competitive record in the European League

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	SR
2009	Did not compete
2010	Did not compete
2011	League Round	11th	12	1	11	7	33	0.212
2012	Did not compete
2013
N/A 2014
Total	Competed: 1/5		12	1	11	7	33	0.212

Record against other teams in the European League

National team	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	SR
Belarus	4	0	4	3	12	0.250
Romania	4	1	3	4	9	0.444
Turkey	4	0	4	0	12	0.000
Total	3 teams

Mediterranean Games

Year	Round	Position
1993	Final
1997	Did not compete
2001	First Round	7th
2005	Semifinal	4th
2009	Semifinal
2013	Semifinal
2017	TBD

Team

Current roster

The following is the Croatian roster in the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship.^[9]

Head coach: Angelo Vercesi

No.	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2014 club
1	Senna Ušić	14 May 1986	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	302 cm (119 in)	292 cm (115 in)	Eczacıbaşı Istanbul
2	Ana Grbac	23 March 1988	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	64 kg (141 lb)	298 cm (117 in)	288 cm (113 in)	Lokomotiv Baku
4	Nikolina Jelić	9 November 1991	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	69 kg (152 lb)	254 cm (100 in)	250 cm (98 in)	SC Potsdam
5	Antonija Kaleb	2 April 1986	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	71 kg (157 lb)	305 cm (120 in)	289 cm (114 in)	Jakarta BNI 46
7	Bernarda Ćutuk	22 December 1990	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	76 kg (168 lb)	317 cm (125 in)	300 cm (120 in)	SC Potsdam
8	Mia Jerkov	5 December 1982	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	68 kg (150 lb)	310 cm (120 in)	295 cm (116 in)	Bursa Büyükşehir
10	Ivana Miloš	7 March 1986	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	312 cm (123 in)	296 cm (117 in)	AGIL Novara
11	Sanja Popović	31 May 1984	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	76 kg (168 lb)	291 cm (115 in)	283 cm (111 in)	Dinamo Moscow
13	Samanta Fabris	8 February 1992	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	79 kg (174 lb)	322 cm (127 in)	306 cm (120 in)	Pomì Casalmaggiore
14	Karla Klarić	5 September 1994	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	310 cm (120 in)	300 cm (120 in)	Voléro Zürich
15	Bernarda Brčić	12 May 1991	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	81 kg (179 lb)	305 cm (120 in)	297 cm (117 in)	Tiboni Urbino
17	Jelena Alajbeg	1 October 1989	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	310 cm (120 in)	300 cm (120 in)	İller Bankası
18	Maja Poljak (C)	2 May 1983	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	305 cm (120 in)	300 cm (120 in)	Eczacıbaşı Istanbul
21	Marija Ušić	5 February 1992	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	292 cm (115 in)	278 cm (109 in)	Amiens LMVB

Notable players

Youth teams

Junior European Championship

Year	Round	Position
1994	Preliminary Round	5th
1996	Preliminary Round	6th
1998	Preliminary Round	7th
2000	Preliminary Round	7th
2002	Preliminary Round	11th
2004	Semifinal	4th
2006	Final
2008	Preliminary Round	12th
2010–2012	Did not qualify

Girls' Youth European Championship

Year	Round	Position
1995	Did not qualify
1997	Final
1999–2001	Did not qualify
2003	Final
2005	Semifinal	4th
2007–2013	Did not qualify

Junior World Championship

Year	Round	Position
1993–1999	Did not qualify
2001	Preliminary Round	5th
2003	Did not qualify
2005	Preliminary Round	9th
2007	Preliminary Round	10th
2009–2013	Did not qualify

Girls Youth World Championship

Year	Round	Position
1993–1997	Did not qualify
1999	Preliminary Round	8th
2001	Preliminary Round	9th
2003	Preliminary Round	5th
2005	Preliminary Round	6th
2007–2013	Did not qualify

References

↑ Qualified subsequently as host.
1 2 Group 3
↑ Finished third in Group 3.
↑ Group 2
↑ Finished eighth in Group 2.
↑ Finished first in Group 3.
↑ Group 2
↑ Finished eleventh in Group 3.
↑ "Team Roster – Croatia". italy2014.fivb.org. Retrieved 1 October 2014.

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[Explanation-1] Qualified subsequently as host.

[Explanation3-2] 1 2 Group 3

[Explanation2-3] Finished third in Group 3.

[Explanation6-4] Group 2

[Explanation5-5] Finished eighth in Group 2.

[Explanation7-6] Finished first in Group 3.

[Explanation8-7] Group 2

[Explanation9-8] Finished eleventh in Group 3.

[9] "Team Roster – Croatia". italy2014.fivb.org. Retrieved 1 October 2014.

Medal record
European Championship
	1995 Netherlands
	1997 Czech Republic
	1999 Italy
Mediterranean Games
	1993 Languedoc-Roussillon	Team
	2009 Pescara	Team
	2013 Mersin	Team
	2018 Tarragona	Team

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