Croatia men's national volleyball team

Croatia men's national volleyball team
Medal record
European League
Mediterranean Games

Croatia
Association	Croatian Volleyball Federation
Confederation	CEV
Head coach	Igor Juričić
FIVB ranking	26 (as of 2 December 2023)
Uniforms
World Championship
Appearances	1 (First in 2002)
Best result	19th (2002)
European Championship
Appearances	3 (First in 2005)
Best result	8th (2005)
	www.hos.hr (in Croatian)

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:

the Olympic Games
the World Cup
the World Grand Champions Cup
the World League
the Junior World Championship
the Youth Olympic Games

World Championship

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

European Championship

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL
1993	did not qualify
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005	Preliminary Round	8th	5	2	3	9	9
2007	Preliminary Round	14th	3	0	3	4	9
2009	did not qualify
2011
2013
2015	Preliminary Round	15th	3	0	3	0	9
2017	did not qualify
2019	did not qualify
2021	Round of 16	14th	6	3	3	10	14
2023	Round of 16	11th	6	3	3	11	12
Total	Qualified: 5/16		23	8	15	34	53

European League

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L
2004	League Round	7th	12	3	9
2005	did not compete
2006	Final		14	9	5
2007	did not compete
2008	did not compete
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	did not compete
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
Total	Participated: 11/19		112	52	60

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	did not compete
2018	Quarterfinals	5th	5	3	2
2022	Winners		6	5	1

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

Tomislav Čošković
- best server of the 2006 European League
Inoslav Krnić
- best setter of the 2006 European League
Igor Omrčen
- top scorer of the 2004 European League
- top scorer of the 2006 European League
Tsimafei Zhukouski
- best server of the 2013 European League
Ivan Raič
- top scorer and best spiker of the 2013 European League
Danijel Galić
- best receiver of the 2013 European League

Former squads

silver medal at the 2006 European League: Tsimafei Zhukouski, Danijel Galić, Darko Nojić, Igor Omrčen, Šime Vulin, Jura Boriskijević (L), Dragan Puljić, Mario Zelić, Toni Kovačević, Tomislav Čošković, Inoslav Krnić, Roko Sikirić
- coach: Rade Malević
silver medal at the 2013 European League: Tsimafei Zhukouski (C), Matija Sabljak, Darko Nojić, Nikola Ščerbakov, Ivan Raič, Sven Šarčević (L), Marko Sedlaček, Ivan Ćosić, Mladen Jurčević, Fran Peterlin, Goran Išek, Ivan Tropan
- coach: Igor Šimunčić

Player statistics

Most appearances
Player	Matches	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
National team	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

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Men's national volleyball teams of Europe (CEV)
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