The Serbia women's national volleyball team is governed by the Volleyball Federation of Serbia and takes part in international volleyball competitions.
FIVB considers Serbia the inheritor of the records of SFR Yugoslavia (1948–1992) and Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006). [4] [5] The Olympic Committee of Serbia declared the women's national volleyball squad Team of The Year twelve times from 2006 to 2022.
Serbia earned a silver medal at the 2016 summer Olympics, a bronze medal at the 2020 summer Olympics, and won back to back the FIVB World Championship in 2018 and 2022.
Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | SW | SL |
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1964 – 1988 | part of Yugoslavia | ||||||
1992 | suspended | ||||||
1996 | did not qualify | ||||||
2000 | |||||||
2004 | |||||||
2008 | Quarterfinal | 8th | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 |
2012 | Preliminary Round | 12th | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
2016 | Final | 8 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 11 | |
2020 | Semifinal | 8 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 6 | |
2024 | qualified | ||||||
2028 | future events | ||||||
2032 | |||||||
Total | Qualified: 4/15 | 27 | 13 | 14 | 46 | 45 |
Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | SW | SL |
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1994 | banned from entering the qualifying tournaments | ||||||
1998 | did not qualify | ||||||
2002 | |||||||
2006 | Semifinal | 11 | 9 | 2 | 30 | 12 | |
2010 | Second Round | 8th | 11 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 18 |
2014 | Second Round | 7th | 9 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 13 |
2018 | Final | 13 | 11 | 2 | 34 | 10 | |
2022 | Final | 12 | 12 | 0 | 36 | 5 | |
2025 | qualified | ||||||
Total | Qualified: 5/8 | 56 | 44 | 12 | 139 | 58 |
Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | SW | SL |
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1949 – 1991 | part of Yugoslavia | ||||||
1993 | banned from entering the qualifying tournament | ||||||
1995 | did not enter the qualifying tournament | ||||||
1997 | did not qualify | ||||||
1999 | did not enter the qualifying tournament | ||||||
2001 | |||||||
2003 | Preliminary Round | 9th | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
2005 | Preliminary Round | 7th | 7 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 |
2007 | Final | 8 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 14 | |
2009 | Playoff Round | 7th | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 |
2011 | Final | 7 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 8 | |
2013 | Semifinal | 4th | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 |
2015 | Semifinal | 6 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 4 | |
2017 | Final | 6 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 2 | |
2019 | Final | 9 | 9 | 0 | 24 | 6 | |
2021 | Final | 9 | 8 | 1 | 25 | 7 | |
2023 | Final | 9 | 8 | 1 | 26 | 7 | |
Total | Qualified: 11/33 | 69 | 49 | 20 | 161 | 87 |
Year | Position | Pld | W | L | SW | SL |
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1995 | did not qualify | |||||
1999 | ||||||
2003 | ||||||
2007 | 5th | 11 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 15 |
2011 | 7th | 11 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 19 |
2015 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 31 | 11 | |
2019 | 9th | 11 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 24 |
Total | Qualified: 4/7 | 44 | 26 | 18 | 99 | 69 |
Year | Position | Pld | W | L | SW | SL |
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1993 to 2010 | did not qualify | |||||
2011 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 35 | 17 | |
2012 | 11th | 9 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 19 |
2013 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 35 | 17 | |
2014 | 7th | 9 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 18 |
2015 | 8th | 9 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 19 |
2016 | 7th | 9 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 20 |
2017 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 33 | 15 | |
Total | Qualified: 7/25 | 77 | 45 | 32 | 171 | 125 |
Year | Position | Pld | W | L | SW | SL |
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2018 | 5th | 17 | 12 | 5 | 43 | 21 |
2019 | 13th | 15 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 33 |
2020 | not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||||
2021 | 13th | 15 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 36 |
2022 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 34 | 25 | |
2023 | 9th | 12 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 27 |
Total | Qualified: 5/5 | 74 | 37 | 37 | 143 | 142 |
Year | Position | Pld | W | L | SW | SL |
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2015 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 11 | |
Total | Qualified: 1/1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 11 |
Year | Position | Pld | W | L | SW | SL |
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2009 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 39 | 15 | |
2010 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 40 | 7 | |
2011 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 42 | 4 | |
2012 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 40 | 10 | |
2013 | 5th | 12 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 23 |
2014 | did not enter | |||||
2015 | ||||||
2016 | ||||||
2017 | ||||||
2018 | ||||||
2019 | ||||||
2020 | not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||||
2021 | did not enter | |||||
2022 | ||||||
2023 | ||||||
Total | Qualified: 5/13 | 68 | 58 | 10 | 183 | 59 |
The following is the Serbian roster in the 2023 European Championship. [6]
Head coach: Giovanni Guidetti
No. | Name | Date of birth | Height | Weight | Spike | Block | Position | 2022–23 club |
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1 | Bianka Buša | 25 July 1994 | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | 74 kg (163 lb) | 312 cm (123 in) | 300 cm (120 in) | Outside Hitter | PTT Spor Kulübü |
2 | Katarina Lazović | 12 September 1999 | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | 65 kg (143 lb) | 310 cm (120 in) | 305 cm (120 in) | Outside Hitter | Çukurova Belediyespor |
4 | Bojana Drča | 28 March 1988 | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | 72 kg (159 lb) | 300 cm (120 in) | 292 cm (115 in) | Setter | Leningradka Saint Petersburg |
5 | Mina Popović | 16 September 1994 | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | 85 kg (187 lb) | 315 cm (124 in) | 305 cm (120 in) | Middle blocker | Galatasaray |
9 | Aleksandra Uzelac | 24 July 2004 | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | 74 kg (163 lb) | 315 cm (124 in) | 310 cm (120 in) | Outside hitter | Železničar |
10 | Maja Ognjenović | 6 August 1984 | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 67 kg (148 lb) | 300 cm (120 in) | 293 cm (115 in) | Setter | Eczacıbaşı Dynavit |
11 | Hena Kurtagić | 27 August 2004 | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | 85 kg (187 lb) | 310 cm (120 in) | 307 cm (121 in) | Middle blocker | Tent |
12 | Teodora Pušić | 12 March 1993 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | 58 kg (128 lb) | 270 cm (110 in) | 260 cm (100 in) | Libero | Rapid București |
13 | Ana Bjelica | 3 April 1992 | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | 78 kg (172 lb) | 310 cm (120 in) | 305 cm (120 in) | Opposite spiker | CSM Târgoviște |
14 | Maja Aleksić | 6 June 1997 | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | 72 kg (159 lb) | 302 cm (119 in) | 290 cm (110 in) | Middle blocker | Megabox Vallefoglia |
15 | Jovana Stevanović | 30 June 1992 | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | 72 kg (159 lb) | 308 cm (121 in) | 295 cm (116 in) | Middle blocker | Vero Volley Milano |
16 | Aleksandra Jegdić | 9 October 1994 | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | 63 kg (139 lb) | 262 cm (103 in) | 248 cm (98 in) | Libero | Potsdam |
18 | Tijana Bošković | 8 March 1997 | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | 78 kg (172 lb) | 325 cm (128 in) | 317 cm (125 in) | Opposite spiker | Eczacıbaşı Dynavit |
22 | Sara Lozo | 29 April 1997 | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | 61 kg (134 lb) | 310 cm (120 in) | 300 cm (120 in) | Outside Hitter | Saitama Ageo Medics |
Name | From | Until |
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Darko Zakoč | 1996 | 2001 |
Zoran Terzić | 2002 | 2022 |
Daniele Santarelli | 2022 | |
Giovanni Guidetti | 2023 | |
The table below shows the history of kit providers for the Serbia national volleyball team.
Period | Kit provider |
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2000– | Asics DAcapo |
2017– | Peak Sport Products |
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