Nogometni klub Olimpija Ljubljana, commonly referred to as Olimpija Ljubljana or simply Olimpija, is a Slovenian professional football club based in Ljubljana that competes in the Slovenian PrvaLiga, the top division of the Slovenian football league system. They have won three Slovenian PrvaLiga titles and four Slovenian Cups.
ACH Volley is a Slovenian professional men's volleyball club based in Ljubljana that competes in the Slovenian League. They play their home matches at Tivoli Hall. The club was founded in 1970 and was based in Bled until 2011, when the team relocated to Ljubljana.
Hrvatski akademski odbojkaški klub Mladost or simply HAOK Mladost is a Croatian professional volleyball team based in Zagreb which is part of the HAŠK Mladost sports society. It was established in 1945. HAOK is the most successful Croatian volleyball team in both the men's and women's selections, as the teams have won over 50 national championships in Yugoslavia and Croatia.
Oliver Venno is an Estonian volleyball player currently playing for Al Rayyan of the Qatari Volleyball League. He mostly plays at the opposite hitter position but has also played at the outside hitter position on numerous occasions.
Monica "Moki" De Gennaro is an Italian professional volleyball player. She plays for Imoco Volley Conegliano and for the Italy women's national volleyball team. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2016 Summer Olympics, 2020 Summer Olympics and 2024 Summer Olympics. In the 2024 Summer Olympics, she won the gold medal and the best libero award. She is regarded as one of the greatest liberos of all time.
Hokejski klub Olimpija Ljubljana is a professional ice hockey club from Ljubljana, Slovenia. The club competes in the ICE Hockey League and the Slovenian Championship. Founded in 2004 as a farm team of HDD Olimpija, the club turned professional in 2017 after HDD Olimpija folded. Olimpija won the Slovenian Championship four times, in 2019, 2022, 2023 and 2024, and the Alps Hockey League twice, in 2019 and 2021. They play their home games at Tivoli Hall.
Odbojkarski klub OTP Banka Branik, commonly referred to as OTP Banka Branik, is a professional women's volleyball team based in Maribor that competes in the Slovenian Volleyball League. Formed in 1946, they are the most successful Slovenian women's volleyball team, winning the Slovenian League 16 times, Slovenian Cup 20 times and the regional MEVZA League 4 times. Before Slovenia's independence in 1991, the team won the Yugoslav Championship four times and reached the Yugoslav Cup final on eight occasions.
Joanna Wołosz is a Polish volleyball player for Imoco Volley and Polish national volleyball team. She was part of the Poland women's national volleyball team at the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Japan.
Mory Sidibé is a French volleyball player, a member of France men's national volleyball team and Cypriot club Omonia Nicosia, 2015 European Champion, a gold medalist of the 2015 World League.
Žiga Štern is a Slovenian professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for Skra Bełchatów and the Slovenia national team. Štern competed in the European Championship in 2019 and 2021, where Slovenia finished in second place on both occasions.
Klemen Hribar is a Slovenian male volleyball player. He is part of the Slovenia men's national volleyball team and plays the position of Libero. He competed at multiple events, the first of which was the 2006–07 Youth European Championships. Most recently, Hribar competed at the 2015 Men's European Volleyball Championship. At club level, he plays for Calcit Kamnik.
Diko Purić is a Slovenian male volleyball player who plays for Calcit Volley. With the Slovenian national team, he competed in the 2016 FIVB Volleyball World League.
The Middle European League or MEVZA League is a regional volleyball league, established in 2005 and contested by the club teams from the Middle European Volleyball Zonal Association (MEVZA). In the men's edition, the most successful team is ACH Volley with thirteen titles. Among women, OTP Banka Branik and Calcit Volley are the most successful with four titles each.
Odbojkarski klub Kamnik, known as Calcit Volley due to sponsorship reasons, is a Slovenian volleyball team from Kamnik. The club was founded in 1947 and competes in the Slovenian League and in MEVZA League. Calcit Volley won the Slovenian League three times consecutively between 2000–01 and 2002–03.
The following were volleyball-related events during 2019 throughout the world.
Košarkarski klub Cedevita Olimpija, commonly referred to as KK Cedevita Olimpija or simply Olimpija, is a men's professional basketball club based in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The club competes in the ABA League and the Slovenian First League.
Elena Vukić is a Croatian volleyball player. She plays as outside hitter for Croatian club OK Brda.
Odbojkarski klub Maribor or simply OK Maribor, known as i-Vent Maribor due to sponsorship reasons, is a Slovenian professional volleyball team based in Maribor. The team play their home games at Tabor Hall and competes in the Slovenian Volleyball League, the top division of Slovenian volleyball. Founded in 1945, the club has won the Slovenian national championship three times and the national cup four times.
Alexandra Annelise Frantti is an American professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for the United States women's national volleyball team and Turkish Women's Volleyball League club Vakıfbank Istanbul.
Nina Stojiljković is a Serbian-French professional volleyball player of the France women's national volleyball team. Stojiljković won with the national team European Golden League, FIVB Challenger Cup and was part of the team when it made its Olympic debut.
