Association | Croatian Volleyball Federation | |||
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Confederation | CEV | |||
Head coach | Igor Juričić | |||
FIVB ranking | 22 (as of 1 July 2024) | |||
Uniforms | ||||
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World Championship | ||||
Appearances | 1 (First in 2002 ) | |||
Best result | 19th (2002) | |||
European Championship | ||||
Appearances | 5 (First in 2005 ) | |||
Best result | 8th (2005) | |||
www.hos.hr (in Croatian) |
Medal record | ||
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European League | ||
2006 Izmir | ||
2013 Marmaris | ||
2024 Osijek | ||
2022 Varaždin | ||
2023 Zadar | ||
Mediterranean Games | ||
2022 Oran | Team | |
1997 Bari | Team |
The Croatia men's national volleyball team represents Croatia in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches. It is governed by the Croatian Volleyball Federation.
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:
Year | Round | Position |
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1994 | did not qualify | |
1998 | ||
2002 | First Round | 19th |
2006 | did not qualify | |
2010 | ||
2014 | ||
2018 | ||
2022 | ||
Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | SW | SL | |
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2018 | did not qualify | |||||||
2019 | ||||||||
2022 | ||||||||
2023 | ||||||||
2024 | Quarterfinals | 5th | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Total | Qualified: 1/5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | SW | SL | |
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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 | ||||||||
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 |
Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | SW | SL |
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2004 | League Round | 7th | 12 | 3 | 9 | ||
2005 | did not compete | ||||||
2006 | Final | 14 | 9 | 5 | |||
2007 | did not compete | ||||||
2008 | |||||||
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 | |||||||
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 | |||
2024 | Golden League Final | 8 | 7 | 1 | |||
Total | Participated: 12/20 | 120 | 59 | 61 | |||
Top tier (Golden League): 10/12 | 104 | 48 | 56 |
Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | SW | SL |
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1993 | did not compete | ||||||
1997 | Semifinals | ||||||
2001 | did not compete | ||||||
2005 | Preliminary Round | 9th | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
2009 | did not compete | ||||||
2013 | |||||||
2018 | Quarterfinals | 5th | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
2022 | Winners | 6 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 5 |
Croatia squad for 2022 Mediterranean Games
Team coached by Cédric Énard
Player | Matches | Position | Years |
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Igor Omrčen | 83 | 2000–2015 | |
Inoslav Krnić | 75 | ||
Toni Kovačević | 71 | ||
Darko Nojić | 70 | ||
Tomislav Čošković | 59 | –2010 | |
Danijel Galić | 55 | ||
Tsimafei Zhukouski | 53 |
As of 13 Oct 2015
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