Croatia women's national volleyball team

Croatia

Association	Croatian Volleyball Federation
Confederation	CEV
Head coach	Ferhat Akbaş
FIVB ranking	33 (as of 8 January 2025)
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	14 (First in 1993 )
Best result	(1995, 1997, 1999)
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Honours Challenger Cup 2022 Zadar Team European Championship 1995 Netherlands 1997 Czech Republic 1999 Italy European League 2019 Varaždin 2021 Ruse 2022 Europe Mediterranean Games 1993 Languedoc-Roussillon 2009 Pescara Team 2013 Mersin Team 2018 Tarragona Team

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.

Tournament record

Prior to 1992 Croatia women's national volleyball team competed as a part of Yugoslavia women's national volleyball team.

Summer Olympics

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Squad
Summer Olympics record
1992	Couldn't participate in qualification
1996	Did not qualify
2000	Quarterfinal	7th	8	4	4	13	16	Squad
2004	Did not qualify
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
Total	Qualified: 1/6		8	4	4	13	16	—

World Championship

World Championship record										Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Squad		Pld	W	L	SW	SL
1994	Did not qualify									?	?	?	?	?
1998	Second Round	6th	8	4	4	16	15	Squad		3	3	0	9	0
2002	Did not qualify									3	1	2	4	7
2006										3	0	3	1	9
2010	First Round	17th	5	2	3	6	9	Squad		6	5	1	16	6
2014	Second Round	13th	7	4	3	14	15	Squad		6	6	0	18	4
2018	Did not qualify									5	2	3	9	10
2022	First Round	22nd	5	0	5	2	15	Squad		Reallocation after disqualification of Russia
2025	Did not qualify									6	5	1	16	7
Total	Qualified: 4/9		25	10	15	38	54	—		26	17	9	57	36

World Cup

World Cup record
Year	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Squad
1995	4th	11	7	4	27	15	Squad
1999	8th	11	4	7	15	24	Squad
2003	Did not qualify
2007
2011
2015
2019
Total	Qualified: 2/7	22	11	11	42	39	—

World Grand Prix

World Grand Prix record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Squad
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 [1]	23rd [2]	8	5	3	19	11	Squad
2015	Preliminary Round [3]	20th [4]	6	0	6	5	18	Squad
2016	Final [1]	21st [5]	8	7	1	22	5	Squad
2017	Preliminary Round [6]	23rd [7]	9	1	8	9	26	Squad
Total	Qualified: 4/25		31	13	18	55	49	—

Nations League

Nations League record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Squad
2018	Did not qualify
2019
2021
2022
2023	Preliminary Round	15th	12	2	10	8	30	Squad
2024	Did not qualify
Total	Qualified: 1/6		12	2	10	8	30	—

Challenger Cup

Challenger Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Squad
2018	Did not qualify
2019	Semifinal	4th	4	1	3	4	10	Squad
2022	Final		3	3	0	9	2	Squad
2023	Quarterfinal	7th	1	0	1	1	3	Squad
2024	Did not qualify
Total	Competed: 3/5		8	4	4	14	15	—

European Championship

European Championship record										Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Squad		Pld	W	L	SW	SL
1993	Preliminary Round	6th	7	4	3	15	11	Squad		6	5	1	15	4
1995	Final		7	6	1	18	7	Squad		Qualified as 6th from the 1993 Euro
1997	Final		7	6	1	18	5	Squad		Qualified as 2nd from the 1995 Euro
1999	Final		5	3	2	9	8	Squad		10	6	4	23	14
2001	Preliminary Round	9th	5	2	3	7	12	Squad		Qualified as 2nd from the 1999 Euro
2003	Did not qualify									6	0	6	2	18
2005	Preliminary Round	8th	7	2	5	9	16	Squad		8	6	2	19	8
/ 2007	Preliminary Round	14th	3	0	3	3	9	Squad		6	5	1	17	6
2009	Preliminary Round	16th	3	0	3	2	9	Squad		8	5	3	18	12
/ 2011	Preliminary Round	13th	3	1	2	4	6	Squad		8	7	1	21	7
/ 2013	Quarterfinal	5th	5	3	2	10	8	Squad		6	5	1	16	3
/ 2015	Playoffs	10th	4	2	2	6	8	Squad		Qualified as 5th from the 2013 Euro
/ 2017	Playoffs	11th	4	1	3	7	10	Squad		6	6	0	18	1
/ / / 2019	Round of 16	11th	6	3	3	13	11	Squad		6	6	0	18	2
/ / / 2021	Round of 16	10th	6	4	2	14	7	Squad		Qualified as hosts
/ / / 2023	Preliminary Round	22nd	5	0	5	5	15	Squad		6	5	1	16	7
Total	Qualified: 15/16		77	37	40	140	142	—		76	56	20	183	82

European League

European League record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Squad
2009	Did not compete
2010
2011	League Round	11th	12	1	11	7	33	Squad
2012	Did not compete
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018	League Round	7th	6	3	3	12	12	Squad
2019	Final		8	6	2	21	12	Squad
2021	Final		8	5	3	19	14	Squad
2022	Semifinal		5	3	2	10	8	Squad
2023	Did not compete
2024	League Round	9th	6	2	4	9	13	Squad
2025	League Round	8th	6	2	4	10	14	Squad
Total	Competed: 7/16		51	22	29	88	106	—
	Top tier (Golden league): 7/7

Mediterranean Games

Mediterranean Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Squad
1993	Final		?	?	?	?	?	Squad
1997	Did not compete
2001	First Round	7th	?	?	?	?	?	Squad
2005	Semifinal	4th	4	1	3	4	9	Squad
2009	Semifinal		5	3	2	10	7	Squad
2013	Semifinal		4	2	2	6	10	Squad
2018	Final		5	5	0	15	5	Squad
2022	Quarterfinals	7th	5	2	3	9	11	Squad
Total	Competed: 6/7		23	13	10	44	42	—

Team

The following is the Croatian roster for the 2023 Women's European Volleyball Championship.

No.	Name	Date of birth	Height	Position	2022–23 club
1	Karla Antunović	(2002-03-27) 27 March 2002 (age 23)	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Setter	HAOK Mladost
2	Andrea Mihaljević	(2003-02-21) 21 February 2003 (age 22)	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	Opposite hitter	HAOK Mladost
3	Ema Strunjak	(1999-09-24) 24 September 1999 (age 25)	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Middle blocker	Beşiktaş JK
4	Božana Butigan	(2000-08-19) 19 August 2000 (age 24)	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	Middle blocker	Volley Bergamo
6	Lea Deak	(2000-04-27) 27 April 2000 (age 25)	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	Setter	Volero Zürich
9	Lucija Mlinar	(1995-05-06) 6 May 1995 (age 30)	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Outside spiker	Edremit Bld. Altınoluk
10	Dijana Karatović	(2003-07-23) 23 July 2003 (age 21)	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Outside spiker	ŽOK Ribola Kaštela
11	Nina Strize	(2003-11-14) 14 November 2003 (age 21)	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	Opposite hitter	ŽOK Ribola Kaštela
12	Josipa Marković	(2001-01-25) 25 January 2001 (age 24)	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Outside spiker	HAOK Mladost
14	Martina Šamadan	(1993-09-11) 11 September 1993 (age 31)	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	Middle blocker	Volley-Ball Nantes
15	Viktoria Ana Trcol	(2004-09-18) 18 September 2004 (age 20)	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	Middle blocker	ŽOK Rijeka
17	Tia Kovčo	(2005-10-31) 31 October 2005 (age 19)	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	Libero	OK Split
19	Izabela Štimac	(2000-11-12) 12 November 2000 (age 24)	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	Libero	HAOK Mladost
22	Mirta Freund	(2002-07-04) 4 July 2002 (age 22)	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	Middle blocker	VC Wiesbaden

References

1. Group 3
2. Finished third in Group 3.
3. Group 2
4. Finished eighth in Group 2.
5. Finished first in Group 3.
6. Group 2
7. Finished eleventh in Group 2.

External links

• Official website
• FIVB profile
• Croatia national team Volleybox