Montenegro women's national volleyball team

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Association Volleyball Federation of Montenegro
Confederation CEV
Head coach Flag of Serbia.svg Milorad Krunić
FIVB ranking 43 (as of 30 May 2024)
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The Montenegro women's national volleyball team is the national team of Montenegro. It is governed by the Volleyball Federation of Montenegro and takes part in international volleyball competitions.

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History

Period 2006–2016

Soon after the Montenegrin independence referendum, Volleyball Federation of Montenegro founded national teams. Women's team started to play in 2008, with the first match against Albania (3:0, friendly game).
Same year, Montenegro played its first games in official competitions – against Georgia in 2009 European Volleyball Championship qualifiers.
During the time, Montenegro played in qualifiers for European championship 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2015. National team participated in qualifiers for 2014 FIVB Volleyball World Championship, too.
In the period from 2006 to 2016, Montenegro didn't qualify for a European Championship or World Championship, but had significant results in 2013 and 2014 qualifiers.
At 2015, Montenegro participated at Games of the Small States of Europe, an event for states with less than million inhabitants. Montenegrin team won the gold medal, with four wins and sets score 12–0.

Period 2016–

On spring 2016, Montenegro women's team for the first time played in 2016 Women's European Volleyball League.
At the same time, the team started to play in qualifiers for European Championship 2017. Montenegro made score 2–1 in the first stage of qualifiers and participated on the final stage, but at the end, with the score 2–4, didn't succeed to qualify for their first big tournament.
In spring 2016, Montenegrin women's team played for the first time in European Volleyball League, finishing with score 2–4. Same score they made in European Volleyball League 2017.
In 2019, Montenegro once again won gold medal on the Games of Small States on Europe. From the other side, national team don't have success to qualify on European Championship in another three occasions - 2019, 2021 and 2023.

Competitive record

Until now, Montenegro never played on any major tournament. They participated in the qualifiers for European Championship (8 times) and World Championship (2 times). Montenegro played in European League, too (3 times). Biggest successes of the team were two gold medals at the Games of the Small States of Europe.

World Championship

Montenegro women's national volleyball team participated in the qualifiers for two World Championships (2014, 2018), but never played at main competition.

World Championship Qualification
YearPos.PldWLPldWL
Flag of Italy.svg 2014 did not qualify826
Flag of Japan.svg 2018 514
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Flag of Poland.svg 2022 ---
Total00013310

As of June 05, 2023

European Championship

Montenegro women's national volleyball team played eight times in the qualifiers for European Championship (2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023), but never played at main competition.

European Championship Qualification
YearPos.PldWLPldWL
Flag of Poland.svg 2009 did not qualify826
Flag of Italy.svg Flag of Serbia.svg 2011 606
Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg 2013 606
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 2015 945
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Flag of Georgia.svg 2017 945
Flag of Hungary.svg Flag of Slovakia.svg Flag of Poland.svg Flag of Turkey.svg 2019 624
Flag of Serbia.svg Flag of Bulgaria.svg Flag of Croatia.svg Flag of Romania.svg 2021 624
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Flag of Italy.svg Flag of Estonia.svg Flag of Germany.svg 2023 624
Total000441232

As of November 09, 2023

Senior team roster

In September 2016, a list of Montenegrin national team for European Championship qualifiers is revealed. [1] [2] On the list were next players:

NameBirthPositionTeam
Evgenija Milivojević1993Setter Flag of Montenegro.svg Galeb Bar
Tamara Roganović1994Setter Flag of Serbia.svg TENT Obrenovac
Tatjana Bokan1988Outside-spiker Flag of Indonesia.svg PGN Popsivo
Jelena Cvijović1992Outside-spiker Flag of Romania.svg Penicilina Iași
Dragana Peruničić1992Outside-spiker Flag of France.svg Amiens LMVB
Danijela Džaković1994Outside-spiker Flag of Serbia.svg Jedinstvo Užice
Ksenija Ivanović1986Outside-spiker Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Telekom Baku
Nikoleta Perović1994Opposite Flag of Romania.svg Targu Mures
Katarina Budrak1998Opposite Flag of Montenegro.svg Morača Podgorica
Marija Milović1989Middle-blocker Flag of France.svg Stella Calais
Ana Otašević1987Middle-blocker Flag of Poland.svg Developres Rzeszów
Marija Sandić1983Middle-blocker Flag of France.svg Amiens LMVB
Melisa Cenović1998Libero Flag of Montenegro.svg Luka Bar

Head coaches

From 2007, national team of Montenegro was led by four different head coaches.

PeriodCoachScore
2007–2011 Flag of Turkey.svg Nejat Sancak
14
2–12
9:36
2011–2014 Flag of Montenegro.svg Vladimir Racković
14
2–12
11:28
2014–2016 Flag of Montenegro.svg Vladimir Milačić
22
12–10
40:36
2016–2018 Flag of Serbia.svg Dragan Nešić
21
7–14
26:46
2018–2022 Flag of Montenegro.svg Nikola Masoničić
13
7–6
24:21
2022- Flag of Serbia.svg Milorad Krunić
14
7–7
27:21

Sources: [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Official matches

Montenengro played its first official match at May 2008. There is a list of official matches of the Montenegro women's national volleyball team.

Opponents

Below is the list of performances of Montenegro women's national volleyball team against every single opponent.

Opponents' countryGWLS
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1011-3
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 2020-6
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2020-6
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3218-6
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 3031-9
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 3032-9
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 4041-12
Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 1103-2
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 1103-0
Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands 2206-0
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 4045-12
Flag of France.svg  France 6157-17
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 66018-0
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 5053-15
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1010-3
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 44012-0
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 3031-9
Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo 3309-1
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 2206-1
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 1012-3
Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 2206-0
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 2206-0
Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia 1103-0
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 3125-6
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 3123-7
Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 2206-0
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 3309-1
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 2020-6
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 4040-12
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 6246-13
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 6155-16
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 3030-9
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 4040-12
OVERALL983761137-197

Last update: September 22, 2023.

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