Slovenia men's national volleyball team

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Slovenia
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AssociationVolleyball Federation of Slovenia (OZS)
Confederation CEV
Head coach Gheorghe Crețu
FIVB ranking 7 (as of 2 December 2023)
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Third
World Championship
Appearances2 (First in 2018 )
Best resultFourth place (2022)
European Championship
Appearances10 (First in 2001 )
Best resultRunners-up (2015, 2019, 2021)
www.odbojka.si (in Slovene)
Honours
Event1st2nd3rd
Challenger Cup 100
European Championship 031
European League 102
Total233
Medal record
Challenger Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Slovenia Team
European Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Bulgaria Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 France Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Poland Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Italy Team
European League
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Poland
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2011 Slovakia Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Team

The Slovenia men's national volleyball team represents Slovenia in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches, and is governed by the Volleyball Federation of Slovenia. The team made its debut at major tournaments in 2001, when it competed at the European Volleyball Championship. Between 2015 and 2021, Slovenia reached the final of the European Championship three times and finished as runners-up on all three occasions after losing to France, Serbia and Italy, respectively.

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As of December 2023, Slovenia is ranked 7th in the FIVB World Rankings.

History

The Slovenia national team played its first official match on 24 April 1992, under the leadership of Viktor Krevsel. [1] [2] They make their first appearance at the European Volleyball Championship in 2001, where they finished in 12th place. [1]

In March 2015, Andrea Giani was announced as new head coach of the Slovenian national team. [3] In October 2015, Slovenia won its first medal at the 2015 European Volleyball Championships after losing in the final against France (3–0). Tine Urnaut won one of the individual player awards for the best outside spiker. [4]

Slovenian team at the 2022 World Championship, hosted by Slovenia. Svetovno prvenstvo v odbojki 2022 (52335950411).jpg
Slovenian team at the 2022 World Championship, hosted by Slovenia.

In January 2017, Giani resigned as coach, [5] and in March 2017, Slobodan Kovač took over the team. [6] In May 2017, Slovenia qualified for the 2018 edition of the FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, their first ever World Championship appearance. [7]

In January 2019, the Volleyball Federation of Slovenia and Kovač both agreed to part ways and terminate the contract. [8] He was replaced by Alberto Giuliani. [9] In 2019, Slovenia hosted the 2019 edition of the FIVB Volleyball Men's Challenger Cup at home in Ljubljana. The team reached the final, where they defeated Cuba 3–0 and earned the right to participate in the 2020 Nations League, replacing Portugal; however, the competition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and Slovenia qualified for the 2021 edition instead. [10] At their Nations League debut in Rimini, Italy, the team reached the final round as the only challenger team, where they lost 3–0 both to Poland and France in the semifinals and in the third place match, respectively. [11] [12]

At the 2019 European Championship, Slovenia was one of the four co-hosts of the tournament. [13] The team reached the final again, where they lost 3–1 to Serbia, clinching their second silver medal in four years. [14] Two years later, at the 2021 European Championship, Slovenia once again reached the final. After defeating hosts Poland in the semifinals, they lost the final 3–2 to Italy to claim their third silver medal. [15] Gregor Ropret was selected in the All Star Team as the best setter through fan votes. [16] Giuliani decided to step down as Slovenia head coach in September 2021, [17] and was replaced by Mark Lebedew from February 2022. [18] After failing to reach the top 8 in the 2022 Nations League, he was sacked and replaced by Gheorghe Crețu in August 2022, just two weeks before the start of the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, hosted by Slovenia and Poland. [19] [20]

Team

Current squad

The following is Slovenia's roster for the 2024 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League. [21]

Head coach: Flag of Romania.svg Gheorghe Crețu

Competitive record

Key

 Champions    Runners-up    Third place     As host

World Championship

World Championship record
YearRoundPositionGPWLSWSLSquad
2018 Second round12th place8441716 Squad
2022 Semifinals4th place7431511 Squad
2025 Qualified

European Championship

European Championship record
YearRoundPositionGPWLSWSLSquad
2001 Group stage12th place505315 Squad
2007 Group stage16th place30329 Squad
2009 Group stage15th place30319 Squad
2011 Playoffs9th place42298 Squad
2013 Group stage13th place31257 Squad
2015 FinalSilver medalists7431412 Squad
2017 Quarterfinals8th place52369 Squad
2019 FinalSilver medalists9632013 Squad
2021 FinalSilver medalists9632111 Squad
2023 SemifinalsBronze medalists981259 Squad

World League

World League record
YearRoundPositionGPWLSWSL
2016 G3 Final25th place871226
2017 G2 Final13th place111013210

Nations League

Nations League record
YearRoundPositionGPWLSWSLSquad
2021 Semifinals4th place171254024 Squad
2022 Preliminary round10th place12571824 Squad
2023 Quarterfinals7th place13852720 Squad

Challenger Cup

Challenger Cup record
YearRoundPositionGPWLSWSL
2019 FinalChampions440122

European League

European League record
YearRoundPositionGPWLSWSL
2007 Semifinals4th place14953425
2011 SemifinalsBronze medalists141043319
2014 SemifinalsBronze medalists1082269
2015 FinalChampions12120365
2018 Pool stage12th place615517

Head coaches

List of Slovenia's national team head coaches
Name [22] CFromToAchievements
Viktor Krevsel Flag of Slovenia.svg 1992
Luka Lobnik Flag of Slovenia.svg
Viktor Krevsel Flag of Slovenia.svg 19931996
Vladimir Janković Flag of Croatia.svg 19961997
Gregor Hribar Flag of Slovenia.svg 19972005
Iztok Kšela Flag of Slovenia.svg 20052008
Gregor Hribar Flag of Slovenia.svg 20082010
Veselin Vuković Flag of Montenegro.svg 20102012
Luka Slabe Flag of Slovenia.svg 20122015
Andrea Giani Flag of Italy.svg 20152017Silver medal europe.svg 2015 EC
Slobodan Kovač Flag of Serbia.svg 20172019
Alberto Giuliani Flag of Italy.svg 20192021Gold medal world centered-2.svg 2019 CC
Silver medal europe.svg 2019 EC
Silver medal europe.svg 2021 EC
Mark Lebedew Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2022
Gheorghe Crețu Flag of Romania.svg 2022Bronze medal europe.svg 2023 EC

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