Croatia men's national volleyball team

Croatia

Association	Croatian Volleyball Federation
Confederation	CEV
Head coach	Igor Juričić
FIVB ranking	23 (as of 10 July 2024)
Uniforms
Home Away Third
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)

Croatia men's national volleyball team

Medal record
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.

Results

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:

• the Olympic Games
• the World Cup
• the World Grand Champions Cup
• the World League
• the Junior World Championship
• the Youth Olympic Games

World Championship

Year	Round	Position
1994	did not qualify
1998
2002	First Round	19th
2006	did not qualify
2010
2014
2018
2022
2025

Challenger Cup

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL
2018	did not qualify
2019
2022
2023
2024	Quarterfinals	5th	1	0	1	2	3
Total	Qualified: 1/5		1	0	1	2	3

European Championship

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL
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

European League

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL
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

Mediterranean Games

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL
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

Team

Current squad

Croatia squad for 2022 Mediterranean Games

• Bernard Bakonji
• Petar Đirlić
• Tino Hanžić
• Ivan Mihalj
• Tomislav Mitrašinović
• Kruno Nikačević
• Stipe Perić
• Hrvoje Pervan
• Marko Sedlaček
• Filip Šestan
• Petar Višić
• Ivan Zeljković

Team coached by Cédric Énard

Notable players

• Tomislav Čošković
  • best server of the 2006 European League
• Inoslav Krnić
  • best setter of the 2006 European League
• Igor Omrčen
  • top scorer of the 2004 European League
  • top scorer of the 2006 European League
• Tsimafei Zhukouski
  • best server of the 2013 European League
• Ivan Raič
  • top scorer and best spiker of the 2013 European League
• Danijel Galić
  • best receiver of the 2013 European League

Former squads

• silver medal at the 2006 European League: Tsimafei Zhukouski, Danijel Galić, Darko Nojić, Igor Omrčen, Šime Vulin, Jura Boriskijević (L), Dragan Puljić, Mario Zelić, Toni Kovačević, Tomislav Čošković, Inoslav Krnić, Roko Sikirić
  • coach: Rade Malević
• silver medal at the 2013 European League: Tsimafei Zhukouski (C), Matija Sabljak, Darko Nojić, Nikola Ščerbakov, Ivan Raič, Sven Šarčević (L), Marko Sedlaček, Ivan Ćosić, Mladen Jurčević, Fran Peterlin, Goran Išek, Ivan Tropan
  • coach: Igor Šimunčić

Player statistics

Most appearances

Player	Matches	Position	Years
Igor Omrčen	83		2000–2015
Inoslav Krnić	75
Toni Kovačević	71
Darko Nojić	70
Tomislav Čošković	59		–2010
Danijel Galić	55
Tsimafei Zhukouski	53

Record against other teams

As of 13 Oct 2015

Key Positive total balance (more wins) Neutral total balance (equal W/L ratio) Negative total balance (more losses) National team Total Olympic Games World Championship World Cup World GC Cup World League European Championship European League Mediterranean Games Qualifications Pld W L Pld W L Pld W L Pld W L Pld W L Pld W L Pld W L Pld W L Pld W L Pld W L Austria 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — 3 2 1 Azerbaijan 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — 1 1 0 Belarus 11 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 2 — — — 5 4 1 Belgium 9 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 — — — 4 1 3 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 Bulgaria 5 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 — — — 4 1 3 Canada 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — — — — — — 0 0 0 Czech Republic 6 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 3 — — — 2 0 2 Denmark 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — 4 4 0 Egypt 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — — — 1 0 1 0 0 0 Estonia 9 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 3 0 — — — 5 2 3 Finland 7 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 — — — 6 1 5 France 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Germany 8 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 — — — 6 0 6 Great Britain 8 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 5 — — — 0 0 0 Greece 7 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 3 0 0 0 2 1 1 Hungary 8 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — 8 1 7 Israel 9 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 — — — 5 3 2 Italy 4 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Latvia 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — 4 2 2 North Macedonia 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 Montenegro 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 Netherlands 6 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 — — — 4 2 2 Norway 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — 3 3 0 Poland 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 — — — 0 0 0 Portugal 9 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 — — — 8 3 5 Romania 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 — — — 2 2 0 Russia 6 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 1 3 — — — 1 0 1 Slovakia 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 — — — 3 2 1 Slovenia 9 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 5 0 0 0 3 0 3 Spain 9 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 4 1 0 1 3 1 2 Sweden 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — 2 0 2 Switzerland 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — 4 4 0 Turkey 20 8 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 8 9 3 0 3 Ukraine 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 — — — 3 0 3 Total (35) 198 81 118

See also

• Croatia women's national volleyball team

External links

• Official website
• FIVB profile