Montenegro men's national volleyball team

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Association Volleyball Federation of Montenegro
Confederation CEV
Head coach Slobodan Boškan
FIVB ranking 46 (as of August 2016)
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The Montenegro men's national volleyball team represents Montenegro in international men's volleyball competitions and friendly matches. The national volleyball team was formed in 2006, recently after independence. Montenegro has been a full member of FIVB and CEV since 2006.

Montenegro played their first official match on 1 September 2007 in Podgorica and won against Latvia (3–1).

Until 2016, at major tournaments, Montenegro played in FIVB World League and European League. Montenegro made main success at 2014, winning the gold medal in European League.

History

Soon after the 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, the Volleyball Federation of Montenegro founded national teams. The men's team started to play in 2007, with the first match against Latvia (3–1, Olympic Games qualifiers).[1]

From 2007 to 2013, Montenegro played three times in European Championship qualifiers, but without significant success. At the same time, the team played two times in qualifiers for Olympic Games and once in qualifiers for World Championship.

First better result, Montenegrin team made at 2013, on their debut in European League. After 12 games, Montenegro won fifth place among 12 European teams.[2] A year later, Montenegrin volleyball team made their major success until today, with the gold medal in European League 2014. In the finals, Montenegro won both games against Greece (3–1, 3–2).

After the result in European League, during summer 2015, Montenegro debuted in FIVB World League. As a member of Pool C, Montenegro won the group at first stage of World League and qualified for final tournament (Pool B promotion) in Bratislava. At semifinals, Montenegro eliminated China (3–1). In the final game, Montenegro lost against Egypt (2–3), so they didn't qualify for World League Pool B competition. In the end, Montenegro won 22nd position in 2015 FIVB World League.[3]

A year later, Montenegro played in 2016 FIVB Volleyball World League, again in Pool C, but didn't make similar result as 2015. Montenegro finished World League season as a fourth-placed team in Pool C, but didn't qualify for the final tournament. The reason was that Germany, as a host nation, directly qualified for the finals.

In summer 2016, Montenegro played in the main round of 2017 Men's European Volleyball Championship qualification, but failed to qualify for the final tournament.

Competetive record

Until now, Montenegro never played on European Championship, World Championship or Olympic Games. They participated in FIVB Volleyball World League (2) and European Volleyball League (2).
Biggest success of the team was gold medal at 2014 Men's European Volleyball League.

World Championship

Montenegro men's national volleyball team participated in the qualifiers for one World Championship (2014), but never played at main competition.

World Championship Qualification
Year Pos. Pld W L Pld W L
Poland 2014Did not qualify 3 1 2
Total000 312

As of September 29, 2016

European Championship

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

European Championship Qualification
Year Pos. Pld W L Pld W L
Turkey 2009Did not qualify 8 4 4
Austria Czech Republic 2011 6 1 5
Denmark Poland 2013 6 2 4
Bulgaria Italy 2015 6 3 3
Poland 2017 6 3 3
Total000 321319

As of September 29, 2016

Olympic Games

Montenegro men's national volleyball team played two times in the qualifiers for Olympic Games (2008, 2012), but never played at main competition.

Summer Olympic Games Qualification
Year Pos. Pld W L Pld W L
China 2008Did not qualify 4 2 2
United Kingdom 2012 4 3 1
Brazil 2016 - - -
Total000 853

As of September 29, 2016

European League

Montenegro men's national volleyball team played twice in European Volleyball League, with the gold medal from 2014 edition. That was the main success in the history of Montenegrin national volleyball team.

European League
Year Pos. Pld W L
Turkey 2013 5th place 12 9 3
European Union 2014 1st, gold medalist(s) 12 10 2
Total24195

As of September 29, 2016

World League

Montenegro men's national volleyball team played twice in FIVB Volleyball World League (2015, 2016). At their first performance, Montenegro won 22nd place and played on Pool C final tournament. Year later, Montenegro won 29th place in FIVB World League.

FIVB Volleyball World League
Year Pos. Pld W L
Brazil 2015 22nd place 8 6 2
Poland 2016 29th place 6 4 2
Total14104

Head coaches

Since 2007, the national team of Montenegro has been led by four different head coaches. Most successful coach was Slobodan Boškan, who won the gold medal on European League with Montenegrin team.

Period Coach Score
2007-2009 Montenegro Veselin Vuković
12
6-6
2010-2011 Croatia Rade Malević
6
1-5
2011-2013 Serbia Ivan Joksimović
10
5-5
2013-2014 Serbia Nikola Matijašević
15
10-5
2014- Serbia Slobodan Boškan
38
26-12

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

Official matches

Montenengro played its first official match in September 2007. There is a list of official matches of the Montenegro men's national volleyball team.

Opponents

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

Opponents' country G W L S
 Albania
1
1
0
3-1
 Azerbaijan
2
2
0
6-0
 China
1
1
0
3-1
 Croatia
5
2
3
9-11
 Czech Republic
4
2
2
8-10
 Egypt
1
0
1
2-3
 Estonia
5
1
4
9-14
 Finland
2
0
2
2-6
 Germany
5
1
4
3-14
 Greece
6
4
2
15-9
 Hungary
6
5
1
14-3
 Italy
1
0
1
0-3
 Latvia
2
2
0
6-3
 Macedonia
5
4
1
12-7
 Mexico
2
2
0
6-2
 Netherlands
2
1
1
4-5
 Norway
2
2
0
6-0
 Poland
4
3
1
9-8
 Puerto Rico
2
2
0
6-1
 Romania
6
3
3
12-10
 Spain
7
5
2
17-14
  Switzerland
2
2
0
6-0
 Tunisia
3
2
1
8-3
 Turkey
3
1
2
5-7
 Ukraine
1
0
1
1-3
 Venezuela
1
0
1
2-3
OVERALL
81
48
33
174-141

Last update: 29 September 2016.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "CEV - Confédération Européenne de Volleyball". Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  2. ↑ "Competition". Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "Pools and Ranking - FIVB Volleyball World League 2015". Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "ODBOJKA: Vuković selektor dve reprezentacije!". Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  5. ↑ http://www.minmedia.me. "Rade Malević novi selektor". Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  6. ↑ Redakcija (17 May 2013). "Matijašević novi selektor odbojkaša!". Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  7. ↑ Redakcija (25 February 2014). "Slobodan Boškan novi selektor odbojkaša Crne Gore". Retrieved 6 November 2016.
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