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Croatia women's national volleyball team

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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.

Croatia
AssociationCroatian Volleyball Federation
ConfederationCEV
Head coachFerhat Akbaş
FIVB ranking27 (as of 31 July 2023)
Uniforms
Home
Away
Summer Olympics
Appearances1 (First in 2000)
Best result7th (2000)
World Championship
Appearances3 (First in 1998)
Best result6th (1998)
World Cup
Appearances2 (First in 1995)
Best result4th (1995)
European Championship
Appearances14 (First in 1993)
Best resultSilver (1995, 1997, 1999)
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Honours
Challenger Cup
Gold medal – first place 2022 Zadar Team
European Championship
Silver medal – second place 1995 Netherlands
Silver medal – second place 1997 Czech Republic
Silver medal – second place 1999 Italy
European League
Silver medal – second place 2019 Varaždin
Silver medal – second place 2021 Ruse
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Europe
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 1993 Languedoc-Roussillon
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Pescara Team
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Mersin Team
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tarragona Team
Croatia women's national volleyball team of 2011

Tournament record edit

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

Summer Olympics edit

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
Total Qualified: 1/6 8 4 4 13 16 —

World Championship edit

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
Total Qualified: 4/8 25 10 15 38 54 — 26 17 9 57 36

World Cup edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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
Total Competed: 3/4 8 4 4 14 15 —

European Championship edit

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 edit

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
Total Competed: 5/13 39 18 21 69 79 —

Mediterranean Games edit

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 edit

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 22) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Setter   HAOK Mladost
2 Andrea Mihaljević (2003-02-21) 21 February 2003 (age 21) 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Opposite hitter   HAOK Mladost
3 Ema Strunjak (1999-09-24) 24 September 1999 (age 24) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Middle blocker   Beşiktaş JK
4 Božana Butigan (2000-08-19) 19 August 2000 (age 23) 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Middle blocker   Volley Bergamo
6 Lea Deak (2000-04-27) 27 April 2000 (age 24) 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) Setter   Volero Zürich
9 Lucija Mlinar (1995-05-06) 6 May 1995 (age 28) 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Outside spiker   Edremit Bld. Altınoluk
10 Dijana Karatović (2003-07-23) 23 July 2003 (age 20) 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Outside spiker   ŽOK Ribola Kaštela
11 Nina Strize (2003-11-14) 14 November 2003 (age 20) 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Opposite hitter   ŽOK Ribola Kaštela
12 Josipa Marković (2001-01-25) 25 January 2001 (age 23) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Outside spiker   HAOK Mladost
14 Martina Šamadan (1993-09-11) 11 September 1993 (age 30) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Middle blocker   Volley-Ball Nantes
15 Viktoria Ana Trcol (2004-09-18) 18 September 2004 (age 19) 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Middle blocker   ŽOK Rijeka
17 Tia Kovčo (2005-10-31) 31 October 2005 (age 18) 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Libero   OK Split
19 Izabela Štimac (2000-11-12) 12 November 2000 (age 23) 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) Libero   HAOK Mladost
22 Mirta Freund (2002-07-04) 4 July 2002 (age 21) 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Middle blocker   VC Wiesbaden

References edit

  1. ^ a b 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 edit

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