Serbia women's national volleyball team

The Serbia women's national volleyball team is governed by the Volleyball Federation of Serbia and takes part in international volleyball competitions.

Serbia

Association	Volleyball Federation of Serbia
Confederation	CEV
Head coach	Zoran Terzić Rang : 1. ( October 2018 )
FIVB ranking	1 (as of October 2018)
Uniforms
Home Away
Summer Olympics
Appearances	3 (First in 2008)
Best result	(2016)
World Championship
Appearances	4 (First in 2006)
Best result	(2018)
World Cup
Appearances	4 (First in 2007)
Best result	(2015)
European Championship
Appearances	8 (First in 2003)
Best result	(2011, 2017)
Honours Representing Serbia and Montenegro / Serbia Summer Olympics 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team World Championship 2018 Japan 2006 Japan World Cup 2015 Japan World Grand Prix 2011 Macau 2013 Sapporo 2017 Nanjing European Championship 2011 Serbia/Italy 2017 Azerbaijan/Georgia 2007 Belgium/Luxembourg 2015 Netherlands/Belgium European Games 2015 Baku Team European League 2009 Kayseri 2010 Ankara 2011 Istanbul 2012 Karlovy Vary

FIVB considers Serbia the inheritor of the records of SFR Yugoslavia (1948–1991) and Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006).

The Olympic Committee of Serbia declared the women's national volleyball team the best female side of the year from 2006 to 2011.

Serbia earned a silver medal at the 2016 summer Olympics and won the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship.

Contents

Results

Olympic Games

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL
1996	Did not qualify
2000
2004
2008	Quarterfinal	5th	6	2	4	6	13
2012	Preliminary Round	11th	5	0	5	2	15
2016	Final		8	5	3	19	11
2020	Qualification in progress
2024	Future events
2028
Total	Qualified: 3/6		19	7	12	27	39

World Championship

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL
1998	Did not qualify
2002
2006	Semifinal		11	9	2	30	12
2010	Second Round	8th	11	6	5	20	18
2014	Second Round	7th	9	6	3	19	13
2018	Final		13	11	2	34	10
Total	Qualified: 4/6		44	32	12	103	53

European Championship

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL
1995	Did not qualify
1997
1999
2001
2003	Preliminary Round	9th	5	1	4	5	12
2005	Preliminary Round	7th	7	3	4	12	15
2007	Final		8	5	3	17	14
2009	Playoff Round	7th	6	3	3	12	9
2011	Final		7	6	1	19	8
2013	Semifinal	4th	6	3	3	13	10
2015	Semifinal		6	5	1	16	4
2017	Final		6	6	0	18	2
2019	Qualified
2021	Qualified
Total	Qualified: 8/12		51	32	19	112	74

World Cup

Year	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL
1999	Did not qualify
2003
2007	5th	11	7	4	26	15
2011	7th	11	5	6	22	19
2015	2nd	11	10	1	31	11
2019	Qualified
Total	Qualified: 4/6	33	22	11	79	45

World Grand Prix

Year	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL
1993 to 2010	Did not qualify
2011	3rd	14	10	4	35	17
2012	11th	9	3	6	15	19
2013	3rd	14	10	4	35	17
2014	7th	9	4	5	18	18
2015	8th	9	3	6	17	19
2016	7th	9	5	4	18	20
2017	3rd	13	10	3	33	15
Total	Qualified: 7/25	77	45	32	171	125

Nations League

Year	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL
2018	5th	17	12	5	43	21
2019	13th	15	5	10	20	33
2020
Total	Qualified: 1/1	17	12	5	43	21

European Games

Year	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL
2015		8	6	2	22	11
Total	Qualified:1/1	8	6	2	22	11

European Volleyball League

Year	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL
2009		14	12	2	39	15
2010		14	13	1	40	7
2011		14	14	0	42	4
2012		14	13	1	40	10
2013	5th	12	6	6	22	23
2014	Did not enter
2015
2016
2017
2018
Total	Qualified:5/10	68	58	10	183	59

Team

Current squad

The following is the Serbian roster in the 2018 World Championship.

Head coach: Zoran Terzić

No.	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	Position	2017–18 club
1	Bianka Buša	25 July 1994	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	74 kg (163 lb)	312 cm (123 in)	298 cm (117 in)	Outside Hitter	Chemik Police
4	Bojana Živković	29 March 1988	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	298 cm (117 in)	283 cm (111 in)	Setter	Le Cannet
6	Tijana Malešević	18 March 1991	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	300 cm (120 in)	286 cm (113 in)	Outside Hitter	Alba Blaj
9	Brankica Mihajlović	13 April 1991	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	302 cm (119 in)	290 cm (110 in)	Outside Hitter	JT Marvelous
10	Maja Ognjenović (c)	6 August 1984	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	300 cm (120 in)	293 cm (115 in)	Setter	WVC Dynamo Moscow
11	Stefana Veljković	9 January 1990	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	76 kg (168 lb)	325 cm (128 in)	310 cm (120 in)	Middle Blocker	Igor Novara
12	Teodora Pušić	12 March 1993	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	58 kg (128 lb)	270 cm (110 in)	260 cm (100 in)	Libero	Stuttgart
13	Ana Bjelica	3 April 1992	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	310 cm (120 in)	305 cm (120 in)	Opposite Hitter	Voléro Zürich
14	Maja Aleksić	6 June 1997	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	72 kg (159 lb)	302 cm (119 in)	289 cm (114 in)	Middle Blocker	Vizura
15	Jovana Stevanović	30 June 1992	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	72 kg (159 lb)	308 cm (121 in)	295 cm (116 in)	Middle Blocker	Casalmaggiore
16	Milena Rašić	25 October 1990	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	72 kg (159 lb)	315 cm (124 in)	310 cm (120 in)	Middle Blocker	Vakıfbank Istanbul
17	Silvija Popović	15 March 1986	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	286 cm (113 in)	276 cm (109 in)	Libero	Voléro Zürich
18	Tijana Bošković	8 March 1997	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	315 cm (124 in)	300 cm (120 in)	Opposite Hitter	Eczacıbaşı VitrA
19	Bojana Milenković	6 March 1997	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	294 cm (116 in)	288 cm (113 in)	Outside Hitter	Crvena Zvezda Beograd

Notable squads

Previous squads

• 2003 European Championship — 9th place

  Sanja Starović, Svetlana Ilić, Maja Ilić, Aleksandra Ranković, Ivana Đerisilo, Vesna Tomašević, Anja Spasojević, Jelena Nikolić, Aleksandra Milosavljević, Maja Simanić, Mira Golubović, Ivana Krdžić. Head Coach: Zoran Terzić.

• 2005 European Championship — 7th place

  Sanja Starović, Marina Vujović, Vesna Čitaković, Aleksandra Ranković, Ivana Đerisilo, Brižitka Molnar, Anja Spasojević, Jelena Nikolić, Maja Ognjenović, Maja Simanić, Nataša Krsmanović, Aleksandra Avramović. Head Coach: Zoran Terzić.

2006 World Championship, 3rd place.

2011 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix, 3rd place

European Championships 2015, 3rd place

Grand Prix 2017, 1st place

• 2006 World Championship — 3rd place

  Jovana Brakočević, Suzana Ćebić, Vesna Čitaković, Aleksandra Ranković, Ivana Đerisilo, Brižitka Molnar, Anja Spasojević, Jelena Nikolić, Maja Ognjenović, Maja Simanić, Nataša Krsmanović, Jovana Vesović. Head Coach: Zoran Terzić.

• 2007 European Championship — 2nd place

  Jovana Brakočević, Suzana Ćebić, Vesna Čitaković, Ivana Isailović, Jasna Majstorović, Brižitka Molnar, Anja Spasojević, Jelena Nikolić, Maja Ognjenović, Maja Simanić, Nataša Krsmanović, Jovana Vesović. Head Coach: Zoran Terzić.

• 2008 Olympics — 5th place

  Jovana Brakočević, Suzana Ćebić, Vesna Čitaković, Nataša Krsmanović, Ivana Đerisilo, Brižitka Molnar, Sanja Malagurski, Jelena Nikolić, Maja Ognjenović, Maja Simanić, Stefana Veljković, Jovana Vesović. Head Coach: Zoran Terzić.

• 2009 European Championship — 7th place

  Jelena Nikolić, Jovana Brakočević, Ivana Đerisilo, Nataša Krsmanović, Jasna Majstorović, Brižitka Molnar, Ana Antonijević, Jovana Vesović, Maja Ognjenović, Stefana Veljković, Milena Rašić, Aleksandra Petrović, Silvija Popović, Suzana Ćebić. Head Coach: Zoran Terzić.

• 2010 World Championship — 8th place

  Jelena Nikolić, Jovana Brakočević, Sanja Malagurski, Nataša Krsmanović, Jasna Majstorović, Brižitka Molnar, Ana Antonijević, Jovana Vesović, Maja Ognjenović, Stefana Veljković, Milena Rašić, Silvija Popović, Suzana Ćebić, Dragana Marinković. Head Coach: Zoran Terzić.

• 2011 European Championship — 1st place

  Ana Lazarević, Jovana Brakočević, Sanja Malagurski, Nataša Krsmanović, Tijana Malešević, Brižitka Molnar, Ana Antonijević, Jovana Vesović, Maja Ognjenović, Jelena Nikolić, Nađa Ninković, Milena Rašić, Suzana Ćebić, Silvija Popović. Head Coach: Zoran Terzić.

• 2012 Olympics — 11th place

  Jovana Brakočević, Ivana Đerisilo, Bojana Živković, Nataša Krsmanović, Brankica Mihajlović, Jovana Vesović, Maja Ognjenović, Stefana Veljković, Milena Rašić, Suzana Ćebić, Sanja Starović, Jelena Blagojević. Head Coach: Zoran Terzić.

• 2013 European Championship — 4th place

  Jovana Brakočević, Sanja Malagurski, Bojana Živković, Nataša Krsmanović, Tijana Malešević, Brižitka Molnar, Brankica Mihajlović, Maja Ognjenović, Stefana Veljković, Jelena Nikolić, Ana Bjelica, Milena Rašić, Suzana Ćebić, Jasna Majstorović. Head Coach: Zoran Terzić.

• 2014 World Championship — 7th place

  Jovana Brakočević, Bojana Živković, Nataša Krsmanović, Tijana Malešević, Brižitka Molnar, Brankica Mihajlović, Maja Ognjenović, Stefana Veljković, Jelena Nikolić, Nađa Ninković, Milena Rašić, Silvija Popović, Suzana Ćebić, Tijana Bošković. Head Coach: Zoran Terzić.

• 2015 European Championship — 3rd place

  Bianka Buša, Bojana Živković, Mina Popović, Tijana Malešević, Brankica Mihajlović, Maja Ognjenović, Stefana Veljković, Jelena Nikolić, Ana Bjelica, Jovana Stevanović, Milena Rašić, Silvija Popović, Suzana Ćebić, Tijana Bošković. Head Coach: Zoran Terzić.

• 2016 Olympics — 2nd place

  Bianka Buša, Jovana Brakočević, Bojana Živković, Tijana Malešević, Brankica Mihajlović, Maja Ognjenović, Stefana Veljković, Jelena Nikolić, Jovana Stevanović, Milena Rašić, Silvija Popović, Tijana Bošković. Head Coach: Zoran Terzić.

• 2017 European Championship — 1st place

  Bianka Buša, Ana Bjelica, Bojana Živković, Tijana Malešević, Brankica Mihajlović, Stefana Veljković, Jovana Stevanović, Milena Rašić, Tijana Bošković, Slađana Mirković, Jelena Blagojević, Bojana Milenković, Silvija Popović, Teodora Pušić. Head Coach: Zoran Terzić.

Coaches

Name	From	Until
Darko Zakoč	1996	2001
Zoran Terzić	2002	present

See also

• Yugoslavia women's national volleyball team

External links

• Official website
• FIVB profile