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	Giovanni Guidetti
FIVB ranking	1 (as of 16 November 2022)
Uniforms
Home Away
Summer Olympics
Appearances	4 (First in 2008)
Best result	(2016)
World Championship
Appearances	5 (First in 1978)
Best result	(2018, 2022)
World Cup
Appearances	4 (First in 2007)
Best result	(2015)
European Championship
Appearances	9 (First in 2003)
Best result	(2011, 2017, 2019)
Honours Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 1 1 World Championship 2 0 1 World Cup 0 1 0 World Grand Prix 0 0 3 European Championship 3 2 2 Nations League 0 0 1 European League 3 0 1 Total 8 4 9 Representing Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro / Serbia Summer Olympics 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team 2020 Tokyo Team World Championship 2018 Japan 2022 Netherlands/Poland 2006 Japan World Cup 2015 Japan World Grand Prix 2011 Macau 2013 Sapporo 2017 Nanjing European Championship 2011 Serbia/Italy 2017 Azerbaijan/Georgia 2019 Slovakia/Hungary/Poland/Turkey 2007 Belgium/Luxembourg 2021 Serbia/Croatia/Bulgaria/Romania 1951 France 2015 Netherlands/Belgium Nations League 2022 Ankara European Games 2015 Baku Team European League 2009 Kayseri 2010 Ankara 2011 Istanbul 2012 Karlovy Vary Mediterranean Games 1975 Algiers 1979 Split 1983 Casablanca 2022 Oran Summer Universiade 2007 Bangkok 2009 Belgrade

FIVB considers Serbia the inheritor of the records of SFR Yugoslavia (1948–1992) 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, a bronze medal at the 2020 summer Olympics, won back to back the FIVB World Championship in 2018 and 2022.

Results

Olympic Games

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL
1964 – 1988	Part of Yugoslavia
1992	Suspended
1996	Did not qualify
2000
2004
2008	Quarterfinal	8th	6	2	4	6	13
2012	Preliminary Round	12th	5	0	5	2	15
2016	Final		8	5	3	19	11
2020	Semifinal		8	6	2	19	6
2024	Future events
2028
2032
Total	Qualified: 4/15		27	13	14	46	45

World Championship

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL
1994	Banned from entering the qualifying tournaments
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
2022	Final		12	12	0	36	5
Total	Qualified: 5/8		56	44	12	139	58

European Championship

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL
1949 – 1991	Part of Yugoslavia
1993	Banned from entering the qualifying tournament
1995	Did not enter the qualifying tournament
1997	Did not qualify
1999	Did not enter the qualifying tournament
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	Final		9	9	0	24	6
2021	Final		9	8	1	25	7
2023	Qualified
Total	Qualified: 11/33		69	49	20	161	87

World Cup

Year	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL
1995	Did not qualify
1999
2003
2007	5th	11	7	4	26	15
2011	7th	11	5	6	22	19
2015	2nd	11	10	1	31	11
2019	9th	11	4	7	20	24
Total	Qualified: 4/7	44	26	18	99	69

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	Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021	13th	15	4	11	19	36
2022		15	10	5	34	25
2023	Qualified
Total	Qualified: 5/5	62	31	31	116	115

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
2019
2020	Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Did not enter
2022
Total	Qualified: 5/13	68	58	10	183	59

Team

Current squad

The following is the Serbian roster in the 2022 World Championship.

Head coach: Daniele Santarelli

No.	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	Position	2022–23 club
1	Bianka Buša	25 July 1994	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	74 kg (163 lb)	312 cm (123 in)	300 cm (120 in)	Outside Hitter	PTT Spor Kulübü
2	Katarina Lazović	12 September 1999	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	310 cm (120 in)	305 cm (120 in)	Outside Hitter	Beijing BAIC Motor
8	Slađana Mirković	10 July 1995	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	293 cm (115 in)	283 cm (111 in)	Setter	Eczacıbaşı Dynavit
18	Tijana Bošković	8 March 1997	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	325 cm (128 in)	317 cm (125 in)	Opposite spiker	Eczacıbaşı Dynavit
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	Leningradka Saint Petersburg
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	SC Potsdam
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 spiker	Megabox Vallefoglia
14	Maja Aleksić	6 June 1997	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	72 kg (159 lb)	302 cm (119 in)	290 cm (110 in)	Middle blocker	CSM Volei Alba Blaj
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	Monza
5	Mina Popović	16 September 1994	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	315 cm (124 in)	305 cm (120 in)	Middle blocker	Galatasaray
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	CSM Volei Alba Blaj
22	Sara Lozo	29 April 1997	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	61 kg (134 lb)	310 cm (120 in)	300 cm (120 in)	Outside Hitter	Saitama Ageo Medics
16	Aleksandra Jegdić	9 October 1994	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	0 cm (0 in)	0 cm (0 in)	Libero	SC Potsdam
4	Bojana Drča	28 March 1988	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	72 kg (159 lb)	300 cm (120 in)	292 cm (115 in)	Setter	Leningradka Saint Petersburg

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

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

• 2007 European Championship — 2nd place

  Jelena Nikolić, Jasna Majstorović, Nataša Krsmanović, Jovana Brakočević, Brižitka Molnar, Jovana Vesović, Maja Ognjenović, Vesna Čitaković, Ivana Isailović, Maja Simanić, Anja Spasojević, Suzana Ćebić. 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 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix — 3rd 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.

• 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 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix — 3rd place

  Jovana Brakočević, Bojana Živković, Nataša Krsmanović, Tijana Malešević, Brižitka Molnar, Brankica Mihajlović, Maja Ognjenović, Stefana Veljković, Jelena Nikolić, Ana Bjelica, Nađa Ninković, Milena Rašić, Suzana Ćebić, Jasna Majstorović. 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 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup — 2nd 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.

• 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 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix — 3rd place

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

• 2017 European Championship — 1st place

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

• 2018 World Championship — 1st place

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

• 2019 European Championship — 1st place

  Bianka Buša, Katarina Lazović, Mina Popović, Slađana Mirković, Brankica Mihajlović, Maja Ognjenović, Stefana Veljković, Teodora Pušić, Ana Bjelica, Maja Aleksić, Silvija Popović, Tijana Bošković, Bojana Milenković, Jelena Blagojević. Head Coach: Zoran Terzić.

• 2020 Olympics — 3rd place

  Bianka Buša, Mina Popović, Slađana Mirković, Brankica Mihajlović, Maja Ognjenović, Ana Bjelica, Maja Aleksić, Milena Rašić, Silvija Popović, Tijana Bošković, Bojana Milenković, Jelena Blagojević. Head Coach: Zoran Terzić.

• 2021 European Championship — 2nd place

  Bianka Buša, Katarina Lazović, Sara Carić, Mina Popović, Slađana Mirković, Maja Ognjenović, Stefana Veljković, Ana Bjelica, Milena Rašić, Silvija Popović, Tijana Bošković, Bojana Milenković, Jelena Blagojević, Jovana Kocić. Head Coach: Zoran Terzić.

• 2022 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League — 3rd place

  Bianka Buša, Katarina Lazović, Bojana Drča, Mina Popović, Slađana Mirković, Brankica Mihajlović, Teodora Pušić, Ana Bjelica, Maja Aleksić, Jovana Stevanović, Bojana Milenković, Sara Lozo, Jovana Kocić, Sanja Djurdjević. Head Coach: Daniele Santarelli

• 2022 World Championship — 1st place

  Bianka Buša, Katarina Lazović, Bojana Drča, Mina Popović, Slađana Mirković, Brankica Mihajlović, Teodora Pušić, Ana Bjelica, Maja Aleksić, Jovana Stevanović, Aleksandra Jegdić, Tijana Bošković, Bojana Milenković, Sara Lozo. Head Coach: Daniele Santarelli

Coaches

Name	From	Until
Darko Zakoč	1996	2001
Zoran Terzić	2002	2022
Daniele Santarelli	2022
Giovanni Guidetti	2023

Kit providers

The table below shows the history of kit providers for the Serbia national volleyball team.

Period	Kit provider
2000–	Asics DAcapo
2017–	Peak Sport Products

Sponsorship

One of the main sponsors is Poštanska štedionica.

See also

• Serbia men's national volleyball team
• Yugoslavia women's national volleyball team
• Yugoslavia men's national volleyball team

External links

• Official website
• FIVB profile