Montenegro men's national volleyball team


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.
Until 2017, 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.
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. 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.
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 in Bratislava. At semifinals, Montenegro eliminated China. In the final game, Montenegro lost against Egypt, so they didn't qualify for World League Pool B competition. In the end, Montenegro won 22nd position in 2015 FIVB World League.
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. Same result, Montenegrin team made in 2018 World Championship qualifiers, finishing as a third placed team in Group D.
Biggest success for Montenegrin team came at 2019. After the games against Slovakia, Moldova and Iceland, they qualified for European Championship 2019.

Competitive record

Until now, Montenegro never played on European Championship, World Championship or Olympic Games. They participated in FIVB Volleyball World League and Men's European Volleyball League.

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, but never played at main competition.
As of May 30, 2018

European Championship

Montenegro men's national volleyball team played five times in the qualifiers for European Championship, but never played at main competition.
As of September 22, 2019

Olympic Games

Montenegro men's national volleyball team played two times in the qualifiers for Olympic Games, but never played at main competition.
As of September 29, 2016

European League

Montenegro men's national volleyball team played twice in Men's European Volleyball League, with the gold medal from 2014 edition. That was the main success in the history of Montenegrin national volleyball team.
As of September 29, 2018

World League

Montenegro men's national volleyball team played three times in FIVB Volleyball World League. 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 and in 2017 finished in 31st place.

Head coaches

Since 2007, the national team of Montenegro has been led by four different head coaches. Most successful coach were Slobodan Boškan, who won the gold medal on European League with Montenegrin team and Veljko Bašić, who led Montenegro to European Championship 2019.
As of September 22, 2019
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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 men's national volleyball team against every opponent.
Opponents' countryGWLS
1
1
0
3-1
2
2
0
6-0
1
1
0
3-1
2
1
1
4-4
5
2
3
9-11
1
1
0
3-1
5
3
2
11-12
1
0
1
2-3
8
2
6
12-20
2
0
2
2-6
5
1
4
3-14
6
4
2
15-9
7
6
1
17-5
3
3
0
9-1
1
0
1
0-3
1
1
0
3-0
1
1
0
3-0
2
2
0
6-3
1
1
0
3-0
5
3
2
10-9
2
2
0
6-2
2
1
1
5-3
1
1
0
3-0
3
1
2
4-8
2
2
0
6-0
5
3
2
9-11
2
2
0
6-1
7
3
4
13-13
1
0
1
0-3
1
1
0
3-0
2
1
1
3-3
7
5
2
17-14
2
2
0
6-0
5
3
2
13-8
3
1
2
5-7
2
0
2
2-6
1
0
1
2-3
OVERALL
108
63
45
227-185

Last update: September 22, 2019

Current squad

The following is the Montenegrin roster in the 2017 World League.
Head coach: Veljko Basić
No.NameDate of birthHeightWeightSpikeBlock2016–17 club
9 11 1986 Jakarta Pertamina Energi
9 4 1987 Sazman Omran Sari
7 7 1994 Chênois Genève
10 10 1988 Nice
11 4 1995 Tours
31 3 1990 Bauchrieh Club
30 7 1994
14 7 1995 Budvanska Rivijera Budva
13 11 1988
12 8 1992 Teruel
16 6 1992 Stade Poitevin Poitiers
11 8 1992 Sfaxien
30 6 1995 Top Volley Latina
22 11 1987 Narbonne
30 7 1993 Näfels
17 3 1990 Cambrai
13 8 1986 Sazman Omran Sari
14 11 1988 Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje