The Serbia women's national volleyball team is governed by the Volleyball Federation of Serbia and takes part in international volleyball competitions.
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 squad Team of The Year thirteen times from 2006 to 2023.
Serbia earned a silver medal at the 2016 summer Olympics, a bronze medal at the 2020 summer Olympics, and won back to back the FIVB World Championship in 2018 and 2022.
Results Olympic Games Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place YearRoundPosition1964 – 1988part of Yugoslavia 1992suspended 1996did not qualify 2000 2004 2008Quarterfinals5th624613 2012Preliminary round11th505215 2016Final8531911 2020Semifinals862196 2024Quarterfinals7th41369 2028to be determined 2032TotalQualified: 5/113114175254
World Championship Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place YearRoundPosition 1994 banned from entering the qualifying tournaments 1998 did not qualify 2002 2006Semifinal11923012 2010Second Round8th11652018 2014Second Round7th9631913 2018Final131123410 2022Final 12120365 2025Round of 1610th42296 2027qualified 2029to be determinedTotal Qualified: 7/1160461414864
World Cup YearPosition 1995 did not qualify 1999 2003 20075th11742615 20117th11562219 2015111013111 2019 9th11472024TotalQualified: 4/74426189969
World Grand Prix YearPosition1993 to 2010did not qualify 2011141043517 201211th9361519 2013141043517 20147th9451818 20158th9361719 20167th9541820 2017131033315TotalQualified: 7/25774532171125
Nations League
YearPosition 20185th171254321 201913th155102033 2020not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic 202113th154111936 2022151053425 20239th12662727 202412th12391629 202515th12392128 202611th12572621 2027 qualified Total 9/9
European Championship Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place YearRoundPosition1949 – 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 2003Preliminary Round9th514512 2005Preliminary Round7th7341215 2007Final8531714 2009Playoff Round7th633129 2011Final761198 2013Semifinals4th6331310 2015Semifinals651164 2017Final660182 2019Final990276 2021Final981257 2023Final981267 2026Semifinals981246 2028To be determinedTotalQualified: 12/35876522214100
European Games YearPosition 20158622211TotalQualified: 1/1 8622211
European Volleyball League Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place YearPosition 2009141223915 201014131407 201114140424 2012141314010 20135th12662223 2014did not enter 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2021did not enter 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026TotalQualified: 5/14 68581018359
Mediterranean Games YearPosition1975 – 1991part of Yugoslavia 1993 Languedoc-Roussillon banned from entering Games 1997 Bari4th place 2001 Tunis6th place2005 – 2018did not enter 2022 Oran3rd place 2026 Taranto3rd placeTotalParticipated: 4/9
Team Current squad The following is the Serbian roster for the 2025 World Championship.
Head coach: Zoran Terzić
No.NameDate of birthHeightWeightSpikeBlockPosition2025–26 club Outside Hitter VakıfBank S.K. Middle Blocker - Setter VC Kuanysh Middle Blocker Vero Volley Milano Libero Orlando Valkyries Middle Blocker Zeren Spor Kulübü Outside Hitter Zeren Spor Kulübü Libero Columbus Fury Opposite spiker VakıfBank S.K. Outside Hitter Fenerbahçe S.K. Middle Blocker Sesc RJ Flamengo Opposite spiker Il Bisonte Firenze Setter Aris Thessaloniki Outside Hitter Korabelka
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 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 2023 European Championship — 2nd place Bianka Buša, Katarina Lazović, Bojana Drča, Mina Popović, Aleksandra Uzelac, Maja Ognjenović, Hena Kurtagić, Teodora Pušić, Ana Bjelica, Maja Aleksić, Jovana Stevanović, Aleksandra Jegdić, Tijana Bošković, Sara Lozo. Head Coach: Giovanni Guidetti 2024 Olympics — 7th place Bianka Buša, Katarina Lazović, Bojana Drča, Mina Popović, Aleksandra Uzelac, Maja Ognjenović, Maja Aleksić, Jovana Stevanović, Silvija Popović, Tijana Bošković, Bojana Milenković, Sara Lozo. Head Coach: Giovanni Guidetti
Coaches NameFromUntil Darko Zakoč19962001 Zoran Terzić20022022 Daniele Santarelli2022 Giovanni Guidetti20232024 Zoran Terzić2024present
Kit providers The table below shows the history of kit providers for the Serbia national volleyball team.
PeriodKit provider2000–Asics DAcapo2017–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
References
External links
FIVB profile