The Yugoslavia men's national volleyball team was the national team of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
History Yugoslav Volleyball Federation was founded in 1946 by the Alliance for Physical Education of Yugoslavia. In 1947, the International Volleyball Federation FIVB was founded and Yugoslavia was one of the 14 founders. From 13 February 1949, the Volleyball Federation became an independent sports organization. Many years later, at the European Championships held in Belgrade, Yugoslav volleyball team won the bronze medal for the first time. That was in 1975, when Yugoslavia for the first time in history hosted the biggest European competition, both the men's and women's events. Yugoslav team in the last match of the final group defeated Bulgaria in Belgrade and won the bronze medal.
Results
Olympic Games GamesRoundPosition 1964 Tokyodid not qualify 1968 Mexico City 1972 Munich 1976 Montreal 1980 MoscowPreliminary Round6th63313131.000Squad 1984 Los Angelesdid not qualify 1988 SeoulTotal1/70 Title63313131.000
World Championship GamesRoundPosition 1949did not qualify 1952 1956Final Group10th91811260.423 1960did not qualify 1962Final Group8th92717220.773 1966Final Group8th7076210.286 1970Preliminary Round10th117422191.158 1974did not qualify 1978 1982 1986 1990Total4/120 Titles36102656880.636
European Championship YearRoundPosition 1948did not qualify 1950 1951Final Round5th8441514 1955Final Round5th10552119 1958Final Round7th11562121 1963Final Round7th9361321 1967Final Round7th10461419 1971Preliminary Round11th8351415 1975Final Round7521712 1977Preliminary Round7th7341013 1979Final Round7521710 1981Preliminary Round10th7251015 1983did not qualify 1985Preliminary Round11th716519 1987Preliminary Round8th725817 1989Preliminary Round8th7341217 1991Preliminary Round6th7341415Total Qualified: 14/171124864191227
World Cup 1965 — 8th place 1969–1991 — did not qualify
World League 1990 — did not qualify 1991 — did not qualify
Mediterranean Games YearRoundPosition 1963Winners / / / / / 1967Winners / / / / / 1971Winners / / / / / 1975Winners / / / / / 1979Winners / / / / / 1983Semifinals4th / / / / / 1987Didn't Participate/ / / / / 1991Second / / / / /
Notable Squads 1975 European Championship Miloš Grbić, Miodrag Gvozdenović, Nikola Matijašević, Vinko Dobrić, Laslo Lukač, Aleksandar Boričić, Vladimir Bogoevski, Vladimir Bošnjak, Ivica Jelić, Slobodan Lozančić, Mirsad Elezović, Živojin Vračarić, coach: Lazar Grozdanović
1979 European Championship Ljubomir Travica, Goran Srbinovski, Slobodan Lozančić, Vladimir Trifunović, Miodrag Mitić, Aleksandar Tasevski, Radovan Malević, Boro Jović, Vladimir Bogoevski, Vinko Dobrić, Zdravko Kuljić, Dragan Nišić, coach: Drago Tomić
1980 Olympic Games Vladimir Bogoevski, Ivica Jelić, Boro Jović, Mladen Kašić, Zdravko Kuljić, Slobodan Lozančić, Radovan Malević, Miodrag Mitić, Goran Srbinovski, Aleksandar Tasevski, Ljubomir Travica, Vladimir Trifunović
See also
Bosnia and Herzegovina men's national volleyball team Croatia men's national volleyball team Kosovo men's national volleyball team Montenegro men's national volleyball team North Macedonia men's national volleyball team Serbia men's national volleyball team Serbia women's national volleyball team Slovenia men's national volleyball team Yugoslavia women's national volleyball team
Former notable players Ivica Jelić Vladimir Janković Miloš Grbić Miodrag Gvozdenović Laslo Lukač Vladimir Trifunović Slavko Balandžić Orhan Arslanagić Mirsad Imširović Slobodan Boškan Toni Stipaničev
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