Yugoslavia women's national volleyball team

The Yugoslavia women's national volleyball team was the women's national volleyball team 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. The greatest success of the Yugoslav women's national team was the bronze medal at the European Championship in 1951, which was also the first international medal for Yugoslav volleyball. The national team participated nine more times in the European Championships, once in the World Championships, until it failed to qualify for the Olympic Games. At the Mediterranean Games, three medals were won, one gold, one silver and one bronze for the same number of participants. Results Olympic Games GamesRoundPosition 1964did not qualify 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988Total0/70 Title00000

World Championship GamesRoundPosition 1952did not qualify 1956 1960 1967 1970 1974 1978First round16th9451516 1982did not qualify 1986 1990Total1/100 Titles9451516

European Championship

YearRoundPosition 1949 did not qualify 1950 1951Final round52379 1955 did not qualify 1958Final Pool7th9271122 1963Final Pool8th918625 1967 did not qualify 1971Preliminary Round14th743149 1975Preliminary Round8th7431513 1977Preliminary Round9th7341116 1979Preliminary Round10th725916 1981Preliminary Round9th716615 1983 did not qualify 1985 1987 1989Preliminary Round8th725715 1991Preliminary Round12th505215TotalQualified: 10/1770214988155

World Cup 1973-1991 - did not qualify

Mediterranean Games YearRoundPosition 1975Winners / / / / / 1979Second / / / / / 1983 Third/ / / / / 1987did not participate 1991

Notable squads 1951 European Championship Štefanija Milošev, Nataša Luković, Gordana Tkačuk, Branka Popović, Desanka Končar, Danica Glumac, Liza Valentan, Anica Flis, Ančka Magušar, Tilka Završnik, coach: Branislav Marković

Notable former players Nataša Luković Štefanija Milošev Milica Stojadinović (1955–1971) Cvijeta Stakić Nada Gašević Gabrijela Hrvat - Jurkić

See also

Bosnia and Herzegovina women's national volleyball team Croatia women's national volleyball team Kosovo women's national volleyball team Serbia women's national volleyball team Slovenia women's national volleyball team North Macedonia women's national volleyball team Montenegro women's national volleyball team Yugoslavia men's national volleyball team

References

External links Yugoslavia national team Volleybox