# Yugoslavia men's national volleyball team

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

| Games | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | SF | SA | RT | Squad |
| 1964 Tokyo | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1968 Mexico City | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1972 Munich | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1976 Montreal | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1980 Moscow | Preliminary Round | 6th | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 1.000 | Squad |
| 1984 Los Angeles | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1988 Seoul | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| Total | 1/7 | 0 Title | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 1.000 | |

### World Championship

| Games | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | SF | SA | RT | Squad |
| 1949 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1952 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1956 | Final Group | 10th | 9 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 26 | 0.423 | |
| 1960 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1962 | Final Group | 8th | 9 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 0.773 | |
| 1966 | Final Group | 8th | 7 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 0.286 | |
| 1970 | Preliminary Round | 10th | 11 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 1.158 | |
| 1974 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1978 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1982 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1986 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1990 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| Total | 4/12 | 0 Titles | 36 | 10 | 26 | 56 | 88 | 0.636 | |

### European Championship

| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | SW | SL |
| 1948 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1950 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1951 | Final Round | 5th | 8 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 |
| 1955 | Final Round | 5th | 10 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 19 |
| 1958 | Final Round | 7th | 11 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 21 |
| 1963 | Final Round | 7th | 9 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 |
| 1967 | Final Round | 7th | 10 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 19 |
| 1971 | Preliminary Round | 11th | 8 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 |
| 1975 | Final Round | | 7 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 12 |
| 1977 | Preliminary Round | 7th | 7 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 |
| 1979 | Final Round | | 7 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 10 |
| 1981 | Preliminary Round | 10th | 7 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| 1983 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1985 | Preliminary Round | 11th | 7 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
| 1987 | Preliminary Round | 8th | 7 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 17 |
| 1989 | Preliminary Round | 8th | 7 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 |
| 1991 | Preliminary Round | 6th | 7 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 |
| Total | Qualified: 14/17 | Qualified: 14/17 | 112 | 48 | 64 | 191 | 227 |

### World Cup

* 1965 — 8th place
* 1969–1991 — did not qualify

### World League

* 1990 — did not qualify
* 1991 — did not qualify

### Mediterranean Games

| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | SW | SL |
| 1963 | Winners | | / | / | / | / | / |
| 1967 | Winners | | / | / | / | / | / |
| 1971 | Winners | | / | / | / | / | / |
| 1975 | Winners | | / | / | / | / | / |
| 1979 | Winners | | / | / | / | / | / |
| 1983 | Didn't Participate | | / | / | / | / | / |
| 1987 | Semifinals | 4th | / | / | / | / | / |
| 1991 | Second | | / | / | / | / | / |

## 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