The Slovenia national men's volleyball team represents Slovenia in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches, and is governed by the Volleyball Federation of Slovenia. Slovenia was the runner-up of the European Volleyball Championship three times, in 2015, 2019 and 2021. As of September 2022, Slovenia is ranked 9th in the FIVB World Rankings.
The Slovenian national team played its first official match on 24 April 1992, under the leadership of Viktor Krevsel.[1][2] They make their first appearance at the European Volleyball Championship in 2001, where they finished in 12th place.[1]
In March 2015, Andrea Giani was announced as new head coach of the Slovenian national team.[3] In October 2015, Slovenia won its first medal at the 2015 European Volleyball Championships after losing in the final against France (3–0). Tine Urnaut won one of the individual player awards for the best outside spiker.[4]
In January 2019, the Volleyball Federation of Slovenia and Kovač both agreed to part ways and terminate the contract.[8] He was replaced by Alberto Giuliani.[9] In 2019, Slovenia hosted the 2019 edition of the FIVB Volleyball Men's Challenger Cup at home in Ljubljana. The team reached the final, where they defeated Cuba 3–0 and earned the right to participate in the 2020 Nations League, replacing Portugal; however, the competition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and Slovenia qualified for the 2021 edition instead.[10] At their Nations League debut in Rimini, Italy, the team reached the final round as the only challenger team, where they lost 3–0 both to Poland and France in the semifinals and in the third place match, respectively.[11][12]
At the 2019 European Championship, Slovenia was one of the four co-hosts of the tournament.[13] The team reached the final again, where they lost 3–1 to Serbia, clinching their second silver medal in four years.[14] Two years later, at the 2021 European Championship, Slovenia once again reached the final. After defeating hosts Poland in the semifinals, they lost the final 3–2 to Italy to claim their third silver medal.[15]Gregor Ropret was selected in the All Star Team as the best setter through fan votes.[16] Giuliani decided to step down as Slovenia head coach in September 2021,[17] and was replaced by Mark Lebedew from February 2022.[18] After failing to reach the top 8 in the 2022 Nations League, he was sacked and replaced by Gheorghe Crețu in August 2022, just two weeks before the start of the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, hosted by Slovenia and Poland.[19][20]
^ ab"O reprezentanci". odbojka.si (in Slovenian). Volleyball Federation of Slovenia. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
^"Poznate zanimiva dejstva o zgodovini in statistiki odbojke?" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. 23 September 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2022. Slovenska moška odbojkarska reprezentanca je prvo uradno tekmo odigrala 24. aprila 1992.
^"Andrea Giani został trenerem reprezentacji Słowenii siatkarzy". Onet Sport (in Polish). 16 March 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
^"France celebrate historic European crown, Slovenia happy with silver". CEV. 18 October 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
^T. J. (26 January 2017). "Andrea Giani ne bo več vodil slovenske reprezentance" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
^Sportal (2 March 2017). "Novi slovenski selektor je Slobodan Kovač" (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
^T. J. (28 May 2017). "Odbojkarji so si priigrali premierni nastop na svetovnem prvenstvu" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
^"SLO M: Kovac is no longer head coach of Slovenia". worldofvolley.com. WoV. 26 January 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
^"Alberto Giuliani to coach Slovenia". volleyballworld.com. 24 February 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
^"Year in review: Slovenia men, Canada women join VNL elite". volleyballworld.com. 18 December 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
^"Poland resist Slovenia challenge, advance to Men's VNL final". volleyballworld.com. 26 June 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
^"Solid France snatch bronze from Slovenia in Men's VNL for second podium appearance". volleyballworld.com. 27 June 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
^D. S. (9 September 2019). "Domači EP za Slovence dodaten motiv, želijo si polne Stožice" (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
^Okorn, Tomaž (29 September 2019). "Srebrne junake v finalu ustavila Srbija: srce je hotelo, telo ni dalo" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
^"Italija strla slovenski odpor, zmagala s 3:2 in postala evropski prvak v odbojki, Sloveniji srebro!". Dnevnik (in Slovenian). 19 September 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
^"Fans clear on EuroVolley men All Star team". CEV. 23 September 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
^"SLO M: Giuliani steps down as Slovenia head coach". worldofvolley.com. WoV. 22 September 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
^"Mark Lebedew takes charge of Slovenia". volleyballworld.com. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
^"Slovenske odbojkarje bo na svetovnem prvenstvu vodil Cretu" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
^"Lebedew ni več selektor moške reprezentance" (in Slovenian). Volleyball Federation of Slovenia. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
^"Slovenia Men's World Championship 2022". volleyballworld.com. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
^"Seznam". odbojka.si (in Slovenian). Volleyball Federation of Slovenia. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
^"Selektorji moške reprezentance". odbojka.si (in Slovenian). Volleyball Federation of Slovenia. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
External links
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FIVB profile
February 09, 2023
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The Slovenia national men s volleyball team represents Slovenia in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches and is governed by the Volleyball Federation of Slovenia Slovenia was the runner up of the European Volleyball Championship three times in 2015 2019 and 2021 As of September 2022 Slovenia is ranked 9th in the FIVB World Rankings SloveniaAssociationVolleyball Federation of Slovenia OZS ConfederationCEVHead coachVacantFIVB ranking10 as of 27 July 2022 UniformsHomeAwayThirdWorld ChampionshipAppearances2 First in 2018 Best resultFourth place 2022 European ChampionshipAppearances9 First in 2001 Best resultRunners up 2015 2019 2021 www odbojka si in Slovene Honours Event 1st 2nd 3rdChallenger Cup 1 0 0European Championship 0 3 0European League 1 0 2Total 2 3 2Medal recordChallenger Cup2019 Slovenia TeamEuropean Championship2015 Bulgaria Italy Team2019 Belgium France Netherlands Slovenia Team2021 Czech Republic Estonia Finland Poland TeamEuropean League2015 Poland Team2011 Slovakia Team2014 Team Contents 1 History 2 Team 2 1 Current squad 3 Competition records 3 1 World Championship 3 2 European Championship 3 3 World League 3 4 Nations League 3 5 Challenger Cup 3 6 European League 4 Head coaches 5 References 6 External linksHistory EditThe Slovenian national team played its first official match on 24 April 1992 under the leadership of Viktor Krevsel 1 2 They make their first appearance at the European Volleyball Championship in 2001 where they finished in 12th place 1 In March 2015 Andrea Giani was announced as new head coach of the Slovenian national team 3 In October 2015 Slovenia won its first medal at the 2015 European Volleyball Championships after losing in the final against France 3 0 Tine Urnaut won one of the individual player awards for the best outside spiker 4 Slovenian team at the 2022 World Championship hosted by Slovenia In January 2017 Giani resigned as coach 5 and in March 2017 Slobodan Kovac took over the team 6 In May 2017 Slovenia qualified for the 2018 edition of the FIVB Volleyball Men s World Championship their first ever World Championship appearance 7 In January 2019 the Volleyball Federation of Slovenia and Kovac both agreed to part ways and terminate the contract 8 He was replaced by Alberto Giuliani 9 In 2019 Slovenia hosted the 2019 edition of the FIVB Volleyball Men s Challenger Cup at home in Ljubljana The team reached the final where they defeated Cuba 3 0 and earned the right to participate in the 2020 Nations League replacing Portugal however the competition was cancelled due to the COVID 19 pandemic and Slovenia qualified for the 2021 edition instead 10 At their Nations League debut in Rimini Italy the team reached the final round as the only challenger team where they lost 3 0 both to Poland and France in the semifinals and in the third place match respectively 11 12 At the 2019 European Championship Slovenia was one of the four co hosts of the tournament 13 The team reached the final again where they lost 3 1 to Serbia clinching their second silver medal in four years 14 Two years later at the 2021 European Championship Slovenia once again reached the final After defeating hosts Poland in the semifinals they lost the final 3 2 to Italy to claim their third silver medal 15 Gregor Ropret was selected in the All Star Team as the best setter through fan votes 16 Giuliani decided to step down as Slovenia head coach in September 2021 17 and was replaced by Mark Lebedew from February 2022 18 After failing to reach the top 8 in the 2022 Nations League he was sacked and replaced by Gheorghe Crețu in August 2022 just two weeks before the start of the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men s World Championship hosted by Slovenia and Poland 19 20 Team EditCurrent squad Edit The following is the Slovenian roster for the 2022 World Championship 21 22 23 Head Coach Gheorghe Crețu Assistant Coaches Zoran Kedacic Matteo De CeccoNo Name Date of birth Height Weight Spike Block 2022 23 club1 Toncek Stern 1995 11 14 14 November 1995 age 27 1 98 m 6 ft 6 in 95 kg 209 lb 352 cm 139 in 340 cm 130 in Olympiacos2 Alen Pajenk 1986 04 23 23 April 1986 age 36 2 03 m 6 ft 8 in 92 kg 203 lb 366 cm 144 in 336 cm 132 in Olympiacos4 Jan Kozamernik 1995 12 24 24 December 1995 age 27 2 04 m 6 ft 8 in 103 kg 227 lb 360 cm 140 in 340 cm 130 in Asseco Resovia6 Mitja Gasparini 1984 06 26 26 June 1984 age 38 2 02 m 6 ft 8 in 93 kg 205 lb 346 cm 136 in 333 cm 131 in Foolad Sirjan9 Dejan Vincic 1986 09 15 15 September 1986 age 36 2 00 m 6 ft 7 in 93 kg 205 lb 354 cm 139 in 338 cm 133 in VfB Friedrichshafen10 Saso Stalekar 1996 05 03 3 May 1996 age 26 2 14 m 7 ft 0 in 98 kg 216 lb 354 cm 139 in 340 cm 130 in Berlin Recycling Volleys11 Danijel Koncilja 1990 09 04 4 September 1990 age 32 2 01 m 6 ft 7 in 95 kg 209 lb 352 cm 139 in 341 cm 134 in ACH Volley12 Jan Klobucar 1992 12 11 11 December 1992 age 30 1 96 m 6 ft 5 in 92 kg 203 lb 354 cm 139 in 345 cm 136 in Calcit Volley13 Jani Kovacic 1992 06 14 14 June 1992 age 30 1 86 m 6 ft 1 in 83 kg 183 lb 320 cm 130 in 305 cm 120 in ACH Volley14 Ziga Stern 1994 01 02 2 January 1994 age 29 1 93 m 6 ft 4 in 88 kg 194 lb 346 cm 136 in 330 cm 130 in VfB Friedrichshafen16 Gregor Ropret 1989 03 01 1 March 1989 age 33 1 92 m 6 ft 4 in 89 kg 196 lb 343 cm 135 in 325 cm 128 in Sir Safety Conad Perugia17 Tine Urnaut c 1988 09 03 3 September 1988 age 34 2 00 m 6 ft 7 in 88 kg 194 lb 365 cm 144 in 332 cm 131 in JTEKT Stings18 Klemen Cebulj 1992 02 21 21 February 1992 age 30 2 02 m 6 ft 8 in 96 kg 212 lb 366 cm 144 in 345 cm 136 in Asseco Resovia19 Rok Mozic 2002 01 17 17 January 2002 age 21 1 98 m 6 ft 6 in 80 kg 180 lb 350 cm 140 in 320 cm 130 in Verona VolleyCompetition records EditKey Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place As host World Championship Edit Main article FIVB Volleyball Men s World Championship World Championship recordYear Round Position GP W L SW SL Squad2018 Second round 12th place 8 4 4 17 16 Squad2022 Semifinals 4th place 7 4 3 15 11 SquadEuropean Championship Edit Main article Men s European Volleyball Championship European Championship recordYear Round Position GP W L SW SL Squad2001 Group stage 12th place 5 0 5 3 15 Squad2007 Group stage 16th place 3 0 3 2 9 Squad2009 Group stage 15th place 3 0 3 1 9 Squad2011 Playoffs 9th place 4 2 2 9 8 Squad2013 Group stage 13th place 3 1 2 5 7 Squad2015 Final Runners up 7 4 3 14 12 Squad2017 Quarterfinals 8th place 5 2 3 6 9 Squad2019 Final Runners up 9 6 3 20 13 Squad2021 Final Runners up 9 6 3 21 11 SquadWorld League Edit Main article FIVB Volleyball World League World League recordYear Round Position GP W L SW SL2016 G3 Final 25th place 8 7 1 22 62017 G2 Final 13th place 11 10 1 32 10Nations League Edit Main article FIVB Volleyball Men s Nations League Nations League recordYear Round Position GP W L SW SL Squad2021 Semifinals 4th place 17 12 5 40 24 Squad2022 Preliminary round 10th place 12 5 7 18 24 SquadChallenger Cup Edit Main article FIVB Volleyball Men s Challenger Cup Challenger Cup recordYear Round Position GP W L SW SL2019 Final Champions 4 4 0 12 2European League Edit Main article Men s European Volleyball League European League recordYear Round Position GP W L SW SL2007 Semifinals 4th place 14 9 5 34 252011 Semifinals 3rd place 14 10 4 33 192014 Semifinals 3rd place 10 8 2 26 92015 Final Champions 12 12 0 36 52018 Pool stage 12th place 6 1 5 5 17Head coaches EditList of Slovenia s national team head coaches Name 24 C From To AchievementsViktor Krevsel 1992Luka Lobnik Viktor Krevsel 1993 1996Vladimir Jankovic 1996 1997Gregor Hribar 1997 2005Iztok Ksela 2005 2008Gregor Hribar 2008 2010Veselin Vukovic 2010 2012Luka Slabe 2012 2015Andrea Giani 2015 2017 2015 ECSlobodan Kovac 2017 2019Alberto Giuliani 2019 2021 2019 CC 2019 EC 2021 ECMark Lebedew 2022Gheorghe Crețu References Edit a b O reprezentanci odbojka si in Slovenian Volleyball Federation of Slovenia Retrieved 12 July 2022 Poznate zanimiva dejstva o zgodovini in statistiki odbojke in Slovenian RTV Slovenija 23 September 2019 Retrieved 12 July 2022 Slovenska moska odbojkarska reprezentanca je prvo uradno tekmo odigrala 24 aprila 1992 Andrea Giani zostal trenerem reprezentacji Slowenii siatkarzy Onet Sport in Polish 16 March 2015 Retrieved 29 September 2019 France celebrate historic European crown Slovenia happy with silver CEV 18 October 2015 Retrieved 29 September 2019 T J 26 January 2017 Andrea Giani ne bo vec vodil slovenske reprezentance in Slovenian RTV Slovenija Retrieved 26 January 2017 Sportal 2 March 2017 Novi slovenski selektor je Slobodan Kovac in Slovenian Siol Retrieved 28 May 2017 T J 28 May 2017 Odbojkarji so si priigrali premierni nastop na svetovnem prvenstvu in Slovenian RTV Slovenija Retrieved 28 May 2017 SLO M Kovac is no longer head coach of Slovenia worldofvolley com WoV 26 January 2019 Retrieved 12 July 2022 Alberto Giuliani to coach Slovenia volleyballworld com 24 February 2019 Retrieved 12 July 2022 Year in review Slovenia men Canada women join VNL elite volleyballworld com 18 December 2019 Retrieved 12 July 2022 Poland resist Slovenia challenge advance to Men s VNL final volleyballworld com 26 June 2021 Retrieved 12 July 2022 Solid France snatch bronze from Slovenia in Men s VNL for second podium appearance volleyballworld com 27 June 2021 Retrieved 12 July 2022 D S 9 September 2019 Domaci EP za Slovence dodaten motiv zelijo si polne Stozice in Slovenian Ljubljana RTV Slovenija Retrieved 30 September 2019 Okorn Tomaz 29 September 2019 Srebrne junake v finalu ustavila Srbija srce je hotelo telo ni dalo in Slovenian RTV Slovenija Retrieved 29 September 2019 Italija strla slovenski odpor zmagala s 3 2 in postala evropski prvak v odbojki Sloveniji srebro Dnevnik in Slovenian 19 September 2021 Retrieved 12 July 2022 Fans clear on EuroVolley men All Star team CEV 23 September 2021 Retrieved 12 July 2022 SLO M Giuliani steps down as Slovenia head coach worldofvolley com WoV 22 September 2021 Retrieved 12 July 2022 Mark Lebedew takes charge of Slovenia volleyballworld com 18 February 2022 Retrieved 12 July 2022 Slovenske odbojkarje bo na svetovnem prvenstvu vodil Cretu in Slovenian RTV Slovenija 8 August 2022 Retrieved 8 August 2022 Lebedew ni vec selektor moske reprezentance in Slovenian Volleyball Federation of Slovenia 8 August 2022 Retrieved 8 August 2022 Slovenia Men s World Championship 2022 volleyballworld com Retrieved 30 August 2022 Seznam odbojka si in Slovenian Volleyball Federation of Slovenia Retrieved 11 May 2022 Daily Bulletin 1 Slovenia Pools B D E F Selektorji moske reprezentance odbojka si in Slovenian Volleyball Federation of Slovenia Retrieved 17 September 2022 External links EditOfficial website in Slovene FIVB profile Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Slovenia men 27s national volleyball team amp oldid 1135556634, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
