ŽOK Luka Bar is a Montenegrin women's

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club founded in 1992. Based in seaside town of

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, named after Port of Bar (''Montenegrin: Luka Bar''), it's the most successful Montenegrin women's volleyball club, with the most titles in domestic competitions.

History

Founded as a part of Port of Bar, ŽOK Luka Bar soon became most successful Montenegrin club, and the only club from Montenegro which played in

FR Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup A relationship breakup, breakup, or ...

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First League. Since the middle of nineties, Luka Bar is continuously playing in the elite-round of women's volleyball, often with participation in European Cups.
From 1994 to 2006, biggest success of Luka Bar in domestic competitions was placement to the Yugoslav Cup finals on seasons 1997-98 and 2002-03.
After the

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, Luka Bar became first winner of

Montenegrin women's volley league The Montenegrin Women's Volley League ( Montenegrin: ''Prva crnogorska ženska odbojkaška liga''), is the highest professional women's volleyball league in Montenegro. It is run by the Montenegrin Volleyball Federation. History Before independe ...

and Montenegrin women's volleyball Cup.
For the first time in club's history, Luka Bar participated in

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during the season 2016-17, but eliminated in first leg against Estonian team Kohila VC (2-3; 1-3). Luka Bar continued international season 2016-17 in

Women's CEV Cup The Women's CEV Cup, formerly known as CEV Cup Winners' Cup (from 1972 to 2000) and CEV Top Teams Cup (from 2000 to 2007), is the second-top official competition for women's volleyball clubs of Europe and takes place every year. It is organized by ...

- eliminating VC Tirol Innsbruck (3-1; 1-3) in first leg, but then defeated against

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(0-3; 0-3).
Until today, Luka Bar won numerous trophies in domestic competitions and became the greatest women's volleyball club in Montenegro, and among most successful at the territory of former Yugoslavia.

Honours and achievements

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: **''winners'' (10): 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19 **''runners-up'' (3): 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12 *

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: **''winners'' (7): 2006–07, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17 **''runners-up'' (5): 2007-08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2017–18, 2018–19 *FR Yugoslavia Cup: **''runners-up'' (2): 1997-98, 2002–03

European competitions

Team squad

''Season 2016–2017, as of January 2017.''

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