The Albania women's national volleyball team is the national team of Albania. It is governed by the

Albanian Volleyball Federation The Albanian Volleyball Federation (FSHV) ( sq, Federata Shqiptare e Volejbollit) is the head governing body for the sport of professional volleyball in Albania. It organises the first division, second division leagues and a cup competition. His ...

and takes part in international volleyball competitions.

History

The team won at the

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in Syria. Winning in Volleyball at the 1987 Mediterranean Games the golden medal. Winning all of their 5 matches and losing two sets against Italy 3-1 and against Greece winning with 3-1. The team would beat Turkey and Lebanon with 3-0 set wins. Albania Winning team: Emanuela Axhani, Agi Babuli, Eva Duni, Lulëzime Duka, Mimoza Dule, Mimoza Ibrahimi, Egla Miço, Ingrid Murzaku, Ela Tase (cap.), Fausta Toska; trainer: Kreshnik Tartari Albania women's national volleyball team would participate once in their history, for the Women's European Volleyball Championship in

1991 Women's European Volleyball Championship The 1991 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 17th edition of the event, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted in several cities in Italy from 28 September to 6 ...

were they were drawn in Pool A in the preliminary round. They faced as their opponent's Soviet Union, Italy, Bulgaria, France and Greece. They lost all off their Matches in this pool and couldn't advance further in this Tournament. In the same year they participated at the

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finishing their campaign in the 4th place. After losing to Greece in the Third place match with 0-3 missing close on their second medal, it would be their last time that they qualify for the Medal ranking match. Albania national team participated in the

2018 Women's European Volleyball League The 2018 Women's European Volleyball League was the 10th edition of the annual Women's European Volleyball League, which features women's national volleyball teams from 20 European countries. Unlike previous seasons, the tournament had two divisio ...

. They were shorted in Pool B of silver league along with Austria, Israel and Georgia. Albania started with a 3–0 win versus Georgia on 20 May 2018. Later on 2 June, Albania defeated Austria 3–2 after a long fierce game, in which they lost the first two sets, before winning the next two; the match went to the final set where Albania won 15–11. Four days later, the team clinched a spot in the semi-final by winning 3–0 versus Georgia. Albania lost 0–3 to

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in the semi-final, before defeating Estonia in the 3rd place match, winning an unforeseen bronze medal.

References

External links

Official website
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