The Yugoslavia men's national

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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

World Championship

European Championship

World Cup

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

World League

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

Mediterranean Games

Notable Squads

;1975 European Championship *

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, 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 *

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, Goran Srbinovski, Slobodan Lozančić, Vladimir Trifunović, Miodrag Mitić, Aleksandar Tasevski, Radovan Malević, Boro Jović, Vladimir Bogoevski, Vinko Dobrić,

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References

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