Serbian Women's National Volleyball Team in the Asian Olympic Qualifier
The Serbia Women’s National Team heads once again to Japan, the place of their greatest success. In November 2006 at the FIVB Women’s World Championships finale in Osaka, the girls in blue got hold of their first medal on the world stage – the bronze – and were considered by many the most pleasant surprise of the whole tournament.
Before the World Championships in Japan, Serbia and Montenegro, as the team was at the time, had participated only once before in the World Championships in 1978 under the name of Yugoslavia and finished 16th.
The Volleyball Federation of Serbia had set the goal of medals for 2007, but the team of Head Coach Zoran Terzic played brilliantly in the 2006 Championships to beat Italy, Cuba, Peru, Egypt, Turkey, Korea, Poland, Chinese Taipei and then Italy again in the match for third place.
In a grand celebration, more than 10,000 supporters gave the stars a fantastic reception in front of the City Hall of Belgrade on their return, the players hailed as champions for the whole nation.
As a result of many injuries in 2007 among the Serbian players the team did not qualify for the World Grand Prix 2008 but, at the 2007 European Championships in Belgium and Luxemburg, Serbia won the silver medal and qualified for the first World Cup in the history of Women’s Volleyball in Serbia.
The result was by far the best result the Serbians had ever achieved in the European Championships and gave them, for the very first time, the chance to qualify for the Olympic Games.
At the World Cup in 2007, the Serbians finished fifth, winning seven matches and losing four, proving their quality once again but missing out on the top three places that guarantee Olympic qualification.
Now comes Japan and the Women’s World Olympic Qualification Tournament.
Incredibly aware of the difficult task that awaits them, the Serbians are ready to put everything to the test to try to qualify for the Olympic Games for the first time.
Jelena Nikolic, Jovana Brakocevic , Ivana, Djerisilo-Stankovic, Marija Pavlovic, Natasa Krsmanovic Krsmanovic, Sanja, Tomasevi, Amadea, Durakovic, Bojana Zivkovic, Jovana Vesovic, Maja Ognjenovic, Captain Vesna Citakovic, Aleksandra Petrovic, Maja Simanic, Nadja Ninkovic, Sanja Malagurski, Ivana Nesovic, Stefana Veljkovic, libero Suzana Cebic, Silvija Popovic,
Remember the ball is in your court. Are you
">too small to play volleyball?
April Chapple is a freelance copywriter for volleyball products and promotions, columnist for USA Volleyball and the American Volleyball Coaches Association Coaching Volleyballmagazine and author of numerous online articles on playing and coaching volleyball. Author of the upcoming ebook "How to Stop Serving Like a Wimp" April's volleyball sites are volleyballvoices.com, volleyballvoyeur.com, beijingolympicvolleyball.com, and aprilsbeachvolleyballog.com. She can be reached at april@volleyballvoices.com
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Before the World Championships in Japan, Serbia and Montenegro, as the team was at the time, had participated only once before in the World Championships in 1978 under the name of Yugoslavia and finished 16th.
The Volleyball Federation of Serbia had set the goal of medals for 2007, but the team of Head Coach Zoran Terzic played brilliantly in the 2006 Championships to beat Italy, Cuba, Peru, Egypt, Turkey, Korea, Poland, Chinese Taipei and then Italy again in the match for third place.
In a grand celebration, more than 10,000 supporters gave the stars a fantastic reception in front of the City Hall of Belgrade on their return, the players hailed as champions for the whole nation.
As a result of many injuries in 2007 among the Serbian players the team did not qualify for the World Grand Prix 2008 but, at the 2007 European Championships in Belgium and Luxemburg, Serbia won the silver medal and qualified for the first World Cup in the history of Women’s Volleyball in Serbia.
The result was by far the best result the Serbians had ever achieved in the European Championships and gave them, for the very first time, the chance to qualify for the Olympic Games.
At the World Cup in 2007, the Serbians finished fifth, winning seven matches and losing four, proving their quality once again but missing out on the top three places that guarantee Olympic qualification.
Now comes Japan and the Women’s World Olympic Qualification Tournament.
Incredibly aware of the difficult task that awaits them, the Serbians are ready to put everything to the test to try to qualify for the Olympic Games for the first time.
Jelena Nikolic, Jovana Brakocevic , Ivana, Djerisilo-Stankovic, Marija Pavlovic, Natasa Krsmanovic Krsmanovic, Sanja, Tomasevi, Amadea, Durakovic, Bojana Zivkovic, Jovana Vesovic, Maja Ognjenovic, Captain Vesna Citakovic, Aleksandra Petrovic, Maja Simanic, Nadja Ninkovic, Sanja Malagurski, Ivana Nesovic, Stefana Veljkovic, libero Suzana Cebic, Silvija Popovic,
Remember the ball is in your court. Are you
">too small to play volleyball?
April Chapple is a freelance copywriter for volleyball products and promotions, columnist for USA Volleyball and the American Volleyball Coaches Association Coaching Volleyballmagazine and author of numerous online articles on playing and coaching volleyball. Author of the upcoming ebook "How to Stop Serving Like a Wimp" April's volleyball sites are volleyballvoices.com, volleyballvoyeur.com, beijingolympicvolleyball.com, and aprilsbeachvolleyballog.com. She can be reached at april@volleyballvoices.com
I know you want to learn the secrets of how the pros play like they do. The fastest way for you to do that is to sign up for the FREE Volleyball Voices Newsletter so you can be the first person on your team to get the inside track on how to stay off the bench and gain more playing time by improving all your volleyball skills, fast! Just fill out that box in the upper right hand corner to receive today's volleyball news you can use.
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