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The Montenegro women's national volleyball team is the national team of Montenegro. It is governed by the Volleyball Federation of Montenegro and takes part in international volleyball competitions.
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Period 2006-2016
Soon after the Montenegrin independence referendum, Volleyball Federation of Montenegro founded national teams. Women's team started to play in 2008, with the first match against Albania (3:0, friendly game).
Same year, Montenegro played its first games in official competitions - against Georgia in 2009 European Volleyball Championship qualifiers.
During the time, Montenegro played in qualifiers for European championship 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2015. National team participated in qualifiers for 2014 FIVB Volleyball World Championship, too.
In the period from 2006 to 2016, Montenegro didn't qualified for a European Championship or World Championship, but had significant results in 2013 and 2014 qualifiers.
At 2015, Montenegro participated at Games of the Small States of Europe, an event for states with less than million inhabitants. Montenegrin team won the gold medal, with four wins and sets score 12-0.
Period 2016-
In spring 2016, Montenegro women's team for the first time played in 2016 Women's European Volleyball League.
At the same time, the team started to play in qualifiers for European Championship 2017. Montenegro made score 2-1 in the first stage of qualifiers and participated on the final stage, but at the end, with the score 2-4, didn't succeed to qualify for their first big tournament.
In spring 2016, Montenegrin women's team played for the first time in European Volleyball League, finishing with score 2-4.
Competitive record
Until now, Montenegro never played on any major tournament. They participated in the qualifiers for European Championship (4 times) and World Championship (1 time). Montenegro played in European League, too (1 time). Biggest success of the team was gold medal at the 2015 Games of the Small States of Europe.
World Championship
Montenegro women's national volleyball team participated in the qualifiers for one World Championship (2014), but never played at main competition.
As of September 25, 2016
European Championship
Montenegro women's national volleyball team played five times in the qualifiers for one World Championship (2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017), but never played at main competition.
As of September 25, 2016
Senior team roster
In September 2016, a list of Montenegrin national team for European Championship qualifiers is revealed. On the list were next players:
Head coaches
From 2007, national team of Montenegro was led by four different head coaches.
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Official matches
Montenengro played its first official match at May 2008. There is a list of official matches of the Montenegro women's national voleyball team.
Opponents
Below is the list of performances of Montenegro women's national voleyball team against every single opponent.
Last update: 11 January 2017.