Serbia will be hoping to go one better than last year's FIVB World League where they finished runners-up to Brazil |
Belgrade, Serbia, March 5, 2010 - Igor Kolakovic, coach of the Serbia men’s team, has announced a list of 50 names that he is likely to choose his FIVB 2010 World League and FIVB 2010 World Championship squad from.
Members of the preliminary squad include last year’s World League Best Scorer Ivan Miljkovic and Best Setter Nikola Grbic from the clubs Olympiakos Piraeus in Greece and Bre Banka Lanutti Cuneo in Italy respectively.
Serbia is due to compete in Pool B in the World League when it starts on June 4, playing their first two matches at home against China before moving on to games against Italy and France.
They will be hoping to go one better than last year when they lost a tight final to Brazil 3-2 at home in Belgrade.
Then from September 24 to October 10 the side will compete at the 2010 World Championships in Italy, playing Poland, Germany, and Canada in Pool F.
At the 2006 World Championship Serbia finished fourth falling just shy of a medal.
The full list is below.
Setters: Nikola Grbic (Bre Banka Lanutti Cuneo, Italy), Vlado Petkovic (Vori Capital Seoul, Korea), Ivan Ilic (Asseco Resovia Rzeszov, Poland), Mihajlo Mitic (Crvena Zvezda Beograd), Nemanja Stefanovic (Crvena Zvezda Beograd), Luka Cubrilo (Nis Vojvodina Novi Sad), Nikola Jovovic (Nis Vojvodina Novi Sad), Igor Jovanovic (Radnicki Credy Bank Kragujevac), Maksim Buculjevic (Crvena Zvezda Beograd), Aleksa Brdjovic (Ribnica Kraljevo).
Corrections (Opposites): Ivan Miljkovic (Olympiakos Piraeus, Greece), Tomislav Dokic (Crvena Zvezda Beograd), Sasa Starovic (Ural Ufa, Russia), Aleksandar Atanasijevic (Partizan Beograd), Milija Mrdak (Nis Vojvodina Novi Sad).
Liberos: Marko Samardzic (Aris Thessaloniki, Greece), Nikola Rosic (Friedrichshafen, Germany), Ivan Ilic (Partizan Beograd), Srdjan Pantelic (Radnicki Credy Bank Kragujevac), Filip Vujic (Crvena Zvezda Beograd), Goran Skundric (Nis Vojvodina Novi Sad), Bojan Rajkovic (Vgsk Veliko Gradiste).
Blockers: Novica Bjelica (Copratlantide Piacenza, Italy), Dragan Stankovic (Lube Banka Marche Macerata, Italy), Marko Podrascanin (Lube Banka Marche Macerata, Italy), Borislav Petrovic (Nis Vojvodina Novi Sad), Mirko Radevic (Zahra, Lebanon), Vladimir Cedic (Radnicki Credy Bank Kragujevac), Milan Rasic (Crvena Zvezda Beograd), Vuk Milutinovic (Crvena Zvezda Beograd), Nemanja Radovic (Radnicki Credy Bank Kragujevac), Nemanja Cubrilo (Nis Vojvodina Novi Sad), Danilo Mirosavljevic (Nis Vojvodina Novi Sad).
Receivers: Bojan Janic (Yaroslavich Yaroslavlie, Russia), Milos Nikic (Andreoli Latina, Italy), Nikola Kovacevic (Aris Thessaloniki, Greece), Nemanja Petric (Buducnost Podgorica, Montenegro), Milos Terzic (Crvena Zvezda Beograd), Konstantin Cupkovic (Radnicki Credy Bank Kragujevac), Milos Vemic (Nis Vojvodina Novi Sad), Uros Kovacevic (Ribnica Kraljevo), Ivan Borovnjak (Ribnica Kraljevo), Ilija Ivovic (Radnicki Credy Bank Kragujevac), Nemanja Stevanovic (Radnicki Credy Bank Kragujevac), Nikola Mijailovic (Partizan Beograd), Nemanja Dukic (Edilese Cavriagio, Italy), Dusan Petkovic (Radnicki Credy Bank Kragujevac), Milan Peric (Spartak Ljig), Nemanja Jakovljevic (Crvena Zvezda Beograd), Marko Ivovic (Nis Vojvodina Novi Sad).
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