TEAM COMPOSITION

SRB / Serbia

Team manager	LUKAC Laslo
Coach	KOLAKOVIC Igor
Assistant coach	KOZIC Strahinja
Doctor	MARTINOVIC Ljuban
Physiotherapist	NIKOLIC Vladimir

	No.	Name	Lastname	Shirt Name	Birthdate	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	Club
	1	Nikola	Kovacevic	Kovacevic N.	14.02.1983	193	78	350	340	Calzedonia Verona (ITA)
	2	Uros	Kovacevic	Kovacevic U.	06.05.1993	197	90	340	320	Trentino Volley (ITA)
	3	Marko	Ivovic	Ivovic	22.12.1990	194	89	365	330	Lokomotiva Novosibirsk (RUS)
	4	Nemanja	Petric	Petric	28.07.1987	203	96	350	320	Belogorie Belgorod (RUS)
	5	Vlado	Petkovic	Petkovic V.	06.01.1983	198	97	325	318	Shahrdari Urmia SC (IRN)
	6	Filip	Stoilovic	Stoilovic	11.10.1992	195	89	324	315	Crvena Zvezda Beograd (SRB)
C	7	Dragan	Stankovic	Stankovic	18.10.1985	205	94	355	330	Cucine Lube Civitanova (ITA)
	8	Milan	Katic	Katic	22.10.1993	202	99	345	331	PGE Skra Belchatow (POL)
	9	Nikola	Jovovic	Jovovic	13.02.1992	197	75	335	315	ZIRIATBANK Ankara (TUR)
	10	Milos	Nikic	Nikic	31.03.1986	194	79	350	330	Gubernia Nizhniy Novgorod (RUS
	11	Mihajlo	Mitic	Mitic	17.09.1990	201	89	335	320	Sir Safety Perugia (ITA)
	12	Dejan	Radic	Radic	06.11.1984	200	95	360	340	Vojvodina NS Seme (SRB)
	13	Dusan	Petkovic	Petkovic D.	27.01.1992	202	86	328	310	SSD Argos Volley s.r.l. (ITA)
	14	Aleksandar	Atanasijevic	Atanasijevic	04.09.1991	200	92	350	329	Sir Safety Perugia (ITA)
	15	Sasa	Starovic	Starovic	19.10.1988	207	89	335	321	Andreoli Latina (ITA)
	16	Aleksa	Brdjovic	Brdjovic	29.07.1993	204	90	327	312	KPS Skra Belchatow SA (POL)
L	17	Neven	Majstorovic	Majstorovic	17.03.1989	193	90	335	325	C.S.M.U. CRAIOVA (ROU)
	18	Marko	Podrascanin	Podrascanin	29.08.1987	203	100	354	332	Sir Safety Perugia (ITA)
L	19	Nikola	Rosic	Rosic	05.08.1984	192	85	330	320	S.C.M.U. CRAIOVA (ROU)
	20	Srecko	Lisinac	Lisinac	17.05.1992	205	90	355	342	Trentino Volley (ITA)
	21	Petar	Krsmanovic	Krsmanovic	01.06.1990	205	98	354	330	Gazprom-Ugra Surgut (RUS)
	22	Aleksandar	Okolic	Okolic	26.06.1993	205	90	347	320	PAOK Thessaloniki (GRE)

C=Captain L=Libero

Team profile

Serbia have a long history of success in the World League, but the title has proved elusive to them. Between 2003 and 2009 they appeared in four finals and lost all of them. In 2003, 2005 (both times participating as Serbia and Montenegro) and 2009 Brazil were their tormentors, while in 2008 the United States beat them 3-1. This golden era was fuelled by top players who received several individual awards, including Ivan Miljkovic who remains the only player to be named the World League's MVP four times. In recent years their results have deteriorated, and they have not progressed from the intercontinental round in any of the previous three years. Experienced coach Igor Kolakovic, now in his ninth year at the helm, will be looking to revive their fortunes this year.

They have consistently won medals at other international events, including bronzes at the 2010 World Championship and 2003 World Cup, but their crowning glory came at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. Having won bronze four years earlier in Atlanta, their campaign took an early blow when they lost their opening two matches, but they bounced back to win all three remaining group games. After defeating the Netherlands in the quarterfinal and Italy in the semifinal, they trounced Russia 3-0 in the final.

Coach profile

Igor Kolakovic played for 18 years as a setter for Partizan Belgrade, winning Yugoslavia’s championship twice. He has tasted success as a coach at domestic and international levels. He guided Serbia to a gold medal at the 2011 European Championship and bronze at the 2013 European Championship. He was also at the helm when the Serbians took silver in the 2009 World League. At club level, he won the championship in Serbia and Montenegro in 2002, 2004 and 2006 with Buducnost Podgoricka and followed that by claiming the Montenegrin title in 2007 and 2008. He joined French team AS Cannes in 2009 before moving to ACH Volley in Slovenia where he led the team to national titles in 2011 and 2012.