North Macedonia men's national volleyball team
The North Macedonia men's national volleyball team is the national volleyball team of North Macedonia.
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| Association | OFM | ||
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| Confederation | CEV | ||
| Head coach | Nikola Matijašević | ||
| FIVB ranking | 48 (as of November 26, 2021) | ||
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European Championship  | |||
| Appearances | 2 (First in 2019) | ||
| Best result | 17th (2019) | ||
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| European League | ||
.svg.png.webp){kind=icon} | 2014 Europe | |
.svg.png.webp){kind=icon} | 2015 Poland | |
| 2016 Macedonia | |
| 2017 Denmark | |
| 2021 Macedonia | |
History
The Macedonian Volleyball Federation was established in 1946 in the framework of physical culture Association of Macedonia. On the 13 February 1949 the Macedonian volleyball federation has become an independent sports organization. North Macedonia has anticipated in five European Leagues and won the silver medal 3 times, and the bronze medal once.
The national team competed successfully in the European League in the last 10 years fighting for the top spots. They finished second 4 times and third once. The Macedonian team qualified twice for the European Championship 2019 and 2021. They played well in tough groups against top European opponents. Best players of the team in this period are Georgiev Ljaftov and Madjunkov. Although its team spirit and compact covering on all spots are the keys to success of the national team. They cover each other and work hard for every point.
European League
The team is focused on competing in the European League. The goal is to make a team for European Championship Qualifiers that will be able to qualify for the European Volleyball Championship. The project started in the beginning of 2010 by the national volleyball federation in order to get the smaller sports like volleyball on a higher level. The National team played 6 semi-finals in the European league winning 4 silver and 1 bronze medals.
Home ground
The BTSC – Boris Trajkovski Sports Center Macedonian: Спортски центар Борис Трајковски, Skopje is a multi-functional indoor sports arena. It is located in the Karpoš Municipality of Skopje, Macedonia. It is named after the former president, Boris Trajkovski. Its capacity is 10,000. There is an Olympic size Swimming Pool and 5 Star Hotel Alexander Palace within the complex and an additional Water Land Fun Park and Ice Skating Rink next to it.
The arena is a home-ground of the Macedonian volleyball team (men and women). The venue also contains four restaurants and a sports bar. It was the venue for the European League in 2018 and 2021.
European League
European Championship 
- Within Yugoslavia team
- 1951(5),1955(5),1958(7),1963(7),1967(7)
- 1971(11),1975
,1977(7),1979 ,1981(10) - 1985(11),1987(8),1989(8),1991(6)
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World Championship 
- Within Yugoslavia team
- 1956(10),1962(8),1966(8),1970(10)
- Macedonia
1991-2020 didn't qualify
Current team
Updated: September 2019
Roster for 2021 Men's European Volleyball Championship.
| Head coach: | Nikola Matijašević |
| Assistant: | Duško Nikolić |
| No. | Name | Position | Height (cm) | Birth year |
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| 1 | Darko Angelovski | Libero | 180 | 1994 |
| 2 | Gjorgi Gjorgiev | Setter | 197 | 1992 |
| 3 | Risto Nikolov | Middle-blocker | 202 | 1990 |
| 4 | Nikola Gjorgiev (C) | Opposite | 196 | 1988 |
| 5 | Vlado Milev | Outside-spiker | 195 | 1987 |
| 7 | Slave Nakov | Middle-blocker | 194 | 1994 |
| 8 | Aleksandar Ljaftov | Outside-spiker | 198 | 1990 |
| 10 | Aleksandar Milkov | Outside-spiker | 198 | 1982 |
| 11 | Filip Despotovski | Setter | 194 | 1986 |
| 12 | Filip Nikolovski | Libero | 185 | 1997 |
| 14 | Ivan Andonov | Middle-blocker | 198 | 1989 |
| 15 | Filip Madjunkov | Middle-blocker | 199 | 1996 |
| 16 | Stojan Iliev | Outside-spiker | 189 | 1999 |
| 18 | Vase Mihailov | Outside-spiker | 199 | 1986 |
Macedonian players in Notable Squads
- 1975 European Championship
- 1979 European Championship
- 1980 Olympic Games
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