The Serbian women's national volleyball team departed for the first Volleyball Nations League (VNL) tournament in Ottawa, Canada, without their head coach Zoran Terzic and without one of their biggest weapons - the versatile Tijana Boskovic. This means Branko Kovacevic will take on the role of first coach, with Stevan Ljubicic as his second coach.

Historical Match Before Departure

Days before their departure, the "eagles" played an extremely competitive match in Belgrade against Russia, which ended in a dramatic 2:3 defeat for the hosts. This is the Russian team's first appearance since their exclusion from the volleyball movement due to the war in Ukraine. Despite this performance, the emotions and adrenaline from this match demonstrated that even without the star Boskovic, who watched the match from the stands, Serbia has enough quality and depth in its squad.

Official Serbia Squad for VNL 2025

Setters

• Sladjana Mirkovic

• Rada Perovic

Opposite Hitters

• Vanja Bukilic

• Jovana Zelenovic

Liberos

• Aleksandra Jegdic

• Bojana Gocanin

Middle Blockers

• Hena Kurtagic

• Minja Osmajic

• Masa Kirov

• Ljubica Milojevic

Outside Hitters

• Katarina Dangubic

• Aleksandra Uzelac

• Mina Mijatovic

• Vanja Ivanovic

Match schedule in Ottawa (Week 1, Group C)

• June 4 (Wednesday), 10:00 PM (Bulgarian time): Serbia – Dominican Republic

• June 7 (Saturday), 01:30 AM (Bulgarian time): Serbia – Japan

• June 8 (Sunday), 02:30 AM (Bulgarian time): Serbia – Bulgaria

• June 9 (Monday), 12:00 AM (Bulgarian time): Serbia – Canada