Sport in Serbia

The Archery Association is an organization that takes care of the development of archery in Serbia and has 17 members.It was founded in 1955,and has been a member of the International Archery Federation since 1965. The biggest success in the last years is the placement of Luka Grozdanović in the quarterfinals of the Mediterranean Games in 2013.

After folk games, athletics in the modern sense appeared at the beginning of the 20th century. Among the first events on the territory of Serbia was the race held in 1906 on the route Valjevo-Jovanje, and in 1908 the Gymnastics Association "Dusan Silni" founded the first athletic section. The founding of the Serbian Olympic Club in 1910 and the beginning of Serbia's participation in the Olympic Games were important for the further development of athletics.

The European Open Championship was organized in Belgrade in 1962, the European Indoor Games in 1966, and the European Club Championship for men in 1989. When it comes to the 21st century, the largest organized competition on the territory of Serbia is the European Indoor Championship in 2017. From the athletic competitions, the Belgrade Marathon and the memorial rally in honor of Artur Takač are held every year.

The successes of athletes from Serbia includes:

• Vera Nikolić - two-time European champion in the 800 meter race (1966, 1971), and world record holder with a time of 2: 00.5 (1968—1971)
• Nenad Stekić - two-time vice-champion of the Old Continent (1974, 1978), former European record holder in long jump (8.45), three years the best result in the world (1975, 1977 and 1978)
• Milos Srejovic - European triple jump champion in 1978.
• Vladimir Milić - European champion in throwing the ball in the hall in 1982.
• Dragan Zdravković - European champion in the 3000 meter indoor race in 1983.
• Snezana Pajkic - European champion in the 1500 meter race in 1990.
• Dragutin Topic - European champion in high jump 1990, European indoor champion 1996, bronze medal at the World Indoor Championships in 1997 and the European Indoor Championships in 1992 and 2000, (personal record 2.37 meters, among the 10 best of all time)
• Slobodan Brankovic - European indoor champion in the 400 meter race in 1992.
• Dragan Perić - bronze medal at the World Indoor Championships in 1995 and silver at the European Indoor Championships in 1994 in shot put
• Olivera Jevtić - the first athletic medal for Serbia since independence, a silver medal in the marathon at the 2006 European Championships, four bronze medals at the European Cross Country Championships.
• Asmir Kolašinac - gold medal in throwing the ball at the European Indoor Championships in 2013, silver in 2015 and bronze from the European Championships in 2012.
• Ivana Španović - in the long jump discipline, among the most significant successes are bronze from the 2016 Olympic Games, the title of world champion in the hall 2018, two world bronze medals in the open (2013, 2015), four European champion titles - one in the open ( 2016) and three in the hall (2015, 2017, 2019).

The Badminton Association of Serbia is an organization that manages badminton in Serbia. Like clubs, it was founded in 1993. The first competition that was organized was the First Open Open Championship of Yugoslavia in badminton, held in 1994 in Belgrade. Serbia made its debut at the European Championship in 2012 with six representatives, in men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles, and mixed doubles.

The national team of Serbia were two-time world champions in bowling in 9 cones and broke the team world record. Vilmos Zavarko is the world record holder in individual competition, and he won four gold, three silver and two bronze medals at the world championships, as well as the first place on the world ranking list.

There are 46 grandmasters (active and inactive) among Serbian chess players. At the Chess Olympics in 1950, the Yugoslavia national team won a gold medal, and among the Serbian chess players in the national team were Petar Trifunović and Svetozar Gligorić, who won medals at other Olympics, as well as at European championships. Among the most successful Serbian grandmasters are Aleksandar Matanović, Milan Matulović, Ivan Ivanišević, Dragan Šolak, Aleksandar Kovačević, Branko Damljanović, Igor Miladinović ...

There are 11 grandmasters among the female competitors.The most successful Serbian chess player is the former Minister of Sports and Youth, Alisa Marić, who won two bronze medals at the Chess Olympics, as well as a silver medal at the European Championship in 1999. Novi Sad hosted the Olympics in 1990, as well as the European Team Championship in 2009. In 1970, a match was held in Belgrade for the first time between the Soviet Union and the rest of the world.

Djordje Nesic participated in international bicycle races in Europe as a student. On his initiative, the First Serbian Bicycle Association was founded in 1884, and he was elected president.The first competition race was held in Belgrade in 1896, and the following year the first national championship was held.

The Darts Federation of Serbia (PFS) is an Association of Darts Clubs that deals with the popularization and organization of competitions in STEEL or classic darts. Registered in the Ministry of Sports in May 2009 and the founders of the then three registered clubs are: PK Pik As from Apatin, PK Gerila from Novi Sad and PK Black Code from N.Sad, in the meantime they are joined by two more clubs (PK Kapitalci from Belgrade and PK SNG Vukovi from N.Sad). After determining the basic goals, the realization of joining the World Darts Federation (WDF) started immediately, and after the positive signalization in September 2009, Serbia became a member of the WDF (conditionally) from 01.01.2010. and full-fledged on October 27, 2010, and shortly before that, more precisely on October 5, 2010, PFS was recognized as the umbrella organization for darts in Serbia by the Sports Federation of Serbia. In the 2013/14 season, PFS gathers 16 registered darts clubs and over 200 players who took part in competitions.

The Diving Association of Serbia is an organization that takes care of the development of diving on the territory of Serbia. It was founded in 1971 when it separated from the swimming association. There were a maximum of 13 clubs in the association. There are six members in the alliance, all from Belgrade. The greatest success of a Serbian competitor at the international level is the silver medal of Selena Trajković, under the flag of Yugoslavia, from the Mediterranean Games in 1979 in Split in the platform discipline. Belgrade hosted the first World Diving Championship in 1973.

The Association for Equestrian Sports of Serbia is an organization that manages equestrian sports in Serbia and organizes the state championship. It was founded in 2001. For many years, since 1964, on the first weekend of September, the Ljubičevo Equestrian Games have been held in Požarevac.

After the First World War, the Yugoslav Fencing Federation was founded with its headquarters in Belgrade, and later in Zagreb. The first individual state championship was held in 1928, and the club championship in 1939. During the Second World War, the Federation ceased to operate. In 1949, the work of the Alliance was renewed and it was renamed the Fencing Alliance of Yugoslavia. The main organization in charge of fencing in Serbia is the Fencing Association of Serbia. The most successful Serbian swordswoman is Tamara Savić-Šotra, a triple participant in the Olympic Games under the flag of FR Yugoslavia. The greatest success of the Serbian leadership since the independence of Serbia in 2006 is the bronze medal at the Mediterranean Games in Mersin in 2013, which was won by Smiljka Rodić.

The first golf club in Serbia was founded in 1936, on Kosutnjak, due to the initiative of Prince Pavle Karadjordjevic. The development of this elite sport in Serbia was stopped by the Second World War. Only after seventy years, two golf courses were built. The only places where golfers can train and compete in Serbia are the Golf Club "Belgrade", on Ada Ciganlija, and the Club "Center", Zabalj near Zrenjanin. In 2002, the Golf Club Belgrade was founded.

Gymnastics appeared among Serbs in the middle of the nineteenth century. The director of the Serbian Great Orthodox Gymnasium in Novi Sad, Djordje Natosevic, introduced classes and descriptive assessment. Stevan Todorović founded the First Serbian Society for Gymnastics and Wrestling in 1857.

Tereza Kočiš is a Serbian gymnast, who won a silver medal on the ground floor at the 1950 World Championships, and won silver medals on the beam and two-height loom at the European Championships in 1963, as well as a bronze medal on the ground floor. At the same championship, Mirjana Bilić became the European champion in all-around and on the floor, and she also won bronze on the beam. As for rhythmic gymnastics, Milena Reljin took 5th place at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, and Danijela Simić 10. Belgrade hosted the European Men's Championship in 1963.

The most successful competitor in karate is Snezana Peric, who won gold medals at the World Games, World and European Championships, as well as bronze at the World Championships and five more medals at the European Championships. Slobodan Bitević was the world champion, and won silver and bronze medals at the European championships. The European Championship was held in Belgrade in 1998, as well as the World Championship in 2010.

The Kayak Federation of Yugoslavia was formed in 1930, and the Federation of Serbia in 1953.Four world and one European championships were held in Belgrade. The best results in kayaking and canoeing were achieved at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, when Mirko Nišović won a gold medal in the double canoe at 500 (S-2) and a silver at 1000, and Milan Janić won silver in the single kayak. 2) at 1000 m. They were both three-time world champions and won more medals.

Milan Janić children are also kayakers. Mico and Stjepan won a silver medal in the 1000 m at the 1998 World Championships. Later, they changed their citizenship, Mićo and Stjepan joined the Croatian national team, and Nataša competes under the Hungarian flag, for which she won medals.

Ognjen Filipović, Dragan Zorić, Bora Sibinkić and Milan Đenandić were trophy four-seater in a kayak. In the 200 m race, among other things, they won gold at the world and European championships. Filipović won medals in the one-seater, but also in the two-seater with Zorić.

Dusko Stanojevic and Dejan Pajic won bronze at the 2010 World Championships and silver at the European Championships in 2011 in a two-seater kayak in the 500 meters. silver medals. In 2014, Novaković won a gold medal with Nebojsa Grujić at the world championships in the two-seater 200 m, with the fastest time of all time in that discipline. Then they won a silver medal at the European Championships and a gold medal at the European Games.

Antonija Nagy twice won a silver medal at the European championships in the 1000 meter race. The sisters, Nikolina and Olivera Moldovan, won three medals at the world championships, three at the European and one at the European Games.

Dalma Benedek, after being an eight-time world and seven-time European champion, has been competing under the Serbian flag since 2013 and in the same year won gold medals at the European Championships in the 500 and 1,000 meters, and then bronze in the 500 meters at the World Championships. , as well as up to two or two bronze medals at the European Championship and gold at the European Games with Milica Starović.

Milos Pavlovic is a Serbian motorist. He was the champion in Nissan's world light series, and in 2007 he won third place in the Formula Renault series with two victories. He competed in Formula 2 in 2009 and took 9th place, he was on the podium twice. Dušan Borković won the title of champion in the European Mountain Racing Championship in 2012, winning eight of the eleven races.A year earlier, he took third place. As a representative of the NIS Petrol Racing Team in the European Touring Cup car in 2013 took third place in the overall standings, and since 2014 competes in the FIA World Touring Car Championship. The Belgrade Grand Prix was the last Grand Prix motorcycle race, the forerunner of Formula 1, before the start of World War II.

The Rowing Federation of Serbia, then Yugoslavia, was founded in 1922. The European Championships were held in Belgrade in 1932 and 2014. Zoran Pančić and Milorad Stanulov are Serbian rowers, who won a silver medal (M2x) for Yugoslavia in the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow and a bronze medal in Los Angeles in 1984. The most successful rowers in independent Serbia are Nikola Stojić and Goran Jagar, who were European champions as a duo without a coxswain (M2 -).Nikola Stojić won a gold medal with Jovan Popović at the 2006 World Championships in the doubles with a coxswain (M2 +), while with Jagar, Popović and Marko Marjanović he won silver in the quadruple with a coxswain (M4 +) in 2007. Stojić also won with Nenad Bedjik. in the discipline, the duo without a coxswain won a bronze (2012) and a gold medal (2013) at the European Championships. Besides them, Goran Nedeljković, Miloš Tomić, Nenad Babović, Dušan Bogićević and Veselin Savić won medals at competitions. Iva Obradović won two silver medals at the European Championships.

The organization that manages sailing in Serbia is the Sailing Federation of Serbia. Serbian competitors compete at the World and European Championships. Currently, the most successful member of the Serbian national team is Luka Tošić, who won a gold medal at the European Junior Championships in the Laser 4.7 class, as well as a bronze medal at the World Championships in the same class.

Shooting is one of the oldest sports in Serbia. The first shooting club was founded in Bela Crkva in 1777, and the Association of Shooting Societies of the Kingdom of Serbia was formed in 1887. The European Championship was held twice in Belgrade, in 2005 and 2011. Jasna Šekarić won a gold medal (10m air pistol discipline) at the 1988 Olympics. At the same Games, she won a bronze medal in the sport pistol discipline. She continued her success in Barcelona in 1992, Sydney in 2000, and Athens in 2004, winning three silver medals in the air pistol disciplines. In addition, she was a three-time world champion and a four-time European champion, and also broke the world record. Goran Maksimović won a gold medal in the air rifle disciplines at the 1988 Olympic Games, and Ivana Maksimović won silver in the small-caliber rifle three positions at the 2012 Olympic Games.

In addition to them, the shooters who won Olympic medals from Serbia are:

• Aleksandra Ivošev (1996 gold in the triple rifle discipline and bronze in the air rifle discipline, bronze with the European Championship)
• Aranka Binder (1992 Bronze in Air Rifle)
• Stevan Pletikosic (1992 bronze in Olympic discipline, world record, two silver medals with world championship)
• Andrija Zlatić (2012 bronze in the 10 m air pistol disciplines, European champion, two silver medals at the World and European Championships)

World records in the triple jump were broken by Vladimir Grozdanović and Mirjana Mašić (European Championship and double championship in air rifles), and in air rifles Srećko Pejović (silver with European Championship) and Ten Sasen-on foot, gold with European Championship. Zorana Arunović became the world champion in 2010 in the air pistol disciplines and won a gold medal at the European Games in 2015, while among the successful shooters are Dušan Efafanić (bronze with the world championship), Nemanja Mirosavljev (bronze with WC, silver and bronze from the European Championship, Damir Mikec (silver at the European Championship, two gold medals at the European Games), Bobana Veličković (two-time European champion), Andreja Arsović (gold at the European Championship and European Games). ..

The Yugoslav Squash Association was founded in August 2001 in Belgrade. After its founding, JSA became a member of the European as well as the World Squash Federation. The Squash Association of Serbia was also established, as well as the Squash Association of Belgrade. Like any beginning, this one was difficult. SQUASHLAND, the first squash club in Serbia, was opened in Belgrade in 2003. It is located in Pionirski Grad and has two squash courts. The first national championship of Serbia was held in 2004, and immediately after that championship, the first national team was formed. International tournaments were held in Squashland, such as the Serbian Open, the Belgrade Trophy, the Squashland Open. In 2006, after the separation of Montenegro, the name of the Association was changed. From JSA, SAS (Squash Association of Serbia) was formed. That same year, two more clubs were opened, one in Subotica and one in Novi Sad. The first tournament at Glas Court was held in Belgrade.

Milorad Čavić won a silver medal in swimming (discipline 100 meters butterfly) at the 2008 Olympic Games, and a gold and a silver medal at the 2009 World Championships. He won ten medals at the European Championships. He broke world and European records several times. Nađa Higl became the world champion in the 200-meter breaststroke in 2009, breaking the European record. Velimir Stjepanović won gold medals in the 200 m and 400 m freestyle at the European Championships in large pools, as well as a bronze medal at the World Championships in 25-meter pools in the 400 m freestyle. Ivan Lenđer, Čaba Silađi, Miroslava Najdanovski and Szebasztián Szabó won medals at the Universiade, the Mediterranean Games, the European Championship in 25-meter pools, and junior championships. The first World Aquatics Championships in water sports was held in Belgrade in 1973.

The Synchronized Swimming Federation was founded in 1992. The beginnings of synchronized swimming in Belgrade date back to 1968. The first school and section of synchronized swimming in Serbia was founded in 1973, at the pool "May 25". The school later grew into the first club in synchronized swimming called "25. May ". Until 1984, it was the only type of organized synchronous swimming in Belgrade and the then SFRY. The first international competition in which a national team participated was the International Rally in Split, in 1980. The national team participated for the first and so far only time in the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. The first World Championship in synchronized swimming was held in Belgrade in 1973 as part of the World Championship in water sports.

In table tennis, Serbian athletes are most successful in the doubles game. Ilija Lupulescu won a silver Olympic medal in men's doubles in 1988, and Jasna Fazlić and Gordana Perkučin won a bronze medal in women's doubles. Zoran Kalinic won one world title and 3 European doubles titles. He has 3 more silver medals from the world championships. Aleksandar Karakašević was the European champion in mixed doubles three times, in 2000, 2005 and 2007, all three times in a pair with the Lithuanian Ruta Pakauskiene. He won five more medals at the European Championships, including a bronze medal in the individual competition in 2011. In 2003, Silvija Erdelji won a bronze medal in the individual competition at the European Championships, as well as in doubles with her sister Anamarija Erdelji. In 1981, Novi Sad hosted competitors at the 36th World Table Tennis Championships (SPENS). Belgrade hosted the European Championship in 2007.

Novak Djokovic, the greatest tennis player of all time

Recent success of Serbian tennis players has led to a growth in the popularity of tennis in Serbia. Novak Djokovic, holder of all-time record 24 Grand Slam titles, finished in 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2020 and 2021 as No. 1 in the world. Djokovic has won a record 10 Australian Open singles titles and also has the record for most weeks at number 1 in the ATP rankings.[2] Monica Seles, a former world no. 1, member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame, won eight Grand Slam singles titles (while representing FR Yugoslavia). Ana Ivanovic (champion of 2008 French Open) and Jelena Janković were both ranked No. 1 in the WTA rankings. Janković was a Grand Slam champion in mixed doubles (2007 Wimbledon Championships). There were two No. 1 ranked-tennis double players as well: Nenad Zimonjić (three-time men's double and five-time mixed double Grand Slam champion) and Slobodan Živojinović (champion of 1986 US Open). The Serbia men's tennis national team won the 2010 Davis Cup, and 2020 ATP Cup, also two World Team Cup (in 2009 and 2012) while Serbia women's tennis national team reached the final at 2012 Fed Cup.[3]

In Serbia, the triathlon was held unofficially for the first time in 1988 in Kragujevac. The first national championship was organized in Ada Ciganlija in 1993. The most successful triathlete from Serbia is Ognjen Stojanović. He achieved the greatest success at the World Aquathlon Championships in 2012, where he won a bronze medal.

The organization that manages weightlifting in Serbia is the Weightlifting Federation of Serbia. Medals in this sport have been won at the Mediterranean Games. Currently, the most successful member of the national team is Silvana Vukas, a silver medalist from the World University Championships. Belgrade hosted the European Championship in 1980.

Serbia men's national basketball team have won two World Championships (in 1998 and 2002), so as silver medal in 2014 and 2023, three European Championships (in 1995, 1997, and 2001), one FIBA Diamond Ball (in 2004), and two Olympic silver medals (in 1996 and 2016) as well. The women's national basketball team won the European Championship twice in 2015 and 2021 and Olympic bronze medal in 2016. Serbia men's national 3x3 team have won five FIBA 3x3 World Cups (in 2012, 2016, 2017,2018 and 2022), and four FIBA 3x3 Europe Cup (2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022). A total of 31 Serbian players (four with an NBA ring) have played in the NBA in last three decades, including Nikola Jokić (two-time NBA Most Valuable Player and a four-time NBA All-Star), Predrag "Peja" Stojaković (three-time NBA All-Star) and Vlade Divac (2001 NBA All-Star and Basketball Hall of Famer).[4] European basketball coach Željko Obradović who won 9 Euroleague titles as a coach. The first foreign coach in the history of any NBA team is Igor Kokoškov. KK Partizan basketball club was the 1992 European champion and ŽKK Crvena zvezda women's basketball club was 1979 European champion.

Miloš Teodosić (2010) and Nemanja Bjelica (2015) received the award for the most useful player in the Euroleague, and Predrag Danilović, Žarko Paspalj, Zoran Savić, Željko Rebrača and twice Dejan Bodiroga were named the most useful players in the final tournament. Radivoj Korać, Dragan Kićanović, Vlade Divac, Zoran Slavnić and Dražen Dalipagić , who is also a member of the NBA Hall of Fame, were admitted to the FIBA Hall of Fame. Aleksandar Nikolić and Ranko Žeravica were received from the coaches, and Obrad Belošević from the basketball referees.

Football is the most popular sport in Serbia, and the Football Association of Serbia with 146,845 registered players, is the largest sporting association in the country.[5] Dragan Džajić was officially recognized as "the best Serbian player of all times" by the Football Association of Serbia, and more recently the likes of Nemanja Vidić, Dejan Stanković, Branislav Ivanović, Aleksandar Kolarov, Nemanja Matić and Dušan Tadić play for the UEFA Champions League.[6] The Serbia national football team lacks relative success although it qualified for four five FIFA World Cups. Serbia national youth football teams have won 2013 U-19 European Championship and 2015 U-20 World Cup. The two main football clubs in Serbia are Crvena Zvezda who won under Yugoslavia the 1991 European Cup and 1991 Intercontinental Cup) and Partizan being the (finalist of the 1966 European Cup), both from Belgrade. The rivalry between the two clubs is known as the "Eternal Derby".

In addition, the Serbian football players who won the Champions League with their clubs are Velibor Vasović, Nemanja Vidić, Dejan Stanković and Branislav Ivanović, and in women's football Jovana Damnjanović. Bora Milutinović led a large number of world clubs and national teams, and participated in the World Cups with five different national teams. The House of Football, the sports center of the Football Association of Serbia, was opened in Stara Pazova in 2011.

The Handball Federation of Serbia is a house that organizes domestic leagues and manages the women's and men's handball national teams of Serbia. The federation was founded in 1949. Serbia hosted the 2012 European Championship in men's competition where the Serbian national team won second place and a silver medal. In the same year, the women's championship was organized, and the next world championship for women, at which the Serbian national team won silver. RK Metaloplastika has twice been the champion of the Champions League. Dragan Skrbic were named IHF Player of the Year. One of the players from the so-called of the golden generation is Mile Isaković. In 1988, Svetlana Kitić was named IHF Player of the Year. Andrea Lekić is the winner of the award for the best handball player in the world in 2013.

In 1924, several American sports were demonstrated in Belgrade and Novi Sad, including volleyball. Serbia’s men's national team won the gold medal at 2000 Olympics, silver and bronze medal at the World Championship, the European Championship on 3 occasions (in 2001, 2011 and 2019) as well as the 2016 FIVB World League. The women's national volleyball team have won 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship, European Championship three times (in 2011, 2017 and 2019) as well as Olympic silver medal in 2016.

Ivan Miljković was named the most useful player of the European Championship in 2001 and 2011, and Jovana Brakočević in 2011. Tijana Bošković was named by the FIVB and CEV as the most useful volleyball player of the European Championship in 2017 and the World Championship in 2018. Vladimir Grbić is a member of the Volleyball Hall of Fame, as well as the Volleyball Hall of Fame together with his brother Nikola Grbić.

The Volleyball Federation of Serbia is in charge of the development of beach volleyball in Serbia. Beach volleyball was first played in Serbia in the early 1990s. A year later, the Volleyball Association of Belgrade launched an initiative to create a section within the association, which was also the beginning of organized work. The first championship was held in 1997, and a year later the tournament in San Diego was won. There are currently two competitions in Serbia: the Championship and the Cup, which are played according to the tournament system. Since 2008, the European Masters Tournament has been organized in Novi Sad, with the participation of players from different countries. The most successful competitors are Stefan Basta and Igor Tešić, the champions of the Balkans.

In Serbia, water polo was originally played on the territory of Vojvodina, the first matches were played in Sombor at the beginning of the 20th century. Students who have studied in Hungary, Austria and Germany, where this sport has already been developed, are most responsible for the arrival of water polo.

The Serbia men's national water polo team is the second most successful national team after Hungary in the history of sport, having won two Olympic gold medal (in 2016 and 2020), three World Championships (2005, 2009 and 2015). The last 3 FINA World Cups in 2006, 2010, 2014. A record 12 FINA World Leagues and eight European Championships in 1991, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018, respectively.[7] VK Partizan has won a seven European champion titles, VK Bečej and VK Crvena zvezda one.

The most famous players of the golden age of Serbian water polo were: Igor Milanović, Aleksandar Šoštar, Vladimir Vujasinović, Aleksandar Šapić and Vanja Udovičić.

Vanja Udovicic in 2010 and Filip Filipovic in 2011 and 2014 received FINA awards for the best water polo players in the world.

Igor Milanović and Mirko Sandić are members of the House of Famous Water Sports.

Rugby League is the more popular Rugby code in Serbia. The Serbian Rugby League Federation was founded in 2001 and became Full Members of the European Rugby League, which they achieved in 2011. It led the second incarnation of a code which was played liberally in the 1950s and 1960s before abandonment by the old Yugoslavian sports authorities.

The Serbian Rugby League Federation was one of the founders of the European Rugby League and one of the five original Affiliate Members. After federal government recognition in 2005 the Serbian Rugby League Federation eventually completed its official status following inclusion into the Serbian Sports Association in 2009. The seat of the Federation is in Belgrade. The Serbian Rugby League Federation is managed by the five-member Board, which is chosen by members of the general assembly quadrennially. The general assembly consists of all Serbian clubs, departments and regional federations and holds its AGM at the end of every year.

The main Serbian Rugby League Federation competition is the Serbian Rrugby League Championship, followed by Serbian Rugby League Cup. Both are played from March-October. The UniLeague or student competition is staged during the winter off-season. Serbia deploys national teams at senior (The Eagles) and junior levels (U18 and U16 ). The representative season also comprises the Serbian Origin Cup. Regional federations (Belgrade, Vojvodina and South) administer youth development and organize U16 and lower age grade competitions.

They became International Rugby League full members in May 2012.

Rugby Union has a long history in Serbia. The first written trace of Serbs playing rugby dates back to the First World War. On April 11, 1918, in front of 10,000 spectators in Edinburgh, Serbian rugby players played the first international match called Serbia against the selection of the British Dominions and recorded a victory. The first Serbian rugby club Beli Orao was founded in Šabac in 1919. The rugby Union national team of Serbia competes in the South 2 division of the European Rugby Championship. There are a dozen active amateur rugby clubs in Serbia, which are divided into two leagues.

• Serbia women's national softball team

• Serbia national baseball team

• Serbia national cricket team

• Serbia national korfball team

• Serbia national American football team

UEFA Champions League

• 1990–91 winners: Crvena Zvezda

UEFA Europa League

• 1978–79 runners-up: Crvena Zvezda

• 1991 Runners-up Crvena Zvezda

• 1991 winners: Crvena Zvezda

• 1958 winners Crvena Zvezda
• 1967–68 winners Crvena Zvezda
• 1976–77 winners Vojvodina
• 1977–78 winners Partizan

International (men)

• 2004 Runners-up UEFA European Under-21 Championship
• 2007 Runners-up UEFA European Under-21 Championship
• 2015 Champions FIFA U-20 World Cup
• 2013 Champions UEFA European Under-19 Championship

Tournament:

• Serbia at the FIFA World Cup
• Serbia at the UEFA European Championship

Serbia national football team results:

• Serbia national football team results
• Serbia national football team results (2006–2009)
• Serbia national football team results (2010–2019)
• Serbia national football team results (2020–present)
• Serbia national under-21 football team results

Serbian football clubs in European competitions:

• Red Star Belgrade in European football
• FK Partizan in European football
• FK Vojvodina in European football
• FK Radnički Niš in European football
• OFK Beograd in European football

Serbia men's national basketball team:

• 1996 Runners-up Basketball at the Summer Olympics
• 2016 Runners-up Basketball at the Summer Olympics
• 1998 Champions FIBA World Championship
• 2002 Champions FIBA World Championship
• 2014 Runners-up FIBA World Championship
• 2023 Runners-up FIBA World Championship
• 1995 Champions EuroBasket
• 1997 Champions EuroBasket
• 1999 Third place EuroBasket
• 2001 Champions EuroBasket
• 2009 Runners-up EuroBasket
• 2017 Runners-up EuroBasket

Serbia men's national under-20 basketball team:

• 1998, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2015 Champions FIBA U20 European Championship
• 1996, 2005, 2014 Third place FIBA U20 European Championship

Serbia men's national under-19 basketball team

• 2007 Champions FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup
• 2011, 2013 Runners-up FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup

Serbia men's national under-18 basketball team

• 2005, 2007, 2009, 2017, 2018 Champions FIBA U18 European Championship
• 2011, 2014 Runners-up FIBA U18 European Championship
• 1996, 2012 Third place FIBA U18 European Championship

Serbia men's national under-17 basketball team

• 2014 Third place FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup

Serbia men's national under-16 basketball team

• 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2007 Champions FIBA U16 European Championship
• 2013 Runners-up FIBA U16 European Championship
• 2006, 2009, 2012, 2017 Third place FIBA U16 European Championship

Serbian men's university basketball team

• 2001, 2003, 2009, 2011 Champions Basketball at the Summer Universiade
• 1999, 2007 Runners-up Basketball at the Summer Universiade
• 2005, 2013 Third place Basketball at the Summer Universiade

Serbia men's national 3x3 team

• 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023 Champions FIBA 3x3 World Cup
• 2014 Runners-up FIBA 3x3 World Cup
• 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 Champions FIBA 3x3 Europe Cup
• 2016 Runners-up FIBA 3x3 Europe Cup
• 2015 Third place Basketball at the 2015 European Games

Serbia men's national under-18 3x3 team

• 2010 Champions Basketball at the Youth Olympic Games
• 2012 Champions FIBA 3x3 Under-18 World Championships
• 2018 Runners-up FIBA Europe Under-18 3x3 Championships

Serbia women's national basketball team:

• 2016 Third place Basketball at the Summer Olympics
• 2015 Champions EuroBasket Women
• 2019 Third place EuroBasket Women
• 2021 Champions EuroBasket Women
• 2009 Runners-up Mediterranean Games

Serbia women's national under-20 basketball team:

• 2007, 2018 Runners-up FIBA U20 Women's European Championship
• 2008 Third place FIBA U20 Women's European Championship

Serbia women's national under-18 and under-19 basketball team:

• 2005, 2007 Champions FIBA U18 Women's European Championship
• 2006 Runners-up FIBA U18 Women's European Championship
• 2012, 2013 Third place FIBA U18 Women's European Championship
• 2005 Runners-up FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup
• 2007 Third place FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup

Serbia women's national under-16 and under-17 basketball team:

• 2003 Champions FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women
• 1999, 2004 Runners-up FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women

Euroleague

• 1991–92 winners: Partizan

FIBA Saporta Cup

• 1973–74 winners Crvena zvezda

FIBA Korać Cup

• 1977–78, 1978–79, 1988–89 winners Partizan

ABA League

• 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013 winners Partizan
• 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2020–21 winners Crvena zvezda
• 2003–04, 2005–06 winners KK FMP
• 2005 winners KK Vršac

ABA League Supercup

• 2018 winners Crvena zvezda
• 2019 winners Partizan

Junior ABA League

• 2017–18 winners Mega Bemax U19
• 2020–21 winners Mega Soccerbet U19

Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament

• 2007–08 winners FMP
• 2008–09 winners FMP
• 2013–14 winners Crvena zvezda Telekom
• 2006–07,2009–10 Runners-up FMP
• 2014–15, 2015–16 Runners-up Crvena zvezda Telekom
• 2016–17, 2018–19 Runners-up Mega Bemax

Serbian Basketball clubs in European competitions:

• KK Partizan in EuroLeague
• KK Partizan in Europe
• KK Crvena zvezda in international competitions

EuroLeague Women

• 1978–79 winners: ŽKK Crvena zvezda

Serbia men's national volleyball team:

• 2000 Champions, 1996 Third place Volleyball at the Summer Olympics
• 1998 Runners-up, 2010 Third place FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship
• 2003 Third place FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup
• 2001 Third place FIVB Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup
• 2016 Champions, 2003 2005 2008 2009 2015 Runners-up, 2002 2004 2010 Third place FIVB Volleyball World League
• 2001 2011 2019 Champions, 1997 Runners-up, 1995 1999 2005 2007 2013 2017 Third place Men's European Volleyball Championship
• 2005 Third place Mediterranean Games

Serbia men's national under-21 volleyball team

• 2011 Third place FIVB U21 World Championship

Serbia men's national under-19 volleyball team

• 2009 2011 Champions FIVB U19 World Championship
• 2011 Champions, 2009 Runners-up Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship

Serbia women's national volleyball team:

• 2016 Runners-up Volleyball at the Summer Olympics
• 2018, 2022 Champions, 2006 Third place FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship
• 2011, 2017, 2019 Champions, 2007, 2021, 2023 Runners-up, 2015 Third place Women's European Volleyball Championship
• 2015 Runners-up FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup
• 2011, 2013,2017 Third place FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix
• 2015 Third place European Games
• 2009, 2010, 2011 Champions, 2012 Third place Women's European Volleyball League

Serbia women's national under-20 volleyball team:

• 2014 Champions, 2010 2012 2016 Runners-up Europe U19 Championship

Serbia women's national under-18 volleyball team:

• 2009 Runners-up, 2011 Third place FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship
• 2007, 2009, 2015 Runners-up, 2011 Third place Girls' Youth European Volleyball Championship

• 2014–15 Champions Vojvodina NS Seme Novi Sad

Serbia men's national handball team:

• 1999, 2001 Third place World Men's Handball Championship
• 2012 Runner-up, 1996 Third place European Men's Handball Championship
• 2009 Champions Handball at the Mediterranean Games

Serbia women's national handball team:

• 2013 Runner-up, 2001 Third place IHF World Women's Handball Championship
• 2013 Champions, 2005 Runner-up Handball at the Mediterranean Games

EHF Champions League

• 1984–85 Champions League winners: Metaloplastika Šabac
• 1985–86 Champions League winners: Metaloplastika Šabac

EHF Women's Champions League

• 1975–76 Champions League winners: ŽRK Radnički Belgrade
• 1979–80 Champions League winners: ŽRK Radnički Belgrade
• 1983–84 Champions League winners: ŽRK Radnički Belgrade

• 2000–01 Champions RK Jugović Kać

Serbia men's national water polo team:

• 2016 Rio de Janeiro Champions Olympic Games
• 2004 Athens Runner-up Olympic Games
• 2000 Sydney, 2008 Beijing, 2012 London Third place Olympic Games
• 2005 Montreal, 2009 Rome, 2015 Kazan Champions World Championship
• 2001 Fukuoka, 2011 Shanghai Runner-up World Championship
• 1998 Perth, 2003 Barcelona, 2017 Budapest Third place World Championship
• 2006 Budapest, 2010 Oradea, 2014 Almaty Champions FINA World Cup
• 2002 Belgrade, 2018 Berlin Third place FINA World Cup
• 2005 Belgrade, 2006 Athens, 2007 Berlin, 2008 Genoa, 2010 Niš, 2011 Florence, 2013 Chelyabinsk, 2014 Dubai, 2015 Bergamo, 2016 Huizhou, 2017 Ruza, 2019 Belgrade Champions FINA World League
• 2004 Long Beach Runner-up FINA World League
• 2009 Podgorica Third place FINA World League
• 2001 Budapest, 2003 Kranj, 2006 Belgrade, 2012 Eindhoven, 2014 Budapest, 2016 Belgrade, 2018 Barcelona Champions European Championship
• 1997 Seville, 2008 Malaga Runner-up European Championship
• 2010 Zagreb Third place European Championship
• 1997 Bari, 2009 Pescara, 2018 Tarragona Champions Mediterranean Games
• 2005 Almeria Third place Mediterranean Games
• 2005 Izmir, 2011 Shenzhen, 2017 Taipei Champions Summer Universiade
• 2003 Daegu Runner-up Summer Universiade
• 2009 Belgrade, 2013 Kazan Third place Summer Universiade

Serbian water polo teams in junior categories won medals in the following competitions:

• FINA Junior Water Polo World Championships
• FINA Youth Water Polo World Championships
• LEN European U19 Water Polo Championship
• LEN European Junior Water Polo Championship

LEN Champions League

• 1963–64 Champions League winners: Partizan
• 1965–66 Champions League winners: Partizan
• 1966–67 Champions League winners: Partizan
• 1970–71 Champions League winners: Partizan
• 1974–75 Champions League winners: Partizan
• 1975–76 Champions League winners: Partizan
• 1999–00 Champions League winners: Bečej
• 2010–11 Champions League winners: Partizan
• 2012–13 Champions League winners: Crvena zvezda

• 1997–98: Partizan
• 2012–13: Radnički Kragujevac

• 1990-91 Partizan

• 1991 Partizan
• 2011 Partizan
• 2013 Crvena zvezda

Players Grand Slam Singles-Doubles-Mixed Doubles

• Novak Djokovic (24)
  • Australian Open: 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023
  • Wimbledon: 2011, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022
  • US Open: 2011, 2015, 2018, 2023
  • French Open: 2016, 2021, 2023
• Nenad Zimonjić (8)
  • Australian Open: 2004, 2008
  • Wimbledon: 2008, 2009, 2014
  • French Open: 2006, 2010, 2010
• Jelena Janković (1) - Wimbledon 2007
• Ana Ivanovic (1) - French Open 2008
• Monica Seles (8)
  • Australian Open: 1991, 1992, 1993
  • US Open: 1991, 1992
  • French Open: 1990, 1991, 1992
• Slobodan Živojinović (1) - US Open 1986

Davis Cup

• 2010 Davis Cup winners
• 2013 Davis Cup runner-up

ATP Cup

• 2020 ATP Cup winners

World Team Cup

• 2009 World Team Cup winners
• 2012 World Team Cup winners

Fed Cup

• 2012 Fed Cup runner-up