The head coach of the men's volleyball team, Ivica Jevtić, announced today a larger list of volleyball players for the new edition of the European League.
There are 25 players on the list, four of whom are on the senior national team's roster for the first time.
Among the invitees is the returning libero from Budućnost, Nikola Lakčević, to the national team.
The list includes technicians - Rastko Milenković (Budućnost), Marko Joksimović (Budva), Vasilije Andrović (Mornar), Avram Božović (Park University Pirates, USA) and Luka Milošević (Budućnost);
Proofreaders Milutin Pavićević (Hapoel SVA Rehevot, Israel), Đorđe Jovović (Al Hovildija, Saudi Arabia), Luka Lojić (Budućnost) and Bojan Strugar (Marsonija, Croatia);
service receivers - Vukašin Cimbaljević, Vuk Stanojević (Budva), Nemanja Peruničić (Kagitspor, Turkey), Ivan Zvicer (MAV Elore, Hungary), Vasilije Milenković (Sutjeska), Aleksa Radić (Budućnost) and Milan Rovčanin (Ribnica Kraljevo, Serbia);
middle blockers - Matija Ćinćur, Luka Babić, Vukota Čelebić, Dalibor Lečić (Budva), Nikola Đurović (HAOK Mladost, Zagreb), Srđan Petrović and Stefan Petričević (Budućnost) and
Libera - Nikola Lakčević (Budućnost) and Andrija Joksimović (Budva).
Coach Jevtić's coaching staff will include assistants Uroš Kecman and Dejan Radić, fitness coach Mirko Eraković, statistician Luka Ratković and physiotherapist Vladimir Dragojević.
The men's A team will gather on May 11th in Podgorica, where they will prepare in the Verde Hall until the start of the European League on June 6th.
Montenegrin volleyball players will have a test match with North Macedonia at home at the end of May, and the first European League tournament awaits them in Vienna, where they will face Finland (June 6) and Austria (June 7).
Ivica Jevtić's team will play the second tournament in Porto, where they will face Portugal and Latvia on June 12th and 13th, while Bijelo Polje will host the third tournament from June 19th to 21st, when the rivals will be the teams of Sweden and Estonia.
According to the established competition rules, the four best-placed teams after the end of the league stage will advance to the semi-finals.
In this phase of the competition, the first and fourth-placed teams, or the second and third-placed teams, meet.
The semi-final matches are played in two games.
The first, home games are scheduled for June 27th or 28th, while the return matches are scheduled for July 1st.
The semi-finals will be followed by the final round of the competition, which will also be played in a two-game format.
The first final match is scheduled for July 8th, while the second leg will be played on July 11th or 12th.
Given that there will be no final tournament this year, there will be no third-place match.
The losing teams from the semi-finals will be ranked third and fourth based on their results in the semi-final matches.
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