Bosnia and Herzegovina national sitting volleyball team
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| Nickname(s) | Zlatni Ljiljani (Golden Lilies), Zmajevi (Dragons) | ||
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| Association | Association of sitting volleyball of Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||
| Head coach | Mirza Hrustemović | ||
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| Summer Paralympics | |||
| Appearances | 5 (First in 2000) | ||
| Best result |
 (2) 2004, 2012
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| World Championship | |||
| Appearances | 5 (First in 1998) | ||
| Best result |
(3) 2002, 2006, 2014
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| Sitting Volleyball European Championships | |||
| Appearances | 11 (First in 1995) | ||
| Best result |
(9) 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015. |
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| Website | ssobih.org (Bosnian) | ||
The Bosnia and Herzegovina men's national sitting volleyball team (Bosnian: Reprezentacija BiH u sjedećoj odbojci) represents Bosnia and Herzegovina in international sitting volleyball competitions and friendly matches. Bosnia is one of the dominant forces in sitting volleyball worldwide, alongside Iran. The team won Bosnia's first ever medal in any sport, a bronze, during ECVD European Championships in 1997 in Tallinn. It took nearly two decades later for the nation to win a medal outside the sport of sitting volleyball when Amel Tuka won bronze during 2015 World Championships in Athletics.
The team is the most decorated in Bosnia and Herzegovina sport having won 2 paralympic volleyball gold medals, 3 paralympic silver medals, 3 World Cup titles, and 9 won European Championships straight. The team won World titles and European titles either side of winning Paralympics Gold in 2004 Athens. The team is a member of the world (WOVD) and European (ECVD) sitting volleyball governing bodies.
It is governed by the Association of sitting volleyball of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Savez sjedeće odbojke BiH). Until 1992, Bosnian-Herzegovinian players like Ševko Nuhanović were part of the SFR Yugoslavia national sitting volleyball team.
Prior to 1992, during the Yugoslavia days, the beginnings of the team started to take its form. Players were part of Sarajevo based Uporni Sitting Volleyball Club which were champions of Yugoslavia three times in a row. Bosnia and Herzegovina men's sitting volleyball team includes athletes who were deeply affected by the Bosnian War (6 April 1992 – 14 December 1995). Due to the large number of people injured in the conflict, the country started to invest more in Paralympic sports. Captain Sabahudin Delalić fought for the Bosnian army and lost part of his right leg after a wall fell on him. Safet Alibašić lost one of his legs when he stepped on a landmine. The team coach Mirza Hrustemovic, himself was given a vaccination in 1961 against an illness with the medicine having a side effect. He lost the function in his left leg. Today, more than 500.000 disabled people lives in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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