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Soon after gaining independence, Montenegro won the European title at its very first try in Malaga 2008. Since then, they came 5th (2010), 2nd (2012), 4th (2014), 2nd (2016), 6th (2018) and got the bronze in Budapest 2020, so they stood 5 for 7 in reaching the semis, but on the last two occasions they couldn’t carry on that impressive run and finished 7th in 2022 and 6th in 2024.
Montenegro also enjoyed some fine spells at the world stage, though at the Olympics they have a miserable series of losing three straight semis and bronze medal matches alike, finishing 4th in Beijing, London and Rio – and then dropped to the 8th place in Tokyo and finished 9th in Paris.
At the Worlds, they had mixed fortunes: 9th in 2009, 7th in 2011, silver medallists in 2013, 5th in 2015 and 2017, but in 2019 they hit an all-time low by finishing only 10th in Gwangju and it didn’t improve significantly ever since as they had three straight 8th places (2022, 2023, 2024) and came 6th last year in Singapore.
In the World League they won in 2009, had two bronze medals in 2013 and 2014 and earned a second title in Budapest 2018, and a third in 2021 but was 6th in 2022.
All in all, that World League win was Montenegro’s last medal at the majors – since they were unable to make the semi-finals at any big events. This means, that in the last 11 majors, they never survived the quarter-finals.
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