International sport events organised in Serbia

 Over the years, Serbia was host for numerous international sport competitions but only some of the got their stamps.

European Water Polo Championship - Belgrade 2006

This event was the 27th European water polo championships for men. It took place at Tašmajdan sports centre in Belgrade from 1 to 10 September 2006. 

Medalists:
🥇 Serbia
🥈 Hungary
🥉 Spain

European Table Tennis Championships - Belgrade 2007

The event was organised from 25 March to 1 April 2007 in Belgrade. The issue was contained of one stamp and one minisheet, both depicting table tennis with logo of the competition.

  

9th European Youth Summer Olympic Festival (EYOF) Belgrade 2007

This competetion was organised in Belgrade from 21 to 28 July 2007. 3000 athletes from 48 nations were competing in 11 sports (athletics, basketball, cycling, gymnastics, handball, judo, swimming, table tennis, tennis, volleyball, water polo). Different venues in Belgrade were used for different sports. Leaders on the medal table: Russia (32), United Kingdom (24), Italy (22). 

Two stamps in the minisheet depict swimming and athletics with Belgrade panorama and logo of the competition.

25th Summer Universiade, Belgrade 2009

XXV Summer Universiade was orgnised in Belgrade from 1 to 12 July 2009. The most of the competitions took place in different venues in Belgrade, but some of them were organised in some other cities. 6300 athletes from 145 nations participated competitions in 15 sports (archery, athletics, basketball, diving, facing, football, gymnasitcs, rhytmic gymnastics, judo, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, volleyball, water polo). Medal count: Russia (76), China (58), South Korea (47).

Stamps depict mascot of the event - sparrow bird called Srba, playing different sports, with panorama of Belgrade, and there is also the logo of the competition.

  

2011 CEV Volleyball European Champioship - Women - Italy-Serbia

27th volleyball European championship for women was co-hosted by Italy and Serbia from 23 September to 2 October 2011. The competition took place in Italian cities Monza and Busto Arsizio and Serbian cities Belgrade and Zrenjanin. Semi-finals, bronze medal match and final match took place in Belgrade. 

Medalists:
🥇 Serbia
🥈 Germany
🥉 Turkey

World Boxing Championships - Serbia 2021

Belgrade was host of AIBA World Boxing Championships from 25 October to 6 November 2021. The event took place at Štark Arena. There were 510 competitors from 88 teams. Medal count leaders: Cuba (5 - 3 gold, 2 bronze), Kazakhstan (5 - 2 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze), USA (4).

The stamp depicts boxers's greeting before a fight.

World Rowing Championships - Belgrade 2023

2023 World Rowing Championships took place from 3 to 10 September in Belgrade. The event was organised at Ada Ciganlija island on Sava river, with over 1500 participannts from more than 80 countries. Medal count: Netherlads (9 - 6 gold, 3 silver), United Kingdom (9 - 6 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze), Italy (8).

The stamp depicts rowing on Sava river and desgin really looks like this picture from official website of Serbian Rowing Federation.

Winter Olympics

Winter Olympic hames are held every four years. Olympic Committee of Serbia, unfortunately, doesn's have many athletes in winter sports. Serbian post issued two stamps for every Winter Olympics since 2010.

Vancouver 2010. Stamps issued for XXI Winter Olympic games show nordic skiing (22 RSD) and alpine skiing (50 RSD).

Sochi 2014. Stamps issued for this Winter Olympics show figure skating (22 RSD) and ski jumping (46 RSD). On both stamps can be seen blue circle with snowflakes.

   

Pyeongchang 2018. Sports represented for this Winter olympics are snowboard (23 RSD) and speed skating (74 RSD). On the both stamps is present amblem of Olympic Committee of Serbia.

Beijing 2022. This year on stamps were shown skiing (30 RSD) and figure skating (86 RSD), both stamps again with amblem of Olympic Committee of Serbia.

   

Annual sport events in Serbia

Serbia is land of sport. Beside classic sport disciplines, there are some that take place every year. Serbian post represented on stamps some annual sport events for a few times.

Belgrade marathon

This is one of the greatest sport events that is organised in Serbia annually, every April. It was established in 1988. It is international event with competitors from all around the world. It is event of special importance for city of Belgrade.

2012            25th Belgrade Marathon

2017            30th Belgrade Marathon

2022            35th Belgrade marathon

      

Ljubičevo equesterian games

This is an equesterian event that takes place annually in Ljubičevo horse farm near city of Požarevac.  The farm originates from 19th century. This remarkable sport event is held every summer with rich programe that  includes equesterian competitions, horse shows and events for chlidren. The winner of the competitions is entitled the knight of Ljubičevo.

2013            50th Ljubičevo equesterian games

It was an important anniversary. Serbian post dedicated to this event 4 stamps, showing some competition disciplines: gallop race, arrow shooting, sword cutting, spear shooting.

2017            54th Ljubičevo equesterian games

2018            55th Ljubičevo equesterian games

2019            56th Ljubičevo equesterian games

     

Summer Olympics

Post of Serbia issues commemorative stamps for every Summer Olympic games.

2008 Beijing

For 2008 Olympic games. There were issued two stamps commited to Olympics as the greatest sport event, showing tennis and atletics. Also, there were issued 5 stamps showing Serbian tennis players who were part of Team Serbia: Janko Tipsarević, Nenad Zimonjić, Jelena Janković, Ana Ivanović and Novak Djoković.

2012 London

Two stamps issued for 2012 Olympics show olympic torch and London sights coming out of olympic stadium.

2016 Rio de Janeiro 

For 2016 Olympiad were issued 4 stamps. First two show taekwondo and tennis. Those stamps are se-tenant as they are connected through the ribbon. The other two are se-tenant stamps issued as minisheet, showing long jump.

2021 Tokyo

Two stamps issued for Tokyo 2020/2021 Olympic games show stylised olympic sports combined with the flag of Japan.