SSL Team SRB – By Sailors for Sailors

THE FOOTBALL WORLD CUP... IN SAILING

EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS | 8-11 June 2026 | Grandson, Switzerland

FINALS | 15 Nov - 13 Dec 2026 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Highlights

Events

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EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS

G2 - Race 1

11:00

09 June 2026

SWITZERLAND

Participants

LTU

NOR

BEL

SRB

Results

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EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS

G2 - Race 2

12:30

09 June 2026

SWITZERLAND

Participants

LTU

NOR

BEL

SRB

Results

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EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS

G2 - Race 3

16:25

09 June 2026

SWITZERLAND

Participants

LTU

NOR

BEL

SRB

Results

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THE EAGLES

Who needs sea to sail?

“Serbian Eagles in full speed“

Since ancient times, sailing has spread around the globe, on every ocean and sea. However, some countries have developed sailing on lakes.

As for us, we sail on the rivers!

Serbia has two great rivers flowing through, Sava and Danube, where we battle against strong competition and even stronger currents. We spend a lot of time grounded on the river banks, because we try to stay in the weakest current. We also spend some time on the sea, where we sail on one of the first RC44 prototypes. Since 2005, the team has been exceptional and has won many regattas in the Adriatic, helping Serbia reach the top level in the regional keel boat racing.

Serbia is known for winning medals in all kinds of sports and now we are happy that we have the opportunity to win one more and continue our tradition.

Statistics

THE COUNTRY

8,976,000 population
200 sailors
20 sailing clubs
10 sailing schools
0 km of sea coast

ACHIEVEMENTS

30+ National Championship titles won by the team members

SSL Ranking

SSL best ranked woman: 1217 (2019)
SSL best ranked man: 1200 (2019)
SSL nations ranking: 52 (10/2020)

MAIN EVENTS

SEEOOC > 93 participants (2019)
Serbian Sailing League (TBD)

4 We have four RC44 World Championship titles among us. All four as a shore team.

The captain

Goran Stevanovic

The captain of the SSL Team Serbia is a true leader and passionate sailor. Having a background in IT, he is very good at crunching numbers, which comes in handy on a sailboat, mastering tactics and strategy. Always looking for ways to improve performance and open to constantly learning. As a helmsman, he has won numerous national and international regattas in small keelboats, like Micro class and Seascape 18. The great love he feels for sailing, not only sees him spend a lot of time on the water, but he also designs and produces the next generation of Micro class boats.

THE LEADERS

Arsa Stevanov

A sailor without a sea, blown by the wind from the Pannonian Sea to the collision course of the greatest sailors of today. As a crew member, he finds his place in every role, he knows how to feel the heartbeat of a sailboat, and the RC44 is his speciality.

Nikola Marjanovic

Nikola is an all-round sailor and together with the team captain Goran, has been dominating European and World level podiums in small keelboats, for the last six years. Nikola has won 4 Serbian national championship titles in the Laser. Holding M.Sc. in Aerodynamics, he tends to annoy other members on the boat, always requesting details!

Tihomir Zakic

Born near Lake Palic, one of Serbian National racing areas, Tihomir sailed dinghies from a young age, Optimist and Laser, to Finn class, where he won many national regattas. He doesn’t stop there, as also sails on the ice in winter time, when Lake Palic is frozen.

THE YOUTH FACTOR

The majority of sailors in Serbia are youngsters in the Optimist class and we are proud to have a European Championship title in the Optimist. Despite our youngest SSL team member being only 18 years old, Nikola Banjac has made it into the Top 20 nations on the ISAF Youth World Championship in the Laser class and he is a bright future for Serbian sailing.

Confirmed Athletes

Helm | 8

Trimmer | 5

Bow | 1

Trimmer | 5

Grinder | 4

Trimmer | 11

Trimmer | 6

Mid-Bow | 2

Pit | 3

TBD | TBD

Captain/Main Trimmer | 10

Nadja MIHAJLOV

Mid Bow | 2

Srdjan SKALA

Tactician | 9

Potential Team Position

1 BOW Vladimir Švab	2 MID-BOW Aleksandar Jovanovic
3 PIT Milos Dobrosavljev	4 GRINDER Luka Minic
5 TRIMMER Arsa Stevanov	6 TRIMMER Dragan Petrovic
7 MAIN TRIMMER Tihomir Zakic	8 HELM
9 TACTICIAN Nikola Marjanovic	10 CAPTAIN Goran Stevanovic
11 FLOATER

BOW

Vladimir Švab

MID-BOW

Aleksandar Jovanovic

PIT

Milos Dobrosavljev

GRINDER

Luka Minic

TRIMMER

Arsa Stevanov

TRIMMER

Dragan Petrovic

MAIN TRIMMER

Tihomir Zakic

HELM

TACTICIAN

Nikola Marjanovic

CAPTAIN

Goran Stevanovic

FLOATER

SQUAD

Goran Stevanovic	Arsa Stevanov
Vladimir Švab	Dragan Petrovic
Aleksandar Jovanovic	Filip Radonic
Kristina Boja	Nikola Marjanovic
Luka Minic	Stefan Yuill
Mina Stanikic	Dusan Trbojevic
Nikola Banjac	Dejan Antic
Milos Dobrosavljev	Tihomir Zakic