Croatia national handball team

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Croatia

Nickname

Pakleni

Association

Croatian Handball Federation

Coach

Lino Červar, ?-

Most caps

Most goals

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Home colours





Away colours

Summer Olympics

Appearances

3 (First in 1996)

Best result

Winners, 1996 and 2004

World Handball Championship

Appearances

6 (First in 1995)

Best result

Winners, 2003

European Championship

Appearances

7 (First in 1994)

Best result

Third place, 1994

The Croatian national handball team is a handball team that represents Croatia in the international matches and has been playing since the country's independence in the early 1990s. The team is controlled by the Croatian Handball Federation.

[edit] Results at the international tournaments

Despite of its relatively short history, the Croatian team has already made some significant results at the international tournaments. During the 1990s they placed third at the 1994 European Championship and second at the 1995 World Championship before eventually winning the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

After these successes they have been going through the time without such good results until they eventually made their comeback by winning the 2003 World Championship. In 2004 they were fourth at the European Championship, but won the gold medal at the Summer Olympics later that year. After these results it was logical that they were one of the favorites of the 2005 World Championship, but lost to Spain in the final match.

In 2006 the team finished fourth at the European Championship, where they have qualified for the semifinals by winning the group in the main stage, but were subsequently defeated by France in the semifinals and Denmark in the third place match.