Croatian Handball Federation
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Croatian Handball Federation
It organizes the handball leagues:
- Croatian First League of Handball
- Croatian Second League of Handball
It also organizes the Croatian national handball team and the Croatian national women's handball team as well as the Croatian national beach handball team and Croatian women's national beach handball team.
The Handball Working Committee was first formed in Zagreb in 1940 and the following year the HRS itself was formed within the Independent State of Croatia. After the Second World War, it was renamed the Handball Federation of Croatia and ceded some powers to the Yugoslav Handball Federation. Upon Croatia's independence from Yugoslavia, the Croatian Handball Federation again represented the country. It joined the European Handball Federation and the International Handball Federation in 1992.
Hosted tournaments
- 2000 European Men's Handball Championship
- 2003 World Women's Handball Championship
- 2009 World Men's Handball Championship
- 2014 European Women's Handball Championship
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