Croatia men's national handball team
The Croatian men's national handball team represents Croatia in international tournaments in men's handball.
The Croatian Handball Federation was founded in 1990 and is a member of the IHF since 1992. The team was able to achieve many successes, the largest were winning the Men's Handball World Championship in 2003 and two gold medals at the 1996 Olympics and 2004.
After the Euro 2000 Croatia was successfully discharged in 2005 also elected as the host of the 2009 World Cup, although none of the halls was given. At home, the team could not defend the title in 2003 successfully, but reached the final, where France is defeated with 19:24.
- 2.1 Player Squad
Placements at championships
More Cup rankings
World Cup ( Men's Handball )
Gold: 2006 in Germany & Sweden
Mediterranean Games
Gold: 1993, 1997, 2001
Current squad
Player Squad
As of January 27 2013 ( after World Cup)
Well-known former national player
- Goran Perkovac
- Slavko Goluža
- Irfan Smajlagic
- Patrik Ćavar
- Zlatko Saračević
- Nenad Kljaić
- Bozidar Jovic
- Mirko Bašić
- Vlado Šola
- Nikša Caleb
- Mirza Džomba
- Denis Špoljarić
- Prior Dominiković
- Petar Metlicic
- Renato Sulic
- Ivano Balic
- Goran Sprem