Croatia men's national junior handball team

The Croatia national junior handball team is the national under–21/20 handball team of Croatia. Controlled by the Croatian Handball Federation that is an affiliate of the International Handball Federation IHF as well as a member of the European Handball Federation EHF, The team represents Croatia in international matches.[1]

Croatia
Information
AssociationCroatian Handball Federation
Colours
Home
Away
Results
IHF U-21 World Championship
Appearances8 (First in 1997)
Best result Runners-Up : (2019)
European Junior Championship
Best result Runners-Up : (2012)
Last updated on Unknown.

History

Despite being one of the strongest men’s handball nations globally, Croatia have never managed to win the Crown of the IHF Men’s Junior World Championship . Their best performance so far was Vice-Champions in the 2019 Edition in Spain.[2]

Statistics

IHF Junior World Championship record

Year[3] Round Position GP W D L GS GA GD
1977 Didn't Qualified
1979 /
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997 10th place
1999 11th place
2001 9th place
2003 5th place
2005 Didn't Qualified
2007 4th place
2009 Didn't Qualified
2011
2013 4th place
2015 Didn't Qualified
2017 [4] 10th place
2019[5] 2nd place[6]
Total8/220 Titles

European Championship

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

European Junior Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA GD
19965th place
19986th place
20008th place
200211th place
2004Didn't Qualified
20067th place
200816th place
201011th place
2012FinalRunners-Up
2014Didn't Qualified
2016Semi-finals4th place
20186th place
Total10/120 Titles

Squad

Last world championship squad[7]

  • 01 EREŠ Ivan
  • 04 MALEC Lovro
  • 05 MILETA Fran
  • 06 NOVAK Dominik
  • 09 GODEC Karlo
  • 12 PANJAN Ivan
  • 13 VISTOROP Filip
  • 14 MARTINOVIĆ Ivan
  • 17 ŠPRUK Tomislav
  • 18 MILIČEVIĆ Adrian
  • 19 SRNA Zvonimir
  • 20 VEKIĆ Josip
  • 21 RAČIĆ Marko
  • 22 PAPIĆ Daniel
  • 25 ŠARAC Josip
  • 45 JAGANJAC Halil

References

  1. Croatian Handball Federation
  2. Team Info Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  3. Junior World Championship Info Retrieved 2 November 2020
  4. 2017 men u21 Edition Retrieved 8 November 2020
  5. 2019 men u21 Edition Retrieved 8 November 2020
  6. "HRVATSKA – FRANCUSKA 23:28: Naši mladi rukometaši izgubili su u povijesnom finalu, ali njihovo svjetsko srebro je nevjerojatan rezultat". net.hr (in Croatian). 28 July 2019. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  7. 2019 WC Squad Croatia PDF Retrieved 9 November 2020
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