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ZAGREB, 28 January 2021 – The Croatian men’s handball team has a new coach after Lino Čevar stepped down this week following Croatia’s early exit at the 2021 World Championships in Egypt.  Croatia failed to reach the quarterfinals after losses to Argentina and Denmark in the second round.  On Thursday, the Croatian Handball Federation confirmed that the Čevar’s assistant, Hrvoje Horvat, will take over as coach of the senior men’s team.  The Board of Directors accepted Čevar’s resignation and their were three candidates for the job – Horvat, Slavko Goluža and Ivano Balić...

(Photo Credit © Jozo Cabraja / kolektiff) Croatia has started the 2021 World Men’s Handball Championship in Egypt on Friday with a dramatic draw against Japan.  After trailing for most of the match, Croatia had to dig deep in the second half to come away with a draw against a spirited Japanese side 29-29. It was all Japan in the first half as Croatia struggled to find any rhythm in attack and organisation in defence. Japan led from the start and at one stage in the first half they would enjoy a 6-goal lead.  (Photo Credit © Jozo Cabraja / kolektiff) Croatia managed to close the gap but ...

Croatia wins bronze (Photo: © Jozo Cabraja / kolektiff) HERNING, 20 December 2020 – A fantastic second-half performance has seen the Croatia women’s handball team win their first ever medal at a major tournament. Croatia kept Denmark scoreless in the second half for over 17 minutes to record a memorable 25-19 victory and win the bronze medal at the 2020 European Women’s Handball Championship on Sunday. Croatia exceeded all expectations at the tournament and created Croatian handball history along the way. After beating Hungary, world champions The Netherlands, and Serbia to win thei...

(Photo credit © Uros Hocevar / kolektiff) HERNING, 18 December 2020 – Croatia will play for the bronze medal at the 2020 European Women’s Handball Championship in Denmark after losing to France in today’s semi-final.  Croatia, who were playing in their first-ever semi-final, were outplayed by a strong French team, going down 30-19. (Photo credit © Uros Hocevar / kolektiff) After trailing early in the match, the French would soon find their stride in the first half, capitalising on a number of mistakes and putting up a strong defence that would keep Croatia scoreless for large periods...

(Photo: © Stanko Gruden / kolektiff) Croatia has created history at the 2020 European Women’s Handball Championship in Denmark by reaching the semifinals for the first time today after beating Germany 23-20. Croatia met Germany at the Sydbank Arena in Kolding with the Germans needing to win by two goals to advance but it was to be the Croatians day.  (Photo: © Stanko Gruden / kolektiff) Germany started strong, scoring the first two goals of the game and leading for most of the first half. Tea Pijevic in the Croatia goal kept her side in the match by making a number of great saves and jus...