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]

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Information
AssociationCroatian Handball Federation
CoachIgor Vori
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1st
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2nd
Results
IHF U-21 World Championship
Appearances9 (First in 1997)
Best resultSilver Runners-Up : (2019)
European Junior Championship
Appearances11 (First in 1996)
Best resultSilver Runners-Up : (2012)
Last updated on Unknown.

History

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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

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IHF Junior World Championship record

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  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

Year[3] Round Position GP W D L GS GA GD
1977   Didn't Qualify
1979   /  
1981  
1983  
1985  
1987  
1989  
1991  
1993  
1995  
1997   10th place
1999   11th place
2001   9th place
2003   5th place
2005   Didn't Qualify
2007   4th place
2009   Didn't Qualify
2011  
2013   4th place
2015   Didn't Qualify
2017[4]   10th place
2019[5]   2nd place[6]
2023     8th place
Total 9/23 0 Titles

European Championship

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  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

European Junior Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA GD
  1996 5th place
  1998 6th place
  2000 8th place
  2002 11th place
  2004 Didn't Qualify
  2006 7th place
  2008 16th place
  2010 11th place
  2012 Final Runners-Up
  2014 Didn't Qualify
  2016 Semi-finals 4th place
  2018 6th place
  2022 14th place
Total 11/13 0 Titles

Squad

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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

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  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 4 September 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  7. ^ 2019 WC Squad Croatia PDF Retrieved 9 November 2020
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