Croatia women's national handball team

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Croatia Croatia
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Information
NicknameKraljice šoka (Queens of Shock)[1]
AssociationCroatian Handball Federation (HRS)
CoachNenad Šoštarić
Assistant coachSnježana Petika
CaptainKatarina Ježić
Most capsKlaudija Bubalo (166)
Most goalsKlaudija Bubalo (769)
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Home
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Away
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances1 (First in 2012)
Best result7th (2012)
World Championship
Appearances7 (First in 1995)
Best result6th (1997)
European Championship
Appearances11 (First in 1994)
Best result3rd (2020)
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Croatia women's national handball team
Medal record
European Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Denmark
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 1993 Languedoc-Rousillon
Silver medal – second place 1997 Bari
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Almería Team
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Mersin Team

The Croatia women's national handball team is the national handball team of Croatia. It is governed by the Croatian Handball Federation and takes part in international team handball competitions.

Results[]

Olympic Games[]

Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
1976–1988 Part of Yugoslavia
Spain 1992 Couldn't participate in qualification
United States 1996 Did not qualify
Australia 2000
Greece 2004
China 2008
United Kingdom 2012 Quarter-final 7th of 12 6 4 0 2 167 140
Brazil 2016 Did not qualify
Japan 2020
France TBD
United States
Total 1/7 – 6 4 0 2 167 140

World Championship[]

Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
1957–1990 Part of Yugoslavia
Norway 1993 Couldn't participate in qualification
Austria/Hungary 1995 Round of 16 10th of 20 8 5 0 3 188 175
Germany 1997 Quarter-final 6th of 24 9 7 0 2 249 189
Denmark/Norway 1999 Did not qualify
Italy 2001
Croatia 2003 Preliminary round 14th of 24 5 2 0 3 142 122
Russia 2005 Main round 11th of 24 8 3 0 5 250 228
France 2007 Main round 9th of 24 8 3 1 4 237 224
China 2009 Did not qualify
Brazil 2011 Quarter-final 7th of 24 9 6 0 3 266 220
Serbia 2013 Did not qualify
Denmark 2015
Germany 2017
Japan 2019
Spain 2021 Main round 18th of 32 6 2 0 4 163 156
Denmark/Norway/Sweden 2023 TBD
Germany/Netherlands 2025
Hungary 2027
Total 7/14 – 53 28 1 24 1495 1214

European Championship[]

Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
Germany 1994 Preliminary round 5th of 12 6 4 0 2 115 118
Denmark 1996 Preliminary round 6th of 12 6 3 0 3 138 143
Netherlands 1998 Did not qualify
Romania 2000
Denmark 2002
Hungary 2004 Preliminary round 13th of 16 3 1 0 2 82 89
Sweden 2006 Main round 7th of 16 6 3 0 3 141 143
North Macedonia 2008 Main round 6th of 16 7 3 0 4 208 201
Denmark/Norway 2010 Main round 9th of 16 6 3 0 3 152 167
Serbia 2012 Preliminary round 13th of 16 3 1 0 2 65 69
Hungary/Croatia 2014 Preliminary round 13th of 16 3 1 0 2 83 83
Sweden 2016 Preliminary round 16th of 16 3 0 0 3 68 97
France 2018 Preliminary round 16th of 16 3 0 0 3 59 83
Denmark 2020 Third place game 3rd of 16 8 6 0 2 193 196
Slovenia/North Macedonia/Montenegro 2022 TBD
Austria/Hungary/Switzerland 2024
Russia 2026
Norway/Denmark/Sweden 2028
Total 11/14 – 54 25 0 29 1304 1389

Mediterranean Games[]

  • 1993 – Gold medal MedGames.svg Champions
  • 1997 – Silver medal MedGames.svg Runners-up
  • 2005 – Bronze medal MedGames.svg 3rd place
  • 2009 – 6th place
  • 2013 – Bronze medal MedGames.svg 3rd place
  • 2018 – Did not participate

Other competitions[]

Team[]

Current squad[]

Squad for the 2021 World Women's Handball Championship.[2][3]

Head coach: Nenad Šoštarić

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 GK Lucija Bešen (1998-03-29) 29 March 1998 (age 23) 1.80 m 15 0 Croatia RK Lokomotiva Zagreb
3 LW Paula Posavec (1996-08-26) 26 August 1996 (age 25) 1.70 m 49 61 Slovenia RK Krim
7 CB Dora Krsnik (1992-01-19) 19 January 1992 (age 30) 1.70 m 42 84 France
8 CB Stela Posavec (1996-08-26) 26 August 1996 (age 25) 1.65 m 37 61 Croatia RK Lokomotiva Zagreb
9 LB Ćamila Mičijević (1994-09-08) 8 September 1994 (age 27) 1.95 m 45 135 France Metz Handball
12 GK Ivana Kapitanović (1994-09-17) 17 September 1994 (age 27) 1.83 m 38 6 France Metz Handball
14 LB Larissa Kalaus (1996-06-24) 24 June 1996 (age 25) 1.73 m 25 78 Croatia RK Podravka Koprivnica
17 P Katarina Ježić (1992-12-19) 19 December 1992 (age 29) 1.73 m 83 170 Hungary Siófok KC
25 LW Lara Burić (2003-08-13) 13 August 2003 (age 18) 1.69 m 0 0 Croatia RK Lokomotiva Zagreb
28 LW Andrea Šimara (1997-07-13) 13 July 1997 (age 24) 1.70 m 12 13 Croatia RK Lokomotiva Zagreb
30 LB Ivana Dežić (1994-07-27) 27 July 1994 (age 27) 1.78 m 13 28 Croatia
31 P Ana Debelić (1994-01-09) 9 January 1994 (age 28) 1.82 m 45 74 Norway Vipers Kristiansand
33 RW Ana Turk (1989-06-29) 29 June 1989 (age 32) 1.69 m 28 46 Croatia RK Podravka Koprivnica
35 LW Josipa Mamić (1996-01-07) 7 January 1996 (age 26) 1.65 m 8 12 Croatia RK Lokomotiva Zagreb
40 LB (2000-06-16) 16 June 2000 (age 21) 1.90 m 0 0 Croatia RK Lokomotiva Zagreb
41 RB (1997-08-09) 9 August 1997 (age 24) 1.75 m 0 0 Croatia ŽRK Zrinski Čakovec
77 CB Valentina Blažević (1994-02-14) 14 February 1994 (age 27) 1.70 m 42 170 Romania Măgura Cisnădie
91 GK Tea Pijević (1991-11-18) 18 November 1991 (age 30) 1.72 m 35 1 Hungary Alba Fehérvár KC

Medal-winning squads[]

Notable former players[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Slišković, Hrvoje (17 December 2020). "'Nemojte nas zvati kaubojke, imamo bolji prijedlog!': Hrvatska reprezentativka o nadimku za rukometašice". Sportske novosti (in Croatian). Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  2. ^ "SP 2021 (Ž): Hrvatska spremno dočekuje Svjetsko prvenstvo". hrs.hr. 29 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Team Roster Croatia" (PDF). ihf.info. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.

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