Croatia men's national handball team
The Croatian national handball team is a handball team that represents Croatia in the international matches and has been playing since the country's independence in the early 1990s. The team is controlled by the Croatian Handball Federation.
Results at the international tournaments
Despite of its relatively short history, the Croatian team has already made some significant results at the international tournaments. During the 1990s they placed third at the 1994 European Championship and second at the 1995 World Championship before eventually winning the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
After these successes they have been going through the time without such good results until they eventually made their comeback by winning the 2003 World Championship. In 2004 they were fourth at the European Championship, but won the gold medal at the Summer Olympics later that year. After these results it was logical that they were one of the favorites of the 2005 World Championship, but lost to Spain in the final match.
The team is currently competing at the 2006 European Championship, where they were defeated by France in the semifinals and will play for third place against Denmark.
Current squad
This list represents the Croatian squad at the 2006 European Championship. The current selector of the team is Lino Červar.
- 1 - Venio Losert (goalkeeper)
- 3 - Renato Sulić
- 4 - Ivano Balić
- 6 - Blaženko Lacković
- 7 - Ivan Čupić
- 8 - Ljubo Vukić
- 9 - Igor Vori
- 10 - Davor Dominiković
- 11 - Mirza Džomba
- 12 - Vlado Šola (goalkeeper)
- 13 - Zlatko Horvat
- 15 - Slavko Goluža
- 16 - Nikola Blažičko (goalkeeper)
- 17 - Goran Šprem
- 18 - Denis Špoljarić
- 19 - Petar Metličić
- 20 - Denis Buntić