Croatia men's national junior handball team
| Croatia | |||
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| Information | |||
| Association | Croatian Handball Federation | ||
| Coach | Igor Vori | ||
| Colours | |||
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| Results | |||
| IHF U-21 World Championship | |||
| Appearances | 9 (First in 1997) | ||
| Best result | Runners-Up : (2019) | ||
| European Junior Championship | |||
| Appearances | 11 (First in 1996) | ||
| Best result | Runners-Up : (2012) | ||
| Last updated on Unknown. | |||
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]
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
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
Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
| European Junior Championship record | ||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||
Squads
- 2019 world championship squad:[7] Ivan Ereš (1), Lovro Malec (4), Fran Mileta (5), Dominik Novak (6), Karlo Godec (9), Ivan Panjan (12), Filip Vistorop (13), Ivan Martinović (14), Tomislav Špruk (17), Adrian Miličević (18), Zvonimir Srna (19), Josip Vekić (20), Marko Račić (21), Daniel Papić (22), Josip Šarac (25) and Halil Jaganjac (45).
References
- ^ Croatian Handball Federation
- ^ Team Info Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- ^ Junior World Championship Info Retrieved 2 November 2020
- ^ 2017 men u21 Edition Retrieved 8 November 2020
- ^ 2019 men u21 Edition Retrieved 8 November 2020
- ^ "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.
- ^ 2019 WC Squad Croatia PDF Retrieved 9 November 2020