Croatia women's national handball team

Olympic Games

More information Year, Position ...

Year	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD
1976–1988	Part of Yugoslavia
1992	Did not enter
1996	Did not qualify
2000
2004
2008
2012	7th	6	4	0	2	167	140	+27
2016	Did not qualify
2020
2024
2028	TBD
2032
Total	1/11	6	4	0	2	167	140	+27

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World Championship

More information Year, Position ...

Year	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD
1957–1990	Part of Yugoslavia
1993	Did not enter
1995	10th	8	5	0	3	188	175	+13
1997	6th	9	7	0	2	249	189	+60
1999	Did not qualify
2001
2003	14th	5	2	0	3	142	122	+20
2005	11th	8	3	0	5	250	228	+22
2007	9th	8	3	1	4	237	224	+13
2009	Did not qualify
2011	7th	9	6	0	3	266	220	+46
2013	Did not qualify
2015
2017
2019
2021	18th	6	2	0	4	163	156	+7
2023	14th	6	3	1	2	150	120	+30
2025	25th	7	4	0	3	210	166	+44
2027	TBD
2029
2031
Total	9/20	66	35	2	29	1855	1600	+255

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European Championship

More information Year, Position ...

Year	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD
1994	5th	6	4	0	2	115	118	−3
1996	6th	6	3	0	3	138	143	−5
1998	Did not qualify
2000
2002
2004	13th	3	1	0	2	82	89	−7
2006	7th	6	3	0	3	141	143	−2
2008	6th	7	3	0	4	212	208	+4
2010	9th	6	3	0	3	152	167	−15
2012	13th	3	1	0	2	65	69	−4
2014	13th	3	1	0	2	83	83	0
2016	16th	3	0	0	3	68	97	−29
2018	16th	3	0	0	3	59	83	−24
2020	3rd	8	6	0	2	193	196	−3
2022	10th	6	1	1	4	132	159	−27
2024	19th	3	0	1	2	65	77	−12
2026	Qualified
2028	TBD
2030
2032
Total	14/20	63	26	2	35	1505	1632	−127

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Mediterranean Games

• 1993 – Champions
• 1997 – Runners-up
• 2005 – 3rd place
• 2009 – 6th place
• 2013 – 3rd place
• 2018 – Did not participate
• 2022 – Runners-up
• 2026 – Did not participate
• 2030 – TBD

Other competitions

• Carpathian Trophy 1996 – 2nd
• Carpathian Trophy 1999 – 2nd
• Carpathian Trophy 2005 – 3rd
• Carpathian Trophy 2007 – 3rd

Current squad

Squad for the 2025 World Women's Handball Championship.^[2][3]

Head coach: Ivica Obrvan

More information No., Pos. ...

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Lucija Bešen (1998-03-29) 29 March 1998 (age 28) 1.82 m 64 1 RK Podravka Koprivnica 3 RW Lara Burić (2003-08-13) 13 August 2003 (age 23) 1.69 m 32 42 RK Lokomotiva Zagreb 4 LB Tina Barišić (2000-10-30) 30 October 2000 (age 25) 1.85 m 30 86 RK Podravka Koprivnica 5 CB Iva Zrilić (2004-10-13) 13 October 2004 (age 21) 1.66 m 7 0 RK Lokomotiva Zagreb 6 P Sara Šenvald (1996-03-14) 14 March 1996 (age 30) 1.85 m 41 33 RK Podravka Koprivnica 10 CB Dejana Milosavljević (1994-11-23) 23 November 1994 (age 31) 1.73 m 55 140 HC Dunărea Brăila 21 RW Lana Jurina (2005-06-22) 22 June 2005 (age 21) 1.77 m 0 0 ŽRK Koka Varaždin 23 RB Katarina Pavlović (1995-01-30) 30 January 1995 (age 31) 1.80 m 40 119 Alba Fehérvár KC 28 LW Andrea Šimara (1997-07-13) 13 July 1997 (age 29) 1.70 m 58 93 RK Podravka Koprivnica 29 P Veronika Babara (2006-06-21) 21 June 2006 (age 20) 1.77 m 2 2 RK Podravka Koprivnica 32 CB Ana Malec (2000-07-25) 25 July 2000 (age 26) 1.74 m 5 4 RK Lokomotiva Zagreb 36 GK Lea Zetović (2004-10-10) 10 October 2004 (age 21) 1.81 m 2 0 RK Lokomotiva Zagreb 40 LB Tena Petika (2000-06-16) 16 June 2000 (age 26) 1.90 m 32 43 SV Union Halle-Neustadt 41 P Ema Blaško (2004-12-12) 12 December 2004 (age 21) 1.76 m 3 0 RK Lokomotiva Zagreb 44 LW Katja Vuković (2006-09-13) 13 September 2006 (age 19) 1.71 m 11 10 RK Podravka Koprivnica 45 CB Iva Bule (2004-11-14) 14 November 2004 (age 21) 1.74 m 7 18 RK Dalmatinka Ploče 48 RB Hannah Vuljak (2002-08-18) 18 August 2002 (age 24) 1.83 m 3 1 RK Podravka Koprivnica 88 LB Kristina Prkačin (1997-10-21) 21 October 1997 (age 28) 1.83 m 57 62 RK Podravka Koprivnica

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Medal-winning squads

• Bronze medal at the 2020 European Championship: Lucija Bešen, Paula Posavec, Dora Krsnik, Stela Posavec, Ćamila Mičijević, Dejana Milosavljević, Larissa Kalaus, Dora Kalaus, Katarina Ježić, Tena Japundža, Andrea Šimara, Ana Debelić, Josipa Mamić, Marijeta Vidak, Valentina Blažević, Kristina Prkačin, Tea Pijević
  • coach: Nenad Šoštarić

Notable former players

Head coaches