Croatia women's national handball team

Croatia women's national handball team
Information
Nickname	Kraljice šoka (Shock Queens) [1]
Association	Croatian Handball Federation (HRS)
Coach	Ivica Obrvan
Most caps	Klaudija Bubalo (166)
Most goals	Klaudija Bubalo (769)
Colours
1st 2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	1 (First in 2012 )
Best result	7th (2012)
World Championship
Appearances	8 (First in 1995 )
Best result	6th (1997)
European Championship
Appearances	13 (First in 1994 )
Best result	3rd (2020)
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Croatia women's national handball team

Medal record
European Championship
	2020 Denmark	Team
Mediterranean Games
	1993 Languedoc-Rousillon
	1997 Bari
	2022 Oran	Team
	2005 Almería	Team
	2013 Mersin

The Croatia women's national handball team is the national handball team of Croatia.

Competitive record

 Champions   Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place  

Olympic Games

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

World Championship

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	Qualified
2027	TBD
2029
2031
Total	9/20	59	31	2	26	1645	1434	+211

Record against other teams at the world championship

European Championship

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	TBD
2028
TBD 2030
2032
Total	13/20	63	26	2	35	1505	1632	−127

Record against other teams at the European Championship

Mediterranean Games

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

Other competitions

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

Team

Current squad

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

Head coach: Ivica Obrvan

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Lucija Bešen (1998-03-29) 29 March 1998 (age 27) 1.82 m 64 1 RK Podravka Koprivnica 3 RW Lara Burić (2003-08-13) 13 August 2003 (age 22) 1.69 m 32 42 RK Podravka Koprivnica 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 29) 1.85 m 41 33 RK Podravka Koprivnica 10 CB Dejana Milosavljević (1994-11-23) 23 November 1994 (age 30) 1.73 m 55 140 HC Dunărea Brăila 21 RW Lana Jurina (2005-06-22) 22 June 2005 (age 20) 1.77 m 0 0 ŽRK Koka Varaždin 23 RB Katarina Pavlović (1995-01-30) 30 January 1995 (age 30) 1.80 m 40 119 Alba Fehérvár KC 28 LW Andrea Šimara (1997-07-13) 13 July 1997 (age 28) 1.70 m 58 93 RK Podravka Koprivnica 29 P Veronika Babara (2006-06-21) 21 June 2006 (age 19) 1.77 m 2 2 RK Podravka Koprivnica 32 CB Ana Malec (2000-07-25) 25 July 2000 (age 25) 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 25) 1.90 m 32 43 SV Union Halle-Neustadt 41 P Ema Blaško (2004-12-12) 12 December 2004 (age 20) 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 20) 1.74 m 7 18 RK Dalmatinka Ploče 48 RB Hannah Vuljak (2002-08-18) 18 August 2002 (age 23) 1.83 m 3 1 RK Podravka Koprivnica 50 GK Petra Marinović (2001-06-29) 29 June 2001 (age 24) 1.80 m 5 0 RK Podravka Koprivnica 88 LB Kristina Prkačin (1997-10-21) 21 October 1997 (age 28) 1.83 m 57 62 RK Podravka Koprivnica

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

Maida Arslanagić Klaudija Bubalo Andrea Čović Ana Debelić Kristina Elez Anita Gaće Jelena Grubišić Lidija Horvat Ivana Jelčić Dijana Jovetić Sanela Knezović Nataša Kolega

Dora Krsnik Ivana Lovrić Vesna Milanović-Litre Andrea Penezić Snježana Petika Adriana Prosenjak Nikica Pušić-Koroljević Barbara Stančin Miranda Tatari Maja Zebić Marta Žderić

Head coaches

Name	Period
Vatromir Shroj	1992–1996
Josip Šojat	1996–2000
Zdenko Kordi	2000–2003
Željko Tomac	2003
Ratko Balenović	2003–2005
Josip Šojat	2005–2007
Zdravko Zovko	2007–2010
Vladimir Canjuga	2010–2015
Goran Mrđen	2015–2017
Nenad Šoštarić	2017–2023
Ivica Obrvan	2023–present

See also

• Croatia men's national handball team
• Croatia national beach handball team
• Croatia women's national beach handball team

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. "Seniorke: Popis igračica za Svjetsko prvenstvo | HRS" (in Croatian). 7 November 2025. Retrieved 11 November 2025.

External links

• Official website
• IHF profile