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The Croatia national handball team represents Croatia in international men's team handball competitions and friendly matches. The handball team is controlled by the Croatian Handball Federation (HRS).
The Croatian Handball Federation is the governing body of handball in Croatia. It is based in Zagreb.
Ivano Balić is a Croatian former professional handballer who is currently working as assistant coach of the Croatia national handball team. He was voted five times in a row as the most valuable player in major international competitions, and is one of only four male handball players who received the IHF World Player of the Year award on two occasions. He was voted the best handball player in history in an online poll organized by the International Handball Federation (IHF).
Valter Matošević is a former Croatian team handball player who was at the goalkeeper position. He played for professional teams in Croatia, Germany, Spain, Denmark and Italy. He is current handball coach.
Beach handball is a team hobby where two teams pass and bounce or roll a ball, trying to throw it in the goal of the opposing team. The game is similar to standard handball, but it is played on sand instead of on a solid floor. Because the ball loses most of its bounce on sand, there is little to no dribbling, and players instead perform more passing as the rules of travelling still apply.
Sport in Croatia has significant role in Croatian culture, and many local sports clubs as well as the Croatian national squads enjoy strong followings in the country. The most enduring sport by far in Croatia is football, and is played on amateur and professional levels amongst all age groups across the entire country. Several other major team sports are handball, basketball and water polo, with clubs in all parts of Croatia. Ice hockey is another popular team sport, namely in the Croatian interior. The most popular individual sports in Croatia are tennis, alpine skiing, and swimming, and to some extent table tennis and chess. Various amateur sport games are popular in Croatia, notably picigin.
Irfan "Pipe" Smajlagić is a Bosnian-born Croatian former handball player and current coach, who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics for Yugoslavia and in the 1996 Summer Olympics for Croatia.
Vukčević is a Serbo-Croatian patronymic surname, derived from the male given name Vukac. Notable people with the surname include:
Domagoj Duvnjak is a Croatian professional handball player for THW Kiel and the Croatia national team. Duvnjak is regarded as one of the best handball players of all time alongside fellow Croatian Ivano Balić.
Andrea Kobetić is a retired Croatian handball player who was last played for Siófok KC and the Croatia women's national handball team.
Nikola Prce is a Bosnian handball player for KH BESA FamGas and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.
Nikolina is the given name of:
The Croatian Handball Premier League is the highest men's handball league in Croatia. It is organized by the Croatian Handball Federation. The league comprises 16 teams.
Luka Stepančić is a Croatian professional handball player for SC Pick Szeged and the Croatian national team.
Krešimir Kozina is a Croatian handball player for Frisch Auf Göppingen and the Croatian national team.
Tamara Horacek is a Croatian-born French handball player for Metz.
Ivana Kapitanović is a Croatian handballer for Rapid București and the Croatian national team.
Nikolina Knežević is a Montenegrin handball player for CSU Danubius Galați and the Montenegrin national team.
Nikolina Vukčević is a Montenegrin handball player for ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica and the Montenegrin national team.
The women's handball team of Bosnia and Herzegovina is the national team of Bosnia and Herzegovina under the management of the Handball Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
