Slovenia competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Slovenia won their first two summer Olympic gold medals at these games.
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).
Zoran Vulić is a Croatian professional football manager and former player who played as a defender. He is notable for having managed Hajduk Split five separate times between 1998 and 2018, which is a record among all Hajduk managers.
Zoran Pavlović is a former Slovenian footballer who played as a midfielder.
Zoran Janković is a Slovenian businessman and politician serving as Mayor of Ljubljana since April 2012. He previously served as mayor from 2006 to 2011.
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.
Zdravko Zovko is a retired Croatian handball player.
Alvaro Načinović is a former Croatian handball player who competed for Yugoslavia and Croatia respectively.
Ljubomir Vranjes is a Swedish handball coach and former player who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He is currently the sporting director of German team SG Flensburg-Handewitt.
Ivan Čupić is a Croatian handball player who plays for RK Zagreb and the Croatian national team.
Iztok Puc was a Croatian-Slovenian handball player, who was one of the world's top players of the 1980s and 1990s. During his career he played professionally for Borac Banja Luka, Zagreb, Celje and Prule 67. He won a total of 18 domestic trophies. He has won the elite EHF Champions League in 1992 and 1993, both times with Zagreb. He is one of very few handball players who represented three different countries at the Summer Olympics, winning bronze with Yugoslavia in 1988 and gold with Croatia in 1996. In 2009, he was named the best overall player in the history of Slovenian handball. After his death an award named in his honour was introduced and is awarded annually to the most promising young handball players in Slovenia and Croatia, given alternately one year to Slovenian and another year to Croatian player.
Kiril Lazarov is a retired Macedonian professional handball player and current coach of the North Macedonia national handball team and RK Alkaloid, widely regarded as one of the greatest handball players of all time.
Rolando Pušnik is a Slovenian former handball player.
Zoran Dragić is a Slovenian professional basketball player who plays for Bilbao Basket of the Liga ACB. He also represents the Slovenian national basketball team internationally. Standing at 1.96 m, he plays the shooting guard and small forward positions. He is the younger brother of Goran Dragić.
Ivan Stevanović is a retired Croatian handball player.
Ivan Pešić is a Croatian handball goalkeeper for HBC Nantes and the Croatian national team.
Zlatko Šimenc is a retired Croatian water polo player and coach (1969-1975) of Slovenian origin. He was part of the Yugoslav teams that won a silver medal at the 1964 Olympics and placed fourth in 1960. He won three more medals at the European championships in 1958–1966.
Zoran Roganović is a Montenegrin former handball player and current coach of Swedish club Eskilstuna Guif.
The following squads and players competed in the men's handball tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Hrvoje "Cveba" Horvat is a Croatian handball coach and retired handball player.
