Croatia men's national junior handball team

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]

Croatia
Information
Association	Croatian Handball Federation
Coach	Igor Vori
Colours
1st 2nd
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.

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
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).