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.Croatian Handball Federation
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. Team Info Retrieved 10 November 2020.
Statistics IHF Junior World Championship record Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
YearJunior World Championship Info Retrieved 2 November 2020RoundPositionGPWDLGSGAGD1977 Didn't Qualify1979 / 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 10th place 1999 11th place 2001 9th place 2003 5th place 2005 Didn't Qualify2007 4th place 2009 Didn't Qualify2011 2013 4th place 2015 Didn't Qualify2017 2017 men u21 Edition Retrieved 8 November 2020 10th place 2019 2019 men u21 Edition Retrieved 8 November 2020 2nd place 2023 8th place 2025 12th place Total 10/240 Titles
European Championship Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
European Junior Championship recordYearRoundPositionGPWDLGSGAGD 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 FinalRunners-Up 2014 Didn't Qualify 2016 Semi-finals 4th place 2018 6th place 2022 14th place 2024 11th place 2026 16th place Total13/150 Titles
Squads 2019 world championship squad: 2019 WC Squad Croatia PDF Retrieved 9 November 2020 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).
References
External links World Men's Youth Championship table European Men's Youth Championship table