The Croatia women's national youth handball team () is the U-17 women's national team of Croatia. It is governed by the Croatian Handball Federation (Hrvatski rukometni savez) and takes part in international handball competitions. Team's best results so far is silver medal at the 2025 European Championship, as well as 4th places at the European Championships in 2001 and 2023 and 7th place at the 2024 World Championship.
Team finished 4th at the 2023 Four Nations Tournament in Paris.
Team won bronze medal at the 2026 Open European Championship in Gothenburg, beating Swiss team in the bronze medal game (24-23), with Ema Gotal scoring 13 goals.
Results World Championship 2012 – 14th place 2014 – 10th place 2016 – 9th place 2018 – 12th place 2022 – 11th place 2024 – 7th place 2026 – 18th place
European Championship 2001 – 4th place 2011 – 9th place 2015 – 6th place 2017 – 13th place 2019 – 14th place 2021 – 5th place 2023 – 4th place 2025 – 2nd place
Achievements Magdalena Ećimović: third most efficient goalkeeper of the 2014 World ChampionshipTop Goalkeepers archive.ihf.info Matea Pletikosić: best playmaker of the 2015 European Championship Katja Vuković: member of the all-star team of the 2021 European Championship Lucija Renić: best right wing of the 2023 European Championship (29 goals) Anđela Žagar: third best goalscorer at the 2022 World Championship (56 goals)Top scorers ihf.info. IHF
References
External links
IHF profile