Handball and waterpolo
Croatia
yes, the handball championship 2009
2008-12-27 friendly handball match Croatia - Rusia.
The population is 4,290,612
Football is #1. Basketball, handball, and water polo are also very popular.
the main sport in Croatia is soccer and second main sport is rukomet and rukomet is handball witch Americain don't have
As of October 2023, India ranks 147th in the world handball standings, according to the International Handball Federation (IHF). The country's handball development has been gradual, with efforts to improve its presence in international competitions. Despite facing challenges, India continues to promote the sport domestically and aims to enhance its global standing.
Medal counts for Croatia: 1992 - 3 (1 silver, 2 bronze) 1996 - 2 (1 gold, 1 silver) 2000 - 2 (1 gold, 1 bronze) 2004 - 5 (1 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze) Croatia's gold medal winners were the men's handball team in 1996, Nikolay Pechalov in weightlifting in 2000, and the men's handball team in 2004.
7 ... 3 in the Summer Olympics (2 in handball and 1 in weightlifting) and 4 in the Winter Olympics (4 in alpine skiing).
Croatia (CRO) Venio LosertIvano BalićDomagoj DuvnjakBlaženko LackovićMarko KopljarIgor VoriJakov GojunZlatko HorvatDrago VukovićDamir BičanićDenis Buntić
According to the latest IHF World Ranking, Germany ranks 7th with 52 points by the end of the IHF World Cup in 07. They reached a plus of 9 points 2 ranks throughout 2007, leaving Spain and France behind. The current leader is Hungary with 90 points, followed by Russia with 84 points and Croatia with 77 points.