# Croatia women's national handball team

The Croatia women's national handball team is the national handball team of Croatia.

## Competitive record

Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place

### Olympic Games

| Year | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD |
| 1976–1988 | Part of Yugoslavia | Part of Yugoslavia | Part of Yugoslavia | Part of Yugoslavia | Part of Yugoslavia | Part of Yugoslavia | Part of Yugoslavia | Part of Yugoslavia |
| 1992 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1996 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2000 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2004 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2008 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2012 | 7th | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 167 | 140 | +27 |
| 2016 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2020 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2024 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2028 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 2032 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Total | 1/11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 167 | 140 | +27 |

### World Championship

| Year | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD |
| 1957–1990 | Part of Yugoslavia | Part of Yugoslavia | Part of Yugoslavia | Part of Yugoslavia | Part of Yugoslavia | Part of Yugoslavia | Part of Yugoslavia | Part of Yugoslavia |
| 1993 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1995 | 10th | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 188 | 175 | +13 |
| 1997 | 6th | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 249 | 189 | +60 |
| 1999 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2001 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2003 | 14th | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 142 | 122 | +20 |
| 2005 | 11th | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 250 | 228 | +22 |
| 2007 | 9th | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 237 | 224 | +13 |
| 2009 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2011 | 7th | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 266 | 220 | +46 |
| 2013 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2015 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2017 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2019 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2021 | 18th | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 163 | 156 | +7 |
| 2023 | 14th | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 150 | 120 | +30 |
| 2025 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 2027 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 2029 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 2031 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Total | 8/20 | 59 | 31 | 2 | 26 | 1645 | 1434 | +211 |

### European Championship

| Year | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD |
| 1994 | 5th | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 115 | 118 | −3 |
| 1996 | 6th | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 138 | 143 | −5 |
| 1998 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2000 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2002 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2004 | 13th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 82 | 89 | −7 |
| 2006 | 7th | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 141 | 143 | −2 |
| 2008 | 6th | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 212 | 208 | +4 |
| 2010 | 9th | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 152 | 167 | −15 |
| 2012 | 13th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 65 | 69 | −4 |
| 2014 | 13th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 83 | 83 | 0 |
| 2016 | 16th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 68 | 97 | −29 |
| 2018 | 16th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 59 | 83 | −24 |
| 2020 | 3rd | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 193 | 196 | −3 |
| 2022 | 10th | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 132 | 159 | −27 |
| 2024 | 19th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 65 | 77 | −12 |
| 2026 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 2028 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| TBD 2030 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 2032 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Total | 13/20 | 63 | 26 | 2 | 35 | 1505 | 1632 | −127 |

### Mediterranean Games

* 1993 – Champions
* 1997 – Runners-up
* 2005 – 3rd place
* 2009 – 6th place
* 2013 – 3rd place
* 2018 – Did not participate
* 2022 – Runners-up
* 2026 – TBD
* 2030 – TBD

### Other competitions

* Carpathian Trophy 1996 – 2nd
* Carpathian Trophy 1999 – 2nd
* Carpathian Trophy 2005 – 3rd
* Carpathian Trophy 2007 – 3rd

## Team
### Current squad

Squad for the 2024 European Women's Handball Championship.
Head coach: Ivica Obrvan
* No.
* Pos.
* Name
* Date of birth (age)
* Height
* App.
* Goals
* Club
* 1
* GK
* Lucija Bešen
* (1998-03-29) 29 March 1998 (age 26)
* 1.80 m
* 37
* 1
* RK Podravka Koprivnica
* 2
* RW
* Nikolina Kragulj
* (1997-09-02) 2 September 1997 (age 27)
* 1.68 m
* 24
* 33
* RK Podravka Koprivnica
* 3
* LW
* Paula Posavec
* (1996-08-26) 26 August 1996 (age 28)
* 1.70 m
* 71
* 98
* ŽRK Zrinski Čakovec
* 4
* LB
* Tina Barišić
* (2000-10-30) 30 October 2000 (age 24)
* 1.85 m
* 10
* 13
* RK Podravka Koprivnica
* 5
* CB
* Iva Zrilić
* (2004-10-13) 13 October 2004 (age 20)
* 1.66 m
* 0
* 0
* RK Lokomotiva Zagreb
* 6
* P
* Sara Šenvald
* (1996-03-14) 14 March 1996 (age 28)
* 1.85 m
* 17
* 12
* RK Podravka Koprivnica
* 8
* CB
* Stela Posavec
* (1996-08-26) 26 August 1996 (age 28)
* 1.65 m
* 60
* 114
* MKS Lublin
* 10
* CB
* Dejana Milosavljević
* (1994-11-23) 23 November 1994 (age 30)
* 1.73 m
* 26
* 57
* HC Dunărea Brăila
* 12
* GK
* Ivana Kapitanović
* (1994-09-17) 17 September 1994 (age 30)
* 1.83 m
* 52
* 6
* Gloria Bistrița-Năsăud
* 17
* P
* Katarina Ježić
* (1992-12-19) 19 December 1992 (age 31)
* 1.73 m
* 103
* 213
* HC Dunărea Brăila
* 23
* RB
* Katarina Pavlović
* (1995-01-30) 30 January 1995 (age 29)
* 1.80 m
* 15
* 64
* CS Minaur Baia Mare
* 26
* P
* Mia Brkić
* (2003-05-11) 11 May 2003 (age 21)
* 1.80 m
* 0
* 0
* RK Podravka Koprivnica
* 35
* LW
* Josipa Mamić
* (1996-01-07) 7 January 1996 (age 28)
* 1.65 m
* 8
* 12
* RK Podravka Koprivnica
* 38
* LW
* Katja Vuković
* (2006-09-13) 13 September 2006 (age 18)
* 1.70 m
* 0
* 0
* RK Podravka Koprivnica
* 40
* LB
* Tena Petika
* (2000-06-16) 16 June 2000 (age 24)
* 1.90 m
* 4
* 15
* OGC Nice
* 43
* RB
* Klara Birtić
* (2002-03-28) 28 March 2002 (age 22)
* 1.82 m
* 2
* 8
* RK Podravka Koprivnica
* 45
* CB
* Iva Bule
* (2004-11-14) 14 November 2004 (age 20)
* 1.74 m
* 0
* 0
* RK Dalmatinka Ploče
* 88
* LB
* Kristina Prkačin
* (1997-10-21) 21 October 1997 (age 27)
* 1.83 m
* 30
* 19
* RK Podravka Koprivnica

### Medal-winning squads

* Bronze medal at the 2020 European Championship: Lucija Bešen, Paula Posavec, Dora Krsnik, Stela Posavec, Ćamila Mičijević, Dejana Milosavljević, Larissa Kalaus, Dora Kalaus, Katarina Ježić, Tena Japundža, Andrea Šimara, Ana Debelić, Josipa Mamić, Marijeta Vidak, Valentina Blažević, Kristina Prkačin, Tea Pijević
** coach: Nenad Šoštarić

## Head coaches

| Name | Period |
| Vatromir Shroj | 1992–1996 |
| Josip Šojat | 1996–2000 |
| Zdenko Kordi | 2000–2003 |
| Željko Tomac | 2003 |
| Ratko Balenović | 2003–2005 |
| Josip Šojat | 2005–2007 |
| Zdravko Zovko | 2007–2010 |
| Vladimir Canjuga | 2010–2015 |
| Goran Mrđen | 2015–2017 |
| Nenad Šoštarić | 2017–2023 |
| Ivica Obrvan | 2023–present |