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REPORT<br />
GROUP B<br />
CROATIA<br />
Players<br />
No. Name Position*<br />
Date of<br />
birth<br />
Height Weight Club<br />
1 Ivan Stevanovic GK 18.05.1982 1.93 101 HC Ppd Zagreb<br />
3 Marino Maric LP 01.06.1990 1.96 114 MT Melsungen<br />
5 Domagoj Duvnjak CB 01.06.1988 1.97 99 THW Kiel<br />
8 Marko Kopljar RB 12.02.1986 2.10 108 FC Barcelona<br />
10 Jakov Gojun LB 18.04.1986 2.04 110 Füchse Berlin<br />
13 Zlatko Horvat LW 25.09.1984 1.79 86 HC Ppd Zagreb<br />
18 Igor Karacic CB 02.11.1988 1.89 87 HC Vardar<br />
21 Kresimir Kozina LP 25.06.1990 1.96 104 HC Flensburg<br />
25 Mirko Alilovic GK 15.09.1985 2.00 110 MKB Veszprem<br />
26 Manuel Strlek LW 01.12.1988 1.81 79 HC Vive Tauron Kielce<br />
27 Ivan Cupic RW 27.03.1986 1.78 78 HC Vive Tauron Kielce<br />
29 Antonijo Kovacevic LW 21.05.1987 1.90 90 HC Ppd Zagreb<br />
30 Marko Mamic LB 06.03.1994 2.00 100 HC Dunkerque<br />
31 Luka Sebetic RB 26.05.1994 1.98 97 HC Ppd Zagreb<br />
32 Ivan Sliskovic LB 23.10.1991 1.97 98 MKB Veszprem<br />
33 Luka Cindric CB 05.07.1993 1.82 90 HC Vardar<br />
*Position: GK – Goalkeeper, LW – Left Wing, RW – Right Wing, LB – Left Back, CB – Centre Back, RB – Right Back,<br />
LP – Line Player<br />
HEAD COACH<br />
ZELJKO BABIC<br />
Zeljko Babic jis the young coach of the Croatian national team. In a playing career<br />
cut short by injuries he won the European Champions Cup, the predecessor of the<br />
EHF Champions League, twice (1992, 1993) with the best Croatian club Zagreb.<br />
He soon became a coach. His career has seen him take charge of clubs such as<br />
Split, Metkovic, Krsko (Slovenia), Zagreb and Meshkov Brest (Belarus).<br />
Since 2009 he has been a member of the Croatian Handball Federation as<br />
an individual coach for the World Championship in Croatia, assisting in the<br />
preparation and competition.<br />
In 2010 he became an assistant coach of the Croatian national team. During this<br />
time, Croatia has won three bronze medals at the European Championship 2012<br />
in Serbia, Olympic Games in London in 2012 and at the World Championship<br />
2013 in Spain.<br />
After Slavko Goluža left, he took charge of the national team for EHF EURO 2016<br />
qualification. He has a good relationship with many players having trained them<br />
in the junior selection.<br />
Matches played<br />
Date Teams Score<br />
1 15.01.2016 Croatia – Belarus 27 : 21<br />
2 17.01.2016 Norway – Croatia 34 : 31<br />
3 19.01.2016 Croatia – Iceland 37 : 28<br />
4 21.01.2016 Macedonia – Croatia 24 : 34<br />
5 23.01.2016 France – Croatia 32 : 24<br />
6 27.01.2016 Poland – Croatia 23 : 37<br />
7 29.01.2016 Spain – Croatia 33 : 29<br />
8 31.01.2016 Norway – Croatia 24 : 31<br />
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