Croatia women's national youth handball team

National handball team

Information

Association

EHF, CHF

Colours

1st

2nd

Results

World Championship

Appearances

Best result

8th (2016)

European Championships

Best result

4th (2001, 2023)

Last updated on 2 June 2024.

The Croatia women's national youth handball team (Croatian: Hrvatska ženska kadetska rukometna reprezentacija) 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 are 4th places at the European Championships in 2001 and 2023^[1]^[2] and 8th place at the 2016 World Championship.

Team finished 4th at the 2023 Four Nations Tournament in Paris.^[3]

Results

European Championships

2001: 4th
2011: 9th
2015: 6th
2017: 13th
2019: 14th
2021: 5th^[4]
2023: 4th^[1]^[2]

World Championships

2012: 14th
2014: 10th
2016: 8th
2018: 12th
2020: qualified via 2019 Euro but tournament was cancelled
2022: 11th
2024: TBD

Acknowledgements

Magdalena Ećimović: third most efficient goalkeeper of the 2014 World Championship^[5]
Matea Pletikosić: best playmaker of the 2015 European Championship^[6]
Katja Vuković: member of the all-star team of the 2021 European Championship^[7]^[8]
Lucija Renić: best right wing of the 2023 European Championship (29 goals)^[7]^[9]
Anđela Žagar: third best goalscorer at the 2022 World Championship (56 goals)^[10]

References

^ ^a ^b "W17 Europsko prvenstvo: Oproštaj u suzama, bronca ide u Njemačku". hrs.hr (in Croatian). Croatian Handball Federation. 13 August 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Veliki uspjeh mladih rukometašica, medalja je izmaknula za dlaku". net.hr (in Croatian). 13 August 2023.
^ "Kadetkinje: I treći poraz na turniru "Četiri nacije"". hrs.hr (in Croatian). Croatian Handball Federation. 17 December 2023.
^ Pinević, Dražen (8 January 2022). "Sportske novosti i HRS odabrali najbolje rukometne pojedince za 2021. godinu: nagrade otišli Luki Cindriću, Ani Debelić i Nenadu Šoštariću". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian).
^ Top Goalkeepers archive.ihf.info
^ [1] Archived 2020-04-12 at the Wayback Machine
^ ^a ^b "W17 Europsko prvenstvo: Lucija Renić u idealnoj postavi prvenstva". hrs.hr (in Croatian). Croatian Handball Federation. 14 August 2023.
^ "Hungary overpower Germany to claim W17 EHF EURO 2021 title". European Handball Federation. 15 August 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
^ "France come out on top in W17 EHF Euro". European Handball Federation. 14 August 2023.
^ Top scorers ihf.info. IHF

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v t e National women's youth handball teams of Europe (EHF)
Current teams	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Georgia Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine
Defunct teams	Czechoslovakia East Germany Soviet Union Yugoslavia

National women's youth handball teams of Europe (EHF)

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