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The Croatian Handball Federation ( hr, Hrvatski rukometni savez; abbr. HRS) is the governing body of

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

in Croatia. It is based in

. It organizes the handball leagues: * Croatian Men's Premier Handball League * Croatian Women's First Handball League *

Croatian Second League of Handball Croatian may refer to: *Croatia *Croatian language *Croatian people *Croatians (demonym) See also * * * Croatan (disambiguation) * Croatia (disambiguation) * Croatoan (disambiguation) * Hrvatski (disambiguation) * Hrvatsko (disambiguation) * Se ...

It also organizes the Croatian men's national handball team and the Croatian women's national handball team, as well as the Croatian men's national beach handball team and Croatian women's national beach handball team.

History

The Handball Working Committee was first formed in

in 1948 and the following year the HRS itself was formed within the

Independent State of Croatia The Independent State of Croatia ( sh, Nezavisna Država Hrvatska, NDH; german: Unabhängiger Staat Kroatien; it, Stato indipendente di Croazia) was a World War II-era puppet state of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy (1922–1943), Fascist It ...

. After the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, it was renamed the Handball Federation of Croatia and ceded some powers to the Yugoslav Handball Federation. Upon Croatia's independence from

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

, the Croatian Handball Federation again represented the country. It joined the

and the

in 1992.

HRS presidents

Competitions hosted

International

1957 World Women's Handball Championship The 1957 World Women's Handball Championship took place in Virovitica, PR Croatia and Belgrade, PR Serbia within FPR Yugoslavia The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as SFR Yugoslavia or simply as Yugoslavia, was a ...

(as part of

SFR Yugoslavia The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as SFR Yugoslavia or simply as Yugoslavia, was a country in Central and Southeast Europe. It emerged in 1945, following World War II, and lasted until 1992, with the breakup of Yug ...

) *

1973 World Women's Handball Championship The 1973 World Women's Handball Championship took place in Yugoslavia between 7-15 December 1973. Preliminary Round Group A ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- Group C ---- ---- Group D ---- ---- Main round Group E ---- --- ...

(as part of

) *

1979 Women's Junior World Handball Championship The 1979 Women's Junior World Handball Championship was the 2nd edition of the tournament and took place in Yugoslavia from 13 to 23 October. The title was won by the Soviet Union who finished on top after winning four of their five games with Ea ...

(as part of

) * 1987 Men's Junior World Handball Championship (as part of

) *

2003 World Women's Handball Championship The 2003 World Women's Handball Championship, the 16th handball world championship for women, was played in Croatia between 2 and 14 December 2003. Qualification The following nations were qualified: Preliminary round Group A in Split *''Tu ...

2009 World Men's Handball Championship The 2009 World Men's Handball Championship (21st tournament) took place in Croatia from 16 January to 1 February, in the cities of Split, Zadar, Osijek, Varaždin, Poreč, Zagreb and Pula. Croatia was selected from a group of four potential hos ...

2014 Women's Junior World Handball Championship The 2014 IHF Women's Junior World Championship was the 19th edition of the tournament and took place in Croatia from 28 June to 13 July 2014. South Korea won the final and their first title by defeating Russia 34–27. Denmark secured the bronze m ...

Continental

2000 European Men's Handball Championship The 2000 European Men's Handball Championship was the fourth edition of the tournament and was held in Croatia from 21 to 30 January 2000, in the cities of Zagreb and Rijeka. Sweden won the tournament after defeating Russia in the final, while S ...

2011 European Beach Handball Championship The 2011 European Beach Handball Championship was held in Umag, Croatia from 4–9 July. Croatia was the defending men's champion, while Italy was the defending women's champion. Draw The group draw was held for both genders was held on 25 May 2 ...

2014 European Women's Handball Championship The 2014 European Women's Handball Championship was the eleventh continental tournament for women's national teams, organized by the European Handball Federation. The second jointly hosted edition in the competition's history took place in Hungar ...

* 2016 European Men's U-18 Handball Championship *

2017 European Beach Handball Championship The 2017 European Beach Handball Championship was held in Zagreb, Croatia , image_flag = Flag of Croatia.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.svg , anthem = "Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful ...

2018 European Men's Handball Championship The 2018 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was the 13th edition and was hosted for the second time in Croatia from 12 to 28 January 2018. Croatia was awarded hosting the tournament during the EHF congress in Dublin on 20 September 201 ...

External links

Croatian Handball Federation
Federation, Croatian Handball

European Handball Federation Sports organizations established in 1948 {{Sport-org-stub