Josip Šojat (born 6 March 1948) is a former

Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor 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 thr ...

player. He was the coach of the women's national team of

. His biggest achievement is winning the

Women's EHF Champions League The EHF Women's Champions League is the competition for the top women's handball clubs in Europe, organised annually by the European Handball Federation (EHF). It is the most prestigious tournament for clubs, with the champions of Europe's top na ...

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

after losing in the final in the year before.

Honours

As player

;Medveščak Zagreb *

Yugoslav Cup The Yugoslav Cup (; ; , ), officially known between 1923 and 1940 as the King Alexander Cup (; , and between 1947 and 1991 as the Marshal Tito Cup (; ; ; ), was one of two major association football, football competitions in Socialist Federal Re ...

(3): 1970, 1978, 1981

As coach

;Medveščak Zagreb *

(2): 1986, 1987 ;Laško Pivovarna Celje * 1. SRL (5): 1991-92, 1992-93, 1993-94, 2000-01 * Slovenian Cup (5): 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2000 ;Podravka Koprivnica * Croatian First A League (5): 1994-95, 1995-96, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07 *

Croatian Cup Croatian Cup may refer to: *Croatian Football Cup *Croatian Football Super Cup *Croatian Women's Football Cup *Croatian Basketball Cup, also known as Krešimir Ćosić Cup *Croatian Handball Cup *Croatian Water Polo Cup The Croatian Water Polo C ...

(3): 1995, 1996, 2006 *

EHF Champions League The EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the men's com ...

(1): 1995-96 * EHF Champions Trophy (1): 1996 ;Croatia (W) * 1996 European Championship - 6th place * 1997 World Championship - 6th place *

1997 Mediterranean Games The XIII Mediterranean Games, commonly known as the 1997 Mediterranean Games, were the 13th Mediterranean Games. The Games were held in Bari, Italy, from 13 to 25 June 1997, where 2,956 athletes (2,166 men and 790 women) from 21 countries partici ...

- 2nd place *

2005 Mediterranean Games The XVth Mediterranean Games Almería 2005 (XV Juegos del Mediterráneo 2005 in Spanish), commonly known as the 2005 Mediterranean Games, were the 15th Mediterranean Games. The Games were held in Almería, Spain over 10 days, from 24 June to 3 Ju ...

- 3rd place * 2006 European Championship - 7th place * 2007 World Championship - 9th place * 2008 European Championship - 8th place ;Individual * Croatian

coach of the year by SN and CHF: 1996 and 2007

References

Yugoslav male handball players Croatian male handball players RK Zamet coaches People from Senj Sportspeople from Lika-Senj County Handball players from Rijeka 1948 births Living people Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia Croatian handball coaches {{Croatia-handball-bio-stub