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Handball is one of the most popular sports in Croatia and since independence, the one sport that has brought the country the most sporting trophies. The Croatian Women Handball Selection has had great variety of results at World and European championships, but their greatest success remains at the Mediterranean Games.

The first official performance on great tournaments women handball players had in 1993 on Mediterranean Games in France where they won the gold medal. The team ranked fifth place at the inaugural European Championship in 1994 and which led them into the World Championship in Austria/Hungary where they ranked among the top ten, followed by a silver medal at the Mediterranean Games in 1997 in Bari, Italy.

In 1999, after ranking sixth in Germany at the World Championship, the face of the Croatian women´s national team underwent dramatic change; unfortunately this was not enough to bring the team the results desired so badly. A rejuvenated Selection tried to find its way back to the European and world handball scene.

In the years that followed, the team qualified for both World and European final tournaments though success continued to elude them. Finally, 2005 is the year that again brought us success. Winning the bronze on the Mediterranean Games in Almeria, Spain, is definite proof that Croatia remains competitive and still has a place on the international handball scene.

Nevertheless, the team remains encouraged and is looking forward to the Group B matches, where they will throw-off against Montenegro, Russia and Iceland.

Croatia made it to Denmark by winning Qualification Group 7. Of their six matches they only lost one against runners-up, the Netherlands. In all matches against FYR Macedonia and Lithuania, Croatia defeated both teams twice.

Vladimir Canjuga was born on April 3rd, 1960 in Varaždin County, Croatia. He graduated in 1983 from the Faculty for Physical Culture in Zagreb; his graduate thesis was about handball. Canjuga still teaches Physical Education at the gymnasium high school in his home town Ivanec. 

Coach Canjuga began his career in 1979, working on the level of club teams for ten years. "Ekol Ivančica" in Ivanec, "Pipo IPC" in íakovec and "Varteks" of Varaždin were among the clubs that received his tutelage.

From 1989 onwards, he became the associate coach of the Croatian Handball Federation, schooling the younger age category teams. Canjuga's biggest success to date remains leading Croatia to Gold at the Youth World Championships in Croatia in 2009.

He also took silver at the Youth European Championships in Belgrade 2004 and bronze at the Junior WCh in Qatar 2005. He also coached his school team and took silver at the High School World Championship in Thessaloniki in 2002 in addition to numerous titles in High School Championships in Croatia.

Canjuga became the new women's national team coach in beginning of August 2010.

Croatian Handball Federation Website: www.hrs.hr