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RK Medveščak
Rukometni klub "Medveščak" is a team handball, handball club located in Zagreb, Croatia. They are one of the more famous branches of the Medveščak sports society, named after the Gornji Grad - Medveščak, Medveščak neighbourhood of Zagreb. They play in the sports and recreational centre Šalata. Through history club was also known as Prvomajska, Coning Medveščak, Medveščak Osiguranje Zagreb, Medveščak Infosistem, Agram Medveščak and Medveščak NFD. Accomplishments *Yugoslavian Handball Championship, National Championship of Yugoslavia: 4 ** 1953, 1954, 1964, 1966 *National Cup of Yugoslavia: 7 ** 1970, 1978, 1981, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990 * EHF Champions League ** runner-up 1964/65 *Limburgse Handbal Dagen: 1 ** 1993 Notable players Famous coaches *Vlado Stenzel (Štencl) *Josip Milković *Velimir Kljaić *Josip Šojat *Abas Arslanagić *Zlatko Lukić *Pero Janjić *Ante Kostelić *Josip Glavaš *Ivica Obrvan *Mirko Bašić *Vinko Tomljanović *Boris Dvor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croatian Premier Handball League
The Croatian Handball Premier League () is the highest men's handball league in Croatia. It is organized by the Croatian Handball Federation (''Hrvatski rukometni savez''). The league comprises 16 teams. The league was formed in 1991 with the dissolution of the Yugoslav leagues. Format In the first phase, eight teams from two groups compete in a home-and-away round-robin series. All teams advance from the regular season to one of two postseason stages, depending on their league position. The top four teams from the regular season play in the Championship Round, while the bottom four teams play in the Relegation Round. At the end of the season, the bottom finisher is automatically relegated to the second league. Current teams Teams for season 2024–25 Past champions * 1992 : Zagreb Loto * 1993 : Badel 1862 Zagreb (2) * 1994 : Badel 1862 Zagreb (3) * 1995 : Badel 1862 Zagreb (4) * 1996 : Croatia banka Zagreb (5) * 1997 : Badel 1862 Zagreb (6) * 1998 : Badel 1862 Zagreb (7 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boris Jarak
Boris Jarak (born 19 April 1963) is a former Yugoslav/Croatian handball player and coach. Jarak made 49 appearances for the Yugoslavia national team, winning a bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics. He also played 12 matches for the Croatia national team, winning a silver medal at the 1995 World Championship. Honours ;Dubrovnik * Croatian regional league - (South) (1): 1980-81 ;Medveščak *Yugoslav Cup (4): 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990 ;Zagreb * Croatian First A League (2): 1994–95, 1995–96 *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 ... (2): 1995, 1996 References External linksBoris Jarak at databaseOlympics.com 1963 births Living people Yugoslav male handball players Croatian male handball players Croatian handball coaches Handball players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Kelentrić
Mario Kelentrić (born 30 January 1973) is a retired Croatian handball player who is currently the goalkeeping coach of the Bosnian national team and RK Vardar 1961. He has played for clubs in Croatia, Slovenia, Germany and France. He is noted as being one of the best goalkeepers of Croatia and he was also part of the golden generation witch won the 2003 World Championship in Portugal. Career In 1993 Kelentrić signed with RK Medveščak Zagreb. In his first season with the club he reached the final of the Croatian Cup. During his seven-year stay he reached two more cup finals and was in the top flight for most of his time spent there. In 1999 he moved to Badel 1862 Zagreb. In his first season with the club he reached the semi-final of the EHF Champions League and won both domestic titles. In 2001 he moved to Pivovara Laško Celje and unfortunately was part of a team that lost the domestic title for the first time since the inception of the Slovenian League. In 2002 he m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tonči Valčić
Tonči Valčić (born 9 June 1978) is a Croatian former professional handball player. He was a member of the Croatia national team at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Playing career Valčić began his career in Croatian powerhouse RK Zagreb where he has played for the majority of this career. Valčić played for three seasons in Germany for TV Grosswallstadt. He also played in Spain for CB Torrevieja and CB Ademar León before returning to Croatia. Valčić debuted for the national team at the 1999 World Men's Handball Championship in Egypt. He played for the national team from 1999 to 2010 winning the 2003 World Men's Handball Championship and coming to the finals of 2008 European Men's Handball Championship, 2009 World Men's Handball Championship and 2010 European Men's Handball Championship. Coaching career After end of playing career he became an assistant coach under the staff of Lino Červar in RK Zagreb, during the 2018–19 season. Personal life His younger bro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zvonimir Bilić
Zvonimir Bilić (born 22 September 1971) is a former Croatian handball player and coach. He played for the national team of Croatia. Honours ;Medveščak Zagreb *Limburgse Handbal Dagen (1): 1993 * Croatian First A League Runner-up (1): 1992–93 *Croatian Cup Finalist (3): 1992, 1993, 2006 ;Zagreb * Croatian First A League (7): 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2004–2005 *Croatian Cup (7): 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2005 *EHF Champions League Finalist (4): 1994–95, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99 *EHF Cup Winners' Cup Finalist (1): 2005 ;Conversano *Serie A (1): 2002–03 *Coppa Italia (1): 2003 ;Individual *Greatest sportsperson of the city of Dugo Selo Dugo Selo is a town with 17,676 inhabitants in Zagreb County, Croatia. Geography Dugo Selo (lit. ''Long Village'') is a 20 km drive from Zagreb city centre. The town covers an area of 51 km² and it consists of numerous settlements. ... in the 20th century – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivo Glavinić
Ivo is a masculine given name, in use in various European languages. The name used in western European languages originates as a Normannic name recorded since the High Middle Ages, and the French name Yves is a variant of it. The unrelated South Slavic name is a variant of the name Ivan (John). Origins The name is recorded from the High Middle Ages among the Normans of France and England ( Yvo of Chartres, born c. 1040). The name's etymology may be either Germanic or Celtic, in either case deriving from a given name with a first element meaning "yew" (Gaulish ''Ivo-'', Germanic ''Iwa-'').Campbell, MikIvo(Behind the Name: The Etymology and History of First Names) The name may have been spread by the cult of Saint Ivo (d. 1303), patron saint of Brittany. The Slavic name is a hypocorism, like its variant ''Ivica''. In Croatia, the name exhibits both Slavic and Celtic-Germanic origins; the Slavic variant Ivona of the Celtic-origin feminine name Yvonne, is regular and fairly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomislav Farkaš
Tomislav (, ) is a Slavic masculine given name, that is widespread amongst the South Slavs. The meaning of the name ''Tomislav'' is thought to have derived from the Old Slavonic verb "'' tomiti''" or "'' tomit'''" meaning to "''languish''", "''torture''" or "''struggle''", combined with "''slava"'' meaning glory. Other origin theories suggest the name is a variant derived from the New Testament Apostle Thomas, whilst another theory postulates that it is a Slavicised corruption of the (Dog) Latin "''Dominus Slavus''". The first recorded bearer of the name was the 10th-century King Tomislav of Croatia, for this reason it has become popular amongst Croats. In Croatia, the name Tomislav was among the top ten most common masculine given name in the decades between 1970 and 1999. The name is also widespread amongst Serbs, reaching popularity during the 1930s and 40s. King Alexander I of Yugoslavia gave his second child the name as a symbolic gesture of unity for his subjects. The name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vlado Šola
Vladimir "Vlado" Šola (born 16 November 1968) is a Croatian handball coach and former player. Born in Prisoje, Tomislavgrad, Prisoje, Šola played the position of goalkeeper on the Croatia men's national handball team, Croatian national team and competed in the Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament, 2004 Summer Olympics. Widely known for his energetic attitude and famously dyed red hair, he retired from playing professional handball in 2008. Honours Club ;Medveščak *:hr:Jugoslavenski rukometni kup, Yugoslav Cup: 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990 *Limburgse Handbal Dagen: 1993 ;Veszprem *Nemzeti Bajnokság I (men's handball), Hungarian First League: 2004–05, 2005–06 *Magyar Kupa (men's handball), Hungarian Cup: 2005 ;RK Zagreb *Croatian Premier Handball League, Croatian Premier League: 2006–07, 2007–08 *Croatian Handball Cup, Croatian Cup: 2007, 2008 Individual *Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport - 2004 Orders * Order of Danica Hrvatska, Order of Danic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dobrivoje Selec
Dobrivoje (Cyrillic script The Cyrillic script ( ) is a writing system used for various languages across Eurasia. It is the designated national script in various Slavic languages, Slavic, Turkic languages, Turkic, Mongolic languages, Mongolic, Uralic languages, Uralic, C ...: Добривоје) is a masculine given name of Slavic origin. Notable people with the name include: * Dobrivoje Božić (1885–1967), Serbian inventor * Dobrivoje Marković (born 1986), Serbian handballer * Dobrivoje Trivić (1943–2013), Serbian footballer {{given name Slavic masculine given names Serbian masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirko Bašić
Mirko Bašić (born 14 September 1960) is a Croatian former Team handball, handball player who competed for Yugoslavia men's national handball team, Yugoslavia in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics. He has also played six EHF Champions League finals winning two in 1984–85 European Cup (handball), 1984–85 and 1985–86 European Cup (handball), 1985–86 as part of the famous RK Metaloplastika which dominated European Handball Federation, European handball in the 1980s (often referred to as ''Handball Aliens''). Bašić was a big influence on Thierry Omeyer, who is regarded as the greatest goalkeeper in handball history. Career At the age of 16 Bašić debuted for RK Bjelovar, RK Partizan Bjelovar. In 1984 he was a member of the Yugoslav handball team which won the gold medal. He played all six matches as goalkeeper. Four years later he was part of the Yugoslav team which won the bronze medal, playing five matches. In 1985 and 1986 he was a member of EH ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nenad Kljaić
Nenad Kljaić (born 21 December 1966) is a Croatian former handball player and current coach of Greek club Serbia men's national handball team, Serbia. Career Kljaić won two EHF Champions League, European Champions Cups as a player with RK Zagreb in 1992 and 1993. He also won the EHF Challenge Cup in 2000 with TV Grosswallstadt. Kljaić played for the Croatia men's national handball team, Croatian national team from 1991 to 2001. He was part of the Croatian team that won gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. He played six games and scored five goals. After retiring from competitions he worked with RK Zagreb, RK Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb. Personal life He is the son of Velimir Kljaić and Jasenka Kljaić, born Neralić. He was married to Sandra Mejovšek-Kljaić. Together they have a son and daughter. Kljaić speaks Croatian language, Croatian, English language, English and German language, German. Honours Player ;Medveščak Zagreb *Yugoslav Handball Champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irfan Smajlagić
Irfan "Pipe" Smajlagić (born 16 October 1961) is a Bosnian-born Croatian former handball player and the current coach of Borac Banja Luka. He competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics for Yugoslavia and in the 1996 Summer Olympics for Croatia. In 1988, he was part of the Yugoslav national team, which won the bronze medal at the 1988 Olympics. He played five matches and scored 14 goals. Eight years later, he won the gold medal with the Croatian national team at the 1996 Olympics. He played six matches and scored 31 goals. He was inducted in the European Handball Hall of Fame in 2023. Personal life His son Sven is a professional basketball player. Honours Player ;Borac Banja Luka *Yugoslav First League: 1980–81 *Yugoslav Cup: 1979 ;Medveščak Zagreb *Yugoslav Cup: 1988–89, 1989–90 ;USAM Nîmes *Coupe de France: 1994 ;Badel 1862 Zagreb *Croatian First League: 1994–95, 1995–96 *Croatian Cup: 1995, 1996 *EHF Champions League runner-up: 1994–95 ;Yugoslavia *1988 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
