Ivan Čupić (born 27 March 1986) is a Croatian former

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 inducted into the EHF Hall of Fame in 2024.

Career

He was selected by the Croatian national team for the

2009 World Men's Handball Championship The 2009 World Men's Handball Championship was the 21st edition of the tournament that 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 gr ...

. He scored 8 goals in the opening match against

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, settling as the top scorer after the first day. He also played in the Croatian team that won the bronze medal at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

. Čupić missed the Games of XXIX Olympiad in Beijing, after losing his left

ring finger The ring finger, third finger, fourth finger, leech finger, or annulary is the fourth digit of the human hand, located between the middle finger and the little finger. Sometimes the term ring finger only refers to the fourth digit of a left-ha ...

in bizarre accident in July 2008. During a training session, Čupić fell and caught his wedding ring on a wire fence. The force of the fall severed his finger at the first joint.Croatia's Cupic loses finger
Though the amputated portion of the digit could not be reattached, his career has since been unaffected by having only nine fingers.

Honours

;Gorenje *

Slovenian First League The Slovenian PrvaLiga (, ), currently named Prva liga Telemach due to sponsorship reasons, also known by the abbreviation 1. SNL, is the top level of the Slovenian football league system. Contested by ten clubs, it operates on a system of prom ...

: 2008-09 * Slovenian Super Cup: 2009 ;Vive Tauron Kielce *

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 ...

: 2015–16 *Polish Championship: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 *Polish Cup: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 ;RK Vardar * Macedonian Super League: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 * Macedonian Cup: 2017, 2018, 2021 *Macedonian Super Cup: 2017, 2018, 2019 *

: 2016–17, 2018–19 *

SEHA League The South East Handball Association League, or simply the SEHA League, is a regional men's club handball league in Southeast Europe, featuring teams from Croatia, Hungary, North Macedonia, Serbia and Slovakia. Due to sponsorship reasons, the le ...

: 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19 ;RK Zagreb * Croatian Premier League: 2022, 2023 * Croatian Cup: 2022

References

1986 births Living people Croatian male handball players 21st-century Croatian sportsmen Handball players from Metković Rhein-Neckar Löwen players RK Medveščak Zagreb players Vive Kielce players Handball-Bundesliga players Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players for Croatia Olympic bronze medalists for Croatia in handball Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Sportspeople with limb difference Croatian amputees Expatriate handball players in Poland Croatian expatriate handball players in Germany Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Croatian expatriate sportspeople in North Macedonia Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Croatia Handball players at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in handball {{Croatia-handball-bio-stub