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Handball World Championships in Spain Croatia wins bronze and Croatia – France 30-23

Posted on February 12, 2013September 18, 2026 by Ivana Marija Vidovic and Darko Zubrinic

Croatia winning against France, which was the current world champion in handball

Slavko Goluža, trainer of the Croatian national handball team, and a former representative handball player.

Domagoj Duvnjak, the best player of the 2013 match between Croatia and France.
Competing at the 2013 World Handball Championship in Spain, Croatia won in a match against  France, current World champion. Croatia won with a big result 30-23. The match was held in  23 Jan 2013 in Zaragoza, and it was one of the main events of the whole compeition. Croatia won bronze medal at the 2013 World Handball Competition in Spain, proving that it has one of the best handball teams in the world.


It is interesting that five days earliear Croatia won in a match with Spain 27-25. Despite this loss, Spain managed to win the gold medal.

Croatian team celebrating the victory in Zaragoza in the match with France. Photo by AP/M. Fernandez

Croatia won bronze medal at the 2013 World Handball Championship in Spain

Croatia won the bronze medal without Ivano Balić, the best handball player in the history of this sport.

Ivano Balić with the name of his son DINO in Croatian Glagolitic Script, on his left hand.

Stipe Mandalinić, young Croatian handball player.
HRS = Hrvatski rukometni savez = Croatian Handball Federation

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