Double world champions, of course, are coming from Croatia

As of today, Croatia has two more gold medals, and this will definitely enter our sports history. In the men’s competition Croatians dethroned current world champions Brasil with the result of 2:1, while the girls, with straight 2:0 won the match with Spain – and the result of two finals won was the famous Croatian winning caterpillar on andalusian sand.

As the only nations in the world that had its representatives in the men’s and women’s finals, Croatia conquered the world.

Images from Cadiz can be found at this link – http://picasaweb.google.hr/rukometnapijesku.

Results – finals

	Team 1		Team 2	Result	Set 1	Set 2	Shoot Out	Reports
W	Spain	–	Croatia	0:2	10:13	6:15		MR ST
M	Croatia	–	Brasil	2:1	21:14	18:19	9:6	MR ST

Full stadium was not enough to Spain, which our girls won in the group matches, to win even one set in the women’s finals. Croatian girls dominated from the first moment, and ended the match easily.
World champions in the women’s competition are: Starček, Majer, Lovric, Šamarinec, Bazzeo, Bukovina, Vidovic, Botica, Ačkar and Daskijevič, with the coach Matea Brezić. Vlatka Šamarinec was also declared the best and pivot in the women’s competition.

Overall on the world championship in the women’s competition:
1. CROATIA
2. Spain
3. Brazil

In the men’s competition boys had a little bit harder match, and that is after all, how the world finals with a team that is defending the title should look like. The first set was absolutely dominated by Croatians, but in the second one Brasil was allowed to impose their game, and the second set was lost and the finals ended with shoot out. Our boys got all the goals, Bumbak defended the first shoot-out, and Horvat got last goal ‘for 1’ easily.
World champions in the men’s competition are: Biuklić, Juric, Černetić, Vladušić, Pavelic, Rokavec, Bumbak, Šandrk, Horvat, and Paradžik, with the coach Siniša Ostoić. Our Andro Vladušić was declared the best scorer of the championship.

Overall in the men’s competition:
1. CROATIA
2. Brazil
3. Serbia

We just have to remind everybody that our handball players are not only at the top of the world, but also at the top of Europe – girls are current European champions, while the boys are runner ups, thus proving the power of Croatia in this young, but perspective sport.

And finally, to quote Sportske Novosti, “We are champions in handball, but that is not news, isn’t it?”