In the finals of 6th European Beach Handball Championship, taht took place last week on the beaches of norwegian Larvik, the defending champions Russins did not manage to maintain the title. In the final game croatian team won both sets, and won the new title. In addition to being world champions, they are now recognized as european champions too.
Golden boys are: Luka Bumbak, Josip Šandrk, Ivan Jurić, Hrvje Horvat, Mladen Paradžik, Krešimir Malbašić, Drago Vojnović, Hrvoje Biuklić, Davor Rokavec, Ninoslav Pavelić.

In the game for 3rd place, female croatin team won both sets over Ukraine, and are coming home with bronze medal.
Bronze girls are: Dubravka Bukovina, Marina Bazzeo, Irena Tomašić, Željka Vidović, Josipa Grebenar, Snježana Botica, Melita Jug, Ivana Lovrić, Vlatka Šamarinec, Jelena Vidović.

Women

Croatia – Ukraine 2:0 (22:17, 20:19)

Croatia: Bazzeo, Vidović Ž, Grebenar, Botica, Jug, Lovrić. Šamarinec, Vidović.

Ukraine:

Men

Russia – Croatia 0:2 (20:24, 18:20)

Russia:

Croatia: Bumbak, Šandrk, Jurić, Horvat, Paradžik, Vojnović, Biuklić, Rokavec.