Croatian Olympic Committee

Montpellier, 14 March 2021 - Croatian National Male Handball Team failed to secure appearance at this summer’s Tokyo Olympics, that represents its first such setback since the qualifying tournament for the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics. At the qualifying tournament in France's Montpellier, Hrvoje Horvat's selectees scored two wins out of three performances - over Portugal 25-24 and Tunisia 30-27, with a starting loss to France (26-30).

Zagreb, 7 March 2021 - Sports weekend brought an abundance of Croatian athletes’ successful performances at international competitions. With congratulations to all those who have achieved valuable results on the representative or club level, one must highlight the achievements of potential Olympic male and female candidates - in judo, karate and tennis.

Cairo, Zagreb, 4 March 2021 - After Anton Glasnović won gold in the individual competition two days ago, the Croatian National Team in Trap, composed of Anton and Josip Glasnović and Giovanni Cernogoraz, won the team gold medal at the World Cup in Cairo (Egypt).

Zagreb, February 27, 2021 – The best Croatian skier Filip Zubčić is the winner of the first of two World Cup Giant Slalom races, which are being run in Bulgaria's Bansko this weekend. He entered the finish line with a time of 2:20.62, the second-placed was France's Mathieu Faivre, while third place went to Austria's Stefan Brennsteiner for the first winning pedestal in his career.

Zagreb, 23 February 2021 – Since, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the competitions in many sports are taking place, the NOC of Croatia (HOO) continues its International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) campaign on prevention of manipulation of sport competitions through its websites and social networks. In the beginning of July 2020, the Croatian Olympic Committee’s Assembly verified the previously adopted decision of the Croatian Olympic Committee’s Council and unanimously accepted the Ordinance on preventing manipulation of sports competitions. All activities will be carried out under the slogan Be true, be you. Believe in sport!

Zagreb, 21 February 2021 - In dramatic unravelling of Olympic qualifying tournament in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, the Croatian water polo players secured their performance at the Tokyo Olympics (July 23rd - August 8th). After Saturday's semi-finals "roulette", where they were beaten by the Montenegrin team, Ivica Tucak's selectees had enough strength, skill and sports luck to beat the Russians (25-24) in the same but even more dramatic way. After 11-11 in four quarters of the game, they needed 15 series of five-meter penalty shots for Tokyo's Olympic "visa".

Cortina d'Ampezzo, 16 February 2021 - In his debut performance at the FISI Alpine Ski World Championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Croatia's best skier Filip Zubčić won a silver medal in Men’s Parallel Giant Slalom.

Zagreb, 8 February 2021 - Croatian male and female Olympians and male and female athletes at other multi-sport competitions will wear sports equipment of the renowned Polish company 4F for the next four years. This is the epilogue to the business negotiations of the Croatian Olympic Committee’s Marketing representative with the management of the in Europe extremely popular sports equipment brand.

Podgorica/Zagreb, 21 January 2021 – The NOC of Montenegro (COK) sent 3,000 EUR as financial assistance in eliminating the consequences of the devastating earthquake in Sisak-Moslavina County in the Republic of Croatia.

Zagreb, January 11, 2021 - Pharmakon distribucija d.o.o. from Zagreb, founded in 2013 and registered for wholesale trade of pharmaceutical products, donated to the Croatian Olympic Committee (HOO) a quantity of tests for detecting the presence of coronavirus in the body - PCL COVID 19 Ag Gold Saliva. It is a new antigenic saliva test that is very easy to apply. Namely, it can be carried out at any time and the result is obtained already in five to ten minutes.

Zagreb, January 5, 2021 - For the eighth year in a row, the Croatian Association of Automotive Journalists and the show TV Automagazin have chosen the Car of the Year. It is the selection of the best car that came to the market in 2020 showing, however, its potential in 2021.

Zagreb, 21 December 2020 - The Croatian Olympic Committee (HOO) traditionally concludes the year with the selection of the most successful female and male athletes and coaches and presentation of special awards to sport notables. In the year burdened by the pandemic (COVID-19), the image of Croatian sport looked significantly different compared to the previous years because epidemiological measures affected the postponements and cancellations of competitions, as well as the athletes’ training.

Zagreb, 20 December 2020 - By winning bronze at the European Women’s Handball Championship in Denmark (25-19 victory over the Danish National Team), the Croatian female handball players achieved the greatest success in the history of our women's handball.