Croatian Olympic Committee

Zagreb, 30 November 2020 - The Croatian Chamber of Economy (HGK) and the Croatian Olympic Committee (COC) jointly organized the Conference on Investments in Sports with a presentation of the results of sports satellite account of sport and study on investments in sports. The conference with around twenty present speakers and guests was held, respecting all the prescribed epidemiological measures, at the headquarters of the Croatian Chamber of Economy in Zagreb.

On November 6, 2020, the EPOSM project (“Evidence-based Prevention Of Sporting-related Match-fixing”) successfully ended its data collection. During a period of approximately six months, an online questionnaire on match-fixing has been conducted in seven European countries (i.e., Austria, Belgium, Croatia, France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and United Kingdom).

Zagreb, 22 November 2020 - Croatian tennis players Nikola Mektić and Mate Pavić achieved two extremely valuable successes in the week behind us. After pairing with Dutchman Wesley Koolhof in the ATP Finals in London, Mektić became the first Croat to win the Nitto ATP Finals i.e. the season-ending championships of the ATP Tour (tournament of the season's best eight pairs). He rounded-up his year-long cooperation with the Dutchman with his first triumph in this year’s third appearance in the finals.  It was Mektić's 16th finals in the career and eighth won title of the winner.

Zagreb, November 17, 2020 - Olympic Solidarity of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) published the second, supplemented edition of the book ManagingOlympicSportOrganizations, abbrev. MOSO. In relation to the first edition from 2013, the book also contains a text on human resources management at the Croatian Olympic Committee (COC), as an example of management in times of crisis. At the request of the International Olympic Committee, the text on COC management practices was written by the Croatian Olympic Committee’s European Union Programs; Funds and EU Program Coordinator Alma Papić.

Budapest / Zagreb, 24 October 2020 - Croatian judoka Barbara Matić achieved the biggest result in her career so far on Saturday by winning a gold medal in the category -70 kg at the Grand Slam in Budapest.

Zagreb, October 22, 2020 - Two employees of the Croatian Olympic Committee (COC) - Head of Athletes’ Health Care Program Mimi Vurdelja and Head of the Research and Development Program Enhancement Department Neven Šavora are the winners of the national State Award for Sports Franjo Bučar for 2020 in the category of annual laureates. Besides them, a member of the Croatian Olympic Committee’s Council Željan Konsuo will also receive the same recognition for this year. Other winners of the annual award are Pero Kuterovac, Bruno Bošnjak, Slaven Zambata, Stojko Vranković, Slavko Cvitković, Paulo Obradović, Rea Hraski, Matija Gubica and Boris Milošević. 

Zagreb, 14 October 2020 - In the next three days (15, 16 and 17 October), we are celebrating Erasmus Days, the program in which the Croatian Olympic Committee (COC) has been participating for years as project holder or partner. It is a special annual celebration of the Erasmus+ program, the largest program of the European Union intended for education, training, youth and sports. The Croatian Olympic Committee is currently involved in seven projects, in two of them as project holder.

Zagreb, 5 October 2020 - By an unanimous decision of the members of the Assembly at the electoral (57th) session held in Zagreb's hotel Westin, Zlatko Mateša will lead the Croatian Olympic Committee (COC) in the next four-year period (2020-2024). Since the postponement of the Olympic Games in Tokyo from 2020 to 2021 disrupted the four-year summer Olympic cycle, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) let the National Olympic Committees decide on holding the electoral assemblies this or the next year.

Zagreb, 24 September 2020 - At the session held on Thursday, the Government of the Republic of Croatia appointed Tomislav Družak State Secretary for Sports at the newly established Ministry of Tourism and Sports. This is a continuation of Družak's serving in the same duty, which began in January this year as part of the former Central State Office for Sports (SDUŠ). In his new/old position, Tomislav Družak was given the vote of confidence through a four-year term.  

Zagreb, 16 September 2020 - From this Friday, 18 September 2020, Sports Television (SPTV) offers sports fans enjoying in shows, reports and magazines of Olympic Channel, the television owned by the International Olympic Committee. Thanks to the cooperation with Eurosport, owned by Discovery Communications, program top production, exclusive content on the Olympic Games, athletes and fans will now be available to the Croatian audience as well.

Zagreb, 11 September 2020 – One of the best Croatian tennis players in doubles Mate Pavić won with his partner Bruno Soares from Brazil the US Open Men’s Doubles tournament. In the "Croatian" finals, Pavić and Soares defeated Nikola Mektić and Dutchman Wesley Koolhof with 2-0 in sets (7-5, 6-3).

Zagreb, 7 September 2020 - The best Croatian young rowers Patrik and Anton Lončarić achieved another valuable result. At the junior European Rowing Championships in Duisburg (Germany), they won a silver medal in Coxless Pairs. Members of Osijek's rowing club Iktus, they are the only Croatian crew that reached the A finals, in which only the (slightly older) Romanians were faster than them.

Zagreb, 28 August 2020 - Two women from Croatia won the annual awards of the European Fair Play Movement (EFPPM. Trophy crossbow shooter Valentina Pereglin and honored sports official Nataša Muždalo were among the ten selected individuals and associations from the Old Continent.