Handball

As expected, the Croatian Cowboys’ 2023 World Championships ended today after a 43-32 win against Bahrain, which unfortunately leaves them trailing both Denmark and Egypt in the final group standings, with only two teams advancing. Croatia put up an admirable fight after their opening day 9-goal loss to Egypt, but were always going to need a minor miracle to advance given the … [Read more...] about Croatia Defeat Bahrain 43-32 In Their World Handball Championships Finale, Finish 9th

Croatia stayed alive in the 2023 World Championships with a 34-26 win over Belgium, with a crunch clash against an already eliminated Bahrain coming up Monday night at Noon (ET). Beating Belgium was the bare minimum to be expected of the Cowboys on Saturday night and they came out with the same intensity as the Denmark match, taking a 21-13 lead into the halftime … [Read more...] about Croatian Cowboys Beat Belgium 34-26, Qualification To Be Decided On Final Day

The Cowboys finally woke up at this year’s Handball World Championships and gave back-to-back World Champions Denmark all they could handle and more in an enthralling 32-32 tie today. Realistically, Croatia needed to win to advance and played with the desperation of a team knowing this was their last chance, and if this is to be it for them this year, they certainly went down … [Read more...] about Croatia’s Cowboys Go Toe-To-Toe With World Champs Denmark in 32-32 Draw

Well, Croatia's handball team held serve against the United States and Morocco after a disastrous defeat against Egypt to start their 2023 World Championship campaign. The Cowboys easily took care of business against Morocco Tuesday night, winning 36-24, to wrap up the preliminary group stage where they posted a 2-1 record. Now Croatia will take two points into the Main … [Read more...] about Cowboys Need Win Over 2-Time Reigning World Champions Denmark To Keep Tournament Alive

Following an ugly loss against Egypt in their opening match, Croatia were back in action on Sunday picking up their first win of the 2023 World Handball Championship after taking out their frustration on the USA and winning 40-22. For those not familiar to handball, this is the equivalent of the Vatreni beating up on Andorra (USA is making their first appearance in the … [Read more...] about Cowboys Bounce Back In Grand Fashion With 40-22 Win Over The United States

While it may only have been Game 1 for the Cowboys, their World Championship is essentially already over after today’s ugly 31-22 loss to Egypt. Croatia will still advance to the second group stage by beating minnows USA and Morocco in the next few days, but because results in handball carry over from the first group stage, the only likely path to the quarterfinals for Croatia … [Read more...] about What Has Happened To The Croatian Cowboys???

Croatia handled Serbia 23-20 Saturday night in the second match of Euro 2022 preliminary group play. The win for the Croatian Cowboys over Serbia means that a victory over Ukraine on Monday will see them progress to the Main Round; which consists of 12 teams across two groups. Croatia is expected to defeat Ukraine on Monday, who have yet to win a game at Euro 2022 in two … [Read more...] about Croatia Cruise Past Serbia 23-20 In Euro 2022 Handball

The Croatian Cowboys are back in action Thursday as they open up EURO 2022 against the pesky French at 2:30PM (ET). It seems like it's been forever since we talked about Croatian handball on this site. And that's because it has. Croatia missed out on the 2020 summer Olympics in Tokyo - which took place in 2021 - and did not qualify for the quarterfinals of the 2021 World … [Read more...] about Croatian Cowboys Fall To France In Euro 2022 Handball Opener

Oh boy. Another ugly game where Croatia couldn't have come out flatter. Argentina started the match on a 5-0 run - and although Croatia caught up with the South American side - Argentina had the edge for all 60 minutes. With the loss, Croatia now need to beat Denmark on Monday and hope Qatar wins against Argentina to make the quarterfinals. 1% that happens. The Croatian … [Read more...] about Argentina Beats Croatia 23-19, Cowboys Now Have 1% Chance At Quarters