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Croatia advances at the XVIII Women's World Handball Championships
http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9366/1/Croatia-advances-at-the-XVIII-Womens-World-Handball-Championships.html
By Violi Calvert
Published on 12/3/2007
 
  Having won both of their preliminary matches against Kazakhstan and Argentina, the Croatian Women's Handball team advances to the next round of the XVIII Women's World Championships being held in France.

Croatian women looking to make a name for themselves
Croatia advances at the XVIII Women's World Handball Championships




Team of Croatia

With the legendary Ivano Balic casting such a large shadow, Josip Sojat and his girls are struggling to carve out a niche of their own. Although it was hoped the 2003 World Championship would represent a boost for the Croatian women's game, it did nothing to change the status quo, and the national side has yet to earn a top-three finish in a major tournament. That said, their entertaining, inspired and at times flamboyant style, allied to the hard-edged experience of Sojat's side, has brought some bright spots. For buccaneering talisman Bozika Palcic and key performer Svitlana Pasicnik of Koprivnica, however, that is not enough. As far as they are concerned, it is time to break free at last.

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Group A - Pau
Date No. Time Match  Teams Result (Half-time) Downloads
02.12. 6 17.00 A2-A4 CRO-KAZ  35 : 25 (16:12)
 FTR MTR PbP OMR
02.12. 12 19.00 A1-A3 FRA-ARG  37 : 12 (18:8)
 FTR MTR PbP OMR
03.12. 13 18.30 A3-A2 ARG-CRO  18 : 35 (7:16)
 FTR MTR PbP OMR
03.12. 19 20.30 A4-A1 KAZ-FRA  20 : 31 (12:17)
 FTR MTR PbP OMR
04.12. 26 18.30 A3-A4 ARG-KAZ   : (:)
 
04.12. 32 20.30 A1-A2 FRA-CRO   : (:)
 

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