| Croatia | |
| Badge Size: | 150px |
| Association: | Croatian Handball Federation |
| Coach: | Igor Vori |
| Pattern B1: | _HrvatskaHB16 |
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| Pattern B2: | _HrvatskaHB16 |
| Leftarm2: | 29459B |
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| Junior World Cup Apps: | 9 |
| Junior World Cup First: | 1997 |
| Junior World Cup Best: | Runners-Up : (2019) |
| Regional Cup Apps: | 11 |
| Regional Cup First: | 1996 |
| Regional Cup Best: | Runners-Up : (2012) |
The Croatia national junior handball team is the national under-21/20 handball team of Croatia. Controlled by the Croatian Handball Federation that is an affiliate of the International Handball Federation IHF as well as a member of the European Handball Federation EHF, The team represents Croatia in international matches.[1]
Despite being one of the strongest men's handball nations globally, Croatia have never managed to win the Crown of the IHF Men's Junior World Championship . Their best performance so far was Vice-Champions in the 2019 Edition in Spain.[2]
Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
| Year[3] | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1977  | Didn't Qualify | |||||||||
| 1979 / | ||||||||||
1983  | ||||||||||
1985  | ||||||||||
1989  | ||||||||||
1993  | ||||||||||
1995  | ||||||||||
1997  | 10th place | |||||||||
1999  | 11th place | |||||||||
| 9th place | ||||||||||
2003  | 5th place | |||||||||
2005  | Didn't Qualify | |||||||||
2007  | 4th place | |||||||||
| 2009 | Didn't Qualify | |||||||||
2013  | 4th place | |||||||||
| 2015 | Didn't Qualify | |||||||||
| 2017[4] | 10th place | |||||||||
| 2019[5] | bgcolor=silver | 2nd place[6] | ||||||||
| 8th place | ||||||||||
| Total | 9/23 | 0 Titles |
Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
| European Junior Championship record | ||||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD | |
| 5th place | ||||||||||
| 6th place | ||||||||||
| 8th place | ||||||||||
| 11th place | ||||||||||
| Didn't Qualify | ||||||||||
| 7th place | ||||||||||
| 16th place | ||||||||||
| 11th place | ||||||||||
| Final | bgcolor=silver | Runners-Up | ||||||||
| Didn't Qualify | ||||||||||
| Semi-finals | 4th place | |||||||||
| 6th place | ||||||||||
| 14th place | ||||||||||
| Total | 11/13 | 0 Titles | ||||||||
Last world championship squad[7]