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{{Short description|Governing body of handball in Croatia}}
{{Infobox national sports federations
| assocname        = Croatian Handball Federation<br />{{langx|hr|Hrvatski rukometni savez}}
| abbrev           = HRS 
| logo             = 
| logosize         = 250px
| countryflag      = Croatia
| iocnation        = Republic of [[Croatia]] (CRO)
| url              = www.hrs.hr
| sport            = [[Handball]]
| othersport1      = [[Beach handball]]
| othersport2      = [[Wheelchair handball]]
| historytitle     = HISTORY
| precedingorganisationsname = [[Handball Federation of Yugoslavia]]
| yearfounded      = {{Start date and age|1948|12|19|df=y}}
| formernames      =
| demographicstitle = DEMOGRAPHICS
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| noofaffclubs     = 
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| affiliationstitle = AFFILIATIONS
| IF               = [[International Handball Federation]]
| IF_abbr          = IHF
| IF_joined        = {{Start date and age|1992|04|10|df=y}}
| nationalolympiccom = [[Croatian Olympic Committee]]
| continentalassoc = [[European Handball Federation]] 
| nocyearjoined    = 
| otheraff2        = [[Mediterranean Handball Confederation]]
| otheraff3        = 
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| electedtitle     = GOVERNING BODY
| patron           =
| president        = Mr. [[Tomislav Grahovac]] {{flagicon|CRO}}
| sectitle         = HEADQUARTERS
| address1         = Metalčeva 5/III, [[Zagreb]]
| chiefexec        = 
| secretarygeneral = Mr. [[Damir Poljak]] {{flagicon|CRO}}
| financetitle     = FINANCE
| companystatus    =
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| sponsors         = [[Molten Corporation]]<br />[[Joma]]<br />[[Hrvatska elektroprivreda]]<br />[[Porsche]]<br />[[Jadranski naftovod]]<br />[[Lidl]]<br />[[Telemach (Croatia)|Telemach]]
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The '''Croatian Handball Federation''' ({{langx|hr|Hrvatski rukometni savez}}; abbr. '''HRS''') is the governing body of [[handball]] in Croatia. It is based in [[Zagreb]].

It organizes the handball leagues:
* [[Croatian Handball Premier League|Croatian Men's Premier Handball League]]
* [[Croatian First League (women's handball)|Croatian Women's First Handball League]]
* [[Croatian Second League of Handball]]

It also organizes the [[Croatia men's national handball team|Croatian men's national handball team]] and the [[Croatia women's national handball team|Croatian women's national handball team]], as well as the [[Croatia men's national beach handball team|Croatian men's national beach handball team]] and [[Croatia women's national beach handball team|Croatian women's national beach handball team]].

==History==
The Handball Working Committee was first formed in [[Zagreb]] in 1948 and the following year the HRS itself was formed within the [[Independent State of Croatia]]. After the [[Second World War]], it was renamed the Handball Federation of Croatia and ceded some powers to the Yugoslav Handball Federation. Upon Croatia's independence from [[Yugoslavia]], the Croatian Handball Federation again represented the country. It joined the [[European Handball Federation]] and the [[International Handball Federation]] in 1992.

==HRS presidents==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|- bgcolor="efefef" align="center"
! No. !! Name !! Tenure
|-
|1 || Borivoj Vuksan || 1948–1951
|-
|2 || Zlatko Šnajder || 1951–1953 
|-
|3 || Mondo Licul || 1953–1955 
|-
|4 || Branko Gazivoda || 1955–1965 
|-
|5 || Marko Ćosić || 1965–1969 
|-
|6 || Miško Juras || 1969–1973
|-
|7 || Branko Gazivoda || 1973–1980 
|-
|8 || Mladen Žuvela || 1980–1981 
|-
|9 || Krešimir Petanjek || 1981–1982 
|-
|10 || Zorislav Šonje || 1982–1983 
|-
|11 || Marijan Jakšeković || 1983–1984 
|-
|12 || Božidar Košta || 1984–1987 
|-
|13 || Tomislav Ribarić || 1987–1992 
|-
|14 || Božidar Sušec || 1992–1995
|-
|15 || Željko Kavran || 1995–2008 
|-
|16 || Sandi Šola || 2008–2016 
|-
|17 || Tomislav Grahovac || 2016–''present'' 
|}

==Competitions hosted==
===International===
* [[1957 World Women's Handball Championship]] (as part of [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|SFR Yugoslavia]])
* [[1973 World Women's Handball Championship]] (as part of [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|SFR Yugoslavia]])
* [[1979 Women's Junior World Handball Championship]] (as part of [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|SFR Yugoslavia]])
* [[1987 Men's Junior World Handball Championship]] (as part of [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|SFR Yugoslavia]])
* [[2003 World Women's Handball Championship]]
* [[2009 World Men's Handball Championship]]
* [[2014 Women's Junior World Handball Championship]]

===Continental===
* [[2000 European Men's Handball Championship]]
* [[2011 European Beach Handball Championship]]
* [[2014 European Women's Handball Championship]]
* [[2016 European Men's U-18 Handball Championship]]
* [[2017 European Beach Handball Championship]]
* [[2018 European Men's Handball Championship]]

== External links ==
* [http://www.hrs.hr/ Croatian Handball Federation]

{{Sports governing bodies in Croatia}}
{{National Members of the International Handball Federation}}

{{National members of the European Handball Federation}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Handball in Croatia|Federation, Croatian Handball]]
[[Category:Sports governing bodies in Croatia|Handball]]
[[Category:European Handball Federation]]
[[Category:Sports organizations established in 1948]]


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