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SPORTS AND LEAGUES

National organizations and leagues exist in Croatia for most popular sports. Some of these include:




NATIONAL SPORTS TEAMS

Some of Croatia's more successful national teams include:



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ACHIEVEMENTS



INDIVIDUAL SPORTS


Croatian athletes have had considerable success in individual sports as well, where they represented Croatia in international competitions at the highest level. These sports include:



OLYMPIC GAMES


See Also: Croatia at the Olympics



Croatia has participated in the following Summer Olympics to date:


See: Croatia At The Summer Olympics

Croatia has participated in the following Winter Olympics to date:


See: Croatia At The Winter Olympics


FUTURE SPORTING EVENTS


Croatia is in the process of rapidly modernising and expanding its sporting arenas, as it prepares to host the 2009 World Men's Handball Championship . The nation's arenas are primarily used for handball and basketball games.

The country also competed for hosting the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship in a joint bid with Hungary , planning a similar process of building and modernization of the nation's four largest football stadiums (in Zagreb , Split , Rijeka and Osijek ), but the bid failed.


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