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HANDBALL:
Yugoslavia third in the world
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| Bronze medal for Yugoslavia: Kokir (white, Yugoslavia) |
Cairo, Egypt, June 15 - Yugoslavia won bronze medal on 16th Men's World Handball Championship winning Spain with a result 27:24 (12:14).
Success over Spanish team was made after great, equal and very exciting match, in which better concentration of Yugoslav team players was fully expressed.
During the match, the Spanish team was doing better. Playing an easy and speed match, they were leading. Yugoslav players contributed to that with a series of mistakes.
The turnover came up in the finish of the match. Kokir and Nikolic indicated the triumph with their goals, after which Nedeljko Jovanovic, the best player in the world, practically decided who is going to be the winner with his two master-piece goals.
Near Jovanovic, goalkeeper Dejan Peric, who maintained the result close to the Spanish with his successful interventions, contributed a lot to the psychic stability of the team.
This medal represents a great success, since it is known that Yugoslav team was not able to play training matches before the championship because of reasons which are not related to sports at all. Besides that Rastko Stefanovic wasn't able to play in the championship because of the injury, and trainer Zivkovic couldn't count in the match for the third place on Perunicic and captain Skrbic.
Sweden won the title of the world champion because they beated Russians in the finals with score 25:24.
YUGOSLAVIA - Spain: Result progress summary - 1-0 (1st minute), 3-6 (11), 6-6 (13), 6-8 (18), 10-10 (24), 14-17 (37), 17-17 (39), 18-18 (42), 21-21 (47), 21-21 (51), 22-21 (52), 22-22 (53), 23-22 (56), 23-23 (57), 24-23 (57)
YUGOSLAVIA - Player Stats
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Player
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7 Metre Shots
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Goals/Shots (Totals)
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%
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2 Minute Suspensions
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| Zoran Djordjic |
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| Ratko Nikolic |
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3/6 |
50 |
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| Nedeljko Jovanovic |
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6/9
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67
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2:00
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| Branko Kokir |
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2/2
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100
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| Nenad Maksic |
1/2 |
3/5
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60
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| Ivan Lapcevic |
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1/2 |
50 |
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| Vladimir Petric |
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0/1
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0
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2:00
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| Vladan Matic |
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3/7
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43
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2:00
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| Dejan Peric |
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| Nebojsa Golic |
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0/2 |
0 |
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| Blazo Lisicic |
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7/14
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50
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| Zikica Milosavljevic |
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2/3 |
67
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Totals
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1/2
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27/51
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53
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6:00
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Goalkeeper
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7 Metre Shots (Saves/Shots)
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%
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Totals (Saves/Shots)
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%
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| Zoran Djordjic |
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| Dejan Peric |
0/4
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0
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16/40
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40
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Totals
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0/4
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0
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16/40
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40
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YUGOSLAV NATIONAL HANDBALL TEAM
- Road to bronze medal -
Results in Group D
Eighth-Finals
Yugoslavia - Croatia 30:23
Quarter-Finals
Yugoslavia - Germany 22-21
Semi-Finals
Yugoslavia - Sweden 22-23
For the 3rd place
Yugoslavia - Spain 27:24
THEY WON BRONZE MEDAL
| Player |
Date of Birth |
Height/Weight |
Team |
Position |
Caps/Goals |
| Zoran Djordjic |
October 15, 1966. |
186/90 |
SG W.M. Frankfurt (Germany) |
Goalkeeper |
63/0 |
| Arpad Sterbik |
November 20, 1979. |
199/110 |
Jugovic (Yugoslavia) |
Goalkeeper |
24/0 |
| Dejan Peric |
September 22, 1970. |
184/93 |
Pivovarna (Slovenia) |
Goalkeeper |
129/0 |
| Petar Kapisoda |
June 26, 1976. |
188/80 |
Lovcen (Yugoslavia) |
Left Wing |
23/41 |
| Vladan Matic |
April 28, 1970. |
181/78 |
Partizan (Yugoslavia) |
Left Wing |
39/79 |
| Zikica Milosavljevic |
January 14, 1972. |
180/78 |
Red Star (Yugoslavia) |
Right Wing |
50/115 |
| Nenad Maksic |
August 21, 1971. |
178/90 |
Prevent (Slovenia) |
Right Wing |
25/74 |
| Ratko Nikolic |
September 15, 1977. |
190/100 |
Red Star (Yugoslavia) |
Pivot |
34/88 |
| Dragan Skrbic (cap) |
September 29, 1968. |
190/98 |
Pivovarna (Slovenia) |
Pivot |
142/471 |
| Nenad Perunicic |
May 1, 1971. |
203/106 |
THW Kiel (Germany) |
Left Back |
78/333 |
| Ivan Lapcevic |
March 26, 1978. |
201/103 |
Zeleznicar (Yugoslavia) |
Left Back |
64/159 |
| Branko Kokir |
August 28, 1974. |
192/94 |
Partizan (Yugoslavia) |
Left Back |
51/66 |
| Nebojsa Golic |
January 23, 1977. |
183/82 |
Metaloplastika (Yugoslavia) |
Central Back |
6/8 |
| Nedeljko Jovanovic |
September 16, 1970. |
193/97 |
Tusem (Germany) |
Central Back |
124/334 |
| Vladimir Petric |
August 5, 1975. |
191/95 |
Red Star (Yugoslavia) |
Right Back |
63/156 |
| Blazo Lisicic |
August 22, 1972. |
202/98 |
HSG Dutenhofen (Germany) |
Right Back |
14/40 |
Coach: Zoran Zivkovic. Born on April 5, 1945. As a goalkeeper of Yugoslav national handball team he won gold medal at Olympic Games in Munchen 1972. As a trainer of Yugoslavia's handball team Zivkovic won silver medal at World Championship '82, gold medal at Olympic Games in Los Angeles '84, gold medal at World Championship '86, bronze medal at European Championship '96 and bronze medal at World Championship '99.
As a coach of Yugoslavia's team Metaloplastika, he won the European Champions' Cup 1985.
FINAL STANDINGS AT THE 16TH MEN'S WORLD HANDBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
- Sweden
- Russia
- YUGOSLAVIA
- Spain
- Germany
- France
- Egypt
- Cuba
- Denmark
- Croatia
- Hungary
- Tunisia
- Norway
- South Korea
- Algeria
- Brazil
- Morocco
- FRY Macedonia
- Kuwait
- China
- Argentina
- Saudi Arabia
- Nigeria
- Australia
First seven teams from the World Championship reserved a direct participation on the Olympic Games 2000 in Sidney.
ALL MEDALS OF YUGOSLAVIA'S HANDBALL
World Championships
1970. - Paris (France) - bronze medal
1974. - Berlin (FR Germany) - bronze medal
1982. - Dortmund (FR Germany) - silver medal
1986. - Zurich (Switzerland) - gold medal
1999. - Cairo (Egypt) - bronze medal
Olympic Games
1972. - Munchen (FR Germany) - gold medal
1984. - Los Angeles (USA) - gold medal
1988. - Seoul (South Korea) - bronze medal
European Championships
1996. - Sevilla - bronze medal
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