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HANDBALL:
Yugoslavia third in the world

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

Player
7 Metre Shots
Goals/Shots (Totals)
%
2 Minute Suspensions
Zoran Djordjic    
Ratko Nikolic 
3/6
50
 
Nedeljko Jovanovic
 
6/9
67
2:00
Branko Kokir 
2/2
100
 
Nenad Maksic
1/2
3/5
60
 
Ivan Lapcevic 
1/2
50
 
Vladimir Petric 
0/1
0
2:00
Vladan Matic
 
3/7
43
2:00
Dejan Peric    
Nebojsa Golic 
0/2
0
 
Blazo Lisicic 
7/14
50
 
Zikica Milosavljevic 
2/3
67
 
Totals
1/2
27/51
53
6:00

Goalkeeper
7 Metre Shots (Saves/Shots)
%
Totals (Saves/Shots)
%
Zoran Djordjic
 
 
 
 
Dejan Peric
0/4
0
16/40
40
Totals
0/4
0
16/40
40


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

PlayerDate of BirthHeight/WeightTeamPositionCaps/Goals
Zoran DjordjicOctober 15, 1966. 
186/90
SG W.M. Frankfurt (Germany)
Goalkeeper
63/0
Arpad SterbikNovember 20, 1979.
199/110
Jugovic (Yugoslavia)
Goalkeeper
24/0
Dejan PericSeptember 22, 1970.
184/93
Pivovarna (Slovenia)
Goalkeeper
129/0
Petar KapisodaJune 26, 1976.
188/80
Lovcen (Yugoslavia)
Left Wing
23/41
Vladan MaticApril 28, 1970.
181/78
Partizan (Yugoslavia)
Left Wing
39/79
Zikica MilosavljevicJanuary 14, 1972.
180/78
Red Star (Yugoslavia)
Right Wing
50/115
Nenad MaksicAugust 21, 1971.
178/90
Prevent (Slovenia)
Right Wing
25/74
Ratko NikolicSeptember 15, 1977.
190/100
Red Star (Yugoslavia)
Pivot
34/88
Dragan Skrbic (cap)September 29, 1968.
190/98
Pivovarna (Slovenia)
Pivot
142/471
Nenad PerunicicMay 1, 1971.
203/106
THW Kiel (Germany)
Left Back
78/333
Ivan LapcevicMarch 26, 1978.
201/103
Zeleznicar (Yugoslavia)
Left Back
64/159
Branko KokirAugust 28, 1974.
192/94
Partizan (Yugoslavia)
Left Back
51/66
Nebojsa GolicJanuary 23, 1977.
183/82
Metaloplastika (Yugoslavia)
Central Back
6/8
Nedeljko JovanovicSeptember 16, 1970.
193/97
Tusem (Germany)
Central Back
124/334
Vladimir PetricAugust 5, 1975.
191/95
Red Star (Yugoslavia)
Right Back
63/156
Blazo LisicicAugust 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

  1. Sweden
  2. Russia
  3. YUGOSLAVIA
  4. Spain
  5. Germany
  6. France
  7. Egypt
  8. Cuba
  9. Denmark
  10. Croatia
  11. Hungary
  12. Tunisia
  13. Norway
  14. South Korea
  15. Algeria
  16. Brazil
  17. Morocco
  18. FRY Macedonia
  19. Kuwait
  20. China
  21. Argentina
  22. Saudi Arabia
  23. Nigeria
  24. 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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