Belgrade 2026: Meet the teams – Group B – Croatia, Greece, Georgia and Slovenia

Croatia’s players during a team talk at the 2024 European Championships. Photo: European Aquatcis/Istvan Derencsenyi

CROATIA

• After becoming an independent country, the Croats won their first medal in 1999 at the Europeans, a silver (before that their ranks were: 5th, 4th, 4th). This was followed by some ups and downs: 2001: 4., 2003: 2., 2006: 7., 2008: 4., before making the top at home in 2010, when they won the European title in Zagreb. But next came the worst ever performance in Eindhoven 2012, when they came 9th.