Facts - Sports

The Croatian Football Team won 3^rd place at the World Cup in 1998 in France.
Goran Ivanišević won the men's singles title at Wimbledon in 2001.
Football/soccer is the most popular sport in Croatia.
Croats consider their nation one of the best in sports because Croatian teams have achieved the greatest results in sports that are popular in Croatia.
In Croatia football/soccer is referred to as nogomet.
There is a game played on Croatian beaches that was invented in Croatia and is typical for this country only �“ it’s called picigin.
Most people in Croatia don’t know anything about baseball.
The male Water Polo team of Croatia won the Water Polo World Championship in Melbourne, Australia in 2007.
Croatia is the host of the 21^st World Men's Handball Championship which will take place in 2009.
The Croatian national basketball team won silver at the 1992 Summer Olympics and bronze at the 1994 Basketball World Championship.