Croatia at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Croatia competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China.

Croatia at the 2008 Summer Olympics
IOC code	CRO
NOC	Croatian Olympic Committee
Website	www.hoo.hr (in Croatian and English)
in Beijing
Competitors	99 in 15 sports
Flag bearers	Ivano Balić (opening) Tamara Boroš (closing)
Medals Ranked 56th	Gold 0 Silver 2 Bronze 3 Total 5
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Other related appearances
Austria (1900)  Yugoslavia (1920–1988)

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Silver	Filip Ude	Gymnastics	Men's pommel horse
Silver	Blanka Vlašić	Athletics	Women's high jump
Bronze	Snježana Pejčić	Shooting	Women's 10 m air rifle
Bronze	Sandra Šarić	Taekwondo	Women's 67 kg
Bronze	Martina Zubčić	Taekwondo	Women's 57 kg

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jurica Grabušić	110 m hurdles	14.18	7	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
András Haklits	Hammer throw	77.12	4 Q	76.58	10
Martin Marić	Discus throw	59.25	29	Did not advance
Nedžad Mulabegović	Shot put	19.35	29	Did not advance

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Nikolina Horvat	400 m hurdles	56.65	6	Did not advance
Vanja Perišić	800 m	2:06.82	DSQ*	Did not advance

* Vanja Perišić of Croatia was later disqualified for failing an in-competition drugs test.^[1]

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Vera Begić	Discus throw	58.50	22	Did not advance
Ivana Brkljačić	Hammer throw	68.38	16	Did not advance
Sanja Gavrilović		60.55	45	Did not advance
Blanka Vlašić	High jump	1.93	6 Q	2.05

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Croatia roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[2]

Croatia men's national basketball team – 2008 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PG 4 Roko Ukić 23 – (1984-12-05)December 5, 1984 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Toronto Raptors G 5 Davor Kus 30 – (1978-07-21)July 21, 1978 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Unicaja Málaga PG 6 Marko Popović 26 – (1982-06-12)June 12, 1982 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) BC Žalgiris SF 7 Marin Rozić 25 – (1983-02-14)February 14, 1983 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) KK Cibona F/C 8 Nikola Prkačin 32 – (1975-11-15)November 15, 1975 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) KK Cibona G/F 9 Marko Tomas 23 – (1985-01-03)January 3, 1985 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Real Madrid G 10 Zoran Planinić 25 – (1982-09-12)September 12, 1982 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) CSKA Moscow C 11 Sandro Nicević 32 – (1976-06-16)June 16, 1976 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Beşiktaş F 12 Damjan Rudež 22 – (1986-06-17)June 17, 1986 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) KK Union Olimpija PF 13 Marko Banić 23 – (1984-08-31)August 31, 1984 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) iurbentia Bilbao PF 14 Krešimir Lončar 25 – (1983-02-12)February 12, 1983 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Lokomotiv Rostov C 15 Stanko Barać 21 – (1986-08-13)August 13, 1986 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) TAU Ceramica	Head coach Jasmin Repeša Assistant coach(es) Dražen Anzulović Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on August 9, 2008

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lithuania	5	4	1	425	400	+25	9[lower-alpha 1]	Quarterfinals
2	Argentina	5	4	1	425	361	+64	9[lower-alpha 1]
3	Croatia	5	3	2	399	380	+19	8[lower-alpha 2]
4	Australia	5	3	2	457	405	+52	8[lower-alpha 2]
5	Russia	5	1	4	387	406	−19	6
6	Iran	5	0	5	323	464	−141	5

Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Notes:

1. Head-to-head record: Lithuania 1–0 Argentina
2. Head-to-head record: Croatia 1–0 Australia

10 August 2008 20:00

Report

Australia	82–97	Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 14–21, 17–26, 22–26, 29–24
Pts: Nielsen 13 Rebs: Anstey 7 Asts: Barlow 3		Pts: Prkačin, Banić 16 Rebs: Lončar 10 Asts: Popović 5

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Eddie Rush (USA)

12 August 2008 11:15

Report

Croatia	85–78	Russia
Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 26–19, 18–15, 25–27
Pts: Popović 22 Rebs: Barać 7 Asts: Popović, Lončar 3		Pts: Kirilenko 18 Rebs: Kirilenko 6 Asts: Kirilenko, Bikov 3

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Nikolaos Zavlanos (GRE)

14 August 2008 22:15

Report

Argentina	77–53	Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 21–13, 19–9, 19–16, 18–15
Pts: Nocioni 18 Rebs: Nocioni 8 Asts: Ginobili 8		Pts: Tomas, Banić 9 Rebs: Banić 6 Asts: Ukić 2

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Juan Carlos Arteaga (ESP)

16 August 2008 14:30

Report

Croatia	73–86	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 15–13, 30–29, 17–16, 11–28
Pts: Ukić 13 Rebs: Banić 7 Asts: Kus 3		Pts: Lukauskis 20 Rebs: K. Lavrinovič 7 Asts: Jasikevičius 6

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Nikolaos Zavlanos (GRE)

18 August 2008 09:00

Report

Iran	57–91	Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 8–19, 8–35, 23–16, 18–21
Pts: Nikkhah 25 Rebs: Haddadi 15 Asts: Haddadi 2		Pts: Rozić, Tomas 16 Rebs: Lončar, Barać 7 Asts: Ukić 8

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN)

Quarterfinals

20 August 2008 14:30

Report

Spain	72–59	Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 22–11, 15–15, 14–12, 21–21
Scoring by half: 37–26, 35–33
Pts: P. Gasol 20 Rebs: P. Gasol 10 Asts: Calderón, P. Gasol 2		Pts: Banić 15 Rebs: Banić, Planinić 5 Asts: Kus, Nicević 2

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Nikolaos Zavlanos (GRE)

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Marijo Šivolija	Light heavyweight	Tavui (SAM) W RSC	Kurbanov (TJK) L 1–8	Did not advance
Marko Tomasović	Super heavyweight	—	Cammarelle (ITA) L 1–13	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Emir Mujčinović	Men's C-1	95.41	15	93.90	15	189.31	15	Did not advance

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Stjepan Janić	Men's K-1 500 m	1:37.724	3 QS	1:41.689	1 Q	1:38.729	9
	Men's K-1 1000 m	3:31.369	2 QS	3:33.942	2 Q	3:30.495	7

Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Matija Kvasina	Men's road race	6:34:26	56
	Men's time trial	1:09:06	38
Vladimir Miholjević	Men's road race	Did not finish
Radoslav Rogina		6:26:17	25

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Artistic

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Filip Ude	Floor	14.775	—					14.775	41	Did not advance
	Pommel horse	—	15.475	—				15.475	3 Q	—	15.725	—				15.725

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB			F	V	UB	BB
Tina Erceg	All-around	13.700	13.650	11.825	14.075	53.250	57	Did not advance

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Croatia roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[3][4]

Head coach: Lino Cervar

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Venio Losert (1976-07-25)25 July 1976 (aged 32) 1.91 m 149 0 FC Barcelona Handbol 3 P Renato Sulić (1979-10-12)12 October 1979 (aged 28) 1.97 m 95 233 RK Celje 4 CB Ivano Balić (1979-04-01)1 April 1979 (aged 29) 1.90 m 132 420 SDC San Antonio 5 CB Domagoj Duvnjak (1988-06-01)1 June 1988 (aged 20) 1.97 m 19 34 RK Zagreb 6 LB Blaženko Lacković (1980-12-25)25 December 1980 (aged 27) 1.95 m 111 340 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 9 P Igor Vori (1980-09-20)20 September 1980 (aged 27) 2.02 m 103 257 RK Zagreb 10 CB Davor Dominiković (1978-04-07)7 April 1978 (aged 30) 2.03 m 147 177 SDC San Antonio 11 RW Mirza Džomba (1977-02-28)28 February 1977 (aged 31) 1.90 m 173 667 RK Zagreb 13 RW Zlatko Horvat (1984-09-25)25 September 1984 (aged 23) 1.79 m 35 65 RK Zagreb 14 CB Drago Vuković (1983-08-03)3 August 1983 (aged 25) 1.94 m 53 50 RK Gorenje 17 LW Goran Šprem (1979-07-06)6 July 1979 (aged 29) 1.83 m 96 241 HSG Nordhorn 19 RB Petar Metličić (1976-12-25)25 December 1976 (aged 31) 1.94 m 152 338 BM Ciudad Real 23 LW Ljubo Vukić (1982-08-03)3 August 1982 (aged 26) 1.91 m 29 38 RK Zagreb 24 LB Tonči Valčić (1978-06-09)9 June 1978 (aged 30) 1.94 m 92 141 CB Ademar León 25 GK Mirko Alilović (1985-09-15)15 September 1985 (aged 22) 2.00 m 25 0 CB Ademar León

Group play

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
France	5	4	1	0	148	115	+33	9	Qualified for the quarterfinals
Poland	5	3	1	1	147	128	+19	7
Croatia	5	3	0	2	140	115	+25	6
Spain	5	3	0	2	152	145	+7	6
Brazil	5	1	0	4	129	153	−24	2
China	5	0	0	5	104	164	−60	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

10 August 2008 09:00	Croatia	31 – 29	Spain	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Lemme, Ulrich (GER)
	Lacković, Džomba 5	(16–11)	García 5
	4× 4×	Report	3× 3×

12 August 2008 09:00	Brazil	14 – 33	Croatia	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Ertel, Souza 3	(9–18)	Džomba 7
	3× 4×	Report	2× 3×

14 August 2008 20:45	France	23 – 19	Croatia	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Chernega, Paladenko (RUS)
	Gille 7	(11–9)	Džomba 5
	3× 2×	Report	3× 4×

16 August 2008 19:00	Croatia	24 – 27	Poland	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Džomba 7	(12–13)	Tłuczyński 7
	3× 2×	Report	2× 2×

18 August 2008 15:45	Croatia	33 – 22	China	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Karbaschi, Kolahdouzan (IRI)
	Šprem 8	(17–13)	Hao 6
	2× 3×	Report	3× 1× 1×

Quarterfinal

20 August 2008 18:00	Denmark	24 – 26	Croatia	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Breto, Huelin (ESP)
	Christiansen 6	(14–12)	Šprem 7
	2× 2×	Report	2× 4×

Semifinal

22 August 2008 18:00	France	25 – 23	Croatia	Beijing National Indoor Stadium Referees: Chernega, Poladenko (RUS)
	Burdet, Narcisse 6	(12–11)	Horvat, Šprem 5
	4× 4×	Report	3× 3×

Bronze medal game

24 August 2008 13:30	Croatia	29 – 35	Spain	Beijing National Indoor Stadium Referees: Din, Dinu (ROU)
	Duvnjak 7	(14–12)	García, Prieto 7
	3× 4×	Report	3× 5×

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nikša Skelin Siniša Skelin	Pair	7:16.35	4 R	6:38.30	2 SA/B	7:14.50	6 FB	7:12.19	12
Ante Kušurin Mario Vekić	Double sculls	6:27.38	2 SA/B	Bye		6:24.89	4 FB	DNS	12

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Luka Mratović	RS:X	29	32	34	33	34	34	20	23	32	29	EL	265	32
Luka Radelić	Laser	26	15	7	21	1	21	3	16	17	CAN	EL	101	12
Šime Fantela Igor Marenić	470	18	6	9	30 OCS	12	17	6	7	15	1	8	107	9
Marin Lovrović, Jr. Siniša Mikuličić	Star	15	5	14	13	4	14	4	14	15	15	EL	98	15

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Mateja Petronijević	Laser Radial	8	9	5	4	19	19	13	21	22	CAN	EL	98	11

Open

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M*
Ivan Kljaković Gašpić	Finn	7	10	10	8	16	9	1	13	18	CAN	CAN	—					76	8
Petar Cupać Pavle Kostov	49er	14	16	16	18	20 OCS	11	9	19	18	10	17	10	CAN	CAN	CAN	EL	158	17

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled; OCS = On the course side of the starting line

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Josip Glasnović	Trap	119 S/O 3	6 Q	140 S/O 2	5
Petar Gorša	10 m air rifle	588	37	Did not advance
	50 m rifle prone	583	49	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	1148	44	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Snježana Pejčić	10 m air rifle	399	3 Q	500.9
	50 m rifle 3 positions	576	26	Did not advance
Suzana Cimbal Špirelja	10 m air rifle	393	30	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	580	12	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Duje Draganja	50 m freestyle	22.05	12 Q	21.85	10	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	49.49	34	Did not advance
Saša Imprić	200 m individual medley	2:01.83	29	Did not advance
Gordan Kožulj	100 m backstroke	55.05	24	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	1:57.81	8 Q	1:59.22	14	Did not advance
Alexei Puninski	100 m butterfly	53.65	47	Did not advance
Vanja Rogulj	100 m breaststroke	1:02.42	42	Did not advance
Nikša Roki	200 m butterfly	1:59.58 NR	31	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:22.44 NR	23	—		Did not advance
Marko Strahija	100 m backstroke	55.89	34	Did not advance
Dominik Straga	200 m freestyle	1:49.63 NR	37	Did not advance
Mario Todorović	100 m butterfly	52.26 NR	20	Did not advance
Duje Draganja Gordan Kožulj Vanja Rogulj Mario Todorović	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:37.69	12	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Monika Babok	50 m freestyle	26.84	49	Did not advance
Sanja Jovanović	100 m backstroke	1:01.30	22	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:15.57	31	Did not advance
Smiljana Marinović	100 m breaststroke	1:10.94	33	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:32.80	34	Did not advance
Anja Trišić	200 m freestyle	2:03.57	42	Did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Singles

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Zoran Primorac	Men's singles	Bye		Gardos (AUT) W 4–2	Maze (DEN) W 4–2	Yang Z (SIN) W 4–2	Persson (SWE) L 1–4	Did not advance
Tan Ruiwu		Bye		Kishikawa (JPN) W 4–1	Gao N (SIN) W 4–0	Li C (HKG) W 4–2	Wang Lq (CHN) L 0–4	Did not advance
Andrea Bakula	Women's singles	Silva (MEX) W 4–0	Huang I-h (TPE) L 1–4	Did not advance
Tamara Boroš		Bye		Stefanova (ITA) W 4–1	Li Jw (SIN) L 1–4	Did not advance
Sandra Paović		Bye	Lay J F (AUS) W 4–3	Shen Yf (ESP) L 2–4	Did not advance

Team

Athlete	Event	Group round		Semifinals	Bronze playoff 1	Bronze playoff 2	Bronze medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Andrej Gaćina Zoran Primorac Tan Ruiwu	Men's team	Group B  Germany (GER) L 0 – 3  Singapore (SIN) W 3 – 1  Canada (CAN) W 3 – 0	2	Did not advance	Austria (AUT) L 1 – 3	Did not advance
Andrea Bakula Tamara Boroš Sandra Paović	Women's team	Group A  China (CHN) L 0 – 3  Austria (AUT) L 0 – 3  Dominican Republic (DOM) W 3 – 1	3	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Martina Zubčić	Women's −57 kg	Gatterer (ISR) W 4–3	Nunes (BRA) W 3–2	Tanrıkulu (TUR) L 3–5	Bye	Su L-w (TPE) W 5–4	Did not advance
Sandra Šarić	Women's −67 kg	Rivero (PHI) W 4–1	Hwang K-S (KOR) L 1–3	Did not advance	Al-Maktoum (UAE) W 4–0	Ocasio (PUR) W 5–1	Did not advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Marin Čilić	Men's singles	Mónaco (ARG) W 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–3	González (CHI) L 4–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Ivo Karlović		Withdrew due to illness on 8 August 2008
Ivan Ljubičić		Withdrew due to injury on 9 August 2008
Ivan Ljubičić Marin Čilić	Men's doubles	Withdrew from the doubles tournament due to Ljubičić's recurring injury on 10 August 2008

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Croatia participated in the men's tournament, where the team finished in 6th place.

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Croatian roster in the men's water polo tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[5]

№	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Date of birth	Club
1	Frano Vićan	GK	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	24 January 1976	VK Jug Dubrovnik
2	Damir Burić	CB	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	115 kg (254 lb)	2 December 1980	HAVK Mladost
3	Andro Bušlje	CB	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	105 kg (231 lb)	4 January 1986	VK Jug Dubrovnik
4	Zdeslav Vrdoljak	D	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	15 March 1971	HAVK Mladost
5	Aljoša Kunac	CB	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	18 August 1980	Cattaro Kotor
6	Maro Joković	D	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	1 October 1987	VK Jug Dubrovnik
7	Mile Smodlaka	CF	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	115 kg (254 lb)	1 January 1976	VK Jug Dubrovnik
8	Teo Đogaš	D	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	19 February 1977	Cattaro Kotor
9	Pavo Marković	D	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	20 April 1985	VK Jug Dubrovnik
10	Samir Barač	D	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	2 November 1973	Primorje EB
11	Igor Hinić	CF	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	110 kg (240 lb)	4 December 1975	HAVK Mladost
12	Miho Bošković	D	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	11 January 1983	VK Jug Dubrovnik
13	Josip Pavić	GK	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	15 January 1982	HAVK Mladost

Head coach: Ratko Rudić

Group play

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
United States	5	4	0	1	37	31	+6	8	Qualified for the semifinals
Croatia	5	4	0	1	56	31	+25	8	Qualified for the quarterfinals
Serbia	5	3	0	2	50	38	+12	6
Germany	5	2	0	3	33	44	−11	4	Will play for places 7–10
Italy	5	2	0	3	57	50	+7	4	Will play for places 7–12
China	5	0	0	5	25	64	−39	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

•  United States is placed above  Croatia due to their head-to-head record.

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8).

10 August 2008 15:20	Report	Croatia	11–7	Italy	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Simion (ROU), Antsiferov (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–0, 4–1, 2–3
		Bošković 3, Bušlje 2, Marković 2	Goals	Felugo 3, Calcaterra 2

12 August 2008 15:20	Report	Serbia	8–11	Croatia	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Turcotte (CAN), Klopper (NED)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 1–4, 1–4, 3–2
		Šapić 4, Udovičić 2	Goals	Joković 3, Barač 3, Smodlaka 2

14 August 2008 9:30	Report	Croatia	13–5	Germany	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Moliner Molins (ESP), Argyros (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 3–2, 2–1, 4–1
		Burić 3, Joković 2, Smodlaka 2, Marković 2, Bošković 2	Goals	Politze 2

16 August 2008 12:10	Report	Croatia	5–7	United States	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Simion (ROU), Antsiferov (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–3, 0–0, 2–2
		Đogaš 2	Goals	Azevedo 3

18 August 2008 16:40	Report	China	4–16	Croatia	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing
		Score by quarters: 0–4, 0–3, 1–1, 3–8
		Wu 2	Goals	Barač 4, Joković 3, Đogaš 2, Marković 2, Hinić 2

Quarterfinal

20 August 2008 16:00	Report	Montenegro	7–6	Croatia	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Tulga (TUR), Bock (GER)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–3, 1–0, 1–2
		N. Janović 2, Ivović 2, Gojković 2	Goals	Hinić 2

Classification round (5th–6th place)

24 August 2008 13:00	Report	Croatia	9–11	Spain	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Chaney (USA), Kiszelly (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 2–0, 3–5, 1–3, 3–3
		Bušlje 2, Đogaš 2	Goals	X. García 4, Minguell 3, F. Perrone 2

See also

• Croatia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

References

• sports-reference

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