Team handball

Sporting Triumphs Lift Bosnian Spirits

Hundreds of Bosnians gathered in Sarajevo on Monday to greet the handball national team, which qualified for a major tournament for the first time since independence in a playoff win against Iceland.

The Bosnia and Herzegovina handball team will play in the World Championships in Qatar in 2015 after a nerve-racking one point aggregate win against Iceland.

Serbia will miss world championship after disaster in Brno

BRNO - Serbia will miss the next men's handball world championship in Qatar, since it was steamrolled by the Czech Republic 33-21 (18-8) in the 2nd match of the qualification playoffs in Brno on Saturday.

Serbia failed to hang on to the 8 goal advantage from the first match in Nis last week, which Serbia won 23-15.

Another draw between Serbia and Sweden

KRISTIANSTAD - Another match between the Serbian and Swedish women's handball teams has ended in a draw, this time in the 4th round of Group E of the qualifications for the European championship.

The match played on Sunday, hosted by Sweden, ended with the score 18-18 (10-9).

The first match was played in Kragujevac, Serbia, three days earlier and the final score was 25-25.