Croatia coach Lino Cervar has made his third and final player replacement at the 26th IHF Men's World Championship ahead of their crucial placement game against Sweden. The 2017 semi-finalists will play Sweden at 20:30 local time in Herning, Denmark for fifth place on the final ranking. 

Cervar has brought in centre back Lovro Jotic for line player Alen Blazevic. Jotic has played 14 international matches and scored 12 goals for Croatia. On a club level, the 1.91m centre back plays for Croatian EHF Champions League club RK Zagreb. 

For previous replacements and late registrations click on the relevant date below.

Player Replacements

Saturday 26 January 

Croatia: #29 Lovro JOTIC (Centre Back) IN, #21 Alen BLAZEVIC (Line Player) OUT
3 of 3 Croatia player replacements allowed at Germany/Denmark 2019

Wednesday 23 January

Sweden (SWE): #14 Jesper KONRADSSON (Centre Back) IN, #36 Jesper NIELSEN (Line Player) OUT
2 of 3 Sweden player replacements allowed at Germany/Denmark 2019

Germany (GER): #8 Tim SUTON (Centre Back) IN, #19 Martin STROBEL (Centre Back) OUT
2 of 3 Germany player replacements allowed

Spain (ESP): #59 Daniel DUJSHEBAEV (Centre Back) IN, #11 Daniel SARMIENTO (Centre Back) OUT
2 of 3 Spain player replacements allowed

Monday 21 January

Norway (NOR): #11 Petter OVERBY (Line Player) IN, #44 Kevin GULLIKSEN (Right Wing) OUT
2 of 3 Norway player replacements allowed

Croatia (CRO) #56 Kristian BECIRI (Line Player) IN, #33 Luka CINDRIC (Centre Back) OUT
2 of 3 Croatia player replacements allowed

Spain (ESP): #44 Rodrigo CORRALES RODAL (Goalkeeper) IN, #16 Arpad STERBIK (Goalkeeper) OUT
Additional replacement for Spain due to the incident at training on Friday 18 January

Sunday 20 January

FYR Macedonia (MKD): #24 Zlatko DASKALOSKI (Goalkeeper) IN, #16 Borko RISTOVSKI (Goalkeeper) OUT
3 of 3 FYR Macedonia player replacements

FYR Macedonia (MKD): #37 Milan LAZAREVSKI (Line Player) IN, #21 Mario TANKOSKI (Centre Back) OUT
2 of 3 FYR Macedonia player replacements allowed

Japan (JPN): #1 Ryosuke SASAKI (Goalkeeper) IN, #26 Yuki KUBO (Goalkeeper) OUT
2 of 3 Japan player replacements allowed

Iceland (ISL): #28 Odinn RIKHARDSSON (Right Wing) IN, #17 Arnor GUNNARSSON (Right Wing)
2 of 3 Iceland player replacements allowed

Iceland (ISL): #24 Haukur PRASTARSON (Centre Back) IN, #4 Aron PALMARSSON (Left Back) OUT
1 of 3 Iceland player replacements allowed

Croatia (CRO): #32 Ivan SLISKOVIC (Left Back) IN, #44 Kresimir KOZINA (Line Player) OUT
1 of 3 Croatia player replacements allowed

Russia (RUS): #16 Dmitrii PAVLENKO (Goalkeeper) IN, #5 Dmitrii KISELEV (Right Back) OUT
3 of 3 Russia player replacements allowed

Tunisia (TUN): #42 Wael JALLOUZ (Left Back) IN, #20 Achraf SAAFI (Centre Back) OUT
3 of 3 Tunisia player replacements allowed

Saturday 19 January

Bahrain (BRN): #1 Husain MAHFOODH (Goalkeeper) IN, #86 Ali KHAMIS (Goalkeeper) OUT
3 of 3 Bahrain player replacements allowed

Bahrain (BRN): #66 Komail MAHFOODH (Left Back) IN, #88 Hasan ALFARDAN (Pivot) OUT
2 of 3 Bahrain player replacements allowed

Austria (AUT): Sebastian SPENDIER (Centre Back) IN, #4 Maximilian HERMANN (Right Back) OUT
3 of 3 Austria player replacements allowed

Demark (DEN): #23 Henrik TOFT HANSEN (Pivot) IN, #19 Rene TOFT HANSEN (Pivot) OUT
2 of 3 Denmark player replacements allowed

Spain (ESP): #31 Iosu GONI (Left Back) IN, #59 Daniel DUJSHEBAEV (Centre Back) OUT
1 of 3 Spain player replacements allowed

Spain (ESP): #16 Arpad STERBIK (Goalkeeper) IN, #44 Rodrigo CORRALES RODAL (Goalkeeper) OUT
Additional replacement for Spain due to the incident at training on Friday 18 January

Germany (GER): #25 Kai HAFNER (Right Back) IN, #32 Franz SEMPER (Right Back) OUT
1 of 3 Germany player replacements allowed

Russian Federation (RUS): #21 Gleb KALARASH (Pivot) IN, #8 Egor EVDOKIMOV (Pivot) OUT
2 of 3 Russia player replacements allowed

Sweden (SWE): #18 Fredric PETTERSSON (Pivot) IN, #24 Jim GOTTFRIDSSON (Centre Back) OUT
1 of 3 Sweden player replacements allowed

Hungary (HUN): #30 Zoltan SZITA (Left Back) IN, #7 Gabor CSASZAR (Centre Back) OUT
3 of 3 Hungary player replacements allowed

Thursday 17 January

Austria (AUT): #1 Thomas BAUER (Goalkeeper) IN, #12 Nikola MARINOVIC (Goalkeeper) OUT
2 of 3 Austria player replacements allowed

Saudi Arabia (KSA): #90 Muneer ABU ALRAHI (Left Wing) IN, #23 Abudllah ALHUAILI (Left Wing) OUT
2 of 3 Saudi Arabia player replacements allowed

Japan (JPN): #70 Naoki SUGIOKA (Left Wing) IN, #7 Daisuke MIYAZAKI (Left Wing) OUT
1 of 3 Japan player replacements allowed

Hungary (HUN): #23 Dominik MATHE (Right Back) IN, #33 Gabor ANCSIN (Right Back) OUT
1 of 3 Hungary player replacements allowed

Hungary (HUN): #5 Timuzsin SCHUCH (Pivot) IN, #22 Iman JAMALI (Left Back) OUT
2 of 3 Hungary player replacements allowed

Russian Federation (RUS): #43 Maksim MIKHALIN (Pivot) IN, #21 Gleb KALARASH (Pivot) OUT
1 of 3 Russia player replacements allowed

Serbia (SRB): #76 Vladimir CUPARA (Goalkeeper) IN, #12 Svetislav VERKIC (Goalkeeper) OUT
3 of 3 Serbia player replacements allowed

France (FRA): #13 Nikola KARABATIC (Centre Back) IN, #20 Cedric SORHAINDO (Pivot) OUT
1 of 3 France player replacements allowed

France (FRA): #9 Melvyn RICHARDSON (Centre Back) IN, #26 Nicolas CLAIRE (Centre Back) OUT
2 of 3 France player replacements allowed

Wednesday 16 January

Egypt (EGY): #25 Wisam NAWAR (Line) IN, #18 Mohammed MAHER (Line) OUT
2 of 3 Egypt player replacements allowed

Qatar (QAT): #97 Moustafa HEIBA (Centre Back) IN, #25 Kamal ADDIN MALLASH (Centre Back) OUT
3 of 3 Qatar player replacements allowed

Bahrain (BRN): #17 Ahmed HUSAIN (Centre Back) IN, #66 Komail MAHFOODH (Left Back) OUT
1 of 3 Bahrain player replacements allowed

Tuesday 15 January 2019

Saudi Arabia (KSA): #93 Abdullah AL HAMMAD (Left Back) IN, #33 Adnan RADNAH (Pivot) OUT
1 of 3 Saudi Arabia player replacements allowed

Tunisia (TUN): #20 Achraf SAAFI (Centre Back) IN, #42 Wael JALLOUZ (Left Back) OUT
1 of 3 Tunisia player replacements allowed

Tunisia (TUN): #93 Amine Ahmed BEDOUI (Goalkeeper) IN, #12 Marouan MAGGAIZ (Goalkeeper) OUT
2 of 3 Tunisia player replacements allowed

Monday 14 January 2019

Egypt (EGY): #22 Omar HAGAG (Left Back) IN, #53 Akram SAAD (Right Wing) OUT
1 of 3 Egypt player replacements allowed

Serbia (SRB): #29 Milan MILIC (Right Back) IN #25 Nemanja ZELENOVIC (Right Back) OUT
1 of 3 Serbia player replacements allowed

Serbia (SRB): #96 Dejan MILOSAVLJEV (Goalkeeper) IN, #76 Vladimir CUPARA (Goalkeeper) OUT
2 of 3 Serbia player replacements allowed

Norway (NOR): #9 Henrik JACOBSEN (Pivot) IN, #11 Petter OVERBY (Pivot) OUT
1 of 3 Norway player replacements allowed

Sunday 13 January

Austria (AUT): #45 Daniel DICKER (Left Back) IN, #6 Dominik SCHMID (Centre Back) OUT
1 of 3 Austria player replacements allowed

Saturday 12 January

Qatar (QAT): #86 Mahmoud HASSABALLA (Left Wing) IN, #97 Moustafa HEIBA (Centre Back) OUT
1 of 3 Qatar player replacements allowed

Qatar (QAT): #31 Ahmad MADADI (Left Wing) IN, #93 Hamdi AYED (Left Wing) OUT
2 of 3 Qatar player replacements allowed

Denmark (DEN): #26 Johan HANSEN (Right Wing) IN, #18 Hans LINDBERG (Right Wing) OUT
1 of 3 Denmark player replacements allowed

Late Registrations

Monday 14 January

Sweden (SWE): Hampus WANNE (Left Wing)

Saturday 12 January

Bahrain (BRN): Hasan ALFARDAN (Pivot)

All 24 teams had to register their final squads ahead of their opening games at Germany/Denmark 2019, for more information visit HERE. 

Photo: Marco Wolf