Vanja Perenčević

Vanja Perenčević

During the semi-final match of the 2018 Youth Olympic Games
Player information
birthday	February 29, 2000
place of birth	Sisak
citizenship	Croatia
height	1.78 m
Throwing hand	right
Club information
society	ŽRK Trešnjevka Zagreb
Jersey number	7th
Clubs in the youth
from ... to	society
0000-0000	ŽRK Lokomotiva Zagreb
Clubs as active
from ... to	society
2018–	ŽRK Lokomotiva Zagreb
National team
	Games (goals)
Croatia beach handball
As of June 21, 2020

Vanja Perenčević (born February 29, 2000 in Sisak ) is a Croatian handball player . She plays on the left defensive position.

Perenčević initially trained as a dental assistant and has been studying movement science at the University of Zagreb since 2018 .

Indoor handball

Vanja Perenčević has been playing for the first division club ŽRK Lokomotiva Zagreb since she was a youngster , for whose first women's team she has in the meantime appeared. At the end of 2018, she moved to league competitor ŽRK Trešnjevka Zagreb , where she also performs well on the offensive.

Beach handball

Perenčević is also active as a beach handball player. Here she plays for MHC Dubrava , a team on the Croatian and European summer tour. At the EBT tournament in Moscow in 2019, the team finished second after a final defeat against the top European team Multichem Szentendrei NKE from Hungary and qualified for the EHF Masters Finals . In 2019 she won the Croatian championship with her team. Perenčević also belongs to the university team of the University of Zagreb and came third with this team at the European Universities EHF Beach Handball Championship 2019 in Zagreb after defeating the team from the University of Tilburg .

Juniors

In 2017 Perenčević was promoted to the Croatian youth national team in beach handball and took part in the 2017 U-17 European Junior Championships in Zagreb . After defeats against Russia, Lithuania, Portugal and Spain, they won the final group game against Switzerland and came second to last in the group. In the following placement games you lost after a win against Poland in the game for ninth place of the Ukraine and was tenth. The next major event was the 2017 Junior World Championships in Flic-en-Flac on Mauritius . Perenčević and her team lost all games in the preliminary round, against the Netherlands, Argentina, Hungary and Taiwan (Chinese Taipei). Only in the placement games was Croatia able to close the tournament with successes against hosts Mauritius, then against Venezuela and Paraguay, and in the end came ninth.

In Montenegro , Perenčević took part in the 2018 Junior European Championships (U18) for the second time . After losing to Portugal, Croatia won the group's two subsequent games against Romania and France. In the quarter-finals they met the Netherlands again and lost in two rounds. The following two placement games against Spain and Ukraine were lost in the shootout, with Croatia finally eighth.

Perenčević (white) as a specialist in the game against American Samoa in the preliminary round of the Youth Olympic Games; left Frances Nautu (blue, 2, American Samoa), right Ana Malec (red, 11, Croatia)

Perenčević (red, 9) covers Gisella Bonomi in the final of the Youth Olympic Games; right Mia Bošnjak (red, 10)

In autumn Perenčević reached its sporting climax to date. Although Croatia at the World Junior Championships last year not for the Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2018 from Buenos Aires could qualify, the Croatians moved to the teams of Spain and Portugal after cancellations. The first group game against Mauritius was clearly won, Perenčević contributed one point to the victory. The Croatians also won the following two games against Russia and Taiwan and developed into a favorite for the title of this sport, which was held here for the first time as part of an Olympic tournament. After a defeat against the frequent competitor of previous years, Hungary, followed at the end of the preliminary round a victory against the team from American Samoa. Perenčević scored in this game against the big underdog, in which the defensive players had more room for offensive actions and Perenčević was used as a specialist, three times and scored six points. In the main round, the Croatians lost against two of the other title favorites besides the Hungarians, against Argentina and the Netherlands. In both games you lost in the shootout. In the highly competitive game against Argentina, Perenčević was one of three Croatians and two Argentinians who received a time penalty shortly before the end. The last group game against Paraguay was won again. Here Perenčević scored two goals for four points. It was the last two goals of the game and turned the 14-16 point deficit into an 18-16 point lead. That made her the match winner in the game. In the semi-finals, Croatia clearly beat the favored Dutch women with a win in both rounds. In the final, Croatia could not oppose the unleashed hostesses and lost 2: 0. With her team Perenčević won the first Olympic silver medal in beach handball. With 15 points she achieved the second lowest value of all Croatian outfield players in front of Mia Bošnjak , who remained without a hit , which corresponded to the style of play of the Croatian team with a strong offensive row and a strong defensive row with a mostly strictly implemented separation of the two rows. With Bošnjak and Mia Tupek and the respective goalkeeper Petra Lovrenčević or Saša Sladić , they formed an extremely successful defensive lineup . For their performance, the team was awarded the Nagrada Dražen Petrović ( Dražen Petrović Prize) of the Croatian Olympic Committee .

successes

The Croatian boys' and girls' teams celebrate the girls' silver medal: Perenčević first girl from the right

Youth Olympic Games

• 2018 : silver

Croatian Beach Handball Championships

• 2019: winner

Web links

Commons : Vanja Perenčević  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Single receipts

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