Croatia and Iceland won opener at Youth World Handball Championship 2019 in Skopje.
Team of legendary Norwegian defensive specialist Johnny Jensen didn’t look like their coach from some past days as young Scandinavians lost easily 22:32 against powerful Croatia.
Young Balkan team was on +14 – 29:15 in 46th minute of the match.
Right wing who won silver with junior team in Spain, Fran Mileta netted goals for the winners, while Stipe Puric had 12 saves in total.
Iceland beat Tunisia 25:20 (12:6).
