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Croatia faces a new challenge: World Championship set for 11 to 29 January in France
According to Total Croatia News, Croatia made it three more times to finals (1995, 2005 and 2009), being defeated every time.
There are 24 nations competing, 14 of them from Europe. Teams are divided into four groups of six teams. There is no second round of competition, with the four best teams in each group moving on to eighth-finals.
Croatia is in group C with Germany, Belarus, Hungary, Chile and Saudi Arabia. Potential opponents in eighth-finals are Qatar, Denmark, Sweden, Egypt, Bahrain and Argentina.
The championship will be played in Paris, Lille, Montpellier, Albertville, Metz, Brest, Rouen, with 650.000 tickets still on sale.
