Croatia vs Iceland, Handball World Championship – Schedule & Where to Watch on TV

24/01/2025 at 14:30 (Time Zone – GMT-5 (America/New_York))

Arena Zagreb (Zagreb).

WORLD: World Championship
Referee: Marin A. (Esp)
Where to Watch on TV:


Bosnia-and-herzegovina	Arena Sport 2
Czech-republic	CT sport Plus
Denmark	TV2 Play, TV2 Sport
Finland	Viaplay
France	beIN Sports 2
Netherlands	Viaplay
Norway	Viaplay
Poland	Viaplay
Romania	Digi Sport 2, Digi Sport 3
Serbia	Arena Sport 1
Slovakia	STVR Sport
Slovenia	Arena Sport 1, Slovenia TV2
Sweden	TV10, Viaplay

Chances of winning

Croatia
36.3%

Draw
11.7%

Iceland
51.9%

Initial Probability

(when we started the analysis)

40.3%

11.7%

48%

Our Initial ML Estimation

42.3%

11.1%

45.7%

Analysis of Changes in Winning Probabilities:

Croatia has seen a decrease in its chances compared to the initial analysis. (-4%)

Iceland has improved its chances compared to the initial analysis. (+3.9%)

ML Model estimates a higher probability for Croatia than the current prediction. (+6%)

Note: The ML model's higher estimate suggests a strong performance forecast for Croatia, possibly due to key factors that the model accounted for.

ML Model estimates a lower probability for Iceland than the current prediction. (-6.2%)

Note: The ML model's lower estimate suggests a potential downturn for Iceland, possibly due to injuries or other negative factors.

Croatia - Iceland Odds

	1	X	2	Marga
Avarage Now (Initially)	2.54 ↑ (2.28)	7.89 ↑ (7.83)	1.78 ↓ (1.92)	8.1% (8.7%)

The most likely Over/Under: 52.50

The most likely Handicap: 2 (-1)

What is the prediction for Croatia - Iceland?

Users Predictions: Iceland will win (14 of 17 users predict this - 82.35%).
Confidence interval (95%): 64.23% – 100%.

The most likely score by Bookmakers is 27:27.

Preview Facts

At the moment teams are feeling good and ready to play.
The chances to win of two teams are almost the same in this match.
Last 5 head-to-head matches Croatia won 4 matches, drawn 0 matches, lost 1 matches and goals 150:134 (average 30:26.8).

How many head-to-head matches has Croatia won against Iceland?

Croatia has won 0 of their last 1 head-to-head matches.

How many head-to-head matches has Iceland won against Croatia?

Iceland has won 1 of their last 1 head-to-head matches.

What were the results of their latest head-to-head matches?

The latest head-to-head matches between Croatia - Iceland were as follows:

22.01.2024 Croatia - Iceland 30:35

Latest results of Croatia

22.01.2025 Cape Verde - Croatia 24:44 ✺

19.01.2025 Egypt - Croatia 28:24 ✺

17.01.2025 Croatia - Argentina 33:18 ✺

15.01.2025 Croatia - Bahrain 36:22 ✺

10.01.2025 Croatia - Slovenia 33:25 ✺

Latest results of Iceland

22.01.2025 Egypt - Iceland 24:27 ✺

20.01.2025 Slovenia - Iceland 18:23 ✺

18.01.2025 Iceland - Cuba 40:19 ✺

16.01.2025 Iceland - Cape Verde 34:21 ✺

11.01.2025 Sweden - Iceland 26:24 ✺

Draw

Final tournament

Quarter-finals

1	France	Egypt	34 : 33
2	Croatia	Hungary	31 : 30
3	Denmark	Brazil	33 : 21
4	Portugal	Germany	31 : 30

Semi-finals

1	France	Croatia	28 : 31
2	Denmark	Portugal	40 : 27

Final

1

Croatia

Denmark

26 : 32

3rd place

2

France

Portugal

35 : 34