In season 2017/2018. Israeli handball is richer for 13 trainers from the Balkans and over 35 players and players in three competitions (first and second league men and women’s first league) also from the Balkans. There is no doubt that Israeli handball is progressing according to the possibilities, and besides many projects, a bright future is expected.
Alexander Maksimovic, Komnenic Akim and Komnenic Petar (Maccabi Tel Aviv – Serbia), Zvonko Sundovski (Senior National Team of Israel – Macedonia), Aleksandar Brkovic (Junior National Team of Israel – Serbia), Alexandru Buligan (in charge of working with the goalkeepers of all Israel – , Nedeljko Nele Matic (Kiryat Motzkin – Serbia), Luka Petric (Kiryatim – Serbia), Simic Milos (Ramat Hasharon – Serbia), Srdjan Rundic (Hapoel Eylot – Serbia), Vukojevic Andreja (Dimona – Serbia), Hrvoje Pazin – Croatia), Dario Sehovic (Azdod – Slovenia).
The Handball Federation of Israel has been engaged since this season of the Macedonian experienced expert Zvonko Sundovsky who leads the senior Israel and where he prepares for pre qualification in Lithuania. Aleksandar Brkovic leads the junior second season and is currently in Germany (six-year project), where he will continue to work in Israel from January, where he is expecting a championship at the end of the season. Brkovic achieves outstanding results in the Bundesliga games and shows the great potential of the junior after several months of work.
Work with younger teams was enhanced: Simic Milos and Andreja Vukojevic worked on camps in 2004 and 2005. Nikola Maksimovic is leading the year 2002, which expects the European Championship in two years, while Akim Komnenic, who is also awaiting the European Championship, took over the team of girls born in 2002.
Nikola Maksimovic, after having played six rounds, is on a table with his Maccabi Tel Aviv, despite defeat in the derby with Maccabi Rishon. Maccabi Tel Aviv is certainly the most pleasant surprise of the championship, it is a completely new team and has been written off since the start of the championship and now it is one of the competitors for the trophy of the Cup or the best defense team in the league.
Maccabi Tel Aviv won the championship title with Nedeljko Matic two seasons ago, while in the last year’s competition with Dragan Djukic he won the Cup and was a participant in the group phase of the EHF CUP, while both of them were the first assistant was the current head of the profession, Nikola Maksimovic. An improvement in the work with young people in Makabi’s school is Petar Komnenic, while Akim Komnenic is in charge of working in school for the third season, where he leads juniors and cadets this season, and is the first assistant to Maksimovic.
Nedeljko Nele Matic is in his old club Kiryat Motzkin. It’s a bad start for the championship, but as the moves of Matic’s moves, Motzkin plays better and a safe survival in the league is expected, as well as a surprise that is always expected from an experienced expert.
Luka Petric finishing the two-year contract with Azdod moved to the north of Israel in Kiryatim where he runs the school of handball and leads cadets. His place in Azdod was occupied by another expert from our area Dario Sehovic from Slovenia. Sehovic is responsible for working in the handball school and also leads Cadets Azdod.
Simic Milos, another young but experienced specialist, is already in the second season in Ramat Hasharon, where he is the first senior assistant and leads the other team, juniors and pioneers of the same club. Ramat hasharon this season has a conquering ambition for the big investment of the club.
Hrvoje Pazin, a young Croatian expert in last year’s Israeli championship, Macabi Rishon, where he is a senior assistant, is led by junior and senior Maccabi Rishon’s team. Maccabi Rishon also has a championship ambition this season, in all categories. Pazin signed a two-year contract.
Andreja Vukojevic, after the historic success of introducing senior Dimon to the other league, started the championship and is at the very top of the league. Although it is not the goal to enter the first league, a young expert will try to perform another miracle.
Israel was granted permission from the EHF to organize the Master Coach module. All three modules will be held in Tel Aviv (January, March and May). Israel is experiencing a real expansion thanks to all the projects and it is expecting a bright future if they know they are using all these
