The Qatar Handball Association (QHA) has named Veselin Vujovic of Montenegro as coach of the Qatar Handball team. QHA President Ahmed Al Shaabi reached a formal agreement with Vujovic in Belgrade, Serbia, on Tuesday.
Vujovic – who is replacing Spaniard Valero Rivera – will be unveiled as the new coach at a press conference at the QHA headquarters in Duhail on Thursday. As a player, Vujovic competed at the 1984 and 1988 Olympics for Yugoslavia, where he won gold and bronze respectively.
Vujovic has had biggest coaching successes with Slovenia at World Championship in 2017 (bronze). He also coached in Iran at last year’s World Championship. He has also worked for Al Sadd, Al Shabab, RK Zagreb, Koper and Nis as well as Banja Luka - and as national coach of Serbia, Montenegro, Slovenia and Iran. (TNN)
