With the market development, sport has become a 'business', one of the most powerful and lucrative activities. Since sport is no longer perceived only as a way of maintaining health, improving life itself and the way of living, sport financing is becoming increasingly important. In the Law on Sports of the Republic of Croatia, sport is specified as „an activity of special social interests“. As such, it is important for the whole community, but also for Croatian handball. For many years now, the Croatian national hardball team has been achieving great international sports success, while for the handball clubs which are the starting point towards the national team cannot be said the same. One of the causes is for sure lack of funding and for this reason Croatian handball began to suffer and the absence of great results, to which we as a sports nation are accustomed, has become our reality. The problem of this thesis is precisely the financing of sports in the Republic of Croatia. It will be analyzed how big are the state allocations for sports in general, especially for handball, as one od the most trophy sport in the history of the country. The thesis will describe and explain the organization and financing of the Croatian Olympic Committee as an umbrella organization, Croatian Handball Federation and, in short, individual handball clubs. The thesis analyzes and compares data with European Union member states, which are also our biggest handball rivals, France, Denmark, Sweden.