BOL CELEBRATES WITH CROATIAN NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM

( Editorial: --> 8562 ) BOL, July 19 (Hina) - The Croatian national football team celebrated winning the third place and bronze medal at the 1998 World Cup at a discotheque in Bol on Brac island (southern Adriatic) on Saturday night. Celebrating the night of the "Fiery XI" (as the team is known) at the "Faces Club Kaltenberg", representatives of the Bol Tourist Association presented team captain Zvonimir Boban and striker Davor Suker, the best scorer in France '98, with a CD-ROM detailing information on the town of Bol and T-shirts titled "Thanks to the Fiery XI". The entertainment programme included performances by pop group Boem and singer Alka Vujica, and a fashion show featuring designs by fashion designer and performing artist Matija Vujica. Several thousand guests celebrated the remarkable success of the team until the break of dawn at Faces Club Discotheque which is owned by one of the players, defender Igor Stimac. Croatian Deputy Prime Minister Ljerka Mintas-Hodak, Ante Jelavic, president of the Bosnian wing of the Croatian Democratic Union, leading diplomat Davor Stambuk, and other prominent figures of Croatian public life joined the party. (Hina) is /mbr 191117 MET jul 98