Slovenia
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AssociationHandball Federation
of Slovenia
CoachUroš Zorman
Assistant coachLuka Žvižej
CaptainJure Dolenec
Most capsUroš Zorman (225)[1]
Most goalsLuka Žvižej (702)[1]
Colours
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
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1st
Team colours
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Team colours
2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances3 (First in 2000)
Best result6th (2016)
World Championship
Appearances10 (First in 1995)
Best resultBronze 3rd (2017)
European Championship
Appearances14 (First in 1994)
Best resultSilver 2nd (2004)
Last updated on 11 January 2024.
Slovenia men's national handball team
Medal record
European Championship
Silver medal – second place2004 Slovenia
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place2017 France

The Slovenia national handball team represents Slovenia in international handball matches. Their biggest success is the silver medal from the 2004 European Men's Handball Championship, as well as claiming third place at the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship.

Competitive record

Key

  Runners-up    Third place     As host

Olympic Games

Year Round Position GP W D L
United States 1996Did not qualify
Australia 20007th/8th place8th8215
Greece 200411th/12th place11th6204
China 2008Did not qualify
United Kingdom 2012
Brazil 2016Quarter-finals6th6402
Japan 2020Did not qualify
France 2024To be determined
TotalQuarter-finals6th place208111

World Championship

Year Round Position GP W D L
Sweden 1993Did not participate
Iceland 1995Preliminary round18th5104
Japan 1997Did not qualify
Egypt 1999
France 2001Preliminary round17th5203
Portugal 2003Second round11th7304
Tunisia 200511th/12th place12th9423
Germany 20079th/10th place10th8305
Croatia 2009Did not qualify
Sweden 2011
Spain 2013Semi-finals4th9702
Qatar 20157th/8th place8th9405
France 2017Semi-finals3rd place, bronze medalist(s)9612
Denmark Germany 2019Did not qualify
Egypt 2021Main round9th6321
Poland Sweden 2023Main round10th6402
TotalSemi-finals3rd place7337531

European Championship

Year Round Position GP W D L
Portugal 19949th/10th place10th6114
Spain 199611th/12th place11th6105
Italy 1998Did not qualify
Croatia 20005th/6th place5th6303
Sweden 200211th/12th place12th7025
Slovenia 2004Final2nd place, silver medalist(s)8512
Switzerland 2006Main round8th6303
Norway 2008Main round10th6303
Austria 2010Main round11th6123
Serbia 20125th/6th place6th7205
Denmark 2014Did not qualify
Poland 2016Preliminary round14th3012
Croatia 2018Main round8th6222
Austria Norway Sweden 2020Semi-finals4th9504
Hungary Slovakia 2022Preliminary round16th3102
Germany 2024Qualified
TotalFinal2nd place7927943

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship.[2][3]

Head coach: Uroš Zorman

Caps and goals are correct as of 29 January 2023, after the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship.[1]

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 GK Jože Baznik (1993-05-24) 24 May 1993 1.86 m 18 2 France USAM Nîmes Gard
3 P Blaž Blagotinšek (1994-01-17) 17 January 1994 2.02 m 118 214 Germany Frisch Auf Göppingen
8 RW Blaž Janc (1996-11-20) 20 November 1996 1.86 m 94 330 Spain Barcelona
11 RB Jure Dolenec (1988-12-06) 6 December 1988 1.91 m 177 654 France Limoges Handball
17 RB Nejc Cehte (1992-09-04) 4 September 1992 1.96 m 52 80 North Macedonia RK Eurofarm Pelister
19 LW Staš Jovičić (2000-12-06) 6 December 2000 1.85 m 4 19 Slovenia RK Trimo Trebnje
20 LW Tilen Kodrin (1994-05-14) 14 May 1994 1.92 m 68 113 Germany VfL Gummersbach
22 P Matej Gaber (1991-07-22) 22 July 1991 1.98 m 139 207 Hungary OTP Bank-Pick Szeged
25 P Stefan Žabić (1999-02-17) 17 February 1999 2.02 m 8 4 Slovenia Celje Pivovarna Laško
27 P Kristjan Horžen (1999-12-08) 8 December 1999 1.92 m 23 25 Germany Rhein-Neckar Löwen
29 LB Gašper Horvat (1998-04-10) 10 April 1998 1.99 m 4 3 Slovenia RK Trimo Trebnje
31 LW Tadej Mazej (1998-07-31) 31 July 1998 1.90 m 18 14 Slovenia Celje Pivovarna Laško
34 CB Rok Ovniček (1995-01-29) 29 January 1995 1.85 m 45 50 France HBC Nantes
35 CB Domen Makuc (2000-07-01) 1 July 2000 1.88 m 20 37 Spain Barcelona
44 CB Dean Bombač (1989-04-04) 4 April 1989 1.90 m 111 229 Hungary OTP Bank-Pick Szeged
47 LB Aleks Kavčič (1996-05-15) 15 May 1996 1.86 m 10 17 Croatia RK Zagreb
49 RB Grega Krečič (1996-04-25) 25 April 1996 1.88 m 3 1 Hungary Csurgói KK
51 LB Borut Mačkovšek (1992-09-11) 11 September 1992 2.04 m 130 326 Hungary OTP Bank-Pick Szeged
77 RW Domen Novak (1998-04-26) 26 April 1998 1.81 m 15 30 Germany HSG Wetzlar
88 CB Aleks Vlah (1997-07-22) 22 July 1997 1.91 m 28 72 Slovenia Celje Pivovarna Laško
90 GK Urban Lesjak (1990-08-24) 24 August 1990 1.87 m 67 0 North Macedonia RK Eurofarm Pelister

Statistics

Head coaches

Since 1992, the Slovenian national team has been managed by a total of twelve head coaches. Tone Tiselj, Miro Požun and Slavko Ivezič are the only coaches with more than one spell.[4][5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Večna lestvica nastopov in zadetkov za moško člansko reprezentanco" [All-time caps and goals for the national team] (in Slovenian). Handball Federation of Slovenia. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "Slovenski rokometaši odšli na svoje 10. svetovno prvenstvo". rokometna-zveza.si (in Slovenian). 10 January 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  3. ↑ "Team Roster Slovenia" (PDF). ihf.info. 22 January 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  4. ↑ "Dosedanji selektorji – RZS – Rokometna zveza Slovenije" (in Slovenian). Handball Federation of Slovenia. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  5. ↑ Bauman, Bojan (18 December 2019). "Ljubomir Vranješ - Šved, a naš". Večer (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2 February 2021.
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