Slovenia men's national handball team

Slovenia
Information
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
Team colours
1st
Team colours
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2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances4 (First in 2000)
Best result4th (2024)
World Championship
Appearances10 (First in 1995)
Best resultBronze 3rd (2017)
European Championship
Appearances14 (First in 1994)
Best resultSilver 2nd (2004)
Last updated on 11 August 2024.
Slovenia men's national handball team
Medal record
European Championship
Silver medal – second place 2004 Slovenia
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2017 France

The Slovenia national handball team represents Slovenia in international handball matches. Their biggest success is the silver medal at the 2004 European Men's Handball Championship and 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 1996 Did not qualify
Australia 2000 7th/8th place 8th 8 2 1 5
Greece 2004 11th/12th place 11th 6 2 0 4
China 2008 Did not qualify
United Kingdom 2012
Brazil 2016 Quarter-finals 6th 6 4 0 2
Japan 2020 Did not qualify
France 2024 Semi-finals 4th 8 4 0 4
Total Semi-finals 4th place 28 12 1 15

World Championship

Year Round Position GP W D L
Sweden 1993 Did not participate
Iceland 1995 Preliminary round 18th 5 1 0 4
Japan 1997 Did not qualify
Egypt 1999
France 2001 Preliminary round 17th 5 2 0 3
Portugal 2003 Second round 11th 7 3 0 4
Tunisia 2005 11th/12th place 12th 9 4 2 3
Germany 2007 9th/10th place 10th 8 3 0 5
Croatia 2009 Did not qualify
Sweden 2011
Spain 2013 Semi-finals 4th 9 7 0 2
Qatar 2015 7th/8th place 8th 9 4 0 5
France 2017 Semi-finals 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 9 6 1 2
Denmark Germany 2019 Did not qualify
Egypt 2021 Main round 9th 6 3 2 1
Poland Sweden 2023 Main round 10th 6 4 0 2
Croatia Denmark Norway 2025 Qualified
Total Semi-finals 3rd place 73 37 5 31

European Championship

Year Round Position GP W D L
Portugal 1994 9th/10th place 10th 6 1 1 4
Spain 1996 11th/12th place 11th 6 1 0 5
Italy 1998 Did not qualify
Croatia 2000 5th/6th place 5th 6 3 0 3
Sweden 2002 11th/12th place 12th 7 0 2 5
Slovenia 2004 Final 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 8 5 1 2
Switzerland 2006 Main round 8th 6 3 0 3
Norway 2008 Main round 10th 6 3 0 3
Austria 2010 Main round 11th 6 1 2 3
Serbia 2012 5th/6th place 6th 7 2 0 5
Denmark 2014 Did not qualify
Poland 2016 Preliminary round 14th 3 0 1 2
Croatia 2018 Main round 8th 6 2 2 2
Austria Norway Sweden 2020 Semi-finals 4th 9 5 0 4
Hungary Slovakia 2022 Preliminary round 16th 3 1 0 2
Germany 2024 5th/6th place 6th 8 5 0 3
Denmark Sweden Norway 2026 To be determined
Total Final 2nd place 87 32 9 46

Team

Current squad

The following 17 players were included in the squad for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[2]

Head coach: Uroš Zorman

Caps and goals are correct as of 12 May 2024.[1]

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
3 P Blaž Blagotinšek (1994-01-17) 17 January 1994 (age 30) 2.02 m 134 240 Germany SG Flensburg-Handewitt
5 LB Nik Henigman (1995-12-04) 4 December 1995 (age 29) 1.99 m 76 105 France Saint-Raphaël VHB
8 RW Blaž Janc (1996-11-20) 20 November 1996 (age 28) 1.86 m 101 366 Spain Barcelona
11 RB Jure Dolenec (1988-12-06) 6 December 1988 (age 36) 1.91 m 195 686 France Limoges Handball
17 RB Nejc Cehte (1992-09-04) 4 September 1992 (age 32) 1.96 m 70 125 North Macedonia RK Eurofarm Pelister
19 LW Staš Slatinek Jovičić (2000-12-06) 6 December 2000 (age 24) 1.85 m 25 60 Slovenia RD Slovan
20 LW Tilen Kodrin (1994-05-14) 14 May 1994 (age 30) 1.92 m 85 146 Germany VfL Gummersbach
22 P Matej Gaber (1991-07-22) 22 July 1991 (age 33) 1.98 m 142 208 France HBC Nantes
23 CB Miha Zarabec (1991-10-12) 12 October 1991 (age 33) 1.78 m 104 222 Poland Orlen Wisła Płock
26 GK Klemen Ferlin (1989-06-26) 26 June 1989 (age 35) 1.92 m 73 2 Germany HC Erlangen
27 P Kristjan Horžen (1999-12-08) 8 December 1999 (age 25) 1.92 m 44 64 Germany VfL Gummersbach
44 CB Dean Bombač (1989-04-04) 4 April 1989 (age 35) 1.90 m 129 272 Hungary ETO-SZESE Győr FKC
51 LB Borut Mačkovšek (1992-09-11) 11 September 1992 (age 32) 2.04 m 143 379 Hungary OTP Bank-Pick Szeged
77 RW Domen Novak (1998-04-26) 26 April 1998 (age 26) 1.81 m 37 76 Germany HSG Wetzlar
88 LB Aleks Vlah (1997-07-22) 22 July 1997 (age 27) 1.91 m 44 155 Denmark Aalborg Håndbold
90 GK Urban Lesjak (1990-08-24) 24 August 1990 (age 34) 1.87 m 85 0 Slovenia RK Trimo Trebnje
99 GK Urh Kastelic (1996-02-27) 27 February 1996 (age 28) 2.02 m 56 7 Germany TBV Lemgo Lippe

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.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Večna lestvica nastopov za reprezentanco" (in Slovenian). Handball Federation of Slovenia. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Znani rokometni potniki v olimpijski Pariz" (in Slovenian). Handball Federation of Slovenia. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Dosedanji selektorji – RZS – Rokometna zveza Slovenije" (in Slovenian). Handball Federation of Slovenia. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  4. ^ Bauman, Bojan (18 December 2019). "Ljubomir Vranješ - Šved, a naš". Večer (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2 February 2021.
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