Slovenia national handball team

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.

Slovenia
Information
Association	Handball Federation of Slovenia
Coach	Ljubomir Vranjes
Assistant coach	Aleš Anžič Primož Pori Uroš Zorman
Captain	Vid Kavtičnik
Most caps	Uroš Zorman (225)[1]
Most goals	Luka Žvižej (702)[1]
Colours
Home Away
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	3 (First in 2000)
Best result	6th (2016)
World Championship
Appearances	8 (First in 1995)
Best result	3rd (2017)
European Championship
Appearances	12 (First in 1994)
Best result	2nd (2004)
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Slovenia national handball team

Medal record
European Championship
	2004 Slovenia
World Championship
	2017 France

Competitive record

Summer Olympics

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1936–1992	Part of Yugoslavia
1992	Did not enter
1996	Did not qualify
2000	7th/8th place	8th	8	2	1	5	209	223
2004	11th/12th place	11th	6	2	0	4	160	173
2008	Did not qualify
2012
2016	Quarter-finals	6th	6	4	0	2	167	163
2020	To be determined
Total	3/8	0 Titles	20	8	1	11	536	559

World Championship

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1938–1991	Part of Yugoslavia
1993	Did not participate
1995	Preliminary round	18th	5	1	0	4	131	126
1997	Did not qualify
1999
2001	Preliminary round	17th	5	2	0	3	145	137
2003	Second round	11th	7	3	0	4	191	196
2005	11th/12th place	12th	9	4	2	3	272	250
2007	9th/10th place	10th	8	3	0	5	241	243
2009	Did not qualify
2011
2013	Semi-finals	4th	9	7	0	2	258	240
2015	7th/8th place	8th	9	4	0	5	273	271
2017	Semi-finals		9	6	1	2	271	253
2019	Did not qualify
2021	Qualified
/ 2023	To be determined
// 2025
2027
Total	9/15	0 Titles	61	30	3	28	1782	1716

European Championship

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1994	9th/10th place	10th	6	1	1	4	112	139
1996	11th/12th place	11th	6	1	0	5	120	139
1998	Did not qualify
2000	5th/6th place	5th	6	3	0	3	154	155
2002	11th/12th place	12th	7	0	2	5	181	215
2004	Final		8	5	1	2	230	218
2006	Main round	8th	6	3	0	3	191	194
2008	Main round	10th	6	3	0	3	172	180
2010	Main round	11th	6	1	2	3	186	203
2012	5th/6th place	6th	7	2	0	5	207	212
2014	Did not qualify
2016	Preliminary round	14th	3	0	1	2	66	72
2018	Main round	8th	6	2	2	2	162	152
2020	Semi-finals	4th	9	5	0	4	245	249
2022	To be determined
Total	12/15	0 Titles	76	26	9	41	2026	2128

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship.[2][3]

The caps and goals are updated as of 25 January 2020.[1]

Head coach: Ljubomir Vranjes

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 3 P Blaž Blagotinšek (1994-01-17) 17 January 1994 2.02 m 89 145 Telekom Veszprém 5 LB Nik Henigman (1995-12-04) 4 December 1995 2.00 m 50 79 MOL-Pick Szeged 6 RW Gašper Marguč (1990-08-20) 20 August 1990 1.81 m 108 368 Telekom Veszprém 7 RB Vid Kavtičnik (1984-05-24) 24 May 1984 1.91 m 197 543 Pays d’Aix UC 8 RW Blaž Janc (1996-11-20) 20 November 1996 1.87 m 64 212 PGE Vive Kielce 11 RB Jure Dolenec (1988-12-06) 6 December 1988 1.91 m 145 520 Barça 13 LW Darko Cingesar (1990-07-25) 25 July 1990 1.87 m 76 126 Pays d’Aix UC 17 RB Nejc Cehte (1992-09-04) 4 September 1992 1.96 m 28 45 TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 20 LW Tilen Kodrin (1994-05-14) 14 May 1994 1.92 m 45 64 Celje Pivovarna Laško 23 CB Miha Zarabec (1991-10-12) 12 October 1991 1.77 m 64 156 THW Kiel 24 RW Mario Šoštarič (1992-11-25) 25 November 1992 1.93 m 36 69 MOL-Pick Szeged 26 GK Klemen Ferlin (1989-06-26) 26 June 1989 1.91 m 37 1 Celje Pivovarna Laško 27 P Kristjan Horžen (1999-12-08) 8 December 1999 1.92 m 10 9 Celje Pivovarna Laško 33 P Igor Žabič (1992-08-15) 15 August 1992 2.01 m 34 46 Orlen Wisła Płock 34 CB Rok Ovniček (1995-01-29) 29 January 1995 1.84 m 23 23 HBC Nantes 44 CB Dean Bombač (1989-04-04) 4 April 1989 1.90 m 89 168 MOL-Pick Szeged 51 LB Borut Mačkovšek (1992-09-11) 11 September 1992 2.03 m 108 254 Telekom Veszprém 99 GK Urh Kastelic (1996-02-27) 27 February 1996 2.01 m 43 5 Frisch Auf Göppingen

Statistics

Most matches played Total number of matches played in official matches only. # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Player Matches Goals Uroš Zorman 225 523 Luka Žvižej 217 702 Beno Lapajne 212 1 Tomaž Tomšič 200 414 Vid Kavtičnik 197 543 Gorazd Škof 188 0 Renato Vugrinec 187 616 Aleš Pajovič 181 697 Roman Pungartnik 171 679 Zoran Lubej 162 385 Last updated: 21 January 2020 Source: rokometna-zveza.si

Most goals scored Total number of goals scored in official matches only. # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Player Goals Matches Average Luka Žvižej 702 217 3.24 Aleš Pajovič 697 181 3.85 Roman Pungartnik 679 171 3.97 Dragan Gajić 642 151 4.25 Renato Vugrinec 616 187 3.29 Vid Kavtičnik 543 197 2.76 Uroš Zorman 523 225 2.32 Jure Dolenec 510 142 3.59 Uroš Šerbec 467 120 3.89 Tomaž Tomšič 414 200 2.07 Last updated: 21 January 2020 Source: rokometna-zveza.si

References

1. "Večna lestvica nastopov in zadetkov za moško člansko reprezentanco" [All-time caps and goals for the national team] (in Slovenian). Handball Federation of Slovenia official website. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
2. "Na Švedsko z 18 igralci". rokometna-zveza.si. 5 January 2020.
3. 2020 European Men's Handball Championship squad

External links

• Official website (in Slovene)
• IHF profile