Slovenia national handball team

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Slovenia
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Association Handball Federation
of Slovenia
Coach Veselin Vujović
Most caps Uroš Zorman (224)[1]
Most goals Luka Žvižej (702)[1]
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Home
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Away
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances 3 (First in 2000)
Best result 6th (2016)
World Championship
Appearances 7 (First in 1995)
Best result 4th (2013)
European Championship
Appearances 10 (First in 1994)
Best result 2nd (2004)
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Slovenia national handball team
Medal record
European Championship
Silver medal – second place 2004 Slovenia

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 fourth place at the 2013 World Men's Handball Championship.

Competitive record[edit]

Summer Olympics[edit]

Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
1936–1992 Part of Yugoslavia
Spain 1992 Did not enter
United States 1996 Did not qualify
Australia 2000 7th/8th place 8th 8 2 1 5 214 223
Greece 2004 11th/12th place 11th 6 2 0 4 160 173
China 2008 Did not qualify
United Kingdom 2012
Brazil 2016 Quarterfinals 6th 6 4 0 2 167 163
Japan 2020 To be determined
Total 3/13 0 Titles 20 8 1 11 541 559

World Championship[edit]

Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
1938–1991 Part of Yugoslavia
Sweden 1993 Did not participate
Iceland 1995 Preliminary round 18th 5 1 0 4 131 126
Japan 1997 Did not qualify
Egypt 1999
France 2001 Preliminary round 17th 5 2 0 3 145 137
Portugal 2003 Second round 11th 7 3 0 4 191 196
Tunisia 2005 11th/12th place 12th 9 4 2 3 273 250
Germany 2007 9th/10th place 10th 8 3 0 5 241 243
Croatia 2009 Did not qualify
Sweden 2011
Spain 2013 Semifinals 4th 9 7 0 2 258 240
Qatar 2015 7th/8th place 8th 9 4 0 5 263 271
France 2017 Qualified
Denmark Germany 2019 To be determined
Total 8/25 0 Titles 52 24 2 26 1502 1463

European Championship[edit]

Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
Portugal 1994 9th/10th place 10th 6 1 1 4 112 139
Spain 1996 11th/12th place 11th 6 1 0 5 120 139
Italy 1998 Did not qualify
Croatia 2000 5th/6th place 5th 6 3 0 3 154 155
Sweden 2002 11th/12th place 12th 7 0 2 5 181 215
Slovenia 2004 Runners-up 2nd 8 5 1 2 230 218
Switzerland 2006 Main round 8th 6 3 0 3 191 194
Norway 2008 Main round 10th 6 3 0 3 172 180
Austria 2010 Main round 11th 6 1 2 3 186 203
Serbia 2012 5th/6th place 6th 7 2 0 5 207 212
Denmark 2014 Did not qualify
Poland 2016 Preliminary round 14th 3 0 1 2 66 72
Croatia 2018 To be determined
Austria Sweden Norway 2020
Total 10/12 0 Titles 61 19 7 35 1619 1727

Team[edit]

Current squad[edit]

The following is the Slovenian roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2] The caps and goals are updated as of 17 August 2016.[3] view · talk

Head coach: Montenegro Veselin Vujović

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 GK Matevž Skok (1986-09-02)2 September 1986 (aged 29) 1.88 m 62 0 Croatia Zagreb
3 P Blaž Blagotinšek (1994-01-17)17 January 1994 (aged 22) 2.02 m 35 35 Hungary Telekom Veszprém
5 LB Nik Henigman (1995-12-04)4 December 1995 (aged 20) 1.99 m 9 9 Slovenia Ribnica
7 RB Vid Kavtičnik (1984-05-24)24 May 1984 (aged 32) 1.91 m 168 474 France Montpellier Handball
8 RW Blaž Janc (1996-11-20)20 November 1996 (aged 19) 1.85 m 12 51 Slovenia Celje
11 RB Jure Dolenec (1988-12-06)6 December 1988 (aged 27) 1.90 m 104 373 France Montpellier Handball
12 GK Gorazd Škof (1977-07-11)11 July 1977 (aged 39) 1.88 m 187 0 France Paris Saint-Germain
13 LW Darko Cingesar (1990-07-25)25 July 1990 (aged 26) 1.87 m 34 54 Croatia Zagreb
15 P Vid Poteko (1991-04-05)5 April 1991 (aged 25) 1.94 m 32 13 Slovenia Celje
18 RB David Miklavčič (1983-01-29)29 January 1983 (aged 33) 1.95 m 95 140 Croatia Zagreb
22 P Matej Gaber (1991-07-22)22 July 1991 (aged 25) 1.97 m 94 112 Hungary MOL-Pick Szeged
23 CB Uroš Zorman (1980-01-09)9 January 1980 (aged 36) 1.90 m 224 519 Poland Vive Targi Kielce
25 CB Marko Bezjak (1986-06-26)26 June 1986 (aged 30) 1.84 m 89 146 Germany SC Magdeburg
31 LW Simon Razgor (1985-09-18)18 September 1985 (aged 30) 1.83 m 45 108 Belarus Meshkov Brest
32 CB Miha Zarabec (1991-10-21) 21 October 1991 (age 24) 1.77 m 18 41 Slovenia Celje
44 CB Dean Bombač (1989-04-04)4 April 1989 (aged 26) 1.89 m 69 120 Poland Vive Targi Kielce
90 GK Urban Lesjak (1990-08-24) 24 August 1990 (age 26) 1.88 m 25 0 Slovenia Celje

Most matches played[edit]

Total number of matches played in official matches only.

# Player Matches Goals
1 Uroš Zorman 224 519
2 Luka Žvižej 217 702
3 Beno Lapajne 212 1
4 Tomaž Tomšič 200 414
5 Renato Vugrinec 187 616
Gorazd Škof 187 0
7 Aleš Pajovič 181 697
8 Roman Pungartnik 171 679
9 Vid Kavtičnik 168 474
10 Zoran Lubej 162 385

Last updated: 17 August 2016
Source: rokometna-zveza.si

Most goals scored[edit]

Total number of goals scored in official matches only.

# Player Goals Matches Average
1 Luka Žvižej 702 217 3.24
2 Aleš Pajovič 697 181 3.85
3 Roman Pungartnik 679 171 3.97
4 Dragan Gajić 642 151 4.25
5 Renato Vugrinec 616 187 3.29
6 Uroš Zorman 519 224 2.32
7 Vid Kavtičnik 474 168 2.82
8 Uroš Šerbec 467 120 3.89
9 Tomaž Tomšič 414 200 2.07
10 Zoran Jovičič 394 140 2.81

Last updated: 17 August 2016
Source: rokometna-zveza.si

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