Slovenia national handball team

Slovenia
Information
Association	Handball Federation of Slovenia
Coach	Veselin Vujović
Most caps	Luka Žvižej (217)[1]
Most goals	Luka Žvižej (702)[1]
Colours
Home Away
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	3 (First in 2000)
Best result	8th (2000)
World Championship
Appearances	7 (First in 1995)
Best result	4th (2013)
European Championship
Appearances	10 (First in 1994)
Best result	2nd (2004)
Last updated on 20 January 2016.

Slovenia national handball team

Medal record
European Championship
	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

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	214	223
2004	11th/12th place	11th	6	2	0	4	160	173
2008	Did not qualify
2012
2016	Qualified
2020	To be determined
Total	3/13	0 Titles	14	4	1	9	374	396

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	273	250
2007	9th/10th place	10th	8	3	0	5	241	243
2009	Did not qualify
2011
2013	Semifinals	4th	9	7	0	2	258	240
2015	7th/8th place	8th	9	4	0	5	263	271
2017	To be determined
2019
Total	7/24	0 Titles	52	24	2	26	1502	1463

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	Runners-up	2nd	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	To be determined
2020
Total	10/12	0 Titles	61	19	7	35	1619	1727

Current squad

This is the squad for the 2016 Olympic Games Qualification Tournament.^[2] The caps and goals are updated as of 20 January 2016.^[1]

Head coach: Veselin Vujović

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Matevž Skok 2 September 1986 1.88 m 52 0 TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke 3 P Blaž Blagotinšek 17 January 1994 2.02 m 20 16 Celje 6 RW Gašper Marguč 20 August 1990 1.80 m 60 197 MVM Veszprém 7 RB Vid Kavtičnik 24 May 1984 1.91 m 154 432 Montpellier Handball 11 RB Jure Dolenec 6 December 1988 1.90 m 90 335 Montpellier Handball 12 GK Gorazd Škof 11 July 1977 1.88 m 175 0 HBC Nantes 13 LW Darko Cingesar 25 July 1990 1.87 m 20 24 Maribor Branik 14 LB Sebastian Skube 3 April 1987 1.89 m 118 238 Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 15 P Vid Poteko 5 April 1991 1.94 m 17 10 Celje 22 P Matej Gaber 22 July 1991 1.97 m 79 88 Montpellier Handball 23 CB Uroš Zorman 9 January 1980 1.90 m 213 503 Vive Targi Kielce 25 CB Marko Bezjak 26 June 1986 1.84 m 76 107 Magdeburg 31 LW Simon Razgor 18 September 1985 1.83 m 31 80 Meshkov Brest 32 CB Miha Zarabec 21 October 1991 1.77 m 9 16 Celje 44 CB Dean Bombač 4 April 1989 1.89 m 55 82 Pick Szeged 51 LB Borut Mačkovšek 11 September 1992 2.04 m 56 117 ThSV Eisenach 55 RB Žiga Mlakar 16 May 1990 1.92 m 0 0 Celje 90 GK Urban Lesjak 24 August 1990 1.87 m 17 0 Celje

Most matches played Total number of matches played in official competitions only. # Player Matches Goals 1 Luka Žvižej 217 702 2 Uroš Zorman 213 503 3 Beno Lapajne 212 1 4 Tomaž Tomšič 200 414 5 Renato Vugrinec 187 616 6 Aleš Pajovič 181 697 7 Gorazd Škof 175 0 8 Roman Pungartnik 171 679 9 Zoran Lubej 162 385 10 Vid Kavtičnik 154 432 Jure Natek 154 393 Last updated: 21 January 2016 Source: rokometna-zveza.si

Most goals scored 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 503 213 2.36 7 Uroš Šerbec 467 120 3.89 8 Vid Kavtičnik 432 154 2.81 9 Tomaž Tomšič 414 200 2.07 10 Zoran Jovičič 394 140 2.81 Last updated: 21 January 2016 Source: rokometna-zveza.si

References

1. Handball Federation of Slovenia. "Večna lestvica nastopov in zadetkov za moško člansko reprezentanco" [All-time caps and goals for the national team] (in Slovenian). www.rokometna-zveza.si. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
2. Olympic Games Qualification roster

External links

• Official website (Slovene)
• IHF profile