Slovenia national handball team

Slovenia
Information
Nickname Kavčarji
Association Handball Federation
of Slovenia
Coach Boris Denić
Most caps Beno Lapajne (212)[1]
Most goals Aleš Pajovič (697)[1]
Colours
Home
Away
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances 2 (first in 2000)
Best result 8th (2000)
World Championship
Appearances 6 (first in 1995)
Best result 4th (2013)
European Championship
Appearances 9 (first in 1994)
Best result 2nd (2004)
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Slovenia national handball team
Medal record
European Championship
Silver 2004 Slovenia 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 and the fourth place at the 2013 World Men's Handball Championship.

Competitive record

Summer Olympics

Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
Spain 1992Did not enter
United States 1996Did not qualify
Australia 20007th/8th place8th8215214223
Greece 200411th/12th place11th6204160173
China 2008Did not qualify
United Kingdom 2012
Brazil 2016 To be determined
Japan 2020
Total2/50 Titles14419374396

World Championship

Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
Sweden 1993 Did not participate
Iceland 1995Preliminary round18th5104131126
Japan 1997 Did not qualify
Egypt 1999
France 2001Preliminary round17th5203145137
Portugal 2003Second round11th7304191196
Tunisia 200511th/12th place12th9423273250
Germany 20079th/10th place10th8305241243
Croatia 2009 Did not qualify
Sweden 2011
Spain 2013Semifinals4th9702258240
Qatar 20157th/8th place8th9405263271
France 2017 To be determined
Denmark Germany 2019
Total7/110 Titles522422615021463

European Championship

Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
Portugal 19949th/10th place10th6114112139
Spain 199611th/12th place11th6105120139
Italy 1998 Did not qualify
Croatia 20005th/6th place5th6303154155
Sweden 200211th/12th place12th7025181215
Slovenia 2004Runners-up2nd8512230218
Switzerland 2006Main round8th6303191194
Norway 2008Main round10th6303172180
Austria 2010Main round11th6123186203
Serbia 20125th/6th place6th7205207212
Denmark 2014 Did not qualify
Poland 2016To be determined
Croatia 2018
Austria Sweden Norway 2020
Total9/110 Titles581963315531655

Current squad

This is the squad for the 2015 World Men's Handball Championship.[2]

Head coach: Boris Denič

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
7 RW Vid Kavtičnik 24 May 1984 1.91 m 134 399 France Montpellier
9 RB Jure Natek 30 March 1982 1.93 m 138 353 Germany SC Magdeburg
10 LB Klemen Cehte 10 May 1986 1.96 m 25 57 France Pays d'Aix UCH
11 RB Jure Dolenec 6 December 1988 1.90 m 66 259 France Montpellier
12 GK Gorazd Škof 11 July 1977 1.88 m 155 0 France Nantes
13 LW David Špiler 2 January 1983 1.90 m 120 278 Belarus Meshkov Brest
14 CB Sebastian Skube 3 April 1987 1.89 m 95 220 Denmark Bjerringbro-Silkeborg
16 GK Primož Prošt 14 July 1983 1.86 m 68 0 Germany Frisch Auf Göppingen
19 P Miha Žvižej 6 November 1987 1.93 m 79 185 France Fenix Toulouse
20 LW Luka Žvižej 9 December 1980 1.85 m 191 637 Slovenia Celje
21 P Blaž Blagotinšek 17 January 1994 2.02 m 4 2 Slovenia Celje
22 P Matej Gaber 22 July 1991 1.98 m 52 55 France Montpellier
23 CB Uroš Zorman (c) 9 January 1980 1.90 m 190 467 Poland Vive Targi Kielce
25 CB Marko Bezjak 26 June 1986 1.84 m 60 82 Germany SC Magdeburg
27 LB Miladin Kozlina 11 February 1983 1.98 m 105 235 Germany GWD Minden
30 RW Dragan Gajić 21 July 1984 1.88 m 130 512 France Montpellier
33 P Uroš Bundalo 29 April 1989 1.98 m 43 44 France Tremblay-en-France
44 CB Dean Bombač 4 April 1989 1.89 m 35 50 Hungary Pick Szeged

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Handball Federation of Slovenia. "Večna lestvica nastopov in zadetkov za moško člansko reprezentanco" (in Slovenian). www.rokometna-zveza.si. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  2. ↑ 2015 World Championship roster

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