Slovenia national handball team

Slovenia
Information
Association	Handball Federation of Slovenia
Coach	Veselin Vujović
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	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
	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	Quarterfinals	6th	6	4	0	2	167	163
2020	To be determined
Total	3/13	0 Titles	20	8	1	11	541	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	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	Qualified
2019	To be determined
Total	8/25	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

Team

Head coach: Veselin Vujović

The following is the Slovenian roster for the 2018 European Men's Handball Championship qualifying games against Switzerland and Portugal in November 2016.^[2][3] The caps and goals are updated as of 6 November 2016.^[4]

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club GK Urban Lesjak 24 August 1990 1.88 m 26 0 Celje GK Primož Prošt 14 July 1983 1.86 m 82 0 Frisch Auf Göppingen GK Matevž Skok 2 September 1986 1.88 m 63 0 Zagreb GK Gorazd Škof 11 July 1977 1.88 m 188 0 Paris Saint-Germain LB Jan Grebenc 18 August 1992 1.94 m 2 1 Ribnica LB Nik Henigman 4 December 1995 1.99 m 11 13 Ribnica CB Miha Zarabec 21 October 1991 1.77 m 19 42 Celje CB Dean Bombač 4 April 1989 1.89 m 71 124 Vive Targi Kielce CB Uroš Zorman 9 January 1980 1.90 m 225 523 Vive Targi Kielce CB Marko Bezjak 26 June 1986 1.84 m 90 146 SC Magdeburg RB Nejc Cehte 4 September 1992 1.96 m 4 0 Gorenje Velenje RB Jure Dolenec 6 December 1988 1.90 m 106 380 Montpellier Handball RB Vid Kavtičnik 24 May 1984 1.91 m 170 480 Montpellier Handball LW Darko Cingesar 25 July 1990 1.87 m 35 55 Zagreb LW Tilen Kodrin 14 May 1994 1.90 m 2 4 Celje RW Blaž Janc 20 November 1996 1.85 m 14 60 Celje RW Gašper Marguč 20 August 1990 1.80 m 69 236 Veszprém P Blaž Blagotinšek 17 January 1994 2.02 m 37 39 Veszprém P Vid Poteko 5 April 1991 1.94 m 34 15 Celje P Matej Gaber 22 July 1991 1.97 m 95 114 MOL-Pick Szeged P Miha Žvižej 6 November 1987 1.93 m 102 222 Fenix Toulouse

Most matches played

Total number of matches played in official matches only.

#	Player	Matches	Goals
1	Uroš Zorman	225	523
2	Luka Žvižej	217	702
3	Beno Lapajne	212	1
4	Tomaž Tomšič	200	414
5	Gorazd Škof	188	0
6	Renato Vugrinec	187	616
7	Aleš Pajovič	181	697
8	Roman Pungartnik	171	679
9	Vid Kavtičnik	170	480
10	Zoran Lubej	162	385

Last updated: 6 November 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	523	225	2.32
7	Vid Kavtičnik	480	170	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: 6 November 2016
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 12 January 2013.
2. "Selektor razkril seznam igralcev za prvi ciklus kvalifikacij" [Head Coach selected qualifiers squad] (in Slovenian). Handball Federation of Slovenia official website. 19 October 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
3. "Znanih 16 rokometašev za tekmo s Portugalsko" [16 players selected for Portugal match] (in Slovenian). Handball Federation of Slovenia official website. 5 November 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
4. "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.

External links

• Official website (Slovene)
• IHF profile