Austrian men's national handball team

Austria

Association	Austrian Handball Federation (ÖHB)
confederacy	EHF
Trainer	Aleš Pajovič
Assistant coach	Erwin Gierlinger
Most goals	Andreas Dittert : 1089
Most games	Ewald Humenberger : 246
home Away
statistics
First international match Germany 3-6 Austria 13 September 1925, Halle (Saale)
Olympic games
Participation	1 (1936, field) of 13 (first: 1936 )
best result	Silver medal 1936
Handball world championship
Participation	10 (6 halls, 4 fields) of 26 (first: 1938 )
best result	Vice World Champion 1938 (Halle), 3rd place 1966 (field)
European handball championship
Participation	3 (first: 2010 )
best result	8th place
(Status: unknown)

The Austrian team in January 2010

The Austrian men's national handball team represents the Austrian Handball Federation at international handball tournaments .

The team played their first international match in handball history against the German national team on September 13, 1925 in Halle (Saale) , with the Austrian team winning 6: 3. The record national player is Ewald Humenberger with 246 appearances ahead of Patrick Fölser with 218 and Andreas Dittert with 203 games.

Participation in championships (indoor handball)

The team has taken part in the indoor handball world championships five times . At the 1938 World Cup in Germany, the team won the silver medal. At the 1958 World Cup in the German Democratic Republic , Austria failed in the preliminary round. In 1988 Austria won the "C-WM" in Portugal.

At the 1993 World Cup in Sweden , the team took the last place in the group after the preliminary round and after two wins and one draw in the placement round, they finished 14th. At the 2011 World Cup , the team reached 18th place.

As the host of the 2010 European Handball Championship , Austria qualified for a European Handball Championship for the first time . At the European Handball Championship 2020 , Austria - again as the host of the preliminary and main round - achieved its best final ranking in the Euro so far with an 8th place.

Handball world championships

• World Championship 1938 : silver
• World Cup 1958 : preliminary round
• World Championship 1993 : 14th place
• World Championship 2011 : 18th place
• World Championship 2015 : 13th place
• World Championship 2019 : 19th place

European handball championships

• European Handball Championship 2010 : 9th place
• European Handball Championship 2014 : 11th place (main round)
• European Handball Championship 2018 : 15th place
• European Handball Championship 2020 : 8th place

Olympic games

no participation so far

Placements at championships

year	Olympic games	World Championship	European Championship
1993		14th
1994			without participation
1995		without participation
1996	without participation
1997		without participation
1998			without participation
1999		without participation
2000	without participation		without participation
2001		without participation
2002			without participation
2003		without participation
2004	without participation		without participation
2005		without participation
2006			without participation
2007		without participation
2008	without participation		without participation
2009		without participation
2010			9.
2011		18th
2012	without participation		without participation
2013		without participation
2014			11.
2015		13.
2016	without participation		without participation
2017		without participation
2018			15th
2019		19th
2020			8th.

Participation in championships (field handball)

• Olympic Games 1936 : silver medal
• World Championship 1952 : 4th place
• World Championship 1955 : 7th place
• World Championship 1963 : 5th place
• World Championship 1966 : 3rd place

Current squad

The Austrian team in January 2016

Status: January 15, 2020

supervisor

function	Surname	born on	nationality
Team boss	Aleš Pajovič	01/06/1979	Slovenia
Assistant coach	Erwin Gierlinger	08/26/1977	Austria
Goalkeeping coach	Mattias Andersson	03/29/1978	Sweden
Team manager	Philipp Wagner
Team doctor	Peter Valentin	07/06/1963	Austria
Physiotherapist	Andre Kintscher	09/23/1971	Austria
Physiotherapist	Rudolf Stuck

Player squad

Back number	Surname	born on	society	position	Size cm	Weight kg	Country games	Gates
01	Thomas Bauer	01/24/1986	FC Porto	TW	190	092	151	000
07th	Janko Božović	07/14/1985	VfL Gummersbach	RR	204	104	148	393
08th	Robert Weber	11/25/1985	HSG Nordhorn-Lingen	RA	179	077	175	764
13	Richard Wöss	10/10/1986	Handball Tyrol	RA	187	84	78	113
15th	Fabian Posch	05/01/1988	UHK Krems	KM	198	110	101	158
20th	Sebastian Frimmel	12/18/1995	Cadets Schaffhausen	LA	190	087	053	123
24	Daniel Dicker	06/05/1995	HSG Graz	RL	199	099	011	10
26th	Lukas Herburger	December 19, 1994	Cadets Schaffhausen	KM	197	100	026th	019th
28	Gerald Zeiner	06/28/1988	Alpla HC Hard	RM	190	090	045	099
30th	Boris Zivkovic	05/02/1992	Alpla HC Hard	RR	195	091	024	026th
40	Thomas Eichberger	08/20/1993	HSG Graz	TW	194	100	003	000
53	Nikola Bilyk	11/28/1996	THW Kiel	RM	200	103	068	270
55	Tobias Wagner	03/26/1995	Handball club Fivers Margareten	KM	198	129	047	080
60	Jakob Jochmann	10/02/1993	UHK Krems	RM	178	86	006th	010
72	Lukas Hutecek	07/02/2000	Handball club Fivers Margareten	RL	190	96	000	000
92	Raul Santos	06/01/1992	SC DHfK Leipzig	LA	180	075	081	302

National coach

• Rainer Osmann (August 2001 to February 2008)
• Dagur Sigurðsson (February 2008 to July 2010)
• Magnus Andersson (June 2010 to June 2011)
• Patrekur Jóhannesson (November 2011 to March 2019)
• Aleš Pajovič (March 2019 to date)

Web links

Commons : Austria national handball team  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the Austrian Handball Federation

Individual evidence