European Handball Championship 2008 / Slovenia
This article covers the Slovenian national handball team at the 2008 European Championship in Norway.
qualification
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team
Squad
| No. | Surname | society | LS / goals (before EM) | Games | Gates |
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Time penalties |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeeper (% balls held) | ||||||||
| 12 | Gorazd Škof |  RK Celje
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73/0 | 6th | (34%) | - | - | - |
| 16 | Beno Lapajne |  CAI BM Aragon
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202 /0 | 6th | (37%) | - | 1 | - |
| Outfield player | ||||||||
| 2 | Miladin Kozlina | RK Celje
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87/218 | 4th | 4th | 1 | 1 | - |
| 3 | Goran Kozomara |  AaB Håndbold
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55/51 | 6th | 11 | - | 4th | - |
| 5 | Jure Dobelšek | RK Velenje
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16/33 | 4th | 6/1 | - | 1 | - |
| 6th | Ognjen Backovič | SD Teucro
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110/169 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - |
| 7th | Vid Kavtičnik |  THW Kiel
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81/227 | 6th | 25/11 | - | 1 | - |
| 8th | Matjaž Mlakar | RK Velenje
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55/84 | 6th | 8th | 3 | 4th | - |
| 9 | Jure Natek |  Chambery Savoie HB
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94/210 | 6th | 27 | 5 | 5 | - |
| 11 | Roman Pungartnik | VfL Gummersbach
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165/ 673 | 4th | 7th | - | - | - |
| 13 | David Špiler | RK Celje
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43/81 | 6th | 9/3 | - | - | - |
| 14th | Rok Praznik | RK Koper
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39/72 | 6th | 2/1 | 3 | 6th | - |
| 15th | Aleš Pajovič | BM Ciudad Real
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161/614 | 6th | 39/10 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 17th | Dragan Gajič | RK Celje
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47/109 | 4th | 1 | - | - | - |
| 20th | Luka Žvižej |  SC Szeged
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107/284 | 5 | 15/1 | 1 | - | - |
| 23 | Uroš Zorman | BM Ciudad Real
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113/284 | 6th | 15th | 1 | 2 | - |
| total | 1338/2940 | 6th | 171/27 | 16 | 30th | 1 | ||
| Trainer / supervisor | ||||||||
| Miro Pozun
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Trainer | |||||||
| Boris Denič
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Assistant coach | |||||||
Preliminary round matches (Group A)
In the preliminary round, the Slovenian team will face Poland , the Czech Republic and Croatia .
Slovenia 34:32 (16:14) Czech Republic 
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(January 17th, in Stavanger , Stavanger Idrettshall )
SLO: Gorazd Škof, Beno Lapajne - Vid Kavtičnik (12/10), Aleš Pajovič (7), Luka Žvižej (5), Jure Natek (4), Uroš Zorman (3), Matjaž Mlakar (1), Rok Praznik (1 / 1), Roman Pungartnik (1), David Špiler, Miladin Kozlina, Goran Kozomara, Dragan Gajič
CZE: Martin Galia, Petr Štochl - Jan Filip (10), Alois Mráz (8), Petr Hrubý (3), Karel Nocar (3), Tomáš Heinz (2), Tomáš Řezníček (2), Jiří Vítek (2), Michal Brůna (2), Martin Šetlík, Jan Sobol, Pavel Horák, Martin Prachar
Poland 33:27 (23:14) Slovenia
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(January 18th, in Stavanger , Stavanger Idrettshall )
POL: Sławomir Szmal, Adam Weiner - Karol Bielecki (9), Grzegorz Tkaczyk (6), Tomasz Tłuczyński (5/2), Bartosz Jurecki (4), Mariusz Jurasik (3), Bartłomiej Jaszka (2), Marcin Lijewski (2 ), Michał Jurecki (1), Krzysztof Lijewski (1), Mateusz Jachlewski, Artur Siódmiak, Patryk Kuchczyński
SLO: Gorazd Škof, Beno Lapajne - Aleš Pajovič (7/2), Roman Pungartnik (3), Jure Dobelšek (3), Luka Žvižej (3/1), Matjaž Mlakar (2), Jure Natek (2), Miladin Kozlina (2), Vid Kavtičnik (2), David Špiler (1), Uroš Zorman (1), Goran Kozomara (1), Rok Praznik
Croatia 29:24 (16:15) Slovenia
(January 20th, in Stavanger , Stavanger Idrettshall )
KRO: Dragan Jerković, Mirko Alilović - Ivano Balić (7), Igor Vori (4), Nikša Kaleb (4), Petar Metličić (4), Zlatko Horvat (3), Domagoj Duvnjak (2), Renato Sulić (2), Tonči Valčić (1), Drago Vuković (1), Blaženko Lacković (1), Ivan Čupić, Denis Špoljarić
SLO: Gorazd Škof, Beno Lapajne - Aleš Pajovič (7/3), Uroš Zorman (3), Goran Kozomara (3), Vid Kavtičnik (3), Matjaž Mlakar (2), Luka Žvižej (2), Ognjen Backovič (1 ), Roman Pungartnik (1), Jure Natek (1), Dragan Gajič (1), Rok Praznik, David Špiler
Main round games (Group I)
In the preliminary round, the Slovenian team will face Denmark , Montenegro and Norway .
Slovenia 31:29 (16:13) Montenegro 
(January 22nd, in Stavanger , Stavanger Idrettshall )
SLO: Gorazd Škof, Beno Lapajne - Aleš Pajovič (9/5), Jure Natek (6), Uroš Zorman (4), David Špiler (3), Vid Kavtičnik (3), Roman Pungartnik (2), Luka Žvižej (2 ), Goran Kozomara (2), Matjaž Mlakar, Rok Praznik, Jure Dobelšek, Ognjen Backovič
MNE: Rade Mijatović, Goran Stojanović - Draško Mrvaljević (5/1), Aleksandar Svitlica (4), Alen Muratović (4/2), Petar Kapisoda (4/1), Ratko Đurković (3), Žarko Marković (3), Zoran Roganović (3), Novica Rudović (1), Marko Pejović (1), Mirko Milašević (1), Goran Đukanović, Marko Dobrković
Slovenia 33:29 (14:13) Norway 
(January 23, in Stavanger , Stavanger Idrettshall )
SLO: Gorazd Škof, Beno Lapajne - Jure Natek (9), David Špiler (5/3), Aleš Pajovič (5), Goran Kozomara (4), Vid Kavtičnik (4), Luka Žvižej (2), Uroš Zorman (2 ), Matjaž Mlakar (1), Miladin Kozlina (1), Rok Praznik, Jure Dobelšek, Dragan Gajič
NOR: Steinar Ege, Ole Erevik - Frank Løke (7), Kristian Kjelling (7), Frode Hagen (5), Thomas Skoglund (3), Bjarte Myrhol (2), Glenn Solberg (1), Håvard Tvedten (1), Kjetil Strand (1), Rune Skjærvold (1), Børge Lund (1), Jan Thomas Lauritzen, André Jørgensen
Slovenia 23:28 (11:15) Denmark
(January 24th, in Stavanger , Stavanger Idrettshall )
SLO: Gorazd Škof, Beno Lapajne - Jure Natek (5), Aleš Pajovič (4), Matjaž Mlakar (3), Jure Dobelšek (3/1), Uroš Zorman (2), Miladin Kozlina (1), Vid Kavtičnik (1 / 1), Dragan Gajič (1), Rok Praznik (1), Luka Žvižej (1), Goran Kozomara (1), David Špiler
DAN: Kasper Hvidt, Peter Henriksen - Lars Christiansen (8/4), Lasse Boesen (6), Kasper Søndergaard Sarup (3), Michael V. Knudsen (3), Mikkel Aagaard (2), Lars Krogh Jeppesen (2), Joachim Boldsen (2), Kasper Nielsen (1), Bo Spellerberg (1), Lars Jørgensen, Jesper Jensen, Jesper Nøddesbo