Italian men's national handball team

Italy
Italia

Association	Federazione Italiana Giuoco Handball
confederacy	EHF
Trainer	Riccardo Trillini
Most games	Settimio Massotti (302)
home Away
Handball world championship
Participation	1 (of 23) of 26 (First: 1997 )
best result	18th
European handball championship
Participation	1 (of 11) (First: 1998 )
best result	11.
(As of May 6, 2020)

The Italian men's national handball team represents Italy in games and international competitions in men's handball .

She was able to qualify for the men's handball world championship in 1997 in Japan , where she finished 18th (out of 24). As the host of the 1998 European Handball Championship , she reached 11th place (out of 12). Since then, the selection has always failed in the qualification. She reached the play-off games only three times, but was clearly defeated by Norway, Yugoslavia and Iceland.

Squad 2020

player	position	Year of birth	society
Domenico Ebner	TW	1994	TSV Hannover-Burgdorf
Mate Volarevic	TW	1992	SSV Bozen Loacker
Andrea Colleluori	TW	2000	HBC Nantes
Gianluca Dapiran	LA	1994	CB Ciudad de Logroño
Stefano Arcieri	LA	1998	Riihimäki Cocks
Martin Sonnerer	RA	1992	SSV Bozen Loacker
Nicolo D'Antino	RA	1999	BM Nava
Davide Bulzamini	RL	1995	Cavigal Nice
Alessio Moretti	RL	1994	Cassano Magnago HC
Riccardo Stabellini	RL	1994	Handball Sassari
Dean Turkovic	RM	1987	SSV Bozen Loacker
Pablo Marrochi	RM	1986	BM Ciudad Encantada
Ardian Iballi	RM	1994	Pallamano Conversano
Marco Mengon	RM	2000	Cesson Rennes
Giacomo Savini	RM	1998	Cassano Magnago HC
Michele Skatar	RR	1985	Strasbourg Eurométropole
Andrea Parisini	KM	1994	Istres Provence handball
Martin Ariel Doldan	KM	1987	BM Ciudad Encantada

Well-known former players

• Settimio Massotti (302 caps)
• Alessandro Tarafino
• Marcello Fonti (203)
• Franco Chionchio (202)
• Zaim Kobilica
• Alessandro Fusina
• Ivan Mestriner
• Pasquale Maione
• Marcello “Air” Montalto
• Tin Tokic

Web links

• Italian Association
• Italy in the EHF database