Slovenian men's national handball team
Association | Rokometna zveza Slovenije | ||
confederacy | EHF | ||
Trainer | Ljubomir Vranjes | ||
Assistant coach | Uroš Zorman | ||
Most goals | Luka Žvižej : 702 | ||
Most games | Uroš Zorman : 225 | ||
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Olympic games | |||
Participation | 2 of 13 (First: 2000 ) | ||
best result | 8th place (2000) | ||
Handball world championship | |||
Participation | 7 of 26 (First: 2001 ) | ||
best result | 3rd place (2017) | ||
European handball championship | |||
Participation | 10 of 14 (First: 2000 ) | ||
best result | 2nd place (2004) | ||
(As of January 25, 2020) |
The Slovenian men's national handball team represents Slovenia in international tournaments in men's handball .
The team celebrated their greatest success in 2004 when they won the European Championship runner- up at the European Championships in their own country.
Placements at championships
Handball world championships
- World Cup 2001 : 17th place
- 2003 World Cup : 11th place
- World Cup 2005 : 11th place
- World Cup 2007 : 10th place
- World Cup 2013 : 4th place
- 2015 World Cup : 8th place
- World Cup 2017 : 3rd place
European handball championships
- EM 2000 : 5th place
- EM 2002 : 12th place
- EM 2004 : 2nd place
- EM 2006 : 8th place
- EM 2008 : 10th place
- EM 2010 : 11th place
- EM 2012 : 6th place
- EM 2016 : 14th place
- EM 2018 : 8th place
- EM 2020 : 4th place
Olympic games
- Olympic Games 2000 : 8th place
- Olympic Games 2004 : 11th place
- Olympic Games 2016 : 5th place
Well-known former players
- Ognjen Backovič
- Matjaž Brumen
- Zoran Jovičič
- Andrej Kastelic
- Miladin Kozlina
- Beno Lapajne
- Zoran Lubej
- Jure Natek
- Aleš Pajovič
- Dušan Podpečan
- Roman Pungartnik
- Siarhei Rutenka
- Renato Vugrinec
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b www.rokometna-zveza.si Večna lestvica nastopov za reprezentanco accessed on December 22, 2019