Slovenia men's national handball team

Slovenia men's national handball team
Medal record
European Championship
World Championship

Slovenia
Slovenia
Information
Association	Handball Federation; of Slovenia
Coach	Uroš Zorman
Assistant coach	Luka Žvižej
Captain	Jure Dolenec
Most caps	Uroš Zorman (225)
Most goals	Luka Žvižej (702)
Colours
1st	2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	4 (First in 2000)
Best result	4th (2024)
World Championship
Appearances	10 (First in 1995)
Best result	3rd (2017)
European Championship
Appearances	14 (First in 1994)
Best result	2nd (2004)
	Last updated on 11 August 2024.

The Slovenia national handball team represents Slovenia in international handball matches. Their biggest success is the silver medal at the 2004 European Men's Handball Championship and third place at the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship.

Competitive record

Key

Runners-up Third place As host

Olympic Games

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L
1996	Did not qualify
2000	7th/8th place	8th	8	2	1	5
2004	11th/12th place	11th	6	2	0	4
2008	Did not qualify
2012	Did not qualify
2016	Quarter-finals	6th	6	4	0	2
2020	Did not qualify
2024	Semi-finals	4th	8	4	0	4
Total	Semi-finals	4th place	28	12	1	15

World Championship

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L
1993	Did not participate
1995	Preliminary round	18th	5	1	0	4
1997	Did not qualify
1999	Did not qualify
2001	Preliminary round	17th	5	2	0	3
2003	Second round	11th	7	3	0	4
2005	11th/12th place	12th	9	4	2	3
2007	9th/10th place	10th	8	3	0	5
2009	Did not qualify
2011	Did not qualify
2013	Semi-finals	4th	9	7	0	2
2015	7th/8th place	8th	9	4	0	5
2017	Semi-finals		9	6	1	2
2019	Did not qualify
2021	Main round	9th	6	3	2	1
2023	Main round	10th	6	4	0	2
2025	Qualified
Total	Semi-finals	3rd place	73	37	5	31

European Championship

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L
1994	9th/10th place	10th	6	1	1	4
1996	11th/12th place	11th	6	1	0	5
1998	Did not qualify
2000	5th/6th place	5th	6	3	0	3
2002	11th/12th place	12th	7	0	2	5
2004	Final		8	5	1	2
2006	Main round	8th	6	3	0	3
2008	Main round	10th	6	3	0	3
2010	Main round	11th	6	1	2	3
2012	5th/6th place	6th	7	2	0	5
2014	Did not qualify
2016	Preliminary round	14th	3	0	1	2
2018	Main round	8th	6	2	2	2
2020	Semi-finals	4th	9	5	0	4
2022	Preliminary round	16th	3	1	0	2
2024	5th/6th place	6th	8	5	0	3
2026	To be determined
Total	Final	2nd place	87	32	9	46

Team

Current squad

The following 17 players were included in the squad for the 2024 Summer Olympics.^[2]

Head coach: Uroš Zorman

Caps and goals are correct as of 12 May 2024.^[1]

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
3	P	Blaž Blagotinšek	(1994-01-17) 17 January 1994 (age 30)	2.02 m	134	240	SG Flensburg-Handewitt
5	LB	Nik Henigman	(1995-12-04) 4 December 1995 (age 28)	1.99 m	76	105	Saint-Raphaël VHB
8	RW	Blaž Janc	(1996-11-20) 20 November 1996 (age 27)	1.86 m	101	366	Barcelona
11	RB	Jure Dolenec	(1988-12-06) 6 December 1988 (age 35)	1.91 m	195	686	Limoges Handball
17	RB	Nejc Cehte	(1992-09-04) 4 September 1992 (age 32)	1.96 m	70	125	RK Eurofarm Pelister
19	LW	Staš Slatinek Jovičić	(2000-12-06) 6 December 2000 (age 23)	1.85 m	25	60	RD Slovan
20	LW	Tilen Kodrin	(1994-05-14) 14 May 1994 (age 30)	1.92 m	85	146	VfL Gummersbach
22	P	Matej Gaber	(1991-07-22) 22 July 1991 (age 33)	1.98 m	142	208	HBC Nantes
23	CB	Miha Zarabec	(1991-10-12) 12 October 1991 (age 33)	1.78 m	104	222	Orlen Wisła Płock
26	GK	Klemen Ferlin	(1989-06-26) 26 June 1989 (age 35)	1.92 m	73	2	HC Erlangen
27	P	Kristjan Horžen	(1999-12-08) 8 December 1999 (age 24)	1.92 m	44	64	VfL Gummersbach
44	CB	Dean Bombač	(1989-04-04) 4 April 1989 (age 35)	1.90 m	129	272	ETO-SZESE Győr FKC
51	LB	Borut Mačkovšek	(1992-09-11) 11 September 1992 (age 32)	2.04 m	143	379	OTP Bank-Pick Szeged
77	RW	Domen Novak	(1998-04-26) 26 April 1998 (age 26)	1.81 m	37	76	HSG Wetzlar
88	LB	Aleks Vlah	(1997-07-22) 22 July 1997 (age 27)	1.91 m	44	155	Aalborg Håndbold
90	GK	Urban Lesjak	(1990-08-24) 24 August 1990 (age 34)	1.87 m	85	0	RK Trimo Trebnje
99	GK	Urh Kastelic	(1996-02-27) 27 February 1996 (age 28)	2.02 m	56	7	TBV Lemgo Lippe

Statistics

Most matches played

Rank	Player	Matches
1	Uroš Zorman	225
2	Luka Žvižej	217
3	Beno Lapajne	212
4	Tomaž Tomšič	200
5	Vid Kavtičnik	197
6	Jure Dolenec	195
7	Gorazd Škof	188
8	Renato Vugrinec	187
9	Aleš Pajovič	181
10	Roman Pungartnik	171

Last updated: 12 May 2024^[1]

Most goals scored

Rank	Player	Goals	Matches	Average
1	Luka Žvižej	702	217	3.24
2	Aleš Pajovič	697	181	3.85
3	Dragan Gajić	692	161	4.3
4	Jure Dolenec	686	195	3.52
5	Roman Pungartnik	679	171	3.97
6	Renato Vugrinec	616	187	3.29
7	Vid Kavtičnik	543	197	2.76
8	Uroš Zorman	523	225	2.32
9	Uroš Šerbec	467	120	3.89
10	Gašper Marguč	459	134	3.43

Last updated: 12 May 2024^[1]

Head coaches

Since 1992, the Slovenian national team has been managed by a total of twelve head coaches. Tone Tiselj, Miro Požun and Slavko Ivezič are the only coaches with more than one spell.^[3]^[4]

1990s and 2000s

Years	Name	Competition
1992–1994	Tone Tiselj	1994 European Championship (10th place)
1994–1996	Miro Požun	1995 World Championship (18th place)
1996–1997	Slavko Ivezič	1996 European Championship (11th place)
1998–2000	Leopold Jeras	2000 European Championship (5th place) 2000 Summer Olympics (8th place)
2000–2002	Matjaž Tominec	2001 World Championship (17th place) 2002 European Championship (12th place)
2002–2003	Niko Markovič	2003 World Championship (11th place)
2003–2004	Tone Tiselj	2004 European Championship (2nd place) 2004 Summer Olympics (11th place)
2004–2006	Slavko Ivezič	2005 World Championship (12th place) 2006 European Championship (8th place)
2006–2007	Kasim Kamenica	2007 World Championship (10th place)
2007–2009	Miro Požun	2008 European Championship (10th place)

2010s and 2020s

Years	Name	Competition
2009–2010	Zvonimir Serdarušić	2010 European Championship (11th place)
2010–2015	Boris Denič	2012 European Championship (6th place) 2013 World Championship (4th place) 2015 World Championship (8th place)
2015–2019	Veselin Vujović	2016 European Championship (14th place) 2016 Summer Olympics (6th place) 2017 World Championship (3rd place) 2018 European Championship (8th place)
2019–2022	Ljubomir Vranjes	2020 European Championship (4th place) 2021 World Championship (9th place) 2022 European Championship (16th place)
2022–present	Uroš Zorman	2023 World Championship (10th place) 2024 European Championship (6th place) 2024 Summer Olympics (4th place)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Večna lestvica nastopov za reprezentanco" (in Slovenian). Handball Federation of Slovenia. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
^ "Znani rokometni potniki v olimpijski Pariz" (in Slovenian). Handball Federation of Slovenia. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
^ "Dosedanji selektorji – RZS – Rokometna zveza Slovenije" (in Slovenian). Handball Federation of Slovenia. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
^ Bauman, Bojan (18 December 2019). "Ljubomir Vranješ - Šved, a naš". Večer (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2 February 2021.

External links

Official website (in Slovene)
IHF profile

[stats-1] "Večna lestvica nastopov za reprezentanco" (in Slovenian). Handball Federation of Slovenia. Retrieved 24 January 2024.

[2] "Znani rokometni potniki v olimpijski Pariz" (in Slovenian). Handball Federation of Slovenia. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.

[3] "Dosedanji selektorji – RZS – Rokometna zveza Slovenije" (in Slovenian). Handball Federation of Slovenia. Retrieved 2 February 2021.

[4] Bauman, Bojan (18 December 2019). "Ljubomir Vranješ - Šved, a naš". Večer (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2 February 2021.

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Medal record
European Championship
	2004 Slovenia
World Championship
	2017 France