Handball Tirol

Handball Tirol is a handball club from Schwaz, Austria. They currently compete in the HLA Meisterliga.

Handball Tirol
Full name	Sparkasse Schwaz Handball Tirol
Short name	HT
Founded	2013; 12 years ago (2013)
Arena	Osthalle Schwaz
Capacity	1,000
President	Klaus Hauser
Head coach	Christoph Jauernik
League	HLA Meisterliga
Club colours
Website Official site

The current name of the club is Sparkasse Schwaz Handball Tirol due to sponsorship reasons.

Schwaz

Location of Handball Tirol

History

In May 2013, ULZ Schwaz and HIT Innsbruck merged to form Handball Tirol.^[1] In the 2013/14 season, the first team, led by Erwin Gierlinger, finished 7th in the HLA Meisterliga. They became silver medalists in the ÖHB Cup in 2021/22 and 2023/24. In 2024/25, the team won the ÖHB Cup, securing its first title since its founding.^[2] The team also won the HLA Supercup in August 2025.^[3]

Crest, colours, supporters

Kits

HOME
2019–20

Management

Position	Name
President	Klaus Hauser
Sport Director	Thomas Lintner

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2025–26 season^[4]

Handball Tirol
Goalkeepers 12 Tobias Alber 52 Boris Tanic Left Wingers 47 Benjamin Erhard 77 Lukas Prader Right Wingers 17 Filip Perić 21 Philipp Jochimsen Line Players 06 Emanuel Petrusic 97 Samuel Kofler Left Backs 05 Jelte Hiemstra 19 Petar Medić 26 Michael Miskovez 32 Tobias Grothues Central Backs 08 Sebastian Spendier 35 Thomas Wagner Right Backs 03 Thomas Kandolf 99 Johannes Demmerer

Technical staff

• Head coach: Christoph Jauernik
• Assistant coach: Benjamin Riemann
• Fitness coach: Hannes Danler
• Physiotherapist: Pooya Poostchi
• Club doctor: Dr. Albin Kulhanek

Transfers

Transfers for the 2026–27 season

Joining

Leaving

Transfer History

Transfers for the 2025–26 season
Joining Jelte Hiemstra (LB) from Limburg Lions Leaving Aliaksei Kishou (GK) to HC Linz AG[5] Alexander Wanitschek (LW) (retires)[6] Jonas Magelinskas (CB)

Accomplishments

• Austrian Cup (ÖHB-Cup)
  •  Gold: 2025
  •  Silver: 2022, 2024

• Austrian Super Cup (HLA Supercup)
  •  Gold: 2025

EHF ranking

As of 23/10/2025^[7]

Rank	Team	Points
139	CSA Steaua București	29
140	Parnassos Strovolou	28
141	HK Malmö	28
142	Handball Tirol	27
143	RK Budvanska rivijera	27
144	GRK Tikveš	27
145	ÍBV	27

Former club members

Notable former players

The list includes players who have played at least once for their national team or spent at least 10 years with the team.

Goalkeepers

• Christian Aigner (2013–2015)
• Aliaksei Kishou (2015–2018, 2020–2025)
• Aistis Pažemeckas (2016–2018)

Right wingers

• Richard Wöss (2019–2022)
• Andrius Račkauskas (2013–2015)

Left wingers

• Manuel Gierlinger (2013–2014)
• Alexander Wanitschek (2013–2025)

Line players

• Dominik Bammer (2013–2014)
• Balthasar Huber (2013–2021)
• Emanuel Petrusic (2017–)
• Aleksandr Pyshkin (2017–2020)

Left backs

• Michael Miskovez (2017–)
• Hleb Harbuz (2015–2017)
• Anton Prakapenia (2014–2018)
• Petar Medić (2019–)
• Spyros Balomenos (2013–2014)

Central backs

• Damir Djukic (2015–2017)
• Sebastian Spendier (2017–)
• Gerald Zeiner (2020–2022)
• Krešimir Maraković (2013–2015)
• Matias Helt Jepsen (2017–2018)

Right backs

• Armin Hochleitner (2013–2021)
• Thomas Kandolf (2013–2018, 2023–)

Former coaches

Seasons	Coach	Country
2013–2014	Erwin Gierlinger
2014–2015	Krešimir Maraković
2015–2018	Raúl Alonso
2018–2021	Frank Bergemann
2022	Gerald Zeiner
2022	Klaus Hagleitner
2023–	Christoph Jauernik