Italy men's national handball team

The Italy national handball team is the national handball team of Italy. It only had 1 appearance in World championship 1997, and the next year hosted the European Championship (in both times coached by Lino Červar). It had poor result in both competitions. It never qualified for the Olympic Games. On 9th May 2024 Italy qualified for IHF World Men’s Handball Championship 2025 in Croatia, Denmark and Norway after beating Montenegro 66-58 in two legs. On 11th May 2025 Italy qualified for EHF Euro Men's Handball Championship 2026 in Denmark, Norway and Sweden after finishing second in the group of third-placed teams.

Italy
Information
Association	Italian Handball Federation
Coach	Bob Hanning
Assistant coach	Jürgen Prantner
Colours
1st 2nd
Results
World Championship
Appearances	2 (First in 1997)
Best result	16th (2025)
European Championship
Appearances	2 (First in 1998)
Best result	11th (1998)
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Competitive record

World Championship

World Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1938	did not qualify
1954
1958
1961
1964
1967
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1993
1995
1997	Preliminary round	18	5	1	1	3	100	105
1999	did not qualify
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
/ 2019
2021
/ 2023
// 2025	Main round	16	6	3	0	3	161	172
2027	to be determined
/ 2029
// 2031
Total	2/32	–	11	3	3	5	261	277

European Championship

European Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1994	did not qualify
1996
1998	Preliminary round	11	6	2	0	4	133	148
2000	did not qualify
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
/ 2022
2024
// 2026	Qualified
// 2028	To be determined
Total	2/18	–	6	2	0	4	133	148

Mediterranean Games

• 1979 – 2nd
• 1991 – 3rd
• 1997 – 2nd
• 2013 – 4th

Team

Current squad

The squad for the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship.^[1][2]

Head coach: Riccardo Trillini

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Domenico Ebner (1994-04-26) 26 April 1994 (age 31) 1.92 m 53 9 SC DHfK Leipzig 2 RW Leo Prantner (2001-11-24) 24 November 2001 (age 23) 1.78 m 28 18 HBW Balingen-Weilstetten 4 LW Tommasso De Angelis (2005-09-21) 21 September 2005 (age 19) 1.75 m 19 22 BM Benidorm 5 LW Gianluca Dapiran (1994-05-09) 9 May 1994 (age 31) 1.93 m 65 78 Cassano Magnago 6 LB Davide Bulzamini (1995-02-03) 3 February 1995 (age 30) 1.94 m 72 105 Accademia Pallamano Conversano 7 LB Filippo Angiolini (1999-04-23) 23 April 1999 (age 26) 1.90 m 11 0 ASD Albatro 8 RB Giacomo Savini (1998-05-19) 19 May 1998 (age 27) 1.85 m 61 46 Cassano Magnago 9 P Gabriele Sontacchi (2003-09-19) 19 September 2003 (age 21) 1.90 m 7 3 SSV Bozen Loacker 10 CB Marco Mengon (2000-01-03) 3 January 2000 (age 25) 1.90 m 52 81 Sélestat Alsace Handball 13 RW Umberto Bronzo (2000-12-29) 29 December 2000 (age 24) 1.83 m 38 48 Handball Sassari 15 CB Simone Mengon (2000-01-03) 3 January 2000 (age 25) 1.92 m 37 57 ThSV Eisenach 16 GK Andrea Colleluori (2000-05-17) 17 May 2000 (age 25) 1.87 m 34 0 Meran Handball 17 P Endrit Iballi (1998-05-15) 15 May 1998 (age 27) 1.89 m 23 12 SSV Brixen 19 RW Thomas Bortoli (2002-02-20) 20 February 2002 (age 23) 1.94 m 36 44 Istres Provence Handball 24 LB Mikael Helmersson (2003-09-29) 29 September 2003 (age 21) 1.99 m 7 23 HSC 2000 Coburg 25 CB Pablo Marrochi (1986-09-13) 13 September 1986 (age 38) 1.90 m 48 95 Accademia Pallamano Conversano 29 LW Jeremi Pirani (1994-01-18) 18 January 1994 (age 31) 1.78 m 0 0 Tremblay-en-France Handball 30 P Tommaso Romei (2003-03-30) 30 March 2003 (age 22) 1.90 m 4 0 Meran Handball 32 P Andrea Parisini (1994-11-18) 18 November 1994 (age 30) 1.94 m 97 161 Pays d'Aix Université Club 90 GK Giovanni Pavani (2000-08-03) 3 August 2000 (age 25) 1.86 m 3 0 Handball Sassari

Former head coaches

• Lino Červar
• Francisco Javier Equisoain Azanza “Zupo“

Notable players

• Settimio Massotti (1360 goals in 302 international caps)
• Alessandro Tarafino (14 times Italian Serie A Champion)
• Zaim Kobilica
• Franco Chionchio
• Alessandro Fusina
• Ivan Mestriner
• Marcello “Air” Montalto
• Tin Tokic

See also

• Italy women's national handball team