Slovenia men's national handball team

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.

Slovenia
Information
Association	Handball Federation of Slovenia
Coach	Uroš Zorman
Assistant coach	Mirko Skoko
Most caps	Uroš Zorman (225)[1]
Most goals	Jure Dolenec (714)[1]
Colours
1st 2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	4 (First in 2000)
Best result	4th (2024)
World Championship
Appearances	11 (First in 1995)
Best result	3rd (2017)
European Championship
Appearances	14 (First in 1994)
Best result	2nd (2004)
Last updated on 29 January 2025.

Slovenia men's national handball team

Medal record
European Championship
	2004 Slovenia
World Championship
	2017 France

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
2016	Quarter-finals	6th	6	4	0	2
2020	Did not qualify
2024	Semi-finals	4th	8	4	0	4
2028	To be determined
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
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
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	Main round	13th	6	3	0	3
2027	To be determined
Total	Semi-finals	3rd place	79	40	5	34

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	Qualified
Total	Final	2nd place	87	32	9	46

Team

Current squad

The squad for the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship.^[2][3]

Head coach: Uroš Zorman

Caps and goals are correct as of 26 January 2025.^[1]

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Jože Baznik (1993-05-24) 24 May 1993 (age 32) 1.87 m 27 2 Pays d'Aix Université Club 3 P Blaž Blagotinšek (1994-01-17) 17 January 1994 (age 31) 2.02 m 153 262 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 5 LB Nik Henigman (1995-12-04) 4 December 1995 (age 29) 2.01 m 88 119 C' Chartres Métropole Handball 8 RW Blaž Janc (1996-11-20) 20 November 1996 (age 28) 1.86 m 120 448 Barcelona 11 RB Jure Dolenec (1988-12-06) 6 December 1988 (age 36) 1.91 m 207 714 RK Nexe Našice 17 RB Nejc Cehte (1992-09-04) 4 September 1992 (age 32) 1.96 m 82 146 RK Eurofarm Pelister 18 RB Tadej Kljun (2001-04-18) 18 April 2001 (age 24) 1.96 m 16 30 Balatonfüredi KSE 19 LW Staš Slatinek Jovičić (2000-12-06) 6 December 2000 (age 24) 1.85 m 45 92 RD LL Grosist Slovan 20 LW Tilen Kodrin (1994-05-14) 14 May 1994 (age 31) 1.92 m 104 184 VfL Gummersbach 23 CB Miha Zarabec (1991-10-12) 12 October 1991 (age 33) 1.78 m 119 239 Orlen Wisła Płock 26 GK Klemen Ferlin (1989-06-26) 26 June 1989 (age 36) 1.92 m 87 4 Industria Kielce 27 P Kristjan Horžen (1999-12-08) 8 December 1999 (age 25) 1.92 m 61 85 VfL Gummersbach 34 CB Rok Ovniček (1995-01-29) 29 January 1995 (age 30) 1.85 m 60 77 HBC Nantes 35 CB Domen Makuc (2000-07-01) 1 July 2000 (age 25) 1.88 m 32 91 Barcelona 45 P Miha Kavčič (1998-06-19) 19 June 1998 (age 27) 1.92 m 11 13 RK Vojvodina 51 LB Borut Mačkovšek (1992-09-11) 11 September 1992 (age 32) 2.04 m 157 407 OTP Bank-Pick Szeged 77 RW Domen Novak (1998-04-26) 26 April 1998 (age 27) 1.81 m 57 107 HSG Wetzlar 88 LB Aleks Vlah (1997-07-22) 22 July 1997 (age 28) 1.91 m 63 268 Aalborg Håndbold 90 GK Urban Lesjak (1990-08-24) 24 August 1990 (age 35) 1.87 m 99 0 RK Trimo Trebnje

Statistics

Most matches played Rank Player Matches 1 Uroš Zorman 225 2 Luka Žvižej 217 3 Beno Lapajne 212 4 Jure Dolenec 207 5 Tomaž Tomšič 200 6 Vid Kavtičnik 197 7 Gorazd Škof 188 8 Renato Vugrinec 187 9 Aleš Pajovič 181 10 Roman Pungartnik 171 Last updated: 26 January 2025[1]

Most goals scored Rank Player Goals Matches Average 1 Jure Dolenec 714 207 3.45 2 Luka Žvižej 702 217 3.24 3 Aleš Pajovič 697 181 3.85 4 Dragan Gajić 692 161 4.3 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: 26 January 2025[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.^[4][5]

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) 2025 World Championship (13th place)