The Australia national handball team is the national handball team of Australia, representing the country in international matches. Handball Australia is the national governing body for the Olympic Sport of Handball and for the sport of Beach Handball. Australia has consistently won the Oceania championships in both men's and women's division. In 2014 the International Handball Federation (IHF) decided to exclude Australia from the 2015 World Men's Handball Championship.
Tournament record Olympic Games YearPositionSydney 2000 12thTotal1/14
World Championship YearRankMWDLGFGAGDEgypt 1999 24thPortugal 2003 21stTunisia 2005 24thGermany 2007 24thCroatia 2009 24thSweden 2011 24thSpain 2013 24thQatar 2015 Qualifieddid not attendTotal9/32-------
Oceania Nations Cup YearPositionAustralia 1994 1stNew Zealand 1996 1stAustralia 2002 1stAustralia 2004 1stAustralia 2006 1stNew Zealand 2008 2ndNew Zealand 2010 1stAustralia 2012 1stNew Zealand 2014 1stTotal9/9
Asian Championship YearPositionSouth Korea 2018 11thKuwait 2020 12thSaudi Arabia 2022 16thBahrain 2024 WithdrewKuwait 2026 14thTotal4/5
Pacific Cup YearPositionSydney 2004 1stSydney 2006 1stTotal2/2
IHF Emerging Nations Championship YearPositionKosovo 2015 12thBulgaria 2023 6thTotal2/4
Kit suppliers Kit supplier Period Hummel 1999–2011 Nike Sydney 2000 Joma 2013-2019 AKU Teamwear 2020–present
Team
Current squad The following is the squad for the 2026 Asian Men's Handball Championship.
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (Age) Age Caps Goals Club 1 GK Daniel Reid 20 June 2003 22 11 0 UQ HC 3 LW Christopher Fallah 21 November 2003 22 11 9 HRW Laupheim 5 RB Harry Boyd 4 March 2005 20 5 0 UNSW HC 6 PV Matias Clowes 19 October 2006 19 7 22 Asker SK 7 RB Timothy Anderson 17 August 1991 34 53 179 HRW Laupheim 8 LB Caleb Gahan 2 August 1989 36 50 167 London GD 10 PV Christopher Bajraktarević 14 January 1991 35 4 0 Canberra HC 15 LB Ryan Mayer 13 January 1997 29 6 0 Canberra HC 16 GK Bjørn McCourt 3 May 2000 25 11 0 Oslo Studentenes 18 LW Pavle Prokić 24 July 1999 26 24 25 UQ HC 19 CB Dexter McGowan 15 December 2007 18 7 14 Mölndals Handboll 21 GK Avery Edmunds 21 July 1994 31 25 0 Lillehammer FH09 22 CB Otto Koehler 19 September 2005 20 6 7 UQ HC 24 RW Liam Hewitt 24 October 2003 22 7 9 UTS HC 41 RW Jack Neubecker 6 January 1998 28 7 8 UQ HC 42 CB James Yates 12 December 2000 25 6 12 UTS HC 44 PV Alix Verdier 27 December 1997 28 7 11 UQ HC 47 CB Lucas Velasquez 27 August 2005 20 4 0 UNSW HC
Notable players Bevan Calvert Darryl McCormack Taip Ramadani Lee Schofield Ognjen Latinović Milan Slavujević Saša Šestić
Individual records
Coaches No.NamePeriod1. Eddie Grant1984–19882. Jozef Pzyzbylo1989–19933. Nenad Maksimović1994–19974. Zoltan Marczinka1998–20005. Dragan Marinković2000-20036. Karim Shehab2004-20057. Morten Fjeldstad2005-20098. Taip Ramadani2009-20139. Jan Ottosen2013-201510. Ante Jelićić → Mohamed Abdel Wahed2016-2020202011. Taip Ramadani2021-
Captains No.NamePeriod1.Gerard Morrison1987–19952.Karim Shehab1995–20003.Jean Claude Ziade1998-19994.Darryl McCormack 2000-20075.Lee Schofield 2007-20096.Joshua Parmenter2009-20117.Bevan Calvert2011-20158.Tomasz Szklarski2015-20229.Timothy Anderson2026-
Most matches played Total number of international matches. RankPlayerYearsMatchesGoals1Darryl McCormack1994 - 2007712692Taip Ramadani1994 - 2009681913Lee Schofield1996 - 2012681094Timothy Anderson2013 -531795Bevan Calvert2005 - 2015521666Ognjen Latinović2004 - 20145066Caleb Gahan2013 -501678Milan Slavujević1995 - 2007471599Saša Šestić1998 - 20224311810Tommy Fletcher2009 - 201639175
Most goals scored Total number of international goals. RankPlayerYearsGoalsMatches1Darryl McCormack1994 - 2007269712Taip Ramadani1994 - 2009191683Timothy Anderson2013 -179534Tommy Fletcher2009 - 2016175395Caleb Gahan2013 - 167506Bevan Calvert2005 - 2015166527Milan Slavujević1995 - 2007159478Tomasz Szklarski2015 - 2022122299Saša Šestić1998 - 20221184310Lee Schofield1996 - 201210968
International matches List of Australian national handball team games
Notes and references Notes
References
External links
IHF profile