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 YearRound 1996Did not qualify 20007th/8th place8th8215 200411th/12th place11th6204 2008Did not qualify 2012 2016Quarter-finals6th6402 2020Did not qualify 2024 Semi-finals4th8404 2028To be determinedTotal2812115
World Championship YearRound 1993 Did not participate 1995Preliminary round18th5104 1997 Did not qualify 1999 2001Preliminary round17th5203 2003Second round11th7304 200511th/12th place12th9423 20079th/10th place10th8305 2009 Did not qualify 2011 2013Semi-finals4th9702 20157th/8th place8th9405 2017 Semi-finals9612 2019 Did not qualify 2021 Main round9th6321 2023 Main round10th6402 2025 Main round13th6303 2027 QualifiedTotal7940534
European Championship YearRound 19949th/10th place10th6114 199611th/12th place11th6105 1998 Did not qualify 20005th/6th place5th6303 200211th/12th place12th7025 2004Final8512 2006Main round8th6303 2008Main round10th6303 2010Main round11th6123 20125th/6th place6th7205 2014 Did not qualify 2016Preliminary round14th3012 2018Main round8th6222 2020Semi-finals4th9504 2022Preliminary round16th3102 20245th/6th place6th8503 2026Main round8th7403Total9436949
Team Current squad The squad for the 2026 European Men's Handball Championship.
Head coach: Uroš Zorman
Caps and goals are correct as of 24 January 2026.
Statistics
Most matches played RankPlayerMatches1Uroš Zorman2252Luka Žvižej2173Beno Lapajne2124Jure Dolenec2075Tomaž Tomšič2006Vid Kavtičnik1977Gorazd Škof1888Renato Vugrinec1879Aleš Pajovič18110Roman Pungartnik171 Last updated: 24 January 2026
Most goals scored RankPlayerGoalsMatchesAverage1Jure Dolenec7142072Luka Žvižej7022173Aleš Pajovič6971814Dragan Gajić6921615Roman Pungartnik6791716Renato Vugrinec6161877Vid Kavtičnik5431978Uroš Zorman5232259Blaž Janc49213010Uroš Šerbec467120 Last updated: 24 January 2026
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.
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)2026 European Championship (8th place)
References
External links
IHF profile