The Slovakia national handball team is the national handball team of Slovakia. It takes part in international team handball competitions. It was established in 1993 by the disintegration of the Czechoslovak team, of which it is the successor.
The men's national team has appeared at four major events since the independence of the Slovakia, the 2008 European Championship in Norway, the 2009 World Championship in Croatia, where it took a historic 10th place, the 2011 World Championship in Sweden and the 2012 European Championship in Serbia.
Competitive record World Championship World Championship recordYearRoundPosition 1993Participated as Unified team of Czech Republic and Slovakia 1995 did not qualify 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 20099th/24th place109414253231 201117th/24th place177214205224 2013 did not qualify 2015 2017 2019 2021/ 2023// 2025 2027/ 2029 TBD// 2031Total2/20–16628458455
European Championship European Championship recordYearRoundPosition 1994 did not qualify 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006Preliminary round16300372100 2008Preliminary round16300378101 2010 did not qualify 2012Preliminary round1630127092 2014 did not qualify 2016 2018 2020 2022Preliminary round1831028397 2024 did not qualify 2026 2028 TBD 2030 2032Total4/20–121110303390
Team Current squad No.NameClub Goalie 1 Teodor Paul USAM Nîmes Gard 67 Marián Žernovič Ferencvárosi TC 96 Michal Martin Konečný HKM Sala Pivots 49 Martin Slaninka HSC Suhr Aarau 77 Šimon Macháč Talent Plzeň 48 Dominik Kalafut HSG Nordhorn-Lingen4Boris RešovkýFyllingenBergen Wings 24 Martin Straňovský Ademar Leon22 Juraj Briatka HTV Hemer 35 Martin Briatka MŠK Považská Bystrica 20 Tomáš Urban Košice Crows -Dávid MišovýchSlovan Modra -Tomáš BogárHKM Sala Clutches 21 Ľubomír Ďuriš B.Braun Gyöngyös 17 Lukáš Urban HT Tatran Prešov 8 Martin Potisk ThSV Eisenach 36 Marek Hlinka HC Zubří 34 Vladimír Guzy Košice Crows 13 Patrik Hruščák Košice Crows 25 Marek Kováčech Union Leoben 2 Oliver Rábek HT Tatran Prešov Coach Peter Kukučka
Player statistics
+ Most Capped Players Player Games 229 GK 135 OB 134 W 100+ W 100+ CB
+ Top Scorers Player Goals 538 W 520 OB 343 W 324 CB 249 OB
See also Slovakia women's national handball team
References
External links
IHF profile