Austria men's national handball team

Austria
Information
AssociationAustrian Handball Federation
CoachAleš Pajovič
Assistant coachErwin Gierlinger
Most capsEwald Humenberger (246)
Most goalsAndreas Dittert (1089)
Colours
1st
2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances1 (First in 1936)
Best result (1936)
World Championship
Appearances8 (First in 1938)
Best result (1938)
European Championship
Appearances6 (First in 2010)
Best result8th (2020)
Last updated on Unknown.

The Austria national handball team is the national handball team of Austria.

Competitive record

Olympic Games

Olympic record
Games Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
1936 Berlin Runners-up 2nd of 6 5 4 0 1 60 29
Not held from 1948 to 1968
1972 Munich did not qualify
1976 Montreal
1980 Moscow
1984 Los Angeles
1988 Seoul
1992 Barcelona
1996 Atlanta
2000 Sydney
2004 Athens
2008 Beijing
2012 London
2016 Rio de Janeiro
2020 Tokyo
2024 Paris
Total 1/15 5 4 0 1 60 29

World Championship

World Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
1938 Runners-up 2 3 2 0 1 16 11
1954 did not qualify
1958 Preliminary round 9 3 1 0 2 50 69
1961 did not qualify
1964
1967
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1993 Preliminary round 14 6 3 1 2 147 138
1995 did not qualify
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011 17/18th place 18 7 2 0 5 205 212
2013 did not qualify
2015 Round of 16 13 6 2 1 3 174 169
2017 did not qualify
/ 2019 Presidents' Cup 19 7 2 0 5 172 199
2021 Presidents' Cup 26 7 3 0 4 220 220
2023 did not qualify
2025 Main round 17 6 2 2 2 184 182
2027 TBD
2029
2031
Total 8/32 45 17 4 24 1168 1200

European Championship

European Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
1994 did not qualify
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010 Main Round 9 6 2 1 3 184 187
2012 did not qualify
2014 Main Round 11 6 2 0 4 159 160
2016 did not qualify
2018 Group stage 15 3 0 0 3 80 99
2020 Main round 8 7 3 1 3 205 214
2022 Preliminary round 20 3 0 0 3 86 99
2024 Main round 8 7 2 3 2 196 195
2026 Qualified
2028 To be determined
Total 7/18 32 9 5 18 910 954
* Colored background indicates that medal was won on the tournament.
** Red border color indicates that tournament was held on home soil.

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship.[1][2]

Head coach: Aleš Pajovič

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 GK Leon Bergmann (2004-04-17) 17 April 2004 1.96 m 6 1 Fivers Margareten
6 CB Markus Mahr (2000-11-03) 3 November 2000 1.89 m 23 23 Bregenz Handball
11 LB József Albek (1999-06-30) 30 June 1999 1.95 m 5 1 HC SSV Graz
16 GK Florian Kaiper (1995-05-26) 26 May 1995 1.87 m 25 1 HC Linz AG
20 LW Sebastian Frimmel (1995-12-18) 18 December 1995 1.90 m 115 396 OTP Bank-Pick Szeged
23 LB Nemanja Beloš (1994-06-08) 8 June 1994 1.92 m 13 4 HC SSV Graz
26 P Lukas Herburger (1994-12-19) 19 December 1994 1.97 m 79 71 Füchse Berlin
29 P Lukas Schweighofer (1992-12-29) 29 December 1992 1.92 m 19 5 HC SSV Graz
30 RB Boris Zivkovic (1992-05-02) 2 May 1992 1.95 m 80 160 Al-Qurain
44 RB Nicolas Paulnsteiner (2004-07-16) 16 July 2004 1.93 m 0 0 Füchse Berlin
45 LW Eric Damböck (1999-09-06) 6 September 1999 1.81 m 41 41 HSC Kreuzlingen
55 P Tobias Wagner (1995-03-26) 26 March 1995 1.98 m 110 309 HC Erlangen
57 RW Jakob Nigg (2003-05-06) 6 May 2003 1.85 m 22 22 Fivers Margareten
66 CB Elias Kofler (2000-08-09) 9 August 2000 1.89 m 27 11 1. VfL Potsdam
72 LB Lukas Hutecek (2000-07-02) 2 July 2000 1.91 m 59 202 TBV Lemgo
86 RW Franko Lastro (2003-04-13) 13 April 2003 1.85 m 23 29 Frisch Auf Göppingen
97 RB Michael Miskovez (1997-08-29) 29 August 1997 1.96 m 37 6 Handball Tirol
98 GK Constantin Möstl (2000-04-01) 1 April 2000 1.86 m 34 0 TBV Lemgo

Player statistics

References

  1. ^ "Teamchef Ales Pajovic nominiert WM-Kader" (in German). oehb.at. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Team Roster Austria" (PDF). ihf.info. 14 January 2025. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Rekordspieler" (in German). Austrian Handball Federation. Retrieved 27 December 2021.