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Australia
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Information
AssociationAustralian Handball Federation
CoachTaip Ramadani
Assistant coachEoin Murray
CaptainTomasz Szklarski
Most capsDarryl McCormack (71)
Most goalsDarryl McCormack (269)
Colours
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
1st
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances1 (First in 2000)
Best result12th (2000)
World Championship
Appearances7 (First in 1999)
Best result21st (2003)
Oceania Nations Cup
Appearances9 (First in 1994)
Best result1st (1994, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Last updated on Unknown.

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.[1] 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.[2]

Tournament record

Olympic Games

Year Position
Sydney 2000 12th
Total 1/14

World Championship

Year Position
Egypt 1999 24th
Portugal 2003 21st
Tunisia 2005 24th
Germany 2007 24th
Croatia 2009 24th
Sweden 2011 24th
Spain 2013 24th
Total 7/27

Oceania Nations Cup

Year Position
Australia 1994 1st
New Zealand 1996 1st
Australia 2002 1st
Australia 2004 1st
Australia 2006 1st
New Zealand 2008 2nd
New Zealand 2010 1st
Australia 2012 1st
New Zealand 2014 1st
Total 9/9

Asian Championship

Year Position
South Korea 2018 11th
Kuwait 2020 12th
Saudi Arabia 2022 16th
Total 3/3

Pacific Cup

Year Position
Sydney 2004 1st
Sydney 2006 1st
Total 2/2

IHF Emerging Nations Championship

Year Position
Kosovo 2015 12th
Total 1/2

Kit suppliers

Kit supplier Period
Denmark Hummel 1999–2011
United States Nike Sydney 2000
Spain Joma 2013-2019
Australia AKU Teamwear 2020–present

Team

Current squad

This is selected squad for the 2022 Asian Men's Handball Championship.[3]

Head coach: Taip Ramadani

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
12 GK Alex Lynch (1996-01-30)30 January 1996 (aged 25) 1.89 m 13 0 Australia UNSW HC
21 GK Thomas Gertsch (1984-05-15)15 May 1984 (aged 37) 1.84 m 23 0 Australia St Kilda HC
22 GK Avery Edmunds (1994-07-21)21 July 1994 (aged 27) 1.86 m 19 0 Norway LFH09
2 PV Karl Warrener (1995-09-18)18 September 1995 (aged 26) 1.93 m 17 68 Australia Canberra Handball
7 RB Tim Anderson (1991-08-18)18 August 1991 (aged 30) 1.92 m 41 125 Germany HRW Laupheim e.V.
8 LB Caleb Gahan (1989-08-02)2 August 1989 (aged 32) 1.92 m 38 123 Australia UQHC
13 PV Keelan Smith-Connor (1995-01-13)13 January 1995 (aged 27) 1.90 m 11 3 Australia UNSW HC
18 LW Pavle Prokić (1999-07-24)24 July 1999 (aged 22) 1.82 m 12 8 Australia UQHC
25 RW Sebastien Traverso (1980-09-02)2 September 1980 (aged 41) 1.80 m 17 17 Australia Sydney University
93 CB Tomasz Szklarski (1986-07-01)1 July 1986 (aged 35) 1.84 m 29 122 Australia Sydney University
14 LB Saša Šestić (1978-10-24)24 October 1978 (aged 43) 1.86 m 43 118 Australia Canberra Handball
19 LW Lucas Bastin (1996-03-28)28 March 1996 (aged 25) 1.80 m 10 22 Denmark Rudersdal Håndbold
17 LB Liam McCourt (2000-05-03)3 May 2000 (aged 21) 1.86 m 6 8 Norway Tromsø HK
27 PV Felipe Oliveira (1984-06-27)27 June 1984 (aged 37) 1.83 m 4 1 Australia Sydney University
9 RW Hamish Langenberg (1999-03-16)16 March 1999 (aged 22) 1.81 m 4 14 Australia UQHC
24 RW Richard Thevenot (1989-02-20)20 February 1989 (aged 32) 1.88 m 4 11 Australia Sydney University

Notable players

Individual records

International matches

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ^
    Mohamed Abdel Wahed was named as stand-in coach for the 2020 Asian Men's Championship in Kuwait, following the withdrawal of Ante Jelićić

References

  1. ^ "AHF – Beach Handball". Australian Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
  2. ^ "IHF grants Germany wild card to enter World Championship 2015". European Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 29 July 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  3. ^ "Handball Australia announces selection for Asian Men's Championship". 7 December 2021.
  4. ^ a b Official website Edit this at Wikidata (in English)
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