Australia men's national handball team

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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]

Australia
Information
Association	Australian Handball Federation
Coach	Taip Ramadani
Assistant coach	Eoin Murray
Captain	Caleb Gahan
Most caps	Darryl McCormack (71)
Most goals	Darryl McCormack (269)
Colours
1st 2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	1 (First in 2000)
Best result	12th (2000)
World Championship
Appearances	9 (First in 1999)
Best result	21st (2003)
Oceania Nations Cup
Appearances	9 (First in 1994)
Best result	1st (1994, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Last updated on Unknown.

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
Qatar 2015	Qualified did not attend
Total	9/32

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
Bahrain 2024	Withdrew
Total	3/4

Pacific Cup

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

IHF Emerging Nations Championship

Year	Position
Kosovo 2015	12th
Bulgaria 2023	6th
Total	2/4

Kit suppliers

Kit supplier	Period
Hummel	1999–2011
Nike	Sydney 2000
Joma	2013-2019
AKU Teamwear	2020–present

Team

Current squad

This is selected squad for the 2023 IHF Emerging Nations Championship.^[3]

Head coach: Taip Ramadani

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Bjørn McCourt (2000-05-03)3 May 2000 (aged 23) 1.92 m 5 0 Oslo Studentenes 3 CB Jacob Crook (2003-11-03)3 November 2003 (aged 19) 1.81 m 5 4 Brisbane HC 4 RW Hamish Langenberg (1999-03-16)16 March 1999 (aged 24) 1.81 m 9 32 SG Pforzheim 5 LW Christopher Fallah (2003-11-21)21 November 2003 (aged 19) 1.80 m 4 2 UTS Handball Club 6 LW Pavle Prokić (1999-07-24)24 July 1999 (aged 23) 1.82 m 17 16 UQ HC 7 RB Tim Anderson (1991-08-18)18 August 1991 (aged 31) 1.92 m 46 143 HRW Laupheim e.V. 8 LB Caleb Gahan (1989-08-02)2 August 1989 (aged 33) 1.92 m 43 139 UQ HC 9 LB Rohan Meagher (2002-10-12)12 October 2002 (aged 20) 1.97 m 5 3 Harbourside HC 10 LW Thiemo Lautz (1998-05-11)11 May 1998 (aged 24) 1.78 m 5 7 BFC Preussen Berlin 12 GK Daniel Reid (2003-06-20)20 June 2003 (aged 19) 1.80 m 5 0 UQHC 14 PV Liam McCourt (2000-05-03)3 May 2000 (aged 23) 1.92 m 11 19 Oslo Studentenes 15 LB Adam Gillespie (2001-09-20)20 September 2001 (aged 21) 1.85 m 5 5 Brisbane HC 17 CB Alejandro Gonzalez Peña (2004-02-16)16 February 2004 (aged 19) 1.82 m 5 7 Sydney Uni HC 19 PV Karl Warrener (1995-09-18)18 September 1995 (aged 27) 1.93 m 21 89 Canberra HC

Notable players

• Bevan Calvert
• Darryl McCormack
• Taip Ramadani
• Lee Schofield
• Ognjen Latinović
• Milan Slavujević
• Saša Šestić

Individual records

Coaches No. Name Period 1. Eddie Grant 1984–1988 2. Jozef Pzyzbylo 1989–1993 3. Nenad Maksimović 1994–1997 4. Zoltan Marczinka 1998–2000 5. Dragan Marinković 2000-2003 6. Karim Shehab 2004-2005 7. Morten Fjeldstad 2005-2009 8. Taip Ramadani 2009-2013 9. Jan Ottosen 2013-2015 10. Ante Jelićić → Mohamed Abdel Wahed[a] 2016-2020 2020 11. Taip Ramadani 2021-

Captains No. Name Period 1. Gerard Morrison 1987–1995 2. Karim Shehab 1995–2000 3. Jean Claude Ziade 1998-1999 4. Darryl McCormack 2000-2007 5. Lee Schofield 2007-2009 6. Joshua Parmenter 2009-2011 7. Bevan Calvert 2011-2015 8. Tomasz Szklarski 2015-2022

Most matches played As of 5 April 2023[4] Total number of international matches. Rank Player Years Matches Goals 1 Darryl McCormack 1994 - 2007 71 269 2 Taip Ramadani 1994 - 2009 68 191 3 Lee Schofield 1996 - 2012 68 109 4 Bevan Calvert 2005 - 2015 52 166 5 Ognjen Latinović 2004 - 2014 50 4 6 Milan Slavujević 1995 - 2007 47 159 7 Timothy Anderson 2013 - 46 143 8 Caleb Gahan 2013 - 43 139 8 Saša Šestić 1998 - 2020 43 118 10 Tommy Fletcher 2009 - 2016 39 175

Most goals scored As of 5 April 2023[4] Total number of international goals. Rank Player Years Goals Matches 1 Darryl McCormack 1994 - 2007 269 71 2 Taip Ramadani 1994 - 2009 191 68 3 Tommy Fletcher 2009 - 2016 175 39 4 Bevan Calvert 2005 - 2015 166 52 5 Milan Slavujević 1995 - 2007 159 47 6 Timothy Anderson 2013 - 143 46 7 Caleb Gahan 2013 - 139 43 8 Tomasz Szklarski 2015 - 122 29 9 Saša Šestić 1998 - 2020 118 43 10 Lee Schofield 1996 - 2012 109 68

International matches

• List of Australian national handball team games