# Slovenia men's national handball team

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

| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L |
| 1996 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2000 | 7th/8th place | 8th | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 2004 | 11th/12th place | 11th | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 2008 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2012 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2016 | Quarter-finals | 6th | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2024 | Semi-finals | 4th | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2028 | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined |
| Total | Semi-finals | 4th place | 28 | 12 | 1 | 15 |

### World Championship

| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L |
| 1993 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1995 | Preliminary round | 18th | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 1997 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1999 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2001 | Preliminary round | 17th | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 2003 | Second round | 11th | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 2005 | 11th/12th place | 12th | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| 2007 | 9th/10th place | 10th | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 2009 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2011 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2013 | Semi-finals | 4th | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 7th/8th place | 8th | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 2017 | Semi-finals | | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2021 | Main round | 9th | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2023 | Main round | 10th | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025 | Main round | 13th | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2027 | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined |
| Total | Semi-finals | 3rd place | 79 | 40 | 5 | 34 |

### European Championship

| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L |
| 1994 | 9th/10th place | 10th | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 1996 | 11th/12th place | 11th | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 1998 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2000 | 5th/6th place | 5th | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2002 | 11th/12th place | 12th | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2004 | Final | | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | Main round | 8th | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2008 | Main round | 10th | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2010 | Main round | 11th | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2012 | 5th/6th place | 6th | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 2014 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2016 | Preliminary round | 14th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | Main round | 8th | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 2020 | Semi-finals | 4th | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 2022 | Preliminary round | 16th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 5th/6th place | 6th | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026 | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified |
| Total | Final | 2nd place | 87 | 32 | 9 | 46 |

## Team
### Current squad

The squad for the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship.
Head coach: Uroš Zorman
Caps and goals are correct as of 26 January 2025.
* No.
* Pos.
* Name
* Date of birth (age)
* Height
* App.
* Goals
* Club
* 1
* GK
* Jože Baznik
* (1993-05-24) 24 May 1993 (age 31)
* 1.87 m
* 27
* 2
* Pays d'Aix Université Club
* 3
* P
* Blaž Blagotinšek
* (1994-01-17) 17 January 1994 (age 31)
* 2.02 m
* 153
* 262
* SG Flensburg-Handewitt
* 5
* LB
* Nik Henigman
* (1995-12-04) 4 December 1995 (age 29)
* 2.01 m
* 88
* 119
* C' Chartres Métropole Handball
* 8
* RW
* Blaž Janc
* (1996-11-20) 20 November 1996 (age 28)
* 1.86 m
* 120
* 448
* Barcelona
* 11
* RB
* Jure Dolenec
* (1988-12-06) 6 December 1988 (age 36)
* 1.91 m
* 207
* 714
* RK Nexe Našice
* 17
* RB
* Nejc Cehte
* (1992-09-04) 4 September 1992 (age 32)
* 1.96 m
* 82
* 146
* RK Eurofarm Pelister
* 18
* RB
* Tadej Kljun
* (2001-04-18) 18 April 2001 (age 23)
* 1.96 m
* 16
* 30
* Balatonfüredi KSE
* 19
* LW
* Staš Slatinek Jovičić
* (2000-12-06) 6 December 2000 (age 24)
* 1.85 m
* 45
* 92
* RD LL Grosist Slovan
* 20
* LW
* Tilen Kodrin
* (1994-05-14) 14 May 1994 (age 30)
* 1.92 m
* 104
* 184
* VfL Gummersbach
* 23
* CB
* Miha Zarabec
* (1991-10-12) 12 October 1991 (age 33)
* 1.78 m
* 119
* 239
* Orlen Wisła Płock
* 26
* GK
* Klemen Ferlin
* (1989-06-26) 26 June 1989 (age 35)
* 1.92 m
* 87
* 4
* Industria Kielce
* 27
* P
* Kristjan Horžen
* (1999-12-08) 8 December 1999 (age 25)
* 1.92 m
* 61
* 85
* VfL Gummersbach
* 34
* CB
* Rok Ovniček
* (1995-01-29) 29 January 1995 (age 30)
* 1.85 m
* 60
* 77
* HBC Nantes
* 35
* CB
* Domen Makuc
* (2000-07-01) 1 July 2000 (age 24)
* 1.88 m
* 32
* 91
* Barcelona
* 45
* P
* Miha Kavčič
* (1998-06-19) 19 June 1998 (age 26)
* 1.92 m
* 11
* 13
* RK Vojvodina
* 51
* LB
* Borut Mačkovšek
* (1992-09-11) 11 September 1992 (age 32)
* 2.04 m
* 157
* 407
* OTP Bank-Pick Szeged
* 77
* RW
* Domen Novak
* (1998-04-26) 26 April 1998 (age 26)
* 1.81 m
* 57
* 107
* HSG Wetzlar
* 88
* LB
* Aleks Vlah
* (1997-07-22) 22 July 1997 (age 27)
* 1.91 m
* 63
* 268
* Aalborg Håndbold
* 90
* GK
* Urban Lesjak
* (1990-08-24) 24 August 1990 (age 34)
* 1.87 m
* 99
* 0
* RK Trimo Trebnje

### Statistics
## 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.
| 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) |
| 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) |