Australia national handball team

Australia
Information
Association Australian Handball Federation
Coach Ante Jeličić
Colours
Home
Away
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances 1 (First in 2000)
Best result 12th (2000)
World Championship
Appearances 7 (First in 1999)
Best result 21st (2003)
Oceania Nations Cup
Appearances 9 (First in 2004)
Best result 1st (8 times)
Last updated on 26 January 2018.

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 200012th
Total1/12

World Championship

Year Position
Egypt 199924th
Portugal 200321st
Tunisia 200524th
Germany 200724th
Croatia 200924th
Sweden 201124th
Spain 201324th
Total7/24

Oceania Nations Cup

Year Position
Australia 19941st
Australia 19961st
Australia 20021st
Australia 20041st
Australia 20061st
New Zealand 20082nd
New Zealand 20101st
Australia 20121st
New Zealand 20141st
Total9/9

Asian Championship

Year Position
Suwon 201811th
Total1/1

Pacific Cup

Year Position
Sydney 20041st
Sydney 20061st
Total2/2

IHF Emerging Nations Championship

Year Position
Kosovo 201512th
Total1/2

Current squad

This is the squad for the 2018 Asian Men's Handball Championship.

Head coach: AJ Beleca

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
2 P Karl Warrener 1.93 m 5 13 Australia UTS-UC Hawks
4 RW Jarrod Borland 0 0 Australia Brisbane Wolves
5 P Tommy Fletcher (1990-03-18)18 March 1990 (aged 24) 1.86 m 22 86 Sweden Skogås HK
6 P Ioannis Niarhakos 8 20 United States DC Diplomats Team Handball
7 RB Tim Anderson 20 49 Germany HRW Laupheim e.V.
8 LB Caleb Gahan (1989-08-02)2 August 1989 (aged 25) 1.90 m 23 60 Spain UCAM Club Balonmano Murcia
9 RB Martin Najdovski (1990-05-22)22 May 1990 (aged 24) 1.85 m 0 0 Sweden Trelleborgs HB
10 RW Tomas Atchison 0 0 Australia Brisbane Wolves
12 GK Kristofer Karlsson (1992-10-26)26 October 1992 (aged 22) 1.87 m 21 0 Sweden AIK Handboll
11 LW/LB James Korthal 0 0 Australia Brisbane Wolves
13 CB Scott Marshall 0 0 Australia Brisbane Wolves
16 GK Boris Jovanović (1986-04-28)28 April 1986 (aged 28) 1.94 m 4 0 Norway Ankenes HK
21 GK Thomas Gertsch 0 Australia St Kilda HC
25 RB/RW Sebastien Traverso 2 7 Australia Sydney University
19 LW Lucas Peder Krogh Bastin 1.80 m 5 15 Denmark Holte IF
22 LB/P Jarrod Stafford 0 0 Australia St Kilda HC
77 LB/P Tomasz Piotr Szklarski 12 84 Australia Sydney University

See also

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. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
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