Australia men's national handball team

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Australia
Information
Association Australian Handball Federation
Coach Taip Ramadani
Assistant coachEoin Murray
CaptainCaleb Gahan
Most caps Darryl McCormack (71)
Most goalsDarryl McCormack (269)
Colours
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1st
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2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances1 (First in 2000 )
Best result12th (2000)
World Championship
Appearances9 (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]

Contents

Tournament record

Olympic Games

YearPosition
Sydney 2000 12th
Total1/14

World Championship

YearPosition
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
Total9/32

Oceania Nations Cup

YearPosition
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
Total9/9

Asian Championship

YearPosition
South Korea 2018 11th
Kuwait 2020 12th
Saudi Arabia 2022 16th
Bahrain 2024 Withdrew
Total3/4

Pacific Cup

YearPosition
Sydney 2004 1st
Sydney 2006 1st
Total2/2

IHF Emerging Nations Championship

YearPosition
Kosovo 2015 12th
Bulgaria 2023 6th
Total2/4

Kit suppliers

Kit supplierPeriod
Flag of Denmark.svg Hummel 1999–2011
Flag of the United States.svg Nike Sydney 2000
Flag of Spain.svg Joma 2013-2019
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 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.NameDate of birth (age)HeightApp.GoalsClub
1GK Bjørn McCourt (2000-05-03)3 May 2000 (aged 23)1.92 m50 Flag of Norway.svg Oslo Studentenes
3CB Jacob Crook (2003-11-03)3 November 2003 (aged 19)1.81 m54 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brisbane HC
4RW Hamish Langenberg (1999-03-16)16 March 1999 (aged 24)1.81 m932 Flag of Germany.svg SG Pforzheim
5LW Christopher Fallah (2003-11-21)21 November 2003 (aged 19)1.80 m42 Flag of Australia (converted).svg UTS Handball Club
6LW Pavle Prokić (1999-07-24)24 July 1999 (aged 23)1.82 m1716 Flag of Australia (converted).svg UQ HC
7RB Tim Anderson (1991-08-18)18 August 1991 (aged 31)1.92 m46143 Flag of Germany.svg HRW Laupheim e.V.
8LB Caleb Gahan (1989-08-02)2 August 1989 (aged 33)1.92 m43139 Flag of Australia (converted).svg UQ HC
9LB Rohan Meagher (2002-10-12)12 October 2002 (aged 20)1.97 m53 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Harbourside HC
10LW Thiemo Lautz (1998-05-11)11 May 1998 (aged 24)1.78 m57 Flag of Germany.svg BFC Preussen Berlin
12GK Daniel Reid (2003-06-20)20 June 2003 (aged 19)1.80 m50 Flag of Australia (converted).svg UQHC
14PV Liam McCourt (2000-05-03)3 May 2000 (aged 23)1.92 m1119 Flag of Norway.svg Oslo Studentenes
15LB Adam Gillespie (2001-09-20)20 September 2001 (aged 21)1.85 m55 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brisbane HC
17CB Alejandro Gonzalez Peña (2004-02-16)16 February 2004 (aged 19)1.82 m57 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sydney Uni HC
19PV Karl Warrener (1995-09-18)18 September 1995 (aged 27)1.93 m2189 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Canberra HC

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

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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. "Australia set for the Emerging Nations Championship". 15 April 2023.
  4. 1 2 Official website OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg (in English)