Austria men's national handball team

Austria
Information
Association	Austrian Handball Federation
Coach	Aleš Pajovič
Assistant coach	Erwin Gierlinger
Most caps	Ewald Humenberger (246)
Most goals	Andreas Dittert (1089)
Colours
1st 2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	1 (First in 1936 )
Best result	(1936)
World Championship
Appearances	8 (First in 1938 )
Best result	(1938)
European Championship
Appearances	6 (First in 2010 )
Best result	8th (2020)
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Austria national handball team 2010-01-09

Austria national handball team 2016-01-17

The Austria national handball team is the national handball team of Austria.

Competitive record

Olympic Games

Olympic record
Games	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1936 Berlin	Runners-up	2nd of 6	5	4	0	1	60	29
Not held from 1948 to 1968
1972 Munich	did not qualify
1976 Montreal
1980 Moscow
1984 Los Angeles
1988 Seoul
1992 Barcelona
1996 Atlanta
2000 Sydney
2004 Athens
2008 Beijing
2012 London
2016 Rio de Janeiro
2020 Tokyo
2024 Paris
Total	1/15	–	5	4	0	1	60	29

World Championship

World Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1938	Runners-up	2	3	2	0	1	16	11
1954	did not qualify
1958	Preliminary round	9	3	1	0	2	50	69
1961	did not qualify
1964
1967
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1993	Preliminary round	14	6	3	1	2	147	138
1995	did not qualify
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011	17/18th place	18	7	2	0	5	205	212
2013	did not qualify
2015	Round of 16	13	6	2	1	3	174	169
2017	did not qualify
/ 2019	Presidents' Cup	19	7	2	0	5	172	199
2021	Presidents' Cup	26	7	3	0	4	220	220
2023	did not qualify
2025	Main round	17	6	2	2	2	184	182
2027	TBD
2029
2031
Total	8/32	–	45	17	4	24	1168	1200

European Championship

European Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1994	did not qualify
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010	Main Round	9	6	2	1	3	184	187
2012	did not qualify
2014	Main Round	11	6	2	0	4	159	160
2016	did not qualify
2018	Group stage	15	3	0	0	3	80	99
2020	Main round	8	7	3	1	3	205	214
2022	Preliminary round	20	3	0	0	3	86	99
2024	Main round	8	7	2	3	2	196	195
2026	Qualified
2028	To be determined
Total	7/18	–	32	9	5	18	910	954

* Colored background indicates that medal was won on the tournament.

** Red border color indicates that tournament was held on home soil.

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship. ^{[1] [2]}

Head coach: Aleš Pajovič

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Leon Bergmann (2004-04-17) 17 April 2004 (age 21) 1.96 m 6 1 Fivers Margareten 6 CB Markus Mahr (2000-11-03) 3 November 2000 (age 24) 1.89 m 23 23 Bregenz Handball 11 LB József Albek (1999-06-30) 30 June 1999 (age 25) 1.95 m 5 1 HC SSV Graz 16 GK Florian Kaiper (1995-05-26) 26 May 1995 (age 29) 1.87 m 25 1 HC Linz AG 20 LW Sebastian Frimmel (1995-12-18) 18 December 1995 (age 29) 1.90 m 115 396 OTP Bank-Pick Szeged 23 LB Nemanja Beloš (1994-06-08) 8 June 1994 (age 30) 1.92 m 13 4 HC SSV Graz 26 P Lukas Herburger (1994-12-19) 19 December 1994 (age 30) 1.97 m 79 71 Füchse Berlin 29 P Lukas Schweighofer (1992-12-29) 29 December 1992 (age 32) 1.92 m 19 5 HC SSV Graz 30 RB Boris Zivkovic (1992-05-02) 2 May 1992 (age 33) 1.95 m 80 160 Al-Qurain 44 RB Nicolas Paulnsteiner (2004-07-16) 16 July 2004 (age 20) 1.93 m 0 0 Füchse Berlin 45 LW Eric Damböck (1999-09-06) 6 September 1999 (age 25) 1.81 m 41 41 HSC Kreuzlingen 55 P Tobias Wagner (1995-03-26) 26 March 1995 (age 30) 1.98 m 110 309 HC Erlangen 57 RW Jakob Nigg (2003-05-06) 6 May 2003 (age 22) 1.85 m 22 22 Fivers Margareten 66 CB Elias Kofler (2000-08-09) 9 August 2000 (age 24) 1.89 m 27 11 1. VfL Potsdam 72 LB Lukas Hutecek (2000-07-02) 2 July 2000 (age 24) 1.91 m 59 202 TBV Lemgo 86 RW Franko Lastro (2003-04-13) 13 April 2003 (age 22) 1.85 m 23 29 Frisch Auf Göppingen 97 RB Michael Miskovez (1997-08-29) 29 August 1997 (age 27) 1.96 m 37 6 Handball Tirol 98 GK Constantin Möstl (2000-04-01) 1 April 2000 (age 25) 1.86 m 34 0 TBV Lemgo

Player statistics

Most capped players Players with at least 150 games are: [3] # Player Games 1 Ewald Humenberger 246 2 Robert Weber 228 3 Patrick Fölser 218 4 Andreas Dittert 203 Viktor Szilágyi 6 Janko Božović 190 7 Nikola Marinović 169 8 Roland Schlinger 168 9 Thomas Bauer 165 10 Stefan Higatzberger 163 11 David Szlezak 157 12 Dieter Ripper 153 13 Michael Gangel 150

Top scorers Players with at least 300 goals are: [3] # Player Goals Games Average 1 Andreas Dittert 1089 203 5,4 2 Robert Weber 990 228 4,3 3 Viktor Szilágyi 907 203 4,5 4 David Szlezak 667 157 4,2 5 Roland Schlinger 595 168 3,5 6 Konrad Wilczynski 578 136 4,3 7 Patrick Fölser 567 218 2,6 8 Janko Božović 531 190 2,8 9 Nikola Bilyk 498 110 4,5 10 Michael Gangel 459 150 3,1 12 Sebastian Frimmel 396 115 3,4 12 Thomas Gangel 383  ?  ? 13 Dietmar Peissl 321  ?  ? 14 Tobias Wagner 309 110 2,8 15 Raul Santos 308  ?  ?

References

1. "Teamchef Ales Pajovic nominiert WM-Kader" (in German). oehb.at. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
2. "Team Roster Austria" (PDF). ihf.info. 14 January 2025. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
3. "Rekordspieler" (in German). Austrian Handball Federation . Retrieved 27 December 2021.

External links

• Official website
• IHF profile