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Australia men's national handball team

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Australia
Information
AssociationAustralian Handball Federation
CoachTaip Ramadani
Assistant coachEoin Murray
CaptainCaleb Gahan
Most capsDarryl McCormack (71)
Most goalsDarryl McCormack (269)
Colours
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
1st
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
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]

Tournament record

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Olympic Games

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Year Position
Sydney 2000 12th
Total 1/14

World Championship

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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

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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

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Year Position
South Korea 2018 11th
Kuwait 2020 12th
Saudi Arabia 2022 16th
Bahrain 2024 Withdrew
Total 3/4

Pacific Cup

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

IHF Emerging Nations Championship

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

Kit suppliers

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Kit supplier Period
Denmark Hummel 1999–2011
United States Nike Sydney 2000
Spain Joma 2013-2019
Australia AKU Teamwear 2020–present

Team

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Current squad

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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 Norway Oslo Studentenes
3 CB Jacob Crook (2003-11-03)3 November 2003 (aged 19) 1.81 m 5 4 Australia Brisbane HC
4 RW Hamish Langenberg (1999-03-16)16 March 1999 (aged 24) 1.81 m 9 32 Germany SG Pforzheim
5 LW Christopher Fallah (2003-11-21)21 November 2003 (aged 19) 1.80 m 4 2 Australia UTS Handball Club
6 LW Pavle Prokić (1999-07-24)24 July 1999 (aged 23) 1.82 m 17 16 Australia UQ HC
7 RB Tim Anderson (1991-08-18)18 August 1991 (aged 31) 1.92 m 46 143 Germany HRW Laupheim e.V.
8 LB Caleb Gahan (1989-08-02)2 August 1989 (aged 33) 1.92 m 43 139 Australia UQ HC
9 LB Rohan Meagher (2002-10-12)12 October 2002 (aged 20) 1.97 m 5 3 Australia Harbourside HC
10 LW Thiemo Lautz (1998-05-11)11 May 1998 (aged 24) 1.78 m 5 7 Germany BFC Preussen Berlin
12 GK Daniel Reid (2003-06-20)20 June 2003 (aged 19) 1.80 m 5 0 Australia UQHC
14 PV Liam McCourt (2000-05-03)3 May 2000 (aged 23) 1.92 m 11 19 Norway Oslo Studentenes
15 LB Adam Gillespie (2001-09-20)20 September 2001 (aged 21) 1.85 m 5 5 Australia Brisbane HC
17 CB Alejandro Gonzalez Peña (2004-02-16)16 February 2004 (aged 19) 1.82 m 5 7 Australia Sydney Uni HC
19 PV Karl Warrener (1995-09-18)18 September 1995 (aged 27) 1.93 m 21 89 Australia Canberra HC

Notable players

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Individual records

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International matches

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Notes and references

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Notes

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  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

References

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  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. ^ a b Official website Edit this at Wikidata (in English)
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