Austria men's national handball team

Austria
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	7 (First in 1938)
Best result	(1938)
European Championship
Appearances	6 (First in 2010)
Best result	8th (2020)
	Last updated on Unknown.

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	3	1	0	2	61	67
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	qualified
2027	TBD
2029
2031
Total	8/32	–	36	13	1	22	798	847

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	To be determined
2028	To be determined
Total	6/18	–	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 2024 European Men's Handball Championship.^[1]^[2]

Head coach: Erwin Gierlinger

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
6	LB	Markus Mahr	(2000-11-03) 3 November 2000 (age 23)	1.89 m	6	5	Bregenz Handball
7	RB	Janko Božović	(1985-07-14) 14 July 1985 (age 39)	2.04 m	180	502	Al-Sulaibikhat
20	LW	Sebastian Frimmel	(1995-12-18) 18 December 1995 (age 28)	1.90 m	98	323	OTP Bank-Pick Szeged
23	LB	Nemanja Beloš	(1994-06-08) 8 June 1994 (age 30)	1.92 m	3	0	HSG Graz
26	P	Lukas Herburger	(1994-12-19) 19 December 1994 (age 29)	1.97 m	65	53	Kadetten Schaffhausen
28	RW	Robert Weber	(1985-11-25) 25 November 1985 (age 38)	1.79 m	216	945	HSG Bärnbach/Köflach
29	P	Lukas Schweighofer	(1992-12-29) 29 December 1992 (age 31)	1.91 m	11	4	HSG Graz
30	RB	Boris Zivkovic	(1992-05-02) 2 May 1992 (age 32)	1.95 m	63	128	KS Azoty-Puławy
34	LB	Moritz Mittendorfer	(1996-10-21) 21 October 1996 (age 27)	1.93 m	18	10	Union Krems
39	GK	Ralf Patrick Häusle	(1994-12-30) 30 December 1994 (age 29)	1.89 m	16	0	Bregenz Handball
40	GK	Thomas Eichberger	(1993-08-20) 20 August 1993 (age 31)	1.95 m	34	2	Union Krems
45	LW	Eric Damböck	(1999-09-06) 6 September 1999 (age 25)	1.81 m	27	29	Fivers Margareten
53	LB	Nikola Bilyk	(1996-11-28) 28 November 1996 (age 27)	1.98 m	98	435	THW Kiel
55	P	Tobias Wagner	(1995-03-26) 26 March 1995 (age 29)	1.98 m	93	234	Bregenz Handball
57	RW	Jakob Nigg	(2003-05-06) 6 May 2003 (age 21)	1.84 m	6	7	Fivers Margareten
66	CB	Elias Kofler	(2000-08-09) 9 August 2000 (age 24)	1.87 m	17	7	1 VfL Potsdam
72	CB	Lukas Hutecek	(2000-07-02) 2 July 2000 (age 24)	1.89 m	42	146	TBV Lemgo
97	RB	Michael Miskovez	(1997-08-29) 29 August 1997 (age 27)	1.97 m	20	4	Handball Tirol
98	GK	Constantin Möstl	(2000-04-01) 1 April 2000 (age 24)	1.86 m	17	0	Alpla HC Hard

Player statistics

Most capped players

Players with at least 150 games are:^[3]

#	Player	Games
1	Ewald Humenberger	246
2	Patrick Fölser	218
3	Andreas Dittert	203
3	Viktor Szilágyi	203
5	Robert Weber	195
6	Nikola Marinović	169
7	Roland Schlinger	168
8	Thomas Bauer	165
9	Stefan Higatzberger	163
10	Janko Božović	159
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	Viktor Szilágyi	907	203	4,5
3	Robert Weber	855	195	4,4
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	Michael Gangel	459	150	3,1
9	Janko Božović	445	159	2,8
10	Thomas Gangel	383	150	2,6
11	Nikola Bilyk	322	?	?
12	Dietmar Peissl	321	?	?
13	Raul Santos	308	?	?

References

^ "Teamchef Pajovic beruft 17 Mann zur EURO-Vorbereitung ein" (in German). oehb.at. 17 December 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
^ "Team roster: Austria". res.ehf.eu. 10 January 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Rekordspieler" (in German). Austrian Handball Federation. Retrieved 27 December 2021.

External links

[1] "Teamchef Pajovic beruft 17 Mann zur EURO-Vorbereitung ein" (in German). oehb.at. 17 December 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023.

[2] "Team roster: Austria". res.ehf.eu. 10 January 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2024.

[record-3] "Rekordspieler" (in German). Austrian Handball Federation. Retrieved 27 December 2021.

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