Australia national handball team

Australia Men
Information
Association	Australian Handball Federation
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 Unknown.

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] The team is headed to Kosovo to play in the IHF Emerging Nations Trophy from 20–26 June. They have been drawn in Pool F alongside Great Britain and Armenia. The team will be contesting the Asian Men's Olympic Qualifiers in Qatar in November 2015. This was part of the outcome of Australia having been excluded from the 2015 World Championships.

Current men's squad

This is the squad for the 2013 World Men's Handball Championship.

2014-2015 Management Team

Head coach: Jan Ottosen (Denmark)

Manager:

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Ognjen Latinović 2 August 1985 (aged 29) 1.80 m 41 0 Univ. of Queensland 3 LW Almir Pandžo 2 September 1992 (aged 22) 1.90 m 0 0 RK Iskra Bugojno 4 RB Bevan Calvert 4 April 1986 (aged 28) 1.77 m 39 113 TSV Altenholz 5 P Tommy Fletcher 18 March 1990 (aged 24) 1.86 m 22 86 Skogås HK 6 P Callum Mouncey 21 October 1989 (aged 25) 1.89 m 2 4 Canberra HC 7 RW Antonio Queiroz 6 August 1980 (aged 34) 1.78 m 0 0 St. Kilda HC 8 LB Caleb Gahan 2 August 1989 (aged 25) 1.90 m 23 60 UCAM Club Balonmano Murcia 9 RB Martin Najdovski 22 May 1990 (aged 24) 1.85 m 0 0 Trelleborgs HB 12 GK Kristofer Karlsson 26 October 1992 (aged 22) 1.87 m 0 0 AIK Handboll 14 LW Mitchell Hedges 14 February 1991 (aged 23) 1.76 m 12 9 Harbourside 15 RW Daniel Kelly 7 May 1988 (aged 26) 1.76 m 27 55 KFUMs Boldklub 16 GK Boris Jovanović 28 April 1986 (aged 28) 1.94 m 4 0 Ankenes HK 17 RB Tim Anderson 17 August 1991 (aged 23) 1.92 m 2 2 Hills HC 18 P Jay Abiera 11 May 1989 (aged 25) 1.88 m 0 0 St. Kilda HC 21 LB Ognjen Matić 21 August 1989 (aged 25) 1.97 m 24 33 Univ. of Sydney 31 LB Nemanja Subotić 5 April 1983 (aged 31) 1.94 m 28 53 RK BASK

World Championship record

Year	Position
Egypt 1999	24th
Portugal 2003	21st
Tunisia 2005	24th
Germany 2007	24th
Croatia 2009	24th
Sweden 2011	24th
Spain 2013	24th
Total	7/24

Olympic record

Year	Position
Sydney 2000	12th
Total	1/12

Oceania Nations Cup record

Year	Position
Australia 1994	1st
Australia 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

Pacific Cup record

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

References

1. "AHF - Beach Handball". Australian Handball Federation. Archived from [Australia has national handball teams in the open division for both Men and Women and Junior divisions in both genders. Australia http://www.handballaustralia.org.au/Beach%20Handball%20Pages/beach_handball.html#2013WCTeams the original] Check |url= value (help) 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.

External links

• Official website
• International Results
• IHF profile
• For the love of the game. Sydney Morning Herald. 8 January, 2011.
• Australia takes on Egypt during the handball championships. Daily Telegraph Digital. Fairfield Advance. 6 February, 2013.