Italy national handball team

Italy

Information

Association

Italian Handball Association

Colours

Home

Away

Results

World Championship

Appearances

1 (First in 1997)

Best result

18th, 1997

European Championship

Appearances

1 (First in 1998)

Best result

11th, 1998

Last updated on Unknown.

The Italy national handball team is the national handball team of Italy. It only had 1 appearance in World championship 1997, and the next year hosted the European Championship (in both times coache by Lino Červar). It had poor result in both competitions. It never qualified for the Olympic Games.

However, the handball is popular in Italian zones where it is played.

Competitive record

World Championships

World Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1938	Did not qualify
1954
1958
1961
1964
1967
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1993
1995
1997	Preliminary round	18	5	1	1	3	100	105
1999	Did not qualify
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
Total	1/25	-	5	1	1	3	100	105

European Championships

European Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1994	Did not qualify
1996	Did not qualify
1998	Preliminary round	11	5	1	0	4	106	122
2000	Did not qualify
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
Total	1/12	-	5	1	0	4	106	122

Best results

1979.: Silver medal on Mediterranean Games.
1991.: Bronze medal on Mediterranean Games.
1997.: Victory on the qualification for the World Championships in Japan, only appearance of Italy on World Championships (ending 18th).
1997.: Silver medal on Mediterranean Games.
1998.: Only appearance on European Championships; 11th place.

Lino Červar was the coach on these last three competitions.

Details

Mediterranean Games record

1979: 2nd
1991: 3rd
1997: 2nd

Olympics record

Italy team never participated at the Summer Olympics.^[1]

Current squad

The Italian international squad at the 2013 World Championship Qualification

Position	No.	Player	Date of birth	Club
GK	1	Pierluigi di Marcello	(1978-02-18) 18 February 1978	Teramo Handball
GK	12	Paolo Sirsi	(1982-04-20) 20 April 1982	Polisportiva Junior Fasano
CB	9	Alejo Juan Martin Carrara	(1974-06-13) 13 June 1974	Pallamano Intini Noci
CB	16	Valerio Sampaolo	(1987-01-04) 4 January 1987	HC Pressano
CB	20	Michael Widmann	(1990-03-10) 10 March 1990	Loacker Südtirol Team
P	6	Martin Ariel Doldan	(1987-01-31) 31 January 1987	Pallamano Intini Noci
P	5	Pasquale Maione	(1982-07-26) 26 July 1982	Loacker Südtirol Team
RB	17	Michele Skatar	(1985-12-30) 30 December 1985	HBC Nantes
RB	10	Felipe Gaeta	(1982-03-12) 12 March 1982	Loacker Südtirol Team
LB	23	Dean Turkovic	(1987-02-02) 2 February 1987	Loacker Südtirol Team
LB	24	Tin Tokic	(1985-12-29) 29 December 1985	Pays d'Aix HB
LB	21	Damir Opalic	(1974-02-01) 1 February 1974	HC Pressano
RW	11	Adriano Di Maggio	(1985-04-14) 14 April 1985	HC Pressano
RW	4	Sergio Recchia	(1990-08-17) 17 August 1990	Pallamano Intini Noci
LW	13	Demis Radovcic	(1988-05-06) 6 May 1988	Loacker Südtirol Team
LW	22	Gonzalo Matis Viscovich	(1976-11-27) 27 November 1976	Pallamano Intini Noci

Famous coaches

Lino Červar
Francisco Javier "Zupo" Equisoain Azanza

References

↑ "Italy Summer Sports". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 16 December 2012.

External links

(Italian) Nazionale italiana

International handball

IHF World Championships Men Women Olympic Games Men Women Super Globe National teams Player of the Year Achievements by nation Beach Handball World Champion Men Women World Games Men Women

Africa	African Championship Men Women Men's Junior Women's Junior Men's Youth Women's Youth African Games Men Women

Americas	Pan American Championship Men Women Men's Junior Women's Junior Men's Youth Women's Youth Beach Pan American Games Men Women

Asia	Asian Championship Men Women Men's Junior Women's Junior Men's Youth Women's Youth Beach Beach (Youth) Asian Games Men Women

Europe	European Championship Men Women Men's U-20 Women's U-19 Men's U-18 Women's U-17 Beach European Open

Oceania	Oceania Championship Nations Junior Youth Beach Pacific Cup

International	World Championships Men's Junior Women's Junior Men's Youth Women's Youth Youth Olympics Men Women Emerging Nations Universiade Men Women IHF Inter-Continental Trophy

Men's national handball teams of Europe (EHF)

Current teams	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Georgia Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine

Defunct teams	Czechoslovakia East Germany Soviet Union Yugoslavia

National sports teams of Italy

Unified	Athletics Cycling Diving Equestrianism Fencing Korfball Shooting Short track skating Swimming

Men	3x3 American football Ball hockey Bandy Baseball Basketball Canoe polo Cricket Field hockey Football Futsal Handball Ice hockey Inline hockey Pitch and putt Racquetball Roller hockey Rugby league Rugby union Speedway Squash Tennis Volleyball Water polo

Women	3x3 Ball hockey Basketball Beach handball Canoe polo Field hockey Football Gymnastics Handball Ice hockey Roller hockey Rugby union Softball Tennis Volleyball Water polo

At the multi-sport events	Olympics Paralympics Summer Universiade Mediterranean Games World Games Military World Games

Sport in Italy

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