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
Olympic Games
World Championship
Oceania Nations Cup
Asian Championship
Pacific Cup
IHF Emerging Nations Championship
Kit suppliers
| Kit supplier
|
Period
|
| Hummel
|
1999–2011
|
| Nike
|
Sydney 2000
|
| Joma
|
2013-2019
|
| AKU Teamwear
|
2020–present
|
Team
Notable players
Individual records
Coaches
| No.
|
Name
|
Period
|
| 1.
|
Eddie Grant
|
1984–1988
|
| 2.
|
Jozef Pzyzbylo
|
1989–1993
|
| 3.
|
Nenad Maksimović
|
1994–1997
|
| 4.
|
Zoltan Marczinka
|
1998–2000
|
| 5.
|
Dragan Marinković
|
2000-2003
|
| 6.
|
Karim Shehab
|
2004-2005
|
| 7.
|
Morten Fjeldstad
|
2005-2009
|
| 8.
|
Taip Ramadani
|
2009-2013
|
| 9.
|
Jan Ottosen
|
2013-2015
|
| 10.
|
Ante Jelićić → Mohamed Abdel Wahed[a]
|
2016-2020 2020
|
| 11.
|
Taip Ramadani
|
2021-
|
|
Captains
| No.
|
Name
|
Period
|
| 1.
|
Gerard Morrison
|
1987–1995
|
| 2.
|
Karim Shehab
|
1995–2000
|
| 3.
|
Jean Claude Ziade
|
1998-1999
|
| 4.
|
Darryl McCormack
|
2000-2007
|
| 5.
|
Lee Schofield
|
2007-2009
|
| 6.
|
Joshua Parmenter
|
2009-2011
|
| 7.
|
Bevan Calvert
|
2011-2015
|
| 8.
|
Tomasz Szklarski
|
2015-2022
|
| 9.
|
Timothy Anderson
|
2026-
|
|
|
Most matches played
- As of 5 April 2023[3]
Total number of international matches.
| Rank
|
Player
|
Years
|
Matches
|
Goals
|
| 1
|
Darryl McCormack
|
1994 - 2007
|
71
|
269
|
| 2
|
Taip Ramadani
|
1994 - 2009
|
68
|
191
|
| 3
|
Lee Schofield
|
1996 - 2012
|
68
|
109
|
| 4
|
Bevan Calvert
|
2005 - 2015
|
52
|
166
|
| 5
|
Ognjen Latinović
|
2004 - 2014
|
50
|
4
|
| 6
|
Milan Slavujević
|
1995 - 2007
|
47
|
159
|
| 7
|
Timothy Anderson
|
2013 -
|
46
|
143
|
| 8
|
Caleb Gahan
|
2013 -
|
43
|
139
|
| 8
|
Saša Šestić
|
1998 - 2020
|
43
|
118
|
| 10
|
Tommy Fletcher
|
2009 - 2016
|
39
|
175
|
|
Most goals scored
- As of 5 April 2023[3]
Total number of international goals.
| Rank
|
Player
|
Years
|
Goals
|
Matches
|
| 1
|
Darryl McCormack
|
1994 - 2007
|
269
|
71
|
| 2
|
Taip Ramadani
|
1994 - 2009
|
191
|
68
|
| 3
|
Tommy Fletcher
|
2009 - 2016
|
175
|
39
|
| 4
|
Bevan Calvert
|
2005 - 2015
|
166
|
52
|
| 5
|
Milan Slavujević
|
1995 - 2007
|
159
|
47
|
| 6
|
Timothy Anderson
|
2013 -
|
143
|
46
|
| 7
|
Caleb Gahan
|
2013 -
|
139
|
43
|
| 8
|
Tomasz Szklarski
|
2015 -
|
122
|
29
|
| 9
|
Saša Šestić
|
1998 - 2020
|
118
|
43
|
| 10
|
Lee Schofield
|
1996 - 2012
|
109
|
68
|
|
International matches
Notes and references
Notes
- ^
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
External links