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
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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

Olympic Games

Year Position
Sydney 200012th
Total1/14

World Championship

Year Position
Egypt 199924th
Portugal 200321st
Tunisia 200524th
Germany 200724th
Croatia 200924th
Sweden 201124th
Spain 201324th
Qatar 2015Qualified
did not attend
Total9/32

Oceania Nations Cup

Year Position
Australia 19941st
New Zealand 19961st
Australia 20021st
Australia 20041st
Australia 20061st
New Zealand 20082nd
New Zealand 20101st
Australia 20121st
New Zealand 20141st
Total9/9

Asian Championship

Year Position
South Korea 201811th
Kuwait 202012th
Saudi Arabia 202216th
Bahrain 2024Withdrew
Total3/4

Pacific Cup

Year Position
Sydney 20041st
Sydney 20061st
Total2/2

IHF Emerging Nations Championship

Year Position
Kosovo 201512th
Bulgaria 20236th
Total2/4

Kit suppliers

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

Team

Current squad

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

Individual records

International matches

Notes and references

Notes

  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

  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. 1 2 Official website Edit this at Wikidata (in English)
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