Slovakia men's national handball team

Slovakia
Slovakia
Information
Association	Slovak Handball Federation
Coach	Fernando Gurich Mina
Most caps	Richard Štochl (229)
Most goals	Radoslav Antl (721)
Colours
1st	2nd
Results
World Championship
Appearances	2 (First in 2009)
Best result	10th (2009)
European Championship
Appearances	4 (First in 2006)
Best result	16th (2006, 2008, 2012)
	Last updated on Unknown.

The Slovakia national handball team is the national handball team of Slovakia. It takes part in international team handball competitions. It was established in 1993 by the disintegration of the Czechoslovak team, of which it is the successor.

The men's national team has appeared at four major events since the independence of the Slovakia, the 2008 European Championship in Norway, the 2009 World Championship in Croatia, where it took a historic 10th place, the 2011 World Championship in Sweden and the 2012 European Championship in Serbia.^[1]

Competitive record

World Championship

World Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1993	Participated as Unified team of Czech Republic and Slovakia
1995	did not qualify
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009	9th/24th place	10	9	4	1	4	253	231
2011	17th/24th place	17	7	2	1	4	205	224
2013	did not qualify
2015
2017
2019
2021
/ 2023
// 2025
2027
/ 2029	TBD
// 2031	TBD
Total	2/20	–	16	6	2	8	458	455

European Championship

European Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1994	did not qualify
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006	Preliminary round	16	3	0	0	3	72	100
2008	Preliminary round	16	3	0	0	3	78	101
2010	did not qualify
2012	Preliminary round	16	3	0	1	2	70	92
2014	did not qualify
2016
2018
2020
2022	Preliminary round	18	3	1	0	2	83	97
2024	did not qualify
2026	did not qualify
2028	TBD
2030
2032
Total	4/20	–	12	1	1	10	303	390

Team

Current squad

No.^[2]	Name	Club
Goalie
1	Teodor Paul	USAM Nîmes Gard
67	Marián Žernovič	Ferencvárosi TC
96	Michal Martin Konečný	HKM Sala
Pivots
49	Martin Slaninka	HSC Suhr Aarau
77	Šimon Macháč	Talent Plzeň
48	Dominik Kalafut	HSG Nordhorn-Lingen
4	Boris Rešovký	FyllingenBergen
Wings
24	Martin Straňovský	Ademar Leon
22	Juraj Briatka	HTV Hemer
35	Martin Briatka	MŠK Považská Bystrica
20	Tomáš Urban	Košice Crows
-	Dávid Mišových	Slovan Modra
-	Tomáš Bogár	HKM Sala
Clutches
21	Ľubomír Ďuriš	B.Braun Gyöngyös
17	Lukáš Urban	HT Tatran Prešov
8	Martin Potisk	ThSV Eisenach
36	Marek Hlinka	HC Zubří
34	Vladimír Guzy	Košice Crows
13	Patrik Hruščák	Košice Crows
25	Marek Kováčech	Union Leoben
2	Oliver Rábek	HT Tatran Prešov
Coach
Peter Kukučka

Player statistics

Most Capped Players
Player	Games	Position
Richard Štochl	229	GK
Daniel Valo	135	OB
Radoslav Antl	134	W
Martin Straňovský	100+	W
Peter Kukučka	100+	CB

Top Scorers
Player	Goals	Position
Radoslav Antl	538	W
Daniel Valo	520	OB
Martin Straňovský	343	W
Peter Kukučka	324	CB
František Šulc	249	OB

References

↑ "Chcem vedieť viac o hádzenej". Slovenský zväz hádzanej (in Slovak). 21 December 2025. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
↑ "Reprezentácia - muži". Slovenský Zväz Hádzanej (in Slovak). Retrieved 19 January 2021.

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[1] "Chcem vedieť viac o hádzenej". Slovenský zväz hádzanej (in Slovak). 21 December 2025. Retrieved 22 December 2025.

[2] "Reprezentácia - muži". Slovenský Zväz Hádzanej (in Slovak). Retrieved 19 January 2021.

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