Australia men's national handball team

Australia
Information
NicknameCrocs
AssociationAustralian Handball Federation
CoachTaip Ramadani
Assistant coachTomasz Szklarski
Ognjen Latinović
CaptainTimothy Anderson
Caleb Gahan
Most capsDarryl McCormack (71)
Most goalsDarryl McCormack (269)
Colours
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
1st
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
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 Rank M W D L GF GA GD
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
Kuwait 202614th
Total4/5

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

The following is the squad for the 2026 Asian Men's Handball Championship.

As of 1 April 2026[3]
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (Age) Age Caps Goals Club
1GKDaniel Reid20 June 200322110Australia UQ HC
3LWChristopher Fallah21 November 200322119Germany HRW Laupheim
5RBHarry Boyd4 March 20052050Australia UNSW HC
6PVMatias Clowes19 October 200619722Norway Asker SK
7RBTimothy Anderson17 August 19913453179Germany HRW Laupheim
8LBCaleb Gahan2 August 19893650167United Kingdom London GD
10PVChristopher Bajraktarević14 January 19913540Australia Canberra HC
15LBRyan Mayer13 January 19972960Australia Canberra HC
16GKBjørn McCourt3 May 200025110Norway Oslo Studentenes
18LWPavle Prokić24 July 1999262425Australia UQ HC
19CBDexter McGowan15 December 200718714Sweden Mölndals Handboll
21GKAvery Edmunds21 July 199431250Norway Lillehammer FH09
22CBOtto Koehler19 September 20052067Australia UQ HC
24RWLiam Hewitt24 October 20032279Australia UTS HC
41RWJack Neubecker6 January 19982878Australia UQ HC
42CBJames Yates12 December 200025612Australia UTS HC
44PVAlix Verdier27 December 199728711Australia UQ HC
47CBLucas Velasquez27 August 20052040Australia UNSW 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. 1 2 3 Official website Edit this at Wikidata (in English)
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