Italy national handball team
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. 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 Championship
European Championship
Mediterranean Games
- 1979 – 2nd
- 1991 – 3rd
- 1997 – 2nd
- 2013 – 4th
Team
Current squad
The Italian international squad at the 2020 European Championship Qualification
Name | Position | Year of birth | Club |
Vito Fovio | GK | 1979 | Junior Fasano |
Domenico Ebner | GK | 1994 | SG BBM Bietigheim |
Thomas Postogna | GK | 1993 | RD Koper |
Demis Radovcic | LW | 1988 | Junior Fasano |
Gianluca Dapiran | LW | 1994 | Club Balonmano Benidorm |
Carlo Sperti | RW | 1995 | Handball Club Conversano |
Martin Sonnerer | RW | 1992 | SSV Bozen Loacker |
Davide Bulzamini | LB | 1995 | Saint-Marcel Vernon |
Francesco Volpi | LB | 1986 | Handball Käerjeng |
Alessio Moretti | LB | 1994 | Cassano Magnago HC |
Dean Turkovic | CB | 1987 | SSV Bozen Loacker |
Pablo Marrochi | CB | 1986 | US Créteil Handball |
Ardian Iballi | CB | 1994 | Handball Club Conversano |
Michele Skatar | RB | 1985 | Strasbourg Eurométropole |
Pasquale Maione | PI | 1982 | Handball Club Conversano |
Andrea Parisini | PI | 1994 | Strasbourg Eurométropole |
Martin Ariel Doldan | PI | 1987 | BM Ciudad Encantada |
- Lino Červar
- Francisco Javier Equisoain Azanza “Zupo“
Notable players
- Settimio Massotti '
- Alessandro Tarafino '
- Zaim Kobilica
- Franco Chionchio
- Alessandro Fusina
- Ivan Mestriner
- Marcello “Air” Montalto
- Tin Tokic