Italy men's national handball team
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| Information | |||
| Association | Italian Handball Federation | ||
| Coach | Riccardo Trillini | ||
| Assistant coach | Jürgen Prantner | ||
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| Results | |||
| World Championship | |||
| Appearances | 2 (First in 1997) | ||
| Best result | 18th (1997) | ||
| European Championship | |||
| Appearances | 1 (First in 1998) | ||
| Best result | 11th (1998) | ||
| Last updated on Unknown. | |||
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 (in both times coached by Lino Červar). It had poor result in both competitions. It never qualified for the Olympic Games. On 9th May 2024 Italy is qualified for IHF World Men’s Handball Championship 2025 in Croatia, Denmark and Norway after beating Montenegro 66-58 in two legs.
Competitive record
[edit]World Championship
[edit]| World Championship record | ||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
 1938 |
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 1954
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 1958
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 1961
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 1964
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 1970
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 1978
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 1986
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 1995
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 1997 |
Preliminary round | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 100 | 105 |
 1999 |
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 2003
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 2005
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 2009
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 2013
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 2015
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 / 2023
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// 2025 |
qualified | |||||||
| 2027 |
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| / 2029
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| // 2031
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| Total | 2/32 | – | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 100 | 105 |
European Championship
[edit]| European Championship record | |||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | |
| 1994 |
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| 1996
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 1998 |
Preliminary round | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 133 | 148 | |
| 2000 |
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 2004
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 2012
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| // 2026 |
To be determined | ||||||||
| // 2028
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| Total | 1/18 | – | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 133 | 148 | |
Mediterranean Games
[edit]Team
[edit]Current squad
[edit]The squad for the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship.[1][2]
Head coach: Riccardo Trillini
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Former head coaches
[edit]- Lino Červar
- Francisco Javier Equisoain Azanza “Zupo“
Notable players
[edit]- Settimio Massotti (1360 goals in 302 international caps)
- Alessandro Tarafino (14 times Italian Serie A Champion)
- Zaim Kobilica
- Franco Chionchio
- Alessandro Fusina
- Ivan Mestriner
- Marcello “Air” Montalto
- Tin Tokic
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Verso i Mondiali 2025: Italia in raduno a Hildesheim: convocati 18 azzurri" (in Italian). federhandball.it. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- ^ "Team Roster Italy" (PDF). ihf.info. 14 January 2025. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
