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Italy men's national handball team
| Field | Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Italy | |||
| Badge | Italy national handball team logo.png | |||
| Badge_size | 180px | |||
| Association | Italian Handball Federation | |||
| Coach | Bob Hanning | |||
| Assistant coach | Jürgen Prantner | |||
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| World cup apps | 2 | |||
| World cup first | 1997 | |||
| World cup best | 16th (2025) | |||
| Regional name | European Championship | |||
| Regional cup apps | 2 | |||
| Regional cup first | 1998 | |||
| Regional cup best | 11th (1998) |
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 qualified for IHF World Men’s Handball Championship 2025 in Croatia, Denmark and Norway after beating Montenegro 66-58 in two legs. On 11th May 2025 Italy qualified for EHF Euro Men's Handball Championship 2026 in Denmark, Norway and Sweden after finishing second in the group of third-placed teams.
Competitive record
World Championship
| World Championship record | Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | Total | 2/32 | – | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 261 | 277 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nazi Germany 1938 | did not qualify | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sweden 1954 | |||||||||||||||||||
| East Germany 1958 | |||||||||||||||||||
| West Germany 1961 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia 1964 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sweden 1967 | |||||||||||||||||||
| France 1970 | |||||||||||||||||||
| East Germany 1974 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Denmark 1978 | |||||||||||||||||||
| West Germany 1982 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland 1986 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia 1990 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sweden 1993 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Iceland 1995 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Japan 1997 | Preliminary round | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 100 | 105 | |||||||||||
| Egypt 1999 | did not qualify | ||||||||||||||||||
| France 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Portugal 2003 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tunisia 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Germany 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Croatia 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sweden 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Spain 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Qatar 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||
| France 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Denmark/Germany 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Egypt 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Poland/Sweden 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Croatia/Denmark/Norway 2025 | Main round | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 161 | 172 | |||||||||||
| Germany 2027 | to be determined | ||||||||||||||||||
| France/Germany 2029 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Denmark/Iceland/Norway 2031 |
European Championship
| European Championship record | Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | Total | 2/20 | – | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 214 | 247 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRT 1994 | did not qualify | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ESP 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ITA 1998 | Preliminary round | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 133 | 148 | ||||||||||||||||||
| CRO 2000 | did not qualify | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SWE 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SLO 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CHE 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NOR 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AUT 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SRB 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DNK 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| POL 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CRO 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AustriaNorwaySweden 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hungary/Slovakia 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Germany 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DENNORSWE 2026 | Preliminary round | 18th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 81 | 99 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Portugal/Spain/Switzerland 2028 | To be determined | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Czech RepublicDenmarkPoland 2030 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FranceGermany 2032 |
Mediterranean Games
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Handball at the Mediterranean Games
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1979 – 2nd
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1991 – 3rd
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1997 – 2nd
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2013 – 4th
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2018 – 10th
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2022 – 7th
Team
Current squad
The squad for the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship.
Head coach: Riccardo Trillini
Former head coaches
- Lino Červar
- Francisco Javier Equisoain Azanza “Zupo“
Notable players
- 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
References
References
- "Verso i Mondiali 2025: Italia in raduno a Hildesheim: convocati 18 azzurri". federhandball.it.
- (14 January 2025). "Team Roster Italy".
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