Slovakia (SVK)

Teodor Paul has been playing for the Slovakian national team since 2009, but has never featured at a major tournament. He started handball in his local hometown of Kosice, but moved to Hungary’s Ferencvaros in 2008 before joining French side USAM Nimes Gard after nine seasons. Paul suffered a serious hand injury in 2019, but came back to full strength after surgery. At club level, he mainly acts as number two to French goalkeeper Remi Desbonnet.

This will be Lubomir Duris's second EHF EURO, after finishing 16th in 2012. The most respected player in the side, the Slovakian captain has been playing for five seasons in Hungary for HEDO B. Braun Gyöngyös. He was named Slovakian Player of the Year twice, in 2015 and 2018. Duris wants to end his career at MKS Povaszka Bystrica, where he made his first steps in handball and played in the EHF Champions League in 2006.

Peter Kukucka played twice at the EHF EURO as a player, in 2006 and 2012, scoring 20 goals. This will be his first major tournament as a coach. The former Slovakian centre back scored 410 goals in 111 games for the national team. He transitioned from player to coach in 2017, and took over the Slovakian national team in 2019, after two years at Swiss club Kadetten Schaffhausen. A five-time winner of the Swiss league as a player, Kukucka also won the EHF Cup with HSG Nordhorn in 2008.