Slovenia
Slovenia has been rising up at the EHF EUROs in recent years. The 2004 silver medallists went from 14th place in 2016 to fourth place in 2020.
Coach Ljubomir Vranjes took over Slovenia only weeks before the start of EHF EURO 2020 and immediately went in the battle for the bronze medal, only to lose to Norway 20:28 after a great clash against Spain in the semi-finals.
This time, Slovenia will give their maximum on the court trying to reach the same objective, starting against Montenegro, North Macedonia and Denmark in Debrecen. Their route to EHF EURO 2020 was achieved with four out of six wins in qualification, topping group 5.
Boosted with experience from backs Jure Dolenec and THW Kiel’s Miha Zarabec or Barça right wing Blaz Janc, together with some young talent like Barça centre back Domen Makuc, Slovenia can be an amazing and dangerous mix.
The team’s 13th appearance in 15 European championships proves good work is a constant in Slovenia. Their bronze medal at the IHF Men’s World Championship 2017, their appearance in the EHF EURO 2020 final weekend and ninth at last year’s World Championship shows they can compete with the best when everything clicks.
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EHF competition history
Slovenia
20
Norway
28
Spain
34
Slovenia
32
Norway
33
Slovenia
30
Portugal
24
Slovenia
29
Slovenia
28
Hungary
29
Slovenia
30
Iceland
27
Switzerland
25
Slovenia
29
Sweden
19
Slovenia
21
Slovenia
26
Poland
23
Hungary
22
Slovenia
26
Slovenia
24
Hungary
29
Norway
29
Slovenia
27
Slovenia
24
Norway
18
Fyr Macedonia
28
Slovenia
27
Spain
35
Slovenia
32
Hungary
30
Slovenia
32
France
28
Slovenia
26
Iceland
32
Slovenia
34
Slovenia
29
Croatia
31
Norway
28
Slovenia
27
Slovenia
32
Spain
40
Slovenia
28
France
37
Slovenia
35
Czech Republic
37
Poland
30
Slovenia
30
Slovenia
34
Germany
34
Sweden
25
Slovenia
27
Belarus
32
Slovenia
36
Slovenia
40
Israel
27
Germany
38
Slovenia
30
Slovenia
38
Belarus
26
Slovenia
47
Bulgaria
20
Bulgaria
23
Slovenia
40
Slovenia
26
Germany
27
Israel
28
Slovenia
36
Slovenia
29
Sweden
32
Slovenia
26
Tunisia
26
Greece
29
Slovenia
37
Slovenia
27
Russia
31
Czechia
28
Slovenia
26
Slovenia
33
Algeria
28
Iceland
33
Slovenia
34
Slovenia
34
Kuwait
17
France
26
Slovenia
26
Slovenia
25
Germany
30
Croatia
25
Slovenia
27
Slovenia
27
France
22
Slovenia
24
Germany
31
Slovenia
27
Serbia and Montenegro
20
Slovenia
29
Hungary
29
Iceland
28
Slovenia
34
Slovenia
37
Czechia
33
Slovenia
25
Hungary
28
France
31
Slovenia
22
Algeria
25
Slovenia
35
Brasil
27
Slovenia
30
Slovenia
26
Egypt
27
Slovenia
29
Sweden
25
Denmark
33
Slovenia
24
Ukraine
34
Slovenia
29
Slovenia
21
France
36
Slovenia
28
Germany
31
Slovenia
24
Yugoslavia
24
Spain
25
Slovenia
20
Iceland
31
Slovenia
25
Slovenia
34
Switzerland
34
Russia
33
Slovenia
22
Slovenia
22
Tunisia
20
Spain
31
Slovenia
28
Australia
20
Slovenia
33
Slovenia
30
Sweden
32
France
24
Slovenia
24
Slovenia
28
Egypt
34
Slovenia
22
France
29
European Championship
2004 - 2nd place
Key Players
Centre back
Miha Zarabec is playing in his fourth EHF EURO. He was one of the Slovenian stars at the IHF Men’s World Championship 2017, steering the team to bronze. Zarabec is currently playing his fifth season at Kiel, having spent three years with Celje previously. The classical playmaker with strengths in one-against-one actions is also the shortest player in the squad at 1.78m.
Line player
Blaz Blagotinsek made his national team debut for Slovenia at age 18 in 2012. He starts EHF EURO 2022 with more than 100 caps and has played in the last three EHF EURO tournaments. Blagotinsek arrived in Veszprém in 2016 having previously played for four seasons at Celje in his native Slovenia. He was voted best defender of the EHF Champions League in 2018/19 and again in 2019/20.
Head Coach
Coach
Ljubomir Vranjes was appointed as coach of the Slovenian national team in December 2019 on a four-year deal, and reached the EHF EURO 2020 semi-final a few weeks later. He previously led Serbia in 2013 and Hungary in 2017-18. Vranjes won the EHF Champions League with Flensburg in 2014 and is still the only Swedish coach so far to achieve that feat; he has also coached Kristianstad and Veszprém. As a player Vranjes was one of Sweden’s all-time greats, winning three EHF EURO trophies and a world title playing as centre back.
