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.

World Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1938	did not qualify
1954
1958
1961
1964
1967
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1993
1995
1997	Preliminary round	18	5	1	1	3	100	105
1999	did not qualify
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
/ 2019
2021
/ 2023
// 2025	Main round	16	6	3	0	3	161	172
2027	to be determined
/ 2029
// 2031
Total	2/32	–	11	3	3	5	261	277

European Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1994	did not qualify
1996
1998	Preliminary round	11	6	2	0	4	133	148
2000	did not qualify
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
/ 2022
2024
// 2026	To be determined
// 2028
Total	1/18	–	6	2	0	4	133	148

• 1979 – 2nd
• 1991 – 3rd
• 1997 – 2nd
• 2013 – 4th

The squad for the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship.^[1][2]

Head coach: Riccardo Trillini

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Domenico Ebner (1994-04-26) 26 April 1994 (age 30) 1.92 m 53 9 SC DHfK Leipzig 2 RW Leo Prantner (2001-11-24) 24 November 2001 (age 23) 1.78 m 28 18 HBW Balingen-Weilstetten 4 LW Tommasso De Angelis (2005-09-21) 21 September 2005 (age 19) 1.75 m 19 22 BM Benidorm 5 LW Gianluca Dapiran (1994-05-09) 9 May 1994 (age 30) 1.93 m 65 78 Cassano Magnago 6 LB Davide Bulzamini (1995-02-03) 3 February 1995 (age 30) 1.94 m 72 105 Accademia Pallamano Conversano 7 LB Filippo Angiolini (1999-04-23) 23 April 1999 (age 25) 1.90 m 11 0 ASD Albatro 8 RB Giacomo Savini (1998-05-19) 19 May 1998 (age 26) 1.85 m 61 46 Cassano Magnago 9 P Gabriele Sontacchi (2003-09-19) 19 September 2003 (age 21) 1.90 m 7 3 SSV Bozen Loacker 10 CB Marco Mengon (2000-01-03) 3 January 2000 (age 25) 1.90 m 52 81 Sélestat Alsace Handball 13 RW Umberto Bronzo (2000-12-29) 29 December 2000 (age 24) 1.83 m 38 48 Handball Sassari 15 CB Simone Mengon (2000-01-03) 3 January 2000 (age 25) 1.92 m 37 57 ThSV Eisenach 16 GK Andrea Colleluori (2000-05-17) 17 May 2000 (age 24) 1.87 m 34 0 Meran Handball 17 P Endrit Iballi (1998-05-15) 15 May 1998 (age 26) 1.89 m 23 12 SSV Brixen 19 RW Thomas Bortoli (2002-02-20) 20 February 2002 (age 22) 1.94 m 36 44 Istres Provence Handball 24 LB Mikael Helmersson (2003-09-29) 29 September 2003 (age 21) 1.99 m 7 23 HSC 2000 Coburg 25 CB Pablo Marrochi (1986-09-13) 13 September 1986 (age 38) 1.90 m 48 95 Accademia Pallamano Conversano 29 LW Jeremi Pirani (1994-01-18) 18 January 1994 (age 31) 1.78 m 0 0 Tremblay-en-France Handball 30 P Tommaso Romei (2003-03-30) 30 March 2003 (age 21) 1.90 m 4 0 Meran Handball 32 P Andrea Parisini (1994-11-18) 18 November 1994 (age 30) 1.94 m 97 161 Pays d'Aix Université Club 90 GK Giovanni Pavani (2000-08-03) 3 August 2000 (age 24) 1.86 m 3 0 Handball Sassari

• Lino Červar
• Francisco Javier Equisoain Azanza “Zupo“

• 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

• Italy women's national handball team

• Official website
• IHF profile