Zvonko Šundovski (
Macedonian: Звонко Шундовски) is a former Macedonian
team handball player and a former coach of the North Macedonia National Handball Team. He was born on 7 September 1967 in
Bitola, then in
SFR Yugoslavia. Starting from October 2010, he served as the head coach of the
Macedonia national team,[1] and since the summer of 2012 he was also in charge of Romanian top division side
HCM Constanța.[2] From June 2015, he served as coach of Romanian club
CSM București.
His first station as a coach was in 2003 with the club team
RK Pelister, which he led to the double win of the national championship and cup. Already in 2006, Šundovski was coaching not only the men's junior national team but also the men's senior national team, whom he led in 2009 through their World Championship journey in Croatia. In the season 2008/09 Šundovski managed
RK Metalurg Skopje and led the club as Macedonian champions into the
EHF Champions League as well as round four of the EHF Cup Winners' Cup.[3]
As of January 23, 2013, Šundovski is no longer a coach of the Macedonia National Handball Team. He resigned with a statement to the press, and an official email to the Macedonian Handball Federation in which he explained his leaving from the function. He took full responsibility for the low performance of the Macedonia National Handball Team at the 2013 World Men's Handball Championship in Spain.[4][5]
Macedonian Super League season 2004/2005 – RK Pelister
Romanian Liga Nationala season 2011/2012 – HCM Constanta
Romanian Liga Nationala season 2012/2013 – HCM Constanta
Romanian Liga Nationala season 2013/2014 – HCM Constanta
Macedonian Super League season 2022/2023 - RK Eurofarm Pelister
National domestic cup championships won
Macedonian Cup season 2004/2005 – RK Pelister
Macedonian Cup season 2008/2009 – RK Metalurg Skopje
Romanian Cup season 2011/2012 HCM Constanta
Romanian Cup season 2012/2013 HCM Constanta
Romanian Cup season 2013/2014 HCM Constanta
Romanian Cup season 2015/2016 CSM Bucuresti
National domestic super cup championships won
Romanian Super Cup season 2012/2013 HCM Constanta
Romanian Super Cup season 2013/2014 HCM Constanta
Individual Honours
Best handball coach of North Macedonia for the year 2005-2006
Best young coach of the year of North Macedonia (in all sports) 2007- 2008
Most successful handball coach in North Macedonia, for the year 2009
Most successful sports worker in Municipality of Bitola for the year 2011
The most successful head coach of the National selections in North Macedonia for the year 2011
Special Merit Medal from the President of the Republic of North Macedonia for achieved results on International level. Year 2012
Best Handball Coach of Romania, for the season 2013/2014, as HCM Constanta makes history with the placement in the Final Four of EHF Cup in Berlin, and HCM Constanta wins the National Championship, National Cup and Super Cup of Romania. First time in the History of Romanian Handball this merit goes to International Coach.