Poland national handball team

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Poland
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Information
Nickname Biało-czerwoni (The White and Reds)
Gladiatorzy (The Gladiators)
Association Poland Handball Federation
(Związek Piłki Ręcznej w Polsce)   
Coach Michael Biegler
Most caps Sławomir Szmal (252)
Most goals Jerzy Klempel (1170)
Colours
Team colours
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Home
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Team colours
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Away
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances 4 (First in 1972)
Best result 3rd (1976)
World Championship
Appearances 14 (First in 1958)
Best result 2nd (2007)
European Championship
Appearances 8 (First in 2002)
Best result 4th (2010)
Last updated on Unknown.
Poland national handball team
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1976 Montreal Team
World Championship
Silver medal – second place 2007 Germany
Bronze medal – third place 1982 West Germany
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Croatia
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Qatar

The Poland men's national handball team is the national handball team of Poland, controlled by the Poland Handball Federation (Związek Piłki Ręcznej w Polsce), that represents Poland in the international matches.

Competitive record

     Champions       Runners-up       Third Place       Fourth Place  

Olympic Games

Games Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
Germany 1936 Berlin Did Not Enter
Not held from 1948 to 1968
West Germany 1972 Munich Match for 9th place 10th of 16 5 2 1 2 75 78
Canada 1976 Montreal Third Place 3rd of 12 5 4 0 1 101 89
Soviet Union 1980 Moscow Match for 7th place 7th of 12 6 3 1 2 146 119
United States 1984 Los Angeles Did Not Participate
South Korea 1988 Seoul Did Not Qualify
Spain 1992 Barcelona
United States 1996 Atlanta
Australia 2000 Sydney
Greece 2004 Athens
China 2008 Beijing Match for 5th place 5th of 12 8 5 1 2 235 214
United Kingdom 2012 London Did Not Qualify
Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro

World Championships

World Championship record
Year Qualifications Result Source
Nazi Germany 1938 Did not enter [1]
Sweden 1954 [2]
East Germany 1958 - 5th Place [3]
West Germany 1961 Did not enter [4]
Czechoslovakia 1964 [5]
Sweden 1967 Promotion 12th Place [6]
France 1970 Promotion 14th Place [7]
East Germany 1974 Promotion 4th Place [8]
Denmark 1978 Promotion 6th Place [9]
West Germany 1982 Promotion Third Place [10]
Switzerland 1986 Promotion 14th Place [11]
Czechoslovakia 1990 Promotion 11th Place [12]
Sweden 1993 Did not qualify [13]
Iceland 1995 [14]
Japan 1997 [15]
Egypt 1999 [16]
France 2001 [17]
Portugal 2003 Promotion 10th Place [18]
Tunisia 2005 Did not qualify [19]
Germany 2007 Promotion Runners-up [20]
Croatia 2009 Promotion Third Place [21]
Sweden 2011 Promotion 8th Place [22]
Spain 2013 Promotion 9th Place [23]
Qatar 2015 Promotion Third Place [24]
France 2017

European Championship

Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
Portugal 1994 Did not qualify
Spain 1996
Italy 1998
Croatia 2000
Sweden 2002 Preliminary round 15 3 0 0 3 67 83
Slovenia 2004 Preliminary round 16 3 0 0 3 86 108
Switzerland 2006 Main round 10 6 1 1 4 163 185
Norway 2008 Main round 7 6 3 1 2 182 172
Austria 2010 Fourth place 4 8 4 1 3 222 221
Serbia 2012 Main round 9 6 3 1 2 218 205
Denmark 2014 Main round 6 7 3 0 4 191 184
Poland 2016 Host
Total 8/12 - 33 11 3 19 1129 1158
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty throws.
**Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won. Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Team

Current squad

This is the squad for the 2016 European Men's Handball Championship. A 23-player squad was announced on 26 December 2015.[1]

Head coach: Michael Biegler

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
GK Sławomir Szmal (1978-10-02)2 October 1978 (aged 37) 1.90 m 262 2 Poland Vive Targi Kielce
GK Marcin Wichary (1980-02-17)17 February 1980 (aged 35) 1.93 m 100 0 Poland Wisła Płock
GK Piotr Wyszomirski (1988-01-06)6 January 1988 (aged 28) 1.93 m 89 0 Hungary Pick Szeged
RW Michał Daszek (1992-06-27)27 June 1992 (aged 23) 1.80 m 36 61 Poland Wisła Płock
RW Jakub Łucak (1989-09-18)18 September 1989 (aged 26) 1.81 m 16 28 Poland Śląsk Wrocław
RW Robert Orzechowski (1989-11-20)20 November 1989 (aged 26) 1.89 m 70 106 Poland Azoty-Puławy
RB Krzysztof Lijewski (1983-07-07)7 July 1983 (aged 32) 1.98 m 157 370 Poland Vive Targi Kielce
RB Rafał Przybylski (1991-02-19)19 February 1991 (aged 24) 1.97 m 4 4 Poland Azoty-Puławy
RB Andrzej Rojewski (1985-08-20)20 August 1985 (aged 30) 1.93 m 15 29 Germany SC Magdeburg
RB Michał Szyba (1988-03-18)18 March 1988 (aged 27) 1.96 m 44 60 Slovenia RK Gorenje
CB Rafał Gliński (1982-12-29)29 December 1982 (aged 33) 1.81 m 44 42 Poland Górnik Zabrze
CB Bartosz Konitz (1984-12-30)30 December 1984 (aged 31) 1.95 m 0 0 Poland Wisła Płock
CB Piotr Masłowski (1988-02-20)20 February 1988 (aged 27) 1.92 m 27 19 Poland Azoty-Puławy
LB Karol Bielecki (1982-01-23)23 January 1982 (aged 33) 2.02 m 226 813 Poland Vive Targi Kielce
LB Piotr Chrapkowski (1988-03-24)24 March 1988 (aged 27) 2.03 m 53 102 Poland Vive Targi Kielce
LB Michał Jurecki (1984-10-27)27 October 1984 (aged 31) 2.02 m 170 462 Poland Vive Targi Kielce
LB/CB Mariusz Jurkiewicz (1982-02-03)3 February 1982 (aged 33) 1.98 m 150 257 Poland Vive Targi Kielce
LW Przemysław Krajewski (1987-01-20)20 January 1987 (aged 28) 1.84 m 49 72 Poland Azoty-Puławy
LW Adam Wiśniewski (1980-10-24)24 October 1980 (aged 35) 1.92 m 127 272 Poland Wisła Płock
P Maciej Gębala (1994-01-10)10 January 1994 (aged 22) 2.00 m 0 0 Germany SC Magdeburg
P Piotr Grabarczyk (1982-10-31)31 October 1982 (aged 33) 2.00 m 101 45 Germany HSV Hamburg
P Bartosz Jurecki (1979-01-31)31 January 1979 (aged 36) 1.93 m 217 700 Germany SC Magdeburg
P Kamil Syprzak (1991-07-23)23 July 1991 (aged 24) 2.08 m 69 123 Spain FC Barcelona

Statistics

Most caps (December 15, 2014)
# Player Years Caps
1. Marcin Lijewski 1997 - 2013 251
2. Sławomir Szmal 1998 - 248
3. Andrzej Szymczak 1967 - 1984 234
4. Jerzy Klempel 1972 - 1984 224
5. Zbigniew Tłuczyński 1978 - 1990 216
6. Daniel Waszkiewicz 1977 - 1989 214
7. Karol Bielecki 2002 - 209
8. Mariusz Jurasik 1997 - 2012 207
9. Alfred Kałuziński 1973 - 1982 204
10. Bartosz Jurecki 2004 - 199
10. Patryk Kuchczyński 2002 - 199
12. Bogdan Wenta 1981 - 1994 191
13. Zbigniew Plechoć 1983 - 1990 178
14. Henryk Rozmiarek 1971 - 1980 177
15. Jan Gmyrek 1970 - 1979 176
16. Robert Nowakowski 1989 - 2003 168
17. Damian Wleklak 1998 - 2009 165
18. Janusz Brzozowski 1973 - 1982 164
19. Grzegorz Tkaczyk 2000 - 2012 159
20. Grzegorz Kosma 1969 - 1984 158
Most goals (December 15, 2014)
# Player Years Goals
1. Jerzy Klempel 1972 - 1984 1170
2. Karol Bielecki 2002 - 782
3. Bogdan Wenta 1981 - 1994 763
4. Marcin Lijewski 1997 - 2013 711
5. Robert Nowakowski 1989 - 2003 709
6. Daniel Waszkiewicz 1977 - 1989 705
7. Mariusz Jurasik 1997 - 2012 701
8. Bartosz Jurecki 2004 - 638
9. Alfred Kałuziński 1973 - 1982 620
10. Grzegorz Tkaczyk 2000 - 2012 547
11. Zbigniew Tłuczyński 1978 - 1990 527
12. Tomasz Tłuczyński 2006 - 2012 503
13. Lesław Dziuba 1981 - 1990 447
14. Zbigniew Plechoć 1983 - 1990 427
15. Patryk Kuchczyński 2002 - 424
16. Michał Jurecki 2002 - 398
17. Piotr Przybecki ? - ? 372
18. Grzegorz Kosma 1969 - 1984 355
19. Piotr Obrusiewicz ? - ? 348
20. Krzysztof Lijewski 2003 - 339

Head coaches

References

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