Serbia national handball team

Serbia
Information
Nickname	Orlovi (The Eagles)
Association	Rukometni savez Srbije – Serbian Handball Federation (РCC/RSS)
Coach	Dejan Perić
Assistant coach	Saša Marković
Colours
Home Away
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	2 (First in 2000)
Best result	4th (2000)
World Championship
Appearances	8 (First in 1997)
Best result	(1999, 2001)
European Championship
Appearances	9 (First in 1996)
Best result	(2012)
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Serbia national handball team

Medal record
Competitor for FR Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) / Serbia
World Championship
	1999 Egypt
	2001 France
European Championship
	2012 Serbia
	1996 Spain
Mediterranean Games
	2009 Pescara	Team

The Serbia national handball team represents Serbia in international handball competitions. It is governed by the Serbian Handball Federation.

For the results before 1991 when Serbia was part of SFR Yugoslavia, please see Yugoslavia national handball team.

Olympic Committee of Serbia declared men's national handball team for the best male team of the year 1999.^[1]

History

2012 European Championship

The 2012 European Men's Handball Championship was held in Serbia from 15–29 January 2012, in the cities of Belgrade, Niš, Novi Sad and Vršac and is the tenth edition of the tournament. Germany and France were the other applicants for the championship.

At the 2012 European Championship in their home country, where they were pitted in Group A against Denmark, Poland and Slovakia. They finished first in their group following victories against Denmark and Poland. In the main round the team faced Germany, Sweden and Macedonia.

The team advanced by defeating two of their three opponents. In the semifinals Croatia was defeated by 26–22.

They faced Denmark in the finals, after having already defeated them in the second match at the group stage. Denmark emerged as the champion.

Competitive record

The Serbian Handball Federation is deemed the direct successor to both FR Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro by EHF.

     Champions       Runners-up       Third Place       Fourth Place  

Olympic Games

Games	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1992 Barcelona	Suspended
1996 Atlanta	Did not qualify
2000 Sydney	Fourth place	4th of 12	8	4	0	4	204	203	+1
2004 Athens	Did not qualify
2008 Beijing
2012 London	Group stage	9th of 12	5	1	0	4	120	131	−11
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Did not qualify
Total	2/6	0 Title	13	5	0	8	324	334	−10

World Championship record

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1993 Sweden	Suspended
1995 Iceland
1997 Japan	Round of 16	9	6	4	0	2	162	148
1999 Egypt	Third place	3	9	6	1	2	257	221
2001 France	Third place	3	9	7	0	2	254	182
2003 Portugal	7th/8th place	8	9	5	1	3	263	228
2005 Tunisia	5th/6th place	5	9	5	2	2	253	221
2007 Germany	Did not qualify
2009 Croatia	7th/8th place	8	9	4	1	4	280	281
2011 Sweden	9th/10th place	10	9	3	1	5	246	251
2013 Spain	Round of 16	10	6	3	0	3	170	159
2015 Qatar	Did not qualify
Total	8/12	-	66	37	6	23	1885	1691

European Championship record

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1994 Portugal	Suspended
1996 Spain	Third place	3	7	5	1	1	166	162
1998 Italy	5th/6th Place	5	6	4	0	2	159	145
2000 Croatia	Did not qualify
2002 Sweden	9th/10th Place	10	6	2	1	3	160	161
2004 Slovenia	7h/8th Place	8	7	3	1	3	206	199
2006 Switzerland	Main round	9	6	2	0	4	161	177
2008 Norway	Did not qualify
2010 Austria	Preliminary round	13	3	0	1	2	83	94
2012 Serbia	Runner-up	2	8	4	2	2	176	168
2014 Denmark	Preliminary round	13	3	1	0	2	73	77
2016 Poland	Preliminary round	15	3	0	1	2	81	92
Total	9/12	-	49	21	7	21	1265	1275

* Colored background indicates that medal was won on the tournament.

** Red border color indicates that tournament was held on home soil.

Team

Current squad

This is the squad for the 2016 European Men's Handball Championship.^[2]

Head coach: Dejan Perić

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Slaviša Đukanović 3 May 1979 1.90 m 12 0 Saint-Raphaël 3 P Miljan Pušica 30 June 1991 2.01 m 18 10 Wisła Płock 5 CB Žarko Šešum 16 June 1986 1.96 m 133 337 Frisch Auf Göppingen 7 LW Ivan Nikčević 11 February 1981 1.81 m 135 491 Wisła Płock 8 LW Filip Marjanović 10 February 1989 1.89 m 23 17 Vojvodina 10 RW Darko Ðukić 11 December 1994 1.91 m 20 63 Beşiktaş 12 GK Darko Stanić 8 October 1978 1.92 m 103 0 El Jaish 13 CB Petar Nenadić 28 June 1986 1.98 m 67 167 Füchse Berlin 17 RB Novak Bošković 23 May 1989 1.91 m 5 10 MaccabI Tel Aviv 20 LB Momir Rnić 1 November 1987 1.97 m 87 152 MT Melsungen 22 P Bojan Beljanski 22 June 1986 2.00 m 54 56 Bregenz Handball 25 RB Nemanja Zelenović 27 February 1990 1.94 m 45 117 SC Magdeburg 29 LB Ilija Abutović 2 August 1988 2.02 m 21 24 RK Vardar 33 P Mijajlo Marsenić 9 March 1993 2.03 m 48 71 RK Vardar 36 RB Miloš Orbović 2 November 1993 1.93 m 6 6 RK Vojvodina 82 LB Uroš Elezović 28 January 1982 1.94 m 6 7 Lekhwiya 85 GK Dragan Marjanac 26 February 1985 1.91 m 78 1 BSV Bern Muri

Player statistics

Most appearances # Name Matches Position Years 1 Dragan Škrbić 215 P 2 Dejan Perić 207 GK 3 Nedeljko Jovanović 154 CB 4 Alem Toskić 147 P 5 Nenad Peruničić 141 OB 6 Momir Ilić 128 OB 7 Zoran Đorđić 128 GK 8 Nenad Maksić 127 OB 9 Žarko Šešum 124 OB 10 Ivan Nikčević 121 W 11 Arpad Sterbik 120 GK 12 Nenad Vučković 119 OB, CB 13 Ivan Lapčević 116 OB 14 Rajko Prodanović 111 W 15 Marko Vujin 107 OB 16 Vladan Matić 105 OB, W 17 Mladen Bojinović 102 OB 18 Darko Stanić 100 GK 19 Momir Rnić 86 OB 20 Petar Nenadić 63 CB 21 Branko Kokir 90+ CB

Top scorers # Name Goals Average Position Years 1 Dragan Škrbić 591+ 2.75 P 2 Momir Ilić 463 3.62 OB 3 Ivan Nikčević 444 3.67 W 4 Marko Vujin 438 4.09 OB 5 Nedeljko Jovanović 433 2.81 CB 6 Mladen Bojinović 322 3.16 OB 7 Žarko Šešum 310 2.50 OB 8 Nenad Peruničić 310+ OB 9 Ivan Lapčević 307 2.65 OB 10 Alem Toskić 302 2.05 P 11 Nenad Vučković 299 2.51 OB, CB 12 Rajko Prodanović 265 2.51 W 13 Petar Nenadić 145 2.30 CB 14 Momir Rnić 126 1.47 OB 15 Branko Kokir 100+ CB

References

1. Najuspešniji u izboru OKS
2. 2016 European Championship roster

External links

• Official website
• IHF profile