Poland national handball team

Poland
Information
Nickname	Biało-czerwoni (The White and Reds) Gladiatorzy (The Gladiators)
Association	Poland Handball Federation (Związek Piłki Ręcznej w Polsce)
Coach	Talant Duyshebaev
Most caps	Sławomir Szmal (252)
Most goals	Jerzy Klempel (1170)
Colours
Home Away
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	5 (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)
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Poland national handball team

Medal record
Olympic Games
	1976 Montreal	Team
World Championship
	2007 Germany
	1982 West Germany
	2009 Croatia
	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

Competitive record at the Summer Olympics Games Round Position Pld W D L GF GA 1936 Berlin Did Not Enter Not held from 1948 to 1968 1972 Munich Match for 9th place 10th of 16 5 2 1 2 75 78 1976 Montreal Third Place 3rd of 12 5 4 0 1 101 89 1980 Moscow Match for 7th place 7th of 12 6 3 1 2 146 119 1984 Los Angeles Did Not Participate 1988 Seoul Did Not Qualify 1992 Barcelona 1996 Atlanta 2000 Sydney 2004 Athens 2008 Beijing Match for 5th place 5th of 12 8 5 1 2 235 214 2012 London Did Not Qualify 2016 Rio de Janeiro Qualified Total 5/13 0 Titles 24 14 3 7 557 500

Record against other teams at the Summer Olympics National team Pld W D L PF PA PD  Brazil 1 1 0 0 28 25 +3  China 1 1 0 0 33 19 +14  Croatia 1 1 0 0 27 24 +3  Cuba 1 1 0 0 34 19 +15  Czechoslovakia 1 1 0 0 21 18 +3  Denmark 2 2 0 0 37 20 +17  East Germany 1 0 0 1 21 22 -1  France 1 0 1 0 30 30 0  Germany* 1 1 0 0 21 18 +3  Hungary 2 1 1 0 38 36 +2  Iceland 2 1 0 1 50 49 +1  South Korea 1 1 0 0 29 26 +3  Norway 1 0 0 1 20 23 -3  Romania 1 0 0 1 15 17 -2  Russia 1 1 0 0 29 28 +1  Soviet Union 1 0 0 1 11 17 -6  Spain 2 0 0 2 51 54 -3  Sweden 1 0 1 0 13 13 0   Switzerland 1 1 0 0 23 22 +1  United States 1 1 0 0 26 20 +6 *Germany's results also include West Germany.

World Championships

Competitive record at the World Championships World Championship record Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA 1938 Did not enter 1954 1958 5th/6th place 5 6 3 1 2 97 91 1961 Did not enter 1964 1967 Preliminary round 12 3 1 0 2 53 66 1970 Preliminary round 14 3 0 0 3 43 59 1974 Fourth Place 4 6 4 0 2 104 86 1978 5th/6th place 6 6 3 0 3 134 124 1982 Third Place 3 7 4 1 2 148 143 1986 Preliminary round 14 6 2 1 3 134 128 1990 11th/12th place 11 7 3 0 4 160 177 1993 Did not qualify 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 Second round 10 7 4 0 3 204 189 2005 Did not qualify 2007 Runners-up 2 10 8 0 2 310 274 2009 Third place 3 10 7 0 3 298 264 2011 7th/8th place 8 9 5 0 4 249 236 2013 Round of 16 9 6 4 0 2 153 137 2015 Third place 3 9 6 0 3 241 222 2017 Not yet qualified Total 14/24 0 titles 95 54 3 38 2328 2196

Record against other teams at the World Championship National team Pld W D L PF PA PD  Algeria 2 2 0 0 67 45 +22  Argentina 3 3 0 0 77 61 +16  Belarus 1 1 0 0 24 22 +2  Brazil 1 1 0 0 31 23 +8  Bulgaria 1 1 0 0 28 22 +6  Chile 1 1 0 0 38 23 +15  Croatia 3 1 0 2 71 79 -8  Cuba 1 1 0 0 27 23 +4  Czechoslovakia 3 2 0 1 65 62 +3  Denmark 10 5 0 5 244 244 0  East Germany 2 0 1 1 36 44 -8  Finland 1 0 1 0 14 14 0  France 1 0 0 1 22 31 +9  Germany* 6 1 0 5 137 152 -15  Hungary 3 0 0 3 56 73 -17  Iceland 4 2 0 2 109 112 -3  Japan 3 3 0 0 79 57 +22  South Korea 3 3 0 0 91 72 +19  Kuwait 1 1 0 0 36 21 +15  Macedonia 1 0 0 1 29 30 -1  Morocco 1 1 0 0 35 29 +6  Norway 2 2 0 0 51 48 +3  Qatar 2 1 0 1 64 57 +7  Romania 1 0 0 1 14 18 -4  Russia 3 3 0 0 78 74 +4  Saudi Arabia 2 2 0 0 60 27 +33  Serbia 3 3 0 0 87 73 +14  Slovakia 1 1 0 0 35 33 +2  Slovenia 2 1 0 1 62 52 +10  Soviet Union 3 0 0 3 58 71 -13  Spain 6 3 1 2 137 132 +5  Sweden 6 3 0 3 117 116 +1   Switzerland 3 2 0 1 53 51 +2  Tunisia 3 3 0 0 95 80 +15  Yugoslavia 6 1 0 5 101 125 -24 *Germany's results also include West Germany.

European Championship

Competitive record at the European Championship Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA 1994 Did not qualify 1996 1998 2000 2002 Preliminary round 15 3 0 0 3 67 83 2004 Preliminary round 16 3 0 0 3 86 109 2006 Main round 10 6 1 1 4 163 185 2008 Main round 7 6 3 1 2 182 172 2010 Fourth place 4 8 4 1 3 222 221 2012 Main round 9 6 3 1 2 173 160 2014 Main round 6 7 3 0 4 191 184 2016 Seventh place 7 7 5 0 2 193 194 Total 8/12 - 46 19 4 23 1277 1208

Record against other teams at the European Championship National team Pld W D L PF PA PD  Belarus 1 1 0 0 31 30 +1  Croatia 3 0 0 3 76 87 -11  Czech Republic 3 2 0 1 92 89 +3  Denmark 2 1 0 1 53 62 -9  France 4 0 0 4 97 117 -20  Germany 4 2 0 2 116 131 -15  Iceland 2 0 0 2 53 57 -4  Macedonia 1 0 0 1 25 27 -2  Montenegro 1 1 0 0 39 23 +13  Norway 1 0 1 0 24 24 0  Russia 1 1 0 0 24 22 +2  Serbia 2 0 0 2 37 42 -5  Serbia and Montenegro 1 0 0 1 29 38 -9  Slovakia 1 1 0 0 41 24 +17  Slovenia 3 1 1 1 92 90 +2  Spain 2 1 0 1 57 60 -3  Sweden 4 2 1 1 111 106 +5   Switzerland 1 0 1 0 31 31 0  Ukraine 2 1 0 1 56 54 +2 Total 19 teams

Competitive record in qualifying rounds Year Pld W D L GF GA Qual 1994 10 6 1 3 269 211 no 1996 6 0 0 6 140 175 no 1998 12 5 0 7 290 296 no 2000 8 5 0 3 206 189 no 2002 2 1 1 0 56 52 yes 2004 2 1 0 1 60 49 yes 2006 5 3 0 2 163 129 yes 2008 2 2 0 0 72 47 yes 2010 8 5 1 2 242 198 yes 2012 6 4 1 1 172 147 yes 2014 6 5 0 1 162 133 yes 2016 Qualified as host yes Total 67 37 4 26 1832 1626 8/12

Record against other teams in qualifying rounds National team Pld W D L PF PA PD  Austria 4 2 0 2 106 94 +12  Azerbaijan 1 1 0 0 43 14 +29  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 2 0 0 56 52 +6  Cyprus 2 2 0 0 69 22 +47  Denmark 2 0 0 2 42 48 -6  France 2 1 0 1 42 51 -9  Germany 2 0 0 2 41 56 -15  Hungary 2 0 0 2 45 53 -8  Iceland 2 0 0 2 47 54 -7  Israel 2 2 0 0 52 43 +9  Italy 2 2 0 0 51 49 +2  Latvia 2 2 0 0 63 31 +32  Luxembourg 2 2 0 0 62 41 +21  Montenegro 2 2 0 0 61 43 +18  Netherlands 7 7 0 0 227 163 +64  Norway 2 1 1 0 56 52 +4  Portugal 2 1 1 0 57 49 +8  Romania 4 1 0 3 112 114 -2  Russia 2 0 0 2 44 62 -18  Slovakia 1 0 0 1 28 31 -3  Slovenia 2 1 0 1 60 57 +3  Spain 2 0 1 1 51 57 -6  Sweden 8 2 1 5 200 216 -16   Switzerland 2 1 0 1 44 50 -6  Turkey 2 2 0 0 62 41 +21  Ukraine 4 4 0 0 111 83 +28 Total 26 teams

Team

Current squad

This is the squad for the 2016 European Men's Handball Championship.^[1]

Head coach: Michael Biegler

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Sławomir Szmal 2 October 1978 1.90 m 262 2 Vive Targi Kielce 3 RB Krzysztof Lijewski 7 July 1983 1.98 m 157 370 Vive Targi Kielce 6 LW Przemysław Krajewski 20 January 1987 1.84 m 49 72 Azoty-Puławy 7 RW Robert Orzechowski 20 November 1989 1.89 m 79 106 Azoty-Puławy 8 LB Karol Bielecki 23 January 1982 2.02 m 226 813 Vive Targi Kielce 11 LW Adam Wiśniewski 24 October 1980 1.92 m 127 272 Wisła Płock 13 P Bartosz Jurecki 31 January 1979 1.93 m 217 700 SC Magdeburg 15 LB Michał Jurecki 27 October 1984 2.02 m 170 462 Vive Targi Kielce 16 GK Piotr Wyszomirski 6 January 1988 1.93 m 89 0 Pick Szeged 17 CB Bartosz Konitz 30 December 1984 1.95 m 0 0 Wisła Płock 18 P Piotr Grabarczyk 31 October 1982 2.00 m 101 45 HSV Hamburg 19 CB Rafał Gliński 29 December 1982 1.81 m 44 42 Górnik Zabrze 21 CB Piotr Masłowski 20 February 1988 1.92 m 27 19 Azoty-Puławy 23 P Kamil Syprzak 23 July 1991 2.08 m 69 123 FC Barcelona 26 RW Michał Daszek 27 June 1992 1.80 m 36 61 Wisła Płock 28 P Maciej Gębala 10 January 1994 2.00 m 0 0 SC Magdeburg 29 RW Jakub Łucak 18 September 1989 1.81 m 16 28 Śląsk Wrocław 45 RB Michał Szyba 18 March 1988 1.96 m 44 60 RK Gorenje 49 LB Piotr Chrapkowski 24 March 1988 2.03 m 53 102 Vive Targi Kielce

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

• Walenty Kłyszejko
• Janusz Czerwiński (1967–1976)
• Stanisław Majorek
• Tadeusz Wadych
• Jacek Zglinicki (1978–1980 and 1994–1996)
• Jan Pełka
• Zygfryd Kuchta (1981–1984)
• Jerzy Eliasz
• Bogdan Kowalczyk
• Stefan Wrześniewski
• Zenon Łakomy (1986–1990)
• Michał Kaniowski (1990–1992)
• Krzysztof Kisiel
• Jerzy Klempel
• Bogdan Zajączkowski (2000–2004)
• Bogdan Wenta (2004-2012)
• Daniel Waszkiewicz and Damian Wleklak (2012)
• Michael Biegler (2012-2016)
• Talant Duyshebaev (2016-)

References

1. 2016 European Championship roster

External links

• Official website
• IHF profile