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)
Last updated on Unknown.
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
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 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
 Brazil11002825+3
 China11003319+14
 Croatia11002724+3
 Cuba11003419+15
 Czechoslovakia11002118+3
 Denmark22003720+17
 East Germany10012122-1
 France101030300
 Germany*11002118+3
 Hungary21103836+2
 Iceland21015049+1
 South Korea11002926+3
 Norway10012023-3
 Romania10011517-2
 Russia11002928+1
 Soviet Union10011117-6
 Spain20025154-3
 Sweden101013130
  Switzerland11002322+1
 United States11002620+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
Nazi Germany 1938 Did not enter
Sweden 1954
East Germany 19585th/6th place563129791
West Germany 1961 Did not enter
Czechoslovakia 1964
Sweden 1967Preliminary round1231025366
France 1970Preliminary round1430034359
East Germany 1974Fourth Place4640210486
Denmark 19785th/6th place66303134124
West Germany 1982Third Place37412148143
Switzerland 1986Preliminary round146213134128
Czechoslovakia 199011th/12th place117304160177
Sweden 1993 Did not qualify
Iceland 1995
Japan 1997
Egypt 1999
France 2001
Portugal 2003Second round107403204189
Tunisia 2005 Did not qualify
Germany 2007Runners-up210802310274
Croatia 2009Third place310703298264
Sweden 20117th/8th place89504249236
Spain 2013Round of 1696402153137
Qatar 2015Third place39603241222
France 2017 Not yet qualified
Total14/240 titles955433823282196

Record against other teams at the World Championship

National team Pld W D L PF PA PD
 Algeria22006745+22
 Argentina33007761+16
 Belarus11002422+2
 Brazil11003123+8
 Bulgaria11002822+6
 Chile11003823+15
 Croatia31027179-8
 Cuba11002723+4
 Czechoslovakia32016562+3
 Denmark105052442440
 East Germany20113644-8
 Finland101014140
 France10012231+9
 Germany*6105137152-15
 Hungary30035673-17
 Iceland4202109112-3
 Japan33007957+22
 South Korea33009172+19
 Kuwait11003621+15
 Macedonia10012930-1
 Morocco11003529+6
 Norway22005148+3
 Qatar21016457+7
 Romania10011418-4
 Russia33007874+4
 Saudi Arabia22006027+33
 Serbia33008773+14
 Slovakia11003533+2
 Slovenia21016252+10
 Soviet Union30035871-13
 Spain6312137132+5
 Sweden6303117116+1
  Switzerland32015351+2
 Tunisia33009580+15
 Yugoslavia6105101125-24

*Germany's results also include West Germany.

European Championship

Competitive record at the European Championship

Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
Portugal 1994 Did not qualify
Spain 1996
Italy 1998
Croatia 2000
Sweden 2002Preliminary round1530036783
Slovenia 2004Preliminary round16300386109
Switzerland 2006Main round106114163185
Norway 2008Main round76312182172
Austria 2010Fourth place48413222221
Serbia 2012Main round96312173160
Denmark 2014Main round67304191184
Poland 2016Seventh place77502193194
Total8/12-461942312771208

Record against other teams at the European Championship

National team Pld W D L PF PA PD
 Belarus11003130+1
 Croatia30037687-11
 Czech Republic32019289+3
 Denmark21015362-9
 France400497117-20
 Germany4202116131-15
 Iceland20025357-4
 Macedonia10012527-2
 Montenegro11003923+13
 Norway101024240
 Russia11002422+2
 Serbia20023742-5
 Serbia and Montenegro10012938-9
 Slovakia11004124+17
 Slovenia31119290+2
 Spain21015760-3
 Sweden4211111106+5
  Switzerland101031310
 Ukraine21015654+2
Total 19 teams

Competitive record in qualifying rounds

Year Pld W D L GF GA Qual
Portugal 199410613269211no
Spain 19966006140175no
Italy 199812507290296no
Croatia 20008503206189no
Sweden 200221105652yes
Slovenia 200421016049yes
Switzerland 20065302163129yes
Norway 200822007247yes
Austria 20108512242198yes
Serbia 20126411172147yes
Denmark 20146501162133yes
Poland 2016 Qualified as hostyes
Total6737426183216268/12

Record against other teams in qualifying rounds

National team Pld W D L PF PA PD
 Austria420210694+12
 Azerbaijan11004314+29
 Bosnia and Herzegovina22005652+6
 Cyprus22006922+47
 Denmark20024248-6
 France21014251-9
 Germany20024156-15
 Hungary20024553-8
 Iceland20024754-7
 Israel22005243+9
 Italy22005149+2
 Latvia22006331+32
 Luxembourg22006241+21
 Montenegro22006143+18
 Netherlands7700227163+64
 Norway21105652+4
 Portugal21105749+8
 Romania4103112114-2
 Russia20024462-18
 Slovakia10012831-3
 Slovenia21016057+3
 Spain20115157-6
 Sweden8215200216-16
  Switzerland21014450-6
 Turkey22006241+21
 Ukraine440011183+28
Total 26 teams

Team

Current squad

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

Head coach: Germany Michael Biegler

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 GK Sławomir Szmal (1978-10-02) 2 October 1978 1.90 m 262 2 Poland Vive Targi Kielce
3 RB Krzysztof Lijewski (1983-07-07) 7 July 1983 1.98 m 157 370 Poland Vive Targi Kielce
6 LW Przemysław Krajewski (1987-01-20) 20 January 1987 1.84 m 49 72 Poland Azoty-Puławy
7 RW Robert Orzechowski (1989-11-20) 20 November 1989 1.89 m 79 106 Poland Azoty-Puławy
8 LB Karol Bielecki (1982-01-23) 23 January 1982 2.02 m 226 813 Poland Vive Targi Kielce
11 LW Adam Wiśniewski (1980-10-24) 24 October 1980 1.92 m 127 272 Poland Wisła Płock
13 P Bartosz Jurecki (1979-01-31) 31 January 1979 1.93 m 217 700 Germany SC Magdeburg
15 LB Michał Jurecki (1984-10-27) 27 October 1984 2.02 m 170 462 Poland Vive Targi Kielce
16 GK Piotr Wyszomirski (1988-01-06) 6 January 1988 1.93 m 89 0 Hungary Pick Szeged
17 CB Bartosz Konitz (1984-12-30) 30 December 1984 1.95 m 0 0 Poland Wisła Płock
18 P Piotr Grabarczyk (1982-10-31) 31 October 1982 2.00 m 101 45 Germany HSV Hamburg
19 CB Rafał Gliński (1982-12-29) 29 December 1982 1.81 m 44 42 Poland Górnik Zabrze
21 CB Piotr Masłowski (1988-02-20) 20 February 1988 1.92 m 27 19 Poland Azoty-Puławy
23 P Kamil Syprzak (1991-07-23) 23 July 1991 2.08 m 69 123 Spain FC Barcelona
26 RW Michał Daszek (1992-06-27) 27 June 1992 1.80 m 36 61 Poland Wisła Płock
28 P Maciej Gębala (1994-01-10) 10 January 1994 2.00 m 0 0 Germany SC Magdeburg
29 RW Jakub Łucak (1989-09-18) 18 September 1989 1.81 m 16 28 Poland Śląsk Wrocław
45 RB Michał Szyba (1988-03-18) 18 March 1988 1.96 m 44 60 Slovenia RK Gorenje
49 LB Piotr Chrapkowski (1988-03-24) 24 March 1988 2.03 m 53 102 Poland 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

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