Poland men's national handball team

Poland
Information
Nickname	The White and Reds The Gladiators
Association	Polish Handball Association
Coach	Marcin Lijewski
Assistant coach	Michał Skórski
Most caps	Sławomir Szmal (298)
Most goals	Jerzy Klempel (1170)
Colours
1st 2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	5 (First in 1972)
Best result	3rd (1976)
World Championship
Appearances	17 (First in 1958)
Best result	2nd (2007)
European Championship
Appearances	11 (First in 2002)
Best result	4th (2010)
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Poland men's national handball team

Medal record
Olympic Games
	1976 Montreal
World Championship
	2007 Germany
	1982 West Germany
	2009 Croatia
	2015 Qatar

The Poland men's national handball team is controlled by the Polish Handball Association (Związek Piłki Ręcznej w Polsce), and represents Poland in international matches.^[1]

Honours

Competition				Total
Olympic Games	0	0	1	1
World Championship	0	1	3	4
European Championship	0	0	0	0
Total	0	1	4	5

Competitive record

Olympic Games

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1936 Berlin	did not participate
1972 Munich	9th–12th places	10th	5	2	1	2	75	78
1976 Montreal	Final Round	3rd	5	4	0	1	101	89
1980 Moscow	Final Round	7th	6	3	1	2	146	119
1984 Los Angeles	Boycott
1988 Seoul	did not qualify
1992 Barcelona
1996 Atlanta
2000 Sydney
2004 Athens
2008 Beijing	Quarterfinals	5th	8	5	1	2	235	214
2012 London	did not qualify
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Semifinals	4th	8	3	0	5	222	227
2020 Tokyo	did not qualify
2024 Paris
Total	5/14	0 Titles	32	17	3	12	779	727

World Championship

World Championship record Year Round Position GP W D L GF 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 Presidents Cup 17 7 3 0 4 167 173 2019 did not qualify 2021 Main round 13 6 3 1 2 168 147 2023 Main round 15 6 3 0 3 150 151 2025 qualified 2027 to be determined 2029 2031 Total 18/32 0 titles 114 74 4 47 2813 2693

European Championship

Competitive record at the European Championship Year Round Position GP W D L GF 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 86 108 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 2018 did not qualify 2020 Preliminary round 21 3 0 0 3 73 85 2022 Main round 12 7 2 1 4 193 208 2024 Preliminary round 16 3 1 0 2 78 92 2026 To be determined 2028 Total 11/18 0 titles 59 22 5 32 1621 1692

Competitive record in qualifying rounds Year GP 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 2018 6 1 2 3 171 189 no 2020 6 2 1 3 152 139 yes 2022 6 3 0 3 176 165 yes 2024 6 4 0 2 184 153 yes Total 91 47 7 37 2515 2272 11/16

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2024 European Men's Handball Championship.^[2][3]

Head coach: Marcin Lijewski

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Mateusz Kornecki (1994-06-05) 5 June 1994 (age 29) 1.93 m 73 6 ThSV Eisenach 2 LB Damian Przytuła (1998-11-27) 27 November 1998 (age 25) 2.00 m 38 64 Górnik Zabrze 3 RW Michał Daszek (1992-06-27) 27 June 1992 (age 31) 1.82 m 150 383 Orlen Wisła Płock 4 CB Piotr Jędraszczyk (2001-10-09) 9 October 2001 (age 22) 1.77 m 33 63 Gwardia Opole 5 CB Michał Olejniczak (2001-01-31) 31 January 2001 (age 23) 1.97 m 64 109 Industria Kielce 8 P Bartłomiej Bis (1997-03-25) 25 March 1997 (age 27) 1.94 m 29 12 HSC 2000 Coburg 9 LB Szymon Sićko (1997-08-20) 20 August 1997 (age 26) 2.00 m 59 222 Industria Kielce 11 CB Paweł Paterek (2000-12-17) 17 December 2000 (age 23) 1.86 m 10 14 SPR Chrobry Głogów 12 LB Ariel Pietrasik (1999-10-21) 21 October 1999 (age 24) 2.02 m 34 66 Kadetten Schaffhausen 15 CB Jakub Powarzyński (2002-09-07) 7 September 2002 (age 21) 1.92 m 5 7 Wybrzeże Gdańsk 21 P Kamil Syprzak (1991-07-23) 23 July 1991 (age 32) 2.07 m 168 351 Paris Saint-Germain 22 RW Mateusz Kosmala (1999-07-26) 26 July 1999 (age 24) 1.82 m 5 11 MMTS Kwidzyn 28 P Maciej Gębala (1994-01-10) 10 January 1994 (age 30) 2.00 m 96 127 SC DHfK Leipzig 33 RW Jakub Szyszko (2001-02-18) 18 February 2001 (age 23) 1.79 m 6 14 Górnik Zabrze 34 LW Przemysław Urbaniak (1998-08-10) 10 August 1998 (age 25) 1.82 m 5 10 Ostrovia Ostrów Wielkopolski 36 P Dawid Dawydzik (1994-12-07) 7 December 1994 (age 29) 2.00 m 54 74 Orlen Wisła Płock 44 LW Mikołaj Czapliński (2000-11-08) 8 November 2000 (age 23) 1.88 m 14 23 CD Torrebalonmano 50 GK Jakub Skrzyniarz (1996-06-06) 6 June 1996 (age 27) 1.89 m 20 0 CD Bidasoa

Head coaches

Statistics

Matches include data obtained exclusively in official international matches of the Polish national team. All unofficial matches of the national team, or meetings in the frame other than the national team – played by a player – are not included in the following lists.

Kit suppliers

The Polish national kit is supplied by Joma.

Media Coverage

Poland's matches are currently televised by TVP Sport and Eurosport.

References

External links

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