Greece national handball team

The Greece national handball team is the national handball team of Greece and is controlled by the Greek Handball Association.

Greece has a long tradition in handball. First of all, Greece made it to the handball 2005 World Cup and the 2004 Olympics where they beat Brazil, Korea and won against Egypt in a close game. In the Olympics they lost to eventual champions Croatia, and finished sixth in the tournament. In the World Cup they finished in the sixth position as well.

Competitive record

Olympic Games

Olympic record
Games Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
Germany 1936 Berlin Did not qualify
Not held from 1948 to 1968
West Germany 1972 Munich Did not qualify
Canada 1976 Montreal
Soviet Union 1980 Moscow
United States 1984 Los Angeles
South Korea 1988 Seoul
Spain 1992 Barcelona
United States 1996 Atlanta
Australia 2000 Sydney
Greece 2004 AthensQuarter-finals6th place8305188220
China 2008 Beijing Did not qualify
United Kingdom 2012 London
Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro
Total1/13-8305188220

World Championships

World Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
Nazi Germany 1938 Did not qualify
Sweden 1954
East Germany 1958
West Germany 1961
Czechoslovakia 1964
Sweden 1967
France 1970
East Germany 1974
Denmark 1978
West Germany 1982
Switzerland 1986
Czechoslovakia 1990
Sweden 1993
Iceland 1995
Japan 1997
Egypt 1999
France 2001
Portugal 2003
Tunisia 2005Quarter-finals6th place9414245246
Germany 2007 Did not qualify
Croatia 2009
Sweden 2011
Spain 2013
Qatar 2015
Total1/24-9414245246

European Championships

European Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
Portugal 1994 Did not qualify
Spain 1996
Italy 1998
Croatia 2000
Sweden 2002
Slovenia 2004
Switzerland 2006
Norway 2008
Austria 2010
Serbia 2012
Denmark 2014
Poland 2016
Total0/12-------

Current squad

The Greece international squad at the 2017 World Championship Qualification

Position No. Player Date of birth Club
GK
12
 Nikolaos Loizos 31 July 1985 Greece AC Diomidis Argous
GK
1
 Kostas Gourgoumis 12 July 1986 Belgium Fémina Visé
GK
Kostas Tsilimparis 1 June 1983 Greece Filippos Veria
LW
20
 Vyron Papadopoulos 22 February 1986 Germany HC Empor Rostock
LW
7
 Christos Mylonas 13 June 1976 Greece AC Diomidis Argous
RW
8
 Adam Papadopoulos 5 August 1978 Greece AC Diomidis Argous
RW
19
 Christoforos Bakaoukas 17 April 1981 Greece AEK H.C.
CB
4
 Dimitrios Tzimourtos 10 February 1981 Germany Eintracht Hildesheim
CB
5
 Georgios Mastorogiannis 30 August 1981 Greece Filippos Veria
CB
3
 Theodoros Megaloikonomu 18 August 1983 Greece AC Diomidis Argous
CB
25
 Theodoros Petridis 16 June 1986 Greece PAOK Thessaloniki H.C.
LB
9
 Spyros Balomenos 28 February 1979 Austria Handball Tiror
RB
6
 Nikolaos Riganas 28 January 1984 Romania HCM Constanţa
RB
19
 Alexandros Alvanos 9 April 1980 Greece PAOK Thessaloniki H.C.
P
Georgios Chalkidis 13 May 1977 Switzerland Wacker Thun
P
Charalampos Mallios 6 August 1987 Greece AC Diomidis Argous


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