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 (284)

Most goals

Jerzy Klempel (1170)

Colours

Home

Away

Results

Summer Olympics

Appearances

5 (First in 1972)

Best result

3rd (1976)

World Championship

Appearances

15 (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
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	Match for 3rd place	4th of 12	8	3	0	5	222	227
Total	5/13	0 Titles	32	17	3	12	779	727

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	Did not enter
1958	5th/6th place	5	6	3	1	2	97	91
1961	Did not enter
1964	Did not enter
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	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

The following is the Polish roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Head coach: Talant Duyshebaev

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
1	GK	Sławomir Szmal	(1978-10-02)2 October 1978 (aged 37)	1.90 m	279	2	Vive Targi Kielce
3	RB	Krzysztof Lijewski	(1983-07-07)7 July 1983 (aged 33)	1.98 m	173	409	Vive Targi Kielce
5	RW	Mateusz Jachlewski	(1984-12-27)27 December 1984 (aged 31)	1.84 m	108	236	Vive Targi Kielce
6	LW	Przemysław Krajewski	(1987-01-20)20 January 1987 (aged 29)	1.84 m	69	132	Azoty-Puławy
8	LB	Karol Bielecki	(1982-01-23)23 January 1982 (aged 34)	2.02 m	244	891	Vive Targi Kielce
11	LW	Adam Wiśniewski	(1980-10-24)24 October 1980 (aged 35)	1.92 m	146	189	Wisła Płock
13	P	Bartosz Jurecki	(1979-01-31)31 January 1979 (aged 37)	1.93 m	227	723	Chrobry Głogów
15	LB	Michał Jurecki	(1984-10-27)27 October 1984 (aged 31)	2.02 m	189	528	Vive Targi Kielce
16	GK	Piotr Wyszomirski	(1988-01-06)6 January 1988 (aged 28)	1.93 m	104	0	TBV Lemgo
23	P	Kamil Syprzak	(1991-07-23)23 July 1991 (aged 25)	2.08 m	87	164	Barcelona
26	RW	Michał Daszek	(1992-06-27)27 June 1992 (aged 24)	1.80 m	56	110	Wisła Płock
28	CB	Łukasz Gierak	(1988-06-22)22 June 1988 (aged 28)	1.92 m	6	6	Pogoń Szczecin
35	P	Mateusz Kus	(1987-07-14)14 July 1987 (aged 29)	2.00 m	5	4	Vive Targi Kielce
45	RB	Michał Szyba	(1988-03-18)18 March 1988 (aged 28)	1.96 m	57	82	Gorenje Velenje

Statistics

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

Most caps (June 20, 2016)

#	Player	Years	Caps
1.	Sławomir Szmal	1998–	279
2.	Marcin Lijewski	1997–2013	251
3.	Karol Bielecki	2002–	244
4.	Andrzej Szymczak	1967–1984	234
5.	Bartosz Jurecki	2004–	227
6.	Jerzy Klempel	1972–1987	221
7.	Daniel Waszkiewicz	1977–1989	214
8.	Mariusz Jurasik	1997–2012	207
9.	Alfred Kałuziński	1973–1982	204
10.	Patryk Kuchczyński	2002–	201
11.	Bogdan Wenta	1981–1994	191
12.	Michał Jurecki	2005–	189
13.	Zbigniew Tłuczyński	1978–1990	186
14.	Zbigniew Plechoć	1983–1990	178
15.	Henryk Rozmiarek	1971–1980	177
16.	Jan Gmyrek	1970–1979	176
17.	Krzysztof Lijewski	2003–	173
18.	Damian Wleklak	1998–2009	164
19.	Janusz Brzozowski	1973–1982	162
=	Robert Nowakowski	1989–2003	162

Most goals (June 20, 2016)

#	Player	Years	Goals
1.	Jerzy Klempel	1972–1984	1170
2.	Karol Bielecki	2002–	891
3.	Bogdan Wenta	1981–1994	763
4.	Bartosz Jurecki	2004–	723
5.	Marcin Lijewski	1997–2013	711
6.	Robert Nowakowski	1989–2003	709
7.	Daniel Waszkiewicz	1977–1989	705
8.	Mariusz Jurasik	1997–2012	704
9.	Alfred Kałuziński	1973–1982	620
10.	Grzegorz Tkaczyk	2000–2012	549
11.	Michał Jurecki	2005–	528
12.	Zbigniew Tłuczyński	1978–1990	527
13.	Tomasz Tłuczyński	2006–2012	503
14.	Lesław Dziuba	1981–1990	447
15.	Patryk Kuchczyński	2002–	435
16.	Zbigniew Plechoć	1983–1990	427
17.	Krzysztof Lijewski	2003–	409
18.	Piotr Przybecki	1989–2005	372
19.	Grzegorz Kosma	1969–1984	355
20.	Piotr Obrusiewicz	?–2006	348

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

↑ "Ta czternastka może przejśc do historii" [This fourteen will make history] (in Polish). Przegląd Sportowy. 20 July 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.

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Defunct teams	Czechoslovakia East Germany Soviet Union Yugoslavia

Plebiscite of Przegląd Sportowy

Sportspersonality of The Year	1926: Wacław Kuchar 1927: Halina Konopacka 1928: Halina Konopacka 1929: Stanisław Petkiewicz 1930: Stanisława Walasiewicz 1931: Janusz Kusociński 1932: Stanisława Walasiewicz 1933: Stanisława Walasiewicz 1934: Stanisława Walasiewicz 1935: Roger Verey 1936: Jadwiga Jędrzejowska 1937: Jadwiga Jędrzejowska 1938: Stanisław Marusarz 1948: Aleksy Antkiewicz 1949: Zdobysław Stawczyk 1950: Helena Rakoczy 1951: Zygmunt Chychła 1952: Zygmunt Chychła 1953: Leszek Drogosz 1954: Janusz Sidło 1955: Janusz Sidło 1956: Elżbieta Krzesińska 1957: Jerzy Pawłowski 1958: Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak 1959: Edmund Piątkowski 1960: Józef Szmidt 1961: Ireneusz Paliński 1962: Teresa Ciepły 1963: Ryszard Parulski 1964: Józef Szmidt 1965: Irena Kirszenstein 1966: Irena Kirszenstein 1967: Sobiesław Zasada 1968: Jerzy Pawłowski 1969: Waldemar Baszanowski 1970: Teresa Sukniewicz 1971: Ryszard Szurkowski 1972: Witold Woyda 1973: Ryszard Szurkowski 1974: Irena Szewińska 1975: Zygmunt Smalcerz 1976: Irena Szewińska 1977: Janusz Pyciak-Peciak 1978: Józef Łuszczek 1979: Jan Jankiewicz 1980: Władysław Kozakiewicz 1981: Janusz Pyciak-Peciak 1982: Zbigniew Boniek 1983: Zdzisław Hoffmann 1984: Andrzej Grubba 1985: Lech Piasecki 1986: Andrzej Malina 1987: Marek Łbik & Marek Dopierała 1988: Waldemar Legień 1989: Joachim Halupczok 1990: Wanda Panfil 1991: Wanda Panfil 1992: Waldemar Legień 1993: Rafał Kubacki 1994: Andrzej Wroński 1995: Paweł Nastula 1996: Renata Mauer 1997: Paweł Nastula 1998: Robert Korzeniowski 1999: Tomasz Gollob 2000: Robert Korzeniowski 2001: Adam Małysz 2002: Adam Małysz 2003: Adam Małysz 2004: Otylia Jędrzejczak 2005: Otylia Jędrzejczak 2006: Otylia Jędrzejczak 2007: Adam Małysz 2008: Robert Kubica 2009: Justyna Kowalczyk 2010: Justyna Kowalczyk 2011: Justyna Kowalczyk 2012: Justyna Kowalczyk 2013: Justyna Kowalczyk 2014: Kamil Stoch 2015: Robert Lewandowski

Team of The Year	2005: Women's volleyball team 2006: Men's volleyball team 2007: Men's handball team 2008: Lech Poznań 2009: Men's volleyball team 2010: Speedway team 2011: Men's volleyball team 2012: Men's volleyball team 2013: Vive Targi Kielce 2014: Men's volleyball team 2015: Men's handball team

Coach of The Year	2005: Andrzej Niemczyk & Paweł Słomiński 2006: Raúl Lozano 2007: Leo Beenhakker 2008: Aleksander Wojciechowski 2009: Bogdan Wenta 2010: Aleksander Wierietielny 2011: Marek Cieślak 2012: Henryk Olszewski 2013: Łukasz Kruczek 2014: Stéphane Antiga & Łukasz Kruczek 2015: Adam Nawałka

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