Poland national handball team

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

Poland
Information
Nickname	Biało-Czerwoni (White and Reds) Gladiatorzy (The Gladiators)
Association	Poland Handball Federation (Związek Piłki Ręcznej w Polsce)
Coach	Patryk Rombel
Assistant coach	Bartosz Jurecki
Captain	Piotr Chrapkowski
Most caps	Sławomir Szmal (298)
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	9 (First in 2002)
Best result	4th (2010)
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Poland national handball team

Medal record
Olympic Games
	1976 Montreal	Team
Friendship Games
	1984 Moscow
World Championship
	2007 Germany
	1982 West Germany
	2009 Croatia
	2015 Qatar

Honours

Competition				Total
Olympic Games	0	0	1	1
World Championship	0	1	3	4
European Championship	0	0	0	0
Friendship Games	0	0	0	1
Total	0	1	4	6

Competitive record

Olympic Games

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	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
2020 Tokyo	Did not qualify
Total	5/14	0 Titles	32	17	3	12	779	727

World Championship

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 Fourthplace 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 Qualified / 2023 Qualified as co-host // 2025 To be determined 2027 Total 17/30 0 titles 102 68 3 42 2495 2369

Former President of Poland, Lech Kaczyński, with the national team in the Presidential Palace in 2007

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 2018 Did not qualify 2020 Preliminary round 21 3 0 0 3 73 85 2022 To be determined 2024 Total 9/16 0 titles 49 19 4 26 1350 1293

Poland against Argentina during 2008 Summer Olympics qualification tournament in the Centennial Hall, Wrocław

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 2018 6 1 2 3 171 189 no 2020 6 2 1 3 152 139 yes 2022 TBD 2024 TBD Total 74 40 7 32 2155 1954 9/14

Warm up of the national team before match against Germany in 2010

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship.[2][3]

Head coach: Patryk Rombel

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Mateusz Kornecki (1994-06-05) 5 June 1994 1.94 m 37 3 PGE Vive Kielce 4 LB Michał Olejniczak (2001-01-31) 31 January 2001 1.93 m 16 14 SMS Gdańsk 6 LW Przemysław Krajewski (1987-01-20) 20 January 1987 1.84 m 128 293 Orlen Wisła Płock 9 LB Szymon Sićko (1997-08-20) 20 August 1997 2.00 m 15 35 Górnik Zabrze 11 RB Maciej Majdziński (1996-04-08) 8 April 1996 1.89 m 8 12 Bergischer HC 17 LB Antoni Łangowski (1990-04-19) 19 April 1990 1.95 m 31 57 Azoty-Puławy 19 LW Jan Czuwara (1995-10-18) 18 October 1995 1.84 m 24 39 Górnik Zabrze 20 CB Maciej Pilitowski (1990-10-27) 27 October 1990 1.86 m 20 22 MKS Kalisz 21 P Kamil Syprzak (1991-07-23) 23 July 1991 2.06 m 140 270 Paris Saint-Germain 23 RW Arkadiusz Moryto (1997-08-31) 31 August 1997 1.80 m 55 234 PGE Vive Kielce 25 LW Piotr Jarosiewicz (1998-06-28) 28 June 1998 1.78 m 20 32 Azoty-Puławy 27 CB Adrian Kondratiuk (1993-02-23) 23 February 1993 1.85 m 26 35 Górnik Zabrze 28 P Maciej Gębala (1994-01-10) 10 January 1994 2.00 m 56 44 SC DHfK Leipzig 30 RB Rafał Przybylski (1991-02-19) 19 February 1991 2.00 m 66 134 Azoty-Puławy 34 RW Krystian Bondzior (1999-04-24) 24 April 1999 1.82 m 9 5 Górnik Zabrze 36 P Dawid Dawydzik (1994-12-17) 17 December 1994 2.00 m 14 19 Azoty-Puławy 49 LB Piotr Chrapkowski (1988-03-24) 24 March 1988 2.03 m 114 170 SC Magdeburg 94 GK Adam Morawski (1994-10-17) 17 October 1994 1.90 m 43 2 Orlen Wisła Płock

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head Coach	Patryk Rombel
Assistant Coach	Bartosz Jurecki
Goalkeeping Coach	Sławomir Szmal
Fitness Coach	Łukasz Wicha

Head coaches

• Janusz Czerwiński (1967–1976)
• Stanisław Majorek (1976–1978)
• Jacek Zglinicki (1978–1980 and 1994–1996)
• Zygfryd Kuchta (1981–1984)
• Zenon Łakomy (1986–1990)
• Michał Kaniowski (1990–1992)
• Bogdan Kowalczyk (1992–1994)
• Bogdan Zajączkowski (2000–2004)
• Bogdan Wenta (2004–2012)
• Daniel Waszkiewicz and Damian Wleklak (2012)
• Michael Biegler (2012–2016)
• Talant Duyshebaev (2016–2017)
• Piotr Przybecki (2017–2019)
• Patryk Rombel (2019–)

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.

Most caps # Player Years Caps 1. Sławomir Szmal 1998–2018 298 2. Karol Bielecki 2002–2018 255 3. Marcin Lijewski 1997–2013 251 4. Andrzej Szymczak 1967–1984 234 4. Bartosz Jurecki 2004–2016 234 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 2002–2014 201 11. Michał Jurecki 2005–2018 200 12. Bogdan Wenta 1981–1994 198 13. Zbigniew Tłuczyński 1978–1990 186 14. Krzysztof Lijewski 2003–2018 185 15. Zbigniew Plechoć 1983–1990 178 16. Henryk Rozmiarek 1971–1980 177 17. Jan Gmyrek 1970–1979 176 18. Damian Wleklak 1998–2009 164 19. Janusz Brzozowski 1973–1982 162 20. Robert Nowakowski 1989–2003 160

Most goals # Player Years Goals 1. Jerzy Klempel 1972–1984 1170 2. Karol Bielecki 2002–2018 955 3. Bogdan Wenta 1981–1994 763 4. Bartosz Jurecki 2004–2016 729 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 2005–2018 547 12. Zbigniew Tłuczyński 1978–1990 527 13. Tomasz Tłuczyński 2006–2012 503 14. Lesław Dziuba 1981–1990 447 15. Krzysztof Lijewski 2003–2018 439 16. Patryk Kuchczyński 2002–2014 435 17. Zbigniew Plechoć 1983–1990 427 18. Piotr Przybecki 1989–2005 372 19. Grzegorz Kosma 1969–1984 355 20. Piotr Obrusiewicz 1994–2006 348

Kit suppliers

The Polish national kit is supplied by 4F.

Media Coverage

Poland's matches are currently televised by TVP Sport.

References

1. Strona Główna ZPRP
2. "Znamy skład Polaków na EHF EURO 2020". zprp.pl. 6 January 2020.
3. 2020 European Men's Handball Championship squad

External links

• Official website
• IHF profile