Romania men's national handball team
The Romania men's national handball team is governed by the Romanian Handball Federation (Romanian: Romanian Federaţia Română de Handbal) and takes part in international handball competitions. Romania was for many decades the most successful nation in handball with 4 gold medal wins at the World Championships, they served as a model for the sport. However, Romania has failed to win a medal since 1990.
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| Information | |||
| Association | Romanian Handball Federation | ||
| Coach | Rares Fortuneanu | ||
| Most caps | Alexandru Buligan (280) | ||
| Most goals | Vasile Stîngă (1414) | ||
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| Results | |||
| Summer Olympics | |||
| Appearances | 6 (First in 1936) | ||
| Best result | 2nd, 1976 | ||
| World Championship | |||
| Appearances | 14 (First in 1958) | ||
| Best result | 1st (1961, 1964, 1970, 1974) | ||
| European Championship | |||
| Appearances | 2 (First in 1994) | ||
| Best result | 9th (1996) | ||
| Last updated on 8 November 2013. | |||
| Medal record | ||
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Representing  | ||
| Men's Handball | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1972 Munich | Team |
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1976 Montreal | Team |
| 1980 Moscow | Team |
| 1984 Los Angeles | Team |
| World Championship | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1961 West Germany | Team |
| 1964 Czechoslovakia | Team |
| 1967 Sweden | Team |
| 1970 France | Team |
| 1974 East Germany | Team |
| 1990 Czechoslovakia | Team |
| World Outdoor Championship | ||
| 1959 Austria | Team |
Competitive record
Champions Runners-up Third Place Fourth Place
Olympic Games
| Olympic record | ||||||||
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| Games | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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Match for 5th place | 5th of 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 29 |
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Third Place | 3rd of 16 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 111 | 92 |
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Runners-up | 2nd of 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 106 | 90 |
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Third Place | 3rd of 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 139 | 106 |
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Third Place | 3rd of 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 143 | 110 |
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Match for 7th place | 8th of 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 126 | 138 |
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Did Not qualify | |||||||
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| Total | 6/14 | – | 33 | 21 | 2 | 10 | 644 | 565 |
World Championship
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| Year | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | +/- |
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 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 50 | −10 |
| 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 89 | 67 | +22 |
 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 136 | 88 | +48 |
| 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 114 | 88 | +26 |
 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 94 | 68 | +26 |
| 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 111 | 81 | +30 |
 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 131 | 106 | +25 |
| 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 164 | 152 | +12 |
 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 146 | 147 | −1 |
| 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 168 | 142 | +26 |
| 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 143 | 152 | −9 |
 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 147 | 152 | −5 |
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 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 141 | 135 | +6 |
| 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 132 | 123 | +9 |
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| Total | 14/27 | 83 | 51 | 4 | 28 | 25 | 1756 | 1552 |
Current squad
This is the list of 19 players named for the 2018 European Men's Handball Championship play-off games against Belarus and Poland
| Nr. | Name | Position | Club |
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| 16 | Mihai Popescu | Goalkeeper | |
| 1 | Ionuț Iancu | Goalkeeper | |
| 12 | Ionuț Irimuș | Goalkeeper | |
| 15 | Valentin Ghionea | Right Wing | |
| 9 | Andrei Mihalcea | Right Wing | |
| 87 | Răzvan Pavel | Left Wing | |
| 24 | Andrei Nicușor Negru | Left Wing | |
| 2 | Georgică Cântec | Left Back | |
| 8 | Ionuț Ramba | Left Back | |
| 29 | Radu Lazăr | Left Back | |
| 28 | Alexandru Csepreghi | Playmaker | |
| Marius Szőke | Playmaker | | |
| 34 | Cristian Fenici | Playmaker | |
| 18 | Marius Sadoveac | Right Back | |
| 90 | Bogdan Criciotoiu | Right Back | |
| 99 | Iulian Stamate | Pivot | |
| 4 | Marius Mocanu | Pivot | |
| 20 | András Szász | Pivot | |
| 32 | Adrian Rotaru | Pivot | |
References
External links
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IHF World Men's Handball Championship winners | |
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