Bogdan Wenta

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Bogdan Wenta (born 19 November 1961, Swarożyn, Poland). He was one of the best players in history of Polish handball and was also considered one of the best players in the World of late 80's and early 90's.

Contents 1 Club career 2 National career 2.1 Poland National Team 2.2 Germany National Team 3 Coaching career 3.1 Clubs 3.2 National team 4 Personal life 5 Honours as a player 6 Honours as a coach 7 Managerial stats 8 Poland's matches with Wenta as a coach 9 SC Magdeburg's matches with Wenta as a coach (season 2006/2007)

[edit] Club career

1978-1989 Wybrzeże Gdańsk
1989-1992 Bidasoa Irún
1992-1995 FC Barcelona
1995-1998 TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke
1998-2000 SG Flensburg-Handewitt

Wenta's entire career in Poland was connected with one club Wybrzeże Gdańsk, where he started playing in first team in 1978, when he was 17. He was five-times Polish Champion (1984-1988) and reached European Cup final twice, losing to Metaloplastica Sabac in 1986 and SKA Mińsk in 1987. In 1989 he moved to Spain and played for Bidasoa Irún (1989-1992) and FC Barcelona Handbol (1992-1995). At last, he emigrated to Germany, and played for TuS Nettelstedt (1995-1998) and SG Flensburg-Handewitt (1998-2000).

[edit] National career

[edit] Poland National Team

1981-1993 Poland national handball team

Wenta made his debut in Polish National Team in 1981 when he was barely 20. He represented Poland in 185 official games. He was unfairly blamed for Poland's elimination during qualifications to 1994 European Men's Handball Championship. Since then he was never called up again to Polish team.

[edit] Germany National Team

1997-2000 Germany national handball team

In 1996 Bogdan Wenta accepted German citizenship, which caused a lot of controversy in his homeland, Poland. However he has never played against the Polish National Team. He represented the German side in 46 officials playing in the World Championships (1997 and 1999), European Championships (1998 and 2000) and Olympic Games at Sydney 2000.

[edit] Coaching career

[edit] Clubs

Bogdan Wenta retired in 2000 and became coach assistant in SG Flensburg-Handewitt. From summer 2006 to autumn 2007 he was head coach of German handball club, SC Magdeburg.

[edit] National team

Since 28 October 2004, he is the Polish national team head coach. During 2007 World Men's Handball Championship in Germany Wenta's team was revelation and reached the final. They won silver medal, losing to host Germany 25:29.

[edit] Personal life

Since 1984 he's married to Iwona Wenta, who is a fitness instructor. They have one son Tomek (born 13 March 1996).

[edit] Honours as a player

With Wybrzeże Gdańsk:

• Polish Championship runner-up (1982,1983)
• Polish Championship winner (1984,1985,1986,1987,1988)
• European Cup runner-up (1986,1987)

With Bidasoa Irún:

• Spanish Cup (1991)

With Barcelona:

• EHF Cup Winner's Cup (1994, 1995)
• Spanish Cup (1993, 1994)
• Spanish Super Cup (1994)
• Spanish Championship runner-up (1994)

With TuS Nettelstedt Lubeka:

• EHF City Cup (1997, 1998)
• German Super Cup (1998)

With German National Team

• European Men's Handball Championship - 3rd place (1998)
• World Men's Handball Championship - 5th place (1999)
• Summer Olympics in Sydney - 5th place (2000)

Individual honours:

• The best pair of foreign players of ASOBAL League (with Alfreð Gíslason) (1991, 1992)
• The best player of ASOBAL League (1991, 1992)
• The best playmaker of ASOBAL League (1995)

[edit] Honours as a coach

With Polish National Team:

• World Men's Handball Championship runner-up (2007)

With SC Magdeburg:

• EHF Cup (2007)

Individual honours:

• On 5th February 2007 he was honored by Lech Kaczyński with Knight's Cross of Polonia Restituta for his contribution to the development of Polish sport.

[edit] Managerial stats

Team	Country	From	To	Record
				Games	Won	Lost	Drawn	Win %
Poland National Handball Team	Poland	October 28, 2004	present	75	43	27	5	57.33
SC Magdeburg	Germany	July 1, 2006	present	48	34	11	3	70.83
Total				123	77	38	8	62.60

[edit] Poland's matches with Wenta as a coach

	Match	Result	Date	Type of game, country
1.	Poland -  Switzerland	33:28	19.11.2004	Four Nations Friendly Tournament, Switzerland
2.	Poland -  Norway	36:36	20.11.2004	Four Nations Friendly Tournament, Switzerland
3.	Poland -  Tunisia	26:26	21.11.2004	Four Nations Friendly Tournament, Switzerland
4.	Poland -  Czech Republic	29:38	25.12.2004	Christmas Cup, Czech Republic
5.	Poland -  Slovakia	34:33	26.12.2004	Christmas Cup, Czech Republic
6.	Poland -  Hungary	32:20	27.12.2004	Christmas Cup, Czech Republic
7.	Poland - Vive Kielce (club)	35:32	8.01.2005	Friendly match, Poland
8.	Poland - Vive Kielce (club)	36:29	9.01.2005	Friendly match, Poland
9.	Poland -  Netherlands	32:25	14.01.2005	European Championship 2006 pre-qualification, Poland
10.	Poland -  Azerbaijan	43:14	15.01.2005	European Championship 2006 pre-qualification, Poland
11.	Poland -  Slovakia	28:31	16.01.2005	European Championship 2006 pre-qualification, Poland
12.	Poland - Haukar Hafnarfjördur (club)	32:31	23.03.2005	Friendly match, Iceland
13.	Poland - HK Reykjavik (club)	34:33	24.03.2005	Friendly match, Iceland
14.	Poland -  Iceland	33:38	25.03.2005	Friendly match, Iceland
15.	Poland -  Iceland	32:28	26.03.2005	Friendly match, Iceland
16.	Poland -  Iceland	30:31	27.03.2005	Friendly match, Iceland
17.	Poland -  Ukraine	29:21	04.06.2005	Friendly match, Poland
18.	Poland -  Ukraine	27:30	05.06.2005	Friendly match, Poland
19.	Poland -  Sweden	28:33	12.06.2005	European Championship 2006 qualification, Sweden
20.	Poland -  Sweden	32:26	19.06.2005	European Championship 2006 qualification, Poland
21.	Poland -  Norway	27:29	29.07.2005	Friendly match, Norway
22.	Poland -  Norway	31:25	30.07.2005	Friendly match, Norway
23.	Poland -  Norway	29:30	31.07.2005	Friendly match, Norway
24.	Poland -  Iceland	37:38	27.10.2005	International Handball Tournament, Poland
25.	Poland -  Norway	37:34	28.10.2005	International Handball Tournament, Poland
26.	Poland -  Denmark	34:29	29.10.2005	International Handball Tournament, Poland
27.	Poland -  Slovakia	30:25	20.12.2005	Christmas Cup, Hungary
28.	Poland -  Hungary	24:24	21.12.2005	Christmas Cup, Hungary
29.	Poland -  Czech Republic	22:30	22.12.2005	Christmas Cup, Hungary
30.	Poland -  France	22:27	05.01.2006	Friendly Tournament in Besancon, France
31.	Poland -  Portugal	31:26	07.01.2006	Friendly Tournament in Besancon, France
32.	Poland -  Denmark	29:28	08.01.2006	Friendly Tournament in Besancon, France
33.	Poland -  France	27:32	09.01.2006	Friendly Tournament in Besancon, France
34.	Poland -  Denmark	28:33	21.01.2006	Friendly match, Denmark
35.	Poland -  Denmark	30:32	22.01.2006	Friendly match, Denmark
36.	Poland -  Ukraine	33:24	26.01.2006	European Championship 2006 - round 1, Switzerland
37.	Poland -  Switzerland	31:31	28.01.2006	European Championship 2006 - round 1, Switzerland
38.	Poland -  Slovenia	29:33	29.01.2006	European Championship 2006 - round 1, Switzerland
39.	Poland -  Spain	25:34	31.01.2006	European Championship 2006 - round 2, Switzerland
40.	Poland -  France	21:31	01.02.2006	European Championship 2006 - round 2, Switzerland
41.	Poland -  Germany	24:32	02.02.2006	European Championship 2006 - round 2, Switzerland
42.	Poland -  Romania	24:23	12.04.2006	Friendly match, Poland
43.	Poland -  Romania	32:28	13.04.2006	Friendly match, Poland
44.	Poland -  Romania	27:27	14.04.2006	Friendly match, Poland
45.	Poland -  Greece	22:27	10.06.2006	World Championship 2007 qualification, Greece
46.	Poland -  Greece	29:20	16.06.2006	World Championship 2007 qualification, Poland
47.	Poland -  Germany	34:29	23.09.2006	Friendly match, Poland
48.	Poland -  Germany	27:28	24.09.2006	Friendly match, Poland
49.	Poland -  Portugal	36:28	26.10.2006	Grundfos Cup, Poland
50.	Poland -  Denmark	33:35	27.10.2006	Grundfos Cup, Poland
51.	Poland -  Norway	31:29	28.10.2006	Grundfos Cup, Poland
52.	Poland -  Czech Republic	34:28	20.12.2006	Christmas Trophy, Poland
53.	Poland -  Slovakia	29:26	21.12.2006	Christmas Trophy, Poland
54.	Poland -  Hungary	18:29	22.12.2006	Christmas Trophy, Poland
55.	Poland -  Denmark	31:26	05.01.2007	Lauritz Knudsen Cup, Denmark
56.	Poland -  Iceland	39:40	06.01.2007	Lauritz Knudsen Cup, Denmark
57.	Poland -  Norway	30:34	07.01.2007	Lauritz Knudsen Cup, Denmark
58.	Poland -  Spain	25:27	12.01.2007	Friendly Tournament in Leon, Spain
59.	Poland -  Russia	32:30	13.01.2007	Friendly Tournament in Leon, Spain
60.	Poland -  Brazil	28:27	14.01.2007	Friendly Tournament in Leon, Spain
61.	Poland -  Argentina	29:15	20.01.2007	World Championship 2007 - round 1, Germany
62.	Poland -  Brazil	31:23	21.01.2007	World Championship 2007 - round 1, Germany
63.	Poland -  Germany	27:25	22.01.2007	World Championship 2007 - round 1, Germany
64.	Poland -  France	22:31	24.01.2007	World Championship 2007 - round 2, Germany
65.	Poland -  Iceland	35:33	25.01.2007	World Championship 2007 - round 2, Germany
66.	Poland -  Tunisia	40:31	27.01.2007	World Championship 2007 - round 2, Germany
67.	Poland -  Slovenia	38:27	28.01.2007	World Championship 2007 - round 2, Germany
68.	Poland -  Russia	28:27	30.01.2007	World Championship 2007 - 1/4 final, Germany
69.	Poland -  Denmark	36:33	01.02.2007	World Championship 2007 - 1/2 final, Germany
70.	Poland -  Germany	25:29	04.02.2007	World Championship 2007 - final, Germany
71.	Poland -  Iceland	36:32	06.04.2007	Friendly Tournament in Bercy, France
72.	Poland -  Tunisia	30:27	07.04.2007	Friendly Tournament in Bercy, France
73.	Poland -  France	20:26	08.04.2007	Friendly Tournament in Bercy, France
74.	Poland -  Lithuania	32:27	05.06.2007	Friendly match, Poland
75.	Poland -  Netherlands	31:20	09.06.2007	European Championship 2008 qualification, Netherlands
76.	Poland -  Netherlands	41:27	16.06.2007	European Championship 2008 qualification, Poland

[edit] SC Magdeburg's matches with Wenta as a coach (season 2006/2007)

	Match	Result	Date	Type of game
1.	SC Magdeburg - MT Melsungen	33:28	26.08.2006	Bundesliga
2.	SC Magdeburg - TuS N-Lübbecke	32:26	30.08.2006	Bundesliga
3.	SC Magdeburg - VfL Gummersbach	26:31	02.09.2006	Bundesliga
4.	SC Magdeburg - Kronau-Östringen I	33:20	10.09.2006	Bundesliga
5.	SC Magdeburg - TBV Lemgo	39:27	16.09.2006	Bundesliga
6.	SC Magdeburg - 1. Potsdam	35:16	27.09.2006	German Cup, round 2
7.	SC Magdeburg - Frisch Auf Göppingen	36:29	30.09.2006	Bundesliga
8.	SC Magdeburg - HSG Nordhorn	24:29	03.10.2006	Bundesliga
9.	SC Magdeburg - HSV Hamburg	31:20	13.10.2006	Bundesliga
10.	SC Magdeburg - HBW Balingen	28:22	21.10.2006	Bundesliga
11.	SC Magdeburg - Post Schwerin	29:23	31.10.2006	German Cup, round 3
12.	SC Magdeburg - BLR BGUFK Minsk	31:23	04.11.2006	EHF Cup, round 3
13.	SC Magdeburg - Minden	31:23	08.11.2006	Bundesliga
14.	SC Magdeburg - BLR BGUFK Minsk	37:26	12.11.2006	EHF Cup, round 3
15.	SC Magdeburg - HSG Düsseldorf	37:31	15.11.2006	Bundesliga
16.	SC Magdeburg - Kronau-Östringen I	39:26	02.12.2006	EHF Cup, 1/8 final
17.	SC Magdeburg - Wilhelmshavener HV	33:29	06.12.2006	Bundesliga
18.	SC Magdeburg - Kronau-Östringen I	34:38	09.12.2006	EHF Cup, 1/8 final
19.	SC Magdeburg - VfL Gummersbach	26:22	12.12.2006	German Cup, 1/8 final
20.	SC Magdeburg - SG Flensburg	29:34	17.12.2006	Bundesliga
21.	SC Magdeburg - THW Kiel	39:24	20.12.2006	Bundesliga
22.	SC Magdeburg - TV Großwallstadt	28:27	23.12.2006	Bundesliga
23.	SC Magdeburg - HSG Wetzlar	38:27	27.12.2006	Bundesliga
24.	SC Magdeburg - MT Melsungen	41:32	30.12.2006	Bundesliga
25.	SC Magdeburg - TuS N-Lübbecke	34:30	11.02.2007	Bundesliga
26.	SC Magdeburg - HSV Hamburg	29:31	14.02.2007	German Cup, 1/4 final
27.	SC Magdeburg - VfL Gummersbach	36:36	18.02.2007	Bundesliga
28.	SC Magdeburg - Kronau-Östringen I	27:32	21.02.2007	Bundesliga
29.	SC Magdeburg - FCK Handbold A/S Kopenhagen	35:27	25.02.2007	EHF Cup, 1/4 final
30.	SC Magdeburg - FCK Handbold A/S Kopenhagen	39:35	03.03.2007	EHF Cup, 1/4 final
31.	SC Magdeburg - TBV Lemgo	30:28	07.03.2007	Bundesliga
32.	SC Magdeburg - Frisch Auf Göppingen	29:26	10.03.2007	Bundesliga
33.	SC Magdeburg - HBW Balingen	30:21	16.03.2007	Bundesliga
34.	SC Magdeburg - HSG Nordhorn	30:30	20.03.2007	Bundesliga
35.	SC Magdeburg - Grasshopper-Club Zürich	32:24	25.03.2007	EHF Cup, 1/2 final
36.	SC Magdeburg - Eintracht Hildesheim	35:31	28.03.2007	Bundesliga
37.	SC Magdeburg - Grasshopper-Club Zürich	27:26	01.04.2007	EHF Cup, 1/2 final
38.	SC Magdeburg - HSV Hamburg	26:33	11.04.2007	Bundesliga
39.	SC Magdeburg - Minden	27:24	18.04.2007	Bundesliga
40.	SC Magdeburg - CAI BM Aragón	30:30	21.04.2007	EHF Cup, final
41.	SC Magdeburg - CAI BM Aragón	31:28	29.04.2007	EHF Cup, final
42.	SC Magdeburg - HSG Düsseldorf	33:24	03.05.2007	Bundesliga
43.	SC Magdeburg - Eintracht Hildesheim	35:36	06.05.2007	Bundesliga
44.	SC Magdeburg - Wilhelmshavener HV	32:21	11.05.2007	Bundesliga
45.	SC Magdeburg - THW Kiel	23:30	16.05.2007	Bundesliga
46.	SC Magdeburg - SG Flensburg	28:35	19.05.2007	Bundesliga
47.	SC Magdeburg - TV Großwallstadt	34:27	26.05.2007	Bundesliga
48.	SC Magdeburg - HSG Wetzlar	29:30	02.06.2007	Bundesliga