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 long tradition in handball. First of all, Greece made it to the handball 2006 World Cup and 2004 Olympics where they beat Brazil, Korea and won a hard match against Egypt. They lost to Croatia but Croatia was an Olympic Champion of 2004 and a powerful handball team which had difficulty beating Greece. In the World Cup Greece took 6th place.

Current squad

The Greece international squad at the 2013 World Championship Qualification

Position No. Player Date of birth Club
GK
12
 Evangelos Koulouris 31 July 1985 AEK Athens H.C.
GK
1
 Konstantinos Tsilimparis 31 July 1979 European University Cyprus
GK
Georgios Georgiadis 1 June 1983 A.C. Doukas
LW
20
 Vyron Papadopoulous 22 February 1986 HC Empor Rostock
LW
7
 Georgios Zaravinas 13 June 1976 AC Diomidis Argous
RW
8
 Nikolaos Samaras 5 August 1978 AC Diomidis Argous
CB
4
 Dimitrios Tzimourtos 10 February 1981 Eintracht Hildesheim
CB
5
 Georgios Mastorogiannis 30 August 1981 AC Diomidis Argous
CB
3
 Theodoros Megaloikonomu 18 August 1983 AC Diomidis Argous
CB
25
 Theodoros Petridis 16 June 1986 A.C. PAOK
CB
Raqi Marango 1 January 1983 AC Diomidis Argous
LB
14
 Theodoros Evangelidis 9 July 1987 HF Springe
LB
9
 Spyridon Balomenos 28 February 1979 AEK Athens H.C.
RB
6
 Nikolaos Riganas 28 January 1984 HCM Constanţa
RB
19
 Alexandros Alvanos 9 April 1980 AEK Athens H.C.
P
Georgios Chalkidis 13 May 1977 Wacker Thun
P
Charalampos Mallios 6 August 1987 AC Diomidis Argous