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	Michael Biegler
Most caps	Sławomir Szmal (252)
Most goals	Jerzy Klempel (1170)
Colours
Home Away
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	4 (first in 1972)
Best result	3rd (1976)
World Championship
Appearances	14 (first in 1958)
Best result	2nd (2007)
European Championship
Appearances	8 (first in 2002)
Best result	4th (2010)
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The Poland men's national handball team is the national handball team of Poland, controlled by the Polish Handball Association (Związek Piłki Ręcznej w Polsce), that represents Poland in the international matches.

Competitive record

     Champions       Runners-up       Third Place       Fourth Place  

Olympic Games

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

World Championships

• 1958 – 5th
• 1967 – 12th
• 1970 – 14th
• 1974 – 4th
• 1978 – 6th
• 1982 – 3rd
• 1986 – 14th
• 1990 – 11th
• 2003 – 10th
• 2007 – 2nd
• 2009 – 3rd
• 2011 – 8th
• 2013 – 9th
• 2015 – 3rd

European Championship

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty throws.

**Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won. Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Team

Current squad

This is the squad for the 2015 World Men's Handball Championship.^[1]

Head coach: Michael Biegler

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Sławomir Szmal (1978-10-02) 2 October 1978 1.90 m 248 2 Vive Targi Kielce 3 RB Krzysztof Lijewski (1983-07-07) 7 July 1983 1.98 m 147 339 Vive Targi Kielce 6 LW Przemysław Krajewski (1987-01-20) 20 January 1987 1.84 m 35 46 Azoty-Puławy 7 RW Robert Orzechowski (1989-11-20) 20 November 1989 1.89 m 57 106 Górnik Zabrze 8 LB Karol Bielecki (1982-01-23) 23 January 1982 2.02 m 209 782 Vive Targi Kielce 9 RB Andrzej Rojewski (1985-08-20) 20 August 1985 1.93 m 2 4 SC Magdeburg 11 LW Adam Wiśniewski (1980-10-24) 24 October 1980 1.92 m 110 245 Wisła Płock 12 GK Marcin Wichary (1980-02-17) 17 February 1980 1.93 m 112 0 Wisła Płock 13 P Bartosz Jurecki (1979-01-31) 31 January 1979 1.93 m 199 638 SC Magdeburg 15 LB Michał Jurecki (1984-10-27) 27 October 1984 2.02 m 154 398 Vive Targi Kielce 16 GK Piotr Wyszomirski (1988-01-06) 6 January 1988 1.93 m 75 0 Pick Szeged 18 P Piotr Grabarczyk (1982-10-31) 31 October 1982 2.00 m 76 42 Vive Targi Kielce 20 LB Mariusz Jurkiewicz (1982-02-03) 3 February 1982 1.98 m 136 222 Wisła Płock 21 CB Piotr Masłowski (1988-02-20) 20 February 1988 1.92 m 12 12 Azoty-Puławy 23 P Kamil Syprzak (1991-07-23) 23 July 1991 2.08 m 54 76 Wisła Płock 26 RW Michał Daszek (1992-06-27) 27 June 1992 1.80 m 20 24 Wisła Płock 45 RB Michał Szyba (1988-03-18) 18 March 1988 1.96 m 26 29 Gorenje 49 LB Piotr Chrapkowski (1988-03-24) 24 March 1988 2.03 m 36 69 Vive Targi Kielce

Famous players

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-)

References

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External links

• Official website
• IHF profile

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