Russia national handball team

Russia
Information
Association	Handball Union of Russia (Союз гандболистов России)
Coach	Dmitri Torgovanov
Colours
Home Away
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	4 (First in 1996)
Best result	1st (2000)
World Championship
Appearances	11 (First in 1993)
Best result	1st (1993, 1997)
European Championship
Appearances	12 (First in 1994)
Best result	1st (1996)
Last updated on Unknown.

The Russia national handball team is the national handball team of Russia and is controlled by the Handball Union of Russia. Russia is designated by IHF and EHF as the inheritor of the record of USSR until 1990 and the Unified Team during the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

History of handball in Russia

Handball in Russia as one of the sports games appeared in early 20th century (approx. in 1909). In the first period of its development the handball in Russia had two forms, 11 players form and 7 players form. The main centers for the development of handball in Russia till the end of 40s were Moscow, Leningrad, Rostov-on-Don, Krasnodar and other cities of the Russian Federation. Its high popularity, growing authority, both in center and in provinces demanded the formation of united organizational and methodical center, and it was had formed. In 1955 was set up the All-Union section (federation) of handball, was approved the statutes of this public sports organization, were defined the directions for the development of handball, and that appeared to be a stimulus to wide development of handball in the country. There were formed the sections of handball, were set up handball teams, the handball competitions were held. By early 60s was finally approved a single form of handball game – 7players form.

At that period, thanks to active and purposeful efforts of handball public family – All-Russia and regional federations, coaches, athletes and just lovers for handball – started to work centers for children and youths where were trained young athletes – future champions of world and Olympic Games. The first center of that kind was the sports school “Start” for children and youths in Rostov-on-Don. Then similar schools were opened in Moscow, Sverdlovsk, Leningrad, Krasnodar, Volgograd, Krasnoyarsk, in the Far East. More than 100 such centers for training young athletes were opened in Russia. The best of them were awarded with the status of specialized sports schools of Olympic reserve. The opening of those sports schools of Olympic reserve played a significant role in preparation of high class athletes – the reserve of the master teams and of national teams of the country. Young athletes in the age of 10–17 years had their sports training in those schools using special programs. To the moment of appear at the international arena the Russian handball players had got sufficient sports potential and could be able to equally withstand to club and national teams of the countries where handball 7players form started its development much earlier.

The first world championships in handball 7 players form for men teams was held in 1938 in Germany, for women` teams in 1957 in Yugoslavia.

Results

Summer Olympics

Year	Rank
West Germany 1972	5th place
Canada 1976	Champions
USSR 1980	Runners-up
USA 1984	Boycotted
South Korea 1988	Champions
Spain 1992	Champions
USA 1996	5th place
Australia 2000	Champions
Greece 2004	3rd Place
China 2008	6th place
UK 2012	Did not qualify

World Championship

Year	Hosting Country	Rank
1938	Germany	Did not participate
1954	Sweden	Did not participate
1958	East Germany	Did not participate
1961	West Germany	Did not participate
1964	Czechoslovakia	5th place
1967	Sweden	4th Place
1970	France	9th place
1974	East Germany	5th place
1978	Denmark	Runners-up
1982	West Germany	Champions
1986	Switzerland	10th place
1990	Czechoslovakia	Runners-up
1993	Sweden	Champions
1995	Iceland	5th place
1997	Japan	Champions
1999	Egypt	Runners-up
2001	France	6th place
2003	Portugal	5th place
2005	Tunisia	8th place
2007	Germany	6th place
2009	Croatia	16th place
2011	Sweden	Did not qualify
2013	Spain	7th place
2015	Qatar	19th place

European Championship

Team

Current squad

This is the squad for the 2016 European Men's Handball Championship.^[1]

Head coach: Dmitri Torgovanov

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 6 RW Daniil Shishkarev (1988-07-06) 6 July 1988 1.89 m 67 153 RK Vardar 7 RW Dmitry Kovalev (1982-05-15) 15 May 1982 1.80 m 159 396 Chekhovskiye Medvedi 10 P Alexander Chernoivanov (1979-02-13) 13 February 1979 2.02 m 108 219 Chekhovskiye Medvedi 11 CB Pavel Atman (1987-05-25) 25 May 1987 1.90 m 93 157 Meshkov Brest 12 GK Vadim Bogdanov (1986-03-26) 26 March 1986 1.97 m 74 0 Azoty-Puławy 13 LB Sergei Gorbok (1982-12-04) 4 December 1982 1.96 m 48 164 RK Vardar 16 GK Dmitry Pavlenko (1991-01-01) 1 January 1991 1.90 m 6 0 Chekhovskiye Medvedi 20 P Mikhail Chipurin (1986-07-14) 14 July 1986 1.85 m 191 484 Ivry Handball 21 P Gleb Kalarash (1990-11-29) 29 November 1990 2.05 m 10 25 Motor Zaporozhye 25 RB Sergey Shelmenko (1983-04-05) 5 April 1983 1.96 m 57 110 Motor Zaporozhye 26 RW Ruslan Dashko (1996-08-13) 13 August 1996 1.98 m 5 13 Dinamo Stavropol 30 LB Valentin Buzmakov (1985-04-17) 17 April 1985 1.92 m 5 6 Permskie Medvedi 31 LW Timur Dibirov (1983-07-30) 30 July 1983 1.80 m 158 540 RK Vardar 44 LW Igor Soroka (1991-05-27) 27 May 1991 1.80 m 10 27 Permskie Medvedi 74 P Lev Tcelishchev (1990-04-16) 16 April 1990 2.05 m 9 0 Dinamo Astrakhan 87 GK Victor Kireev (1987-05-05) 5 May 1987 1.90 m 6 0 Saint Petersburg 89 CB Dmitry Zhitnikov (1989-11-20) 20 November 1989 1.85 m 72 137 Wisła Płock

Coaching Staff

Notable players

• Andrey Lavrov
• Talant Dujshebaev
• Pavel Sukosyan
• Vyacheslav Gorpishin
• Eduard Koksharov
• Vasily Kudinov
• Dmitry Filippov
• Denis Krivoshlykov
• Serguei Pogorelov
• Dmitri Torgovanov
• Aleksandr Tuchkin
• Stanislav Kulinchenko
• Valeri Gopin
• Oleg Kisselev
• Alexey Kamanin
• Alexey Kostygov
• Alexander Chernoivanov
• Vitaly Ivanov
• Vasily Filippov
• Lev Voronin
• Vyacheslav Atavin
• Oleg Grebnev
• Andrey Starikh
• Pavel Bashkin

Player statistics

References

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External links

• Official website
• IHF profile

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