Poland men's national handball team

Poland
Information
NicknameThe White and Reds
The Gladiators
AssociationPolish Handball Association
CoachJota González
Most capsSławomir Szmal (298)
Most goalsJerzy Klempel (1170)
Colours
1st
2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances5 (First in 1972)
Best result 3rd (1976)
World Championship
Appearances18 (First in 1958)
Best result 2nd (2007)
European Championship
Appearances11 (First in 2002)
Best result4th (2010)
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Poland men's national handball team
Medal record
Olympic Games
1976 Montreal
World Championship
2007 Germany
1982 West Germany
2009 Croatia
2015 Qatar

The Poland men's national handball team is controlled by the Polish Handball Association (Związek Piłki Ręcznej w Polsce), and represents Poland in international matches.[1]

Honours

Competition Total
Olympic Games 0 0 1 1
World Championship 0 1 3 4
European Championship 0 0 0 0
Total 0 1 4 5

Competitive record

Olympic Games

Year Round Position GP W D L GF GA
1936 Berlin did not participate
1972 Munich 9th–12th places 10th 5 2 1 2 75 78
1976 Montreal Final Round 3rd 5 4 0 1 101 89
1980 Moscow Final Round 7th 6 3 1 2 146 119
1984 Los Angeles Boycott
1988 Seoul did not qualify
1992 Barcelona
1996 Atlanta
2000 Sydney
2004 Athens
2008 Beijing Quarterfinals 5th 8 5 1 2 235 214
2012 London did not qualify
2016 Rio de Janeiro Semifinals 4th 8 3 0 5 222 227
2020 Tokyo did not qualify
2024 Paris
Total 5/14 0 Titles 32 17 3 12 779 727

World Championship

Euro Tournaments

All teams in these tournaments are European,all World and Olympic Champions, and top 7 from World Championships and Olympics were participating. They were mini European championships at the time.

EURO World Cup tournament Sweden
  • 1974 : 2nd place
  • 1979 : 2nd place
  • 1984 : 5th place

European Championship

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship.[2]

Head coach: Marcin Lijewski[3]

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
2 LB Damian Przytuła (1998-11-27) 27 November 1998 2.00 m 47 85 MOL Tatabánya KC
4 CB Piotr Jędraszczyk (2001-10-09) 9 October 2001 1.77 m 39 80 Corotop Gwardia Opole
5 LB Michał Olejniczak (2001-01-31) 31 January 2001 1.95 m 71 122 Industria Kielce
8 P Bartłomiej Bis (1997-03-25) 25 March 1997 1.94 m 38 12 HSC 2000 Coburg
11 CB Paweł Paterek (2000-12-17) 17 December 2000 1.86 m 19 34 KGHM Chrobry Głogów
12 LB Ariel Pietrasik (1999-10-21) 21 October 1999 2.02 m 44 91 Kadetten Schaffhausen
19 LW Jan Czuwara (1995-10-18) 18 October 1995 1.84 m 74 150 Zagłębie Lubin
20 CB Kamil Adamski (1995-05-17) 17 May 1995 1.93 m 4 3 Rebud KPR Ostrovia
21 P Kamil Syprzak (1991-07-23) 23 July 1991 2.07 m 177 404 Paris Saint-Germain
23 RB Arkadiusz Moryto (1997-08-31) 31 August 1997 1.82 m 104 504 Industria Kielce
26 RW Marek Marciniak (1995-09-21) 21 September 1995 1.88 m 3 4 Azoty Puławy
28 P Maciej Gębala (1994-01-10) 10 January 1994 2.00 m 105 136 HC Erlangen
44 LW Mikołaj Czapliński (2000-08-11) 11 August 2000 1.88 m 22 40 PGE Wybrzeże Gdańsk
46 RW Mateusz Wojdan (2000-12-19) 19 December 2000 1.77 m 3 7 Corotop Gwardia Opole
60 GK Kacper Ligarzewski (2001-06-14) 14 June 2001 1.89 m 3 0 Górnik Zabrze
75 GK Marcel Jastrzębski (2003-03-14) 14 March 2003 1.95 m 10 0 Orlen Wisła Płock
93 P Łukasz Rogulski (1993-06-10) 10 June 1993 1.92 m 6 6 Industria Kielce
94 GK Adam Morawski (1994-10-17) 17 October 1994 1.90 m 85 7 MT Melsungen

Head coaches

Statistics

Matches include data obtained exclusively in official international matches of the Polish national team. All unofficial matches of the national team, or meetings in the frame other than the national team – played by a player – are not included in the following lists.

Most caps

# Player Years Caps
1. Sławomir Szmal 1998–2018 298
2. Karol Bielecki 2002–2017 259
3. Marcin Lijewski 1997–2013 251
4. Bartosz Jurecki 2004–2016 237
5. Andrzej Szymczak 1967–1984 234
6. Jerzy Klempel 1972–1984 221
7. Daniel Waszkiewicz 1977–1989 214
8. Mariusz Jurasik 1997–2012 207
9. Alfred Kałuziński 1973–1982 204
10. Patryk Kuchczyński 2002–2014 201
11. Michał Jurecki 2005–2017 198
12. Bogdan Wenta 1981–1994 191
13. Zbigniew Tłuczyński 1978–1990 186
14. Krzysztof Lijewski 2003–2017 185
15. Kamil Syprzak 2011– 180
16. Zbigniew Plechoć 1983–1990 178
17. Henryk Rozmiarek 1971–1980 177
18. Jan Gmyrek 1970–1979 176
19. Damian Wleklak 1998–2009 164
20. Mariusz Jurkiewicz 2002–2017 163

Most goals

# Player Years Goals
1. Jerzy Klempel 1972–1984 1170
2. Karol Bielecki 2002–2017 962
3. Bogdan Wenta 1981–1994 763
4. Bartosz Jurecki 2004–2016 732
5. Marcin Lijewski 1997–2013 711
6. Robert Nowakowski 1989–2003 709
7. Daniel Waszkiewicz 1977–1989 705
8. Mariusz Jurasik 1997–2012 704
9. Alfred Kałuziński 1973–1982 620
10. Grzegorz Tkaczyk 2000–2012 549
11. Michał Jurecki 2005–2017 547
12. Zbigniew Tłuczyński 1978–1990 527
13. Arkadiusz Moryto 2017– 510
14. Tomasz Tłuczyński 2006–2012 503
15. Lesław Dziuba 1981–1990 447
16. Krzysztof Lijewski 2003–2017 439
17. Patryk Kuchczyński 2002–2014 435
18. Zbigniew Plechoć 1983–1990 427
19. Kamil Syprzak 2011– 417
20. Michał Daszek 2013– 386

Kit suppliers

The Polish national kit is supplied by Joma.

Media Coverage

Poland's matches are currently televised by TVP Sport and Eurosport.

References

  1. ^ Strona Główna ZPRP
  2. ^ "Znamy skład reprezentacji Polski mężczyzn na Mistrzostwa Świata 2025!" (in Polish). zprp.pl. 13 January 2025. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
  3. ^ "Team Roster Poland" (PDF). ihf.info. 15 January 2025. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
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