Poland men's national handball team

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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]

NicknameThe White and Reds
The Gladiators
Assistant coachJulen Aguinagalde
Zygmunt Kamys
Marcin Wichary
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NicknameThe White and Reds
The Gladiators
AssociationPolish Handball Association
CoachJota González
Assistant coachJulen Aguinagalde
Zygmunt Kamys
Marcin Wichary
Most capsSławomir Szmal (298)
Most goalsJerzy Klempel (1170)
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1st
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2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances5 (First in 1972)
Best result3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd (1976)
World Championship
Appearances18 (First in 1958)
Best result‹See Tfd›Silver 2nd (2007)
European Championship
Appearances11 (First in 2002)
Best result4th (2010)
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History

Some of the team`s greatest achievements came between 2007 and 2016. At that time, legends like Sławomir Szmal, Karol Bielecki, or Marcin Lijewski led the Polish goldem generation to multiple world championship medals. It is also in this period that Polands best result, a silver medal at the 2007 World Championship, happened.[2]

Honours

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Competition1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Total
Olympic Games 0011
World Championship 0134
European Championship 0000
Total0145
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Competitive record

Olympic Games

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Year Round Position GP W D L GF GA
Germany 1936 Berlin did not participate
West Germany 1972 Munich 9th–12th places 10th 5 2 1 2 75 78
Canada 1976 Montreal Final Round 3rd 5 4 0 1 101 89
Soviet Union 1980 Moscow Final Round 7th 6 3 1 2 146 119
United States 1984 Los Angeles Boycott
South Korea 1988 Seoul did not qualify
Spain 1992 Barcelona
United States 1996 Atlanta
Australia 2000 Sydney
Greece 2004 Athens
China 2008 Beijing Quarterfinals 5th 8 5 1 2 235 214
United Kingdom 2012 London did not qualify
Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro Semifinals 4th 8 3 0 5 222 227
Japan 2020 Tokyo did not qualify
France 2024 Paris
United States 2028 Los Angeles
Australia 2032 Brisbane
Total 5/14 0 Titles 32 17 3 12 779 727
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World Championship

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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 Sweden: 2nd place
  • 1979 Sweden: 2nd place
  • 1984 Sweden: 5th place

European Championship

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Other tournaments

  • Supercup Winner: 2007[3]

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2026 European Men's Handball Championship.[4][5]

Head coach: Jota González

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No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 GK Miłosz Wałach (2001-11-23) 23 November 2001 (age 24) 1.95 m 4 0 North Macedonia RK Vardar 1961
2 LB Damian Przytuła (1998-11-27) 27 November 1998 (age 27) 2.00 m 58 122 Croatia RK Zagreb
3 RB Michał Daszek (1992-06-27) 27 June 1992 (age 33) 1.82 m 155 398 Poland Orlen Wisła Płock
4 CB Piotr Jędraszczyk (2001-10-09) 9 October 2001 (age 24) 1.80 m 50 119 Poland Industria Kielce
5 CB Michał Olejniczak (2001-01-31) 31 January 2001 (age 25) 1.95 m 82 154 Poland Industria Kielce
12 LB Ariel Pietrasik (1999-10-21) 21 October 1999 (age 26) 2.02 m 55 116 Switzerland Kadetten Schaffhausen
17 RB Andrzej Widomski (2003-02-06) 6 February 2003 (age 23) 1.90 m 14 28 North Macedonia RK Eurofarm Pelister
23 RW Arkadiusz Moryto (1997-08-31) 31 August 1997 (age 28) 1.82 m 108 510 Poland Industria Kielce
25 LW Piotr Jarosiewicz (1998-06-28) 28 June 1998 (age 27) 1.80 m 30 41 Poland Industria Kielce
26 RW Marek Marciniak (1995-09-21) 21 September 1995 (age 30) 1.88 m 13 24 North Macedonia RK Vardar 1961
28 P Maciej Gębala (1994-01-10) 10 January 1994 (age 32) 2.00 m 116 151 Germany HC Erlangen
30 RB Wiktor Tomczak (2002-07-22) 22 July 2002 (age 23) 2.00 m 6 2 Poland PGE Wybrzeże Gdańsk
35 CB Paweł Paterek (2000-12-17) 17 December 2000 (age 25) 1.86 m 31 66 Poland KGHM Chrobry Głogów
36 P Dawid Dawydzik (1994-12-07) 7 December 1994 (age 31) 2.00 m 57 75 Poland Orlen Wisła Płock
38 P Sebastian Kaczor (2001-12-15) 15 December 2001 (age 24) 1.96 m 3 4 France USAM Nîmes Gard
44 LW Mikołaj Czapliński (2000-08-11) 11 August 2000 (age 25) 1.88 m 34 86 Poland PGE Wybrzeże Gdańsk
48 LB Tomasz Gębala (1995-11-23) 23 November 1995 (age 30) 2.12 m 49 135 Poland PGE Wybrzeże Gdańsk
50 GK Jakub Skrzyniarz (1996-06-06) 6 June 1996 (age 29) 1.89 m 29 0 Spain Irudek Bidasoa Irún
78 P Wiktor Jankowski (2001-10-12) 12 October 2001 (age 24) 2.00 m 5 2 North Macedonia RK Vardar 1961
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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.

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Most caps

# Player Years Caps
1.Sławomir Szmal1998–2018298
2.Karol Bielecki2002–2017259
3.Marcin Lijewski1997–2013251
4.Bartosz Jurecki2004–2016237
5.Andrzej Szymczak1967–1984234
6.Jerzy Klempel1972–1984221
7.Daniel Waszkiewicz1977–1989214
8.Mariusz Jurasik1997–2012207
9.Alfred Kałuziński1973–1982204
10.Patryk Kuchczyński2002–2014201
11.Michał Jurecki2005–2017198
12.Bogdan Wenta1981–1994191
13.Zbigniew Tłuczyński1978–1990186
14.Krzysztof Lijewski2003–2017185
15.Kamil Syprzak2011–180
16.Zbigniew Plechoć1983–1990178
17.Henryk Rozmiarek1971–1980177
18.Jan Gmyrek1970–1979176
19.Damian Wleklak1998–2009164
20.Mariusz Jurkiewicz2002–2017163

Most goals

# Player Years Goals
1.Jerzy Klempel1972–19841170
2.Karol Bielecki2002–2017962
3.Bogdan Wenta1981–1994763
4.Bartosz Jurecki2004–2016732
5.Marcin Lijewski1997–2013711
6.Robert Nowakowski1989–2003709
7.Daniel Waszkiewicz1977–1989705
8.Mariusz Jurasik1997–2012704
9.Alfred Kałuziński1973–1982620
10.Grzegorz Tkaczyk2000–2012549
11.Michał Jurecki2005–2017547
12.Zbigniew Tłuczyński1978–1990527
13.Arkadiusz Moryto2017–510
14.Tomasz Tłuczyński2006–2012503
15.Lesław Dziuba1981–1990447
16.Krzysztof Lijewski2003–2017439
17.Patryk Kuchczyński2002–2014435
18.Zbigniew Plechoć1983–1990427
19.Kamil Syprzak2011–417
20.Michał Daszek2013–386
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Kit suppliers

The Polish national kit is supplied by Joma.

Media Coverage

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

References

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