Serbia men's national handball team

2012 European Championship

The 2012 European Men's Handball Championship was the tenth edition of the tournament and was held in Serbia from 15–29 January 2012 in the cities of Belgrade, Niš, Novi Sad and Vršac.

Playing in front of their home crowd, the hosts were pitted in Group A against Denmark, Poland and Slovakia. They finished first in the group following victories against Denmark and Poland.

In the main round the team faced Germany, Sweden and Macedonia. Serbia advanced again by defeating two of their three opponents and defeated Croatia in the semifinal 26–22. They faced Denmark in the final, after having already beaten them in the group stage. However, Denmark exacted upon revenge to emerge as champions.

Olympic Games

More information Games, Round ...

Games	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1936 to 1988	part of Yugoslavia
1992	qualified and later suspended
1996	Part of FR Yugoslavia did not qualify
2000	Fourth place	4th of 12	8	4	0	4	204	203	+1
2004	did not qualify
2008	did not qualify  Serbia
2012	Group stage	9th of 12	5	1	0	4	120	131	−11
2016	did not qualify
2020
2024
2028	Future events
2032
Total	2/8	–	13	5	0	8	324	334	−10

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World Championship

More information Year, Round ...

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1938 to 1990	part of Yugoslavia
1993	qualified and later suspended
1995	Part of FR Yugoslavia suspended from qualification tournament
1997	Round of 16	9	6	4	0	2	162	148
1999	Third place	3	9	6	1	2	257	211
2001	Third place	3	9	7	0	2	254	182
2003	7th/8th place	8	9	5	1	3	263	228
2005	5th/6th place	5	9	5	2	2	253	221
2007	did not qualify  Serbia
2009	7th/8th place	8	9	4	1	4	280	281
2011	9th/10th place	10	9	3	1	5	246	251
2013	Round of 16	10	6	3	0	3	170	159
2015	did not qualify
2017
2019	Presidents Cup	18	7	2	1	4	187	203
2021	did not qualify
2023	Main round	11	6	4	0	2	191	168
// 2025	did not qualify
2027	qualified
/ 2029	Future events
// 2031
Total	11/18	–	79	43	7	29	2263	2052

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European Championship

More information Year, Round ...

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1994	Part of FR Yugoslavia suspended from qualification tournament
1996	Third place	3	7	5	1	1	166	162
1998	5th/6th place	5	6	4	0	2	157	145
2000	did not qualify
2002	9th/10th place	10	7	2	1	4	185	192
2004	7th/8th place	8	7	3	1	3	206	199
2006	Main round	9	6	2	0	4	166	181
2008	did not qualify  Serbia
2010	Preliminary round	13	3	0	1	2	83	94
2012	Runner-up	2	8	4	2	2	176	168
2014	Preliminary round	13	3	1	0	2	73	77
2016		15	3	0	1	2	81	92
2018	Main round	12	6	1	0	5	160	191
2020	Preliminary round	20	3	0	0	3	72	81
2022		14	3	1	0	2	76	75
2024		19	3	0	1	2	83	85
2026		19	3	1	0	2	82	82
2028	Future event
2030
2032
Total	14/20	–	68	24	8	36	1766	1824

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* Colored background indicates that medal was won on the tournament.

** Red border color indicates that tournament was held on home soil.

Mediterranean Games

• 1993 – Suspended

Part of FR Yugoslavia

• 1997 – 5th
• 2001 – 5th
• 2005 – 4th

As Serbia

• 2009 – Champions
• 2013 – 6th
• 2018 – 8th
• 2022 – 3rd

Current squad

Squad for the 2026 European Men's Handball Championship^[2][3]

Head coach: Raúl González

More information No., Pos. ...

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Vladimir Cupara (1994-02-19) 19 February 1994 (age 32) 1.99 m 79 5 Dinamo București 3 RW Vukašin Vorkapić (1997-10-01) 1 October 1997 (age 28) 1.87 m 34 69 RK Vojvodina 4 P Marko Jevtić (2001-10-17) 17 October 2001 (age 24) 1.86 m 5 21 CD Bidasoa 13 LB Uroš Borzaš (1999-07-28) 28 July 1999 (age 26) 1.88 m 38 66 RK Alkaloid 15 RW Uroš Kojadinović (2000-09-26) 26 September 2000 (age 25) 1.86 m 23 67 Fenix Toulouse Handball 16 GK Andrej Trnavac (1998-12-13) 13 December 1998 (age 27) 1.87 m 8 0 RK Partizan 19 LW Nemanja Ilić (1990-05-11) 11 May 1990 (age 36) 1.76 m 140 397 Fenix Toulouse Handball 21 LW Vanja Ilić (1993-02-25) 25 February 1993 (age 33) 1.85 m 97 245 C' Chartres Métropole Handball 22 P Ivan Mićić (2000-09-22) 22 September 2000 (age 25) 1.90 m 5 13 RK Partizan 23 CB Aljoša Damjanović (2005-05-29) 29 May 2005 (age 21) 1.87 m 0 0 RK Metaloplastika 24 CB Lazar Kukić (1995-12-12) 12 December 1995 (age 30) 1.88 m 61 147 SC Pick Szeged 28 RB Uroš Mitrović (2004-09-13) 13 September 2004 (age 21) 1.98 m 2 5 RK Vardar 29 LB Marko Tasić (2003-02-02) 2 February 2003 (age 23) 1.99 m 2 1 Dinamo Pančevo 35 CB Veljko Popović (2000-02-18) 18 February 2000 (age 26) 1.90 m 2 6 RK Partizan 40 CB Stefan Dodić (2003-03-13) 13 March 2003 (age 23) 1.94 m 10 17 RK Vojvodina 45 RW Darko Đukić (1994-12-11) 11 December 1994 (age 31) 1.91 m 58 157 GRK Ohrid 46 P Dragan Pechmalbec (1996-01-05) 5 January 1996 (age 30) 1.94 m 35 92 Veszprém KC 93 P Mijajlo Marsenić (1993-03-09) 9 March 1993 (age 33) 2.02 m 130 298 Füchse Berlin 96 GK Dejan Milosavljev (1996-03-16) 16 March 1996 (age 30) 1.96 m 74 3 Füchse Berlin

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Individual records

• Bold denotes players still playing international handball. ^{[citation needed]}