Poland men's national handball team

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Poland
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NicknameThe White and Reds
The Gladiators
AssociationPolish Handball Association
CoachPatryk Rombel
Assistant coachBartosz Jurecki
CaptainPiotr Chrapkowski
Most capsSławomir Szmal (298)
Most goalsJerzy Klempel (1170)
Colours
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Home
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Away
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances5 (First in 1972)
Best result3rd (1976)
World Championship
Appearances16 (First in 1958)
Best result2nd (2007)
European Championship
Appearances10 (First in 2002)
Best result4th (2010)
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Poland men's national handball team
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1976 Montreal
World Championship
Silver medal – second place 2007 Germany
Bronze medal – third place 1982 West Germany
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Croatia
Bronze medal – third place 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 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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
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
Total 5/14 0 Titles 32 17 3 12 779 727

World Championship[]

European Championship[]

Team[]

Current squad[]

Squad for the 2022 European Men's Handball Championship.

A 26-player squad was announced on 22 December.[2] It was cut to 21 on 31 December.[3] Due to seven positive COVID-19 tests, some changes were made on 12 January.[4][5] Rafał Przybylski was added to the squad on 16 January.[6]

Head coach: Patryk Rombel

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 GK Mateusz Kornecki (1994-06-05)5 June 1994 (aged 27) 1.94 m 48 3 Poland Łomża Vive Kielce
3 RB Michał Daszek (1992-06-27)27 June 1992 (aged 29) 1.82 m 118 299 Poland Orlen Wisła Płock
4 CB Piotr Jędraszczyk (2001-10-09)9 October 2001 (aged 20) 1.77 m 0 0 Poland Piotrkowianin Piotrków Tryb.
5 CB Michał Olejniczak (2001-01-31)31 January 2001 (aged 20) 1.93 m 30 48 Poland Łomża Vive Kielce
6 RW Krzysztof Komarzewski (1998-09-18)18 September 1998 (aged 23) 1.88 m 7 13 Poland Orlen Wisła Płock
7 P Patryk Walczak (1992-07-29)29 July 1992 (aged 29) 1.99 m 55 38 North Macedonia RK Vardar 1961
8 P Bartłomiej Bis (1997-03-25)25 March 1997 (aged 24) 1.94 m 5 1 Poland Górnik Zabrze
9 LB Szymon Sićko (1997-08-20)20 August 1997 (aged 24) 2.00 m 43 99 Poland Łomża Vive Kielce
10 RB Maciej Zarzycki (1998-07-26)26 July 1998 (aged 23) 1.86 m 4 0 Poland Gwardia Opole
12 LB Ariel Pietrasik (1999-10-21)21 October 1999 (aged 22) 2.02 m 0 0 Switzerland TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen
18 LB Melwin Beckman (2000-08-05)5 August 2000 (aged 21) 1.98 m 2 5 Sweden HK Aranäs
20 CB Maciej Pilitowski (1990-10-27)27 October 1990 (aged 31) 1.88 m 34 36 Poland Energa MKS Kalisz
21 P Kamil Syprzak (1991-07-23)23 July 1991 (aged 30) 2.07 m 144 282 France Paris Saint-Germain
23 RW Arkadiusz Moryto (1997-08-31)31 August 1997 (aged 24) 1.82 m 67 304 Poland Łomża Vive Kielce
26 LW Przemysław Krajewski (1987-01-20)20 January 1987 (aged 34) 1.84 m 138 324 Poland Orlen Wisła Płock
28 P Maciej Gębala (1994-01-10)10 January 1994 (aged 28) 2.00 m 69 89 Germany SC DHfK Leipzig
30 RB Rafał Przybylski (1991-02-19)19 February 1991 (aged 30) 2.00 m 84 161 Poland Azoty-Puławy
40 GK Mateusz Zembrzycki (1997-03-18)18 March 1997 (aged 24) 1.95 m 2 0 Poland Azoty-Puławy
44 LW (2000-11-08)8 November 2000 (aged 21) 1.88 m 0 0 Poland Orlen Wisła Płock

Head coaches[]

  • Ignacy Pazur
  • Walenty Kłyszejko
  • 1967–1976 – Janusz Czerwiński
  • 1976–1978 – Stanisław Majorek
  • 1978–1980 – Jacek Zglinicki
  • Tadeusz Wadych
  • Jan Pełka
  • 1981–1984 – Zygfryd Kuchta
  • Jerzy Eliasz
  • 1986–1990 – Zenon Łakomy
  • 1990–1992 – Michał Kaniowski
  • 1992–1994 – Bogdan Kowalczyk
  • 1994–1996 – Jacek Zglinicki
  • Stefan Wrześniewski
  • Jerzy Klempel
  • 1998–2000 – Zygfryd Kuchta
  • 2000–2004 – Bogdan Zajączkowski
  • 2004–2012 – Bogdan Wenta
  • 2012–2016 – Michael Biegler
  • 2016–2017 – Talant Dujshebaev
  • 2017–2019 – Piotr Przybecki
  • 2019–present – Patryk Rombel

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 2002–2018 259
3. Marcin Lijewski 1997–2013 251
4. Andrzej Szymczak 1967–1984 234
Bartosz Jurecki 2004–2016 234
6. Jerzy Klempel 1972–1987 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 2005–2018 200
12. Bogdan Wenta 1981–1994 198
13. Zbigniew Tłuczyński 1978–1990 186
14. Krzysztof Lijewski 2003–2018 185
15. 1983–1990 178
16. Henryk Rozmiarek 1971–1980 177
17. Jan Gmyrek 1970–1979 176
18. Damian Wleklak 1998–2009 164
19. Mariusz Jurkiewicz 2002–2017 163
20. Janusz Brzozowski 1973–1982 162
Robert Nowakowski 1989–2003 162

Most goals[]

# Player Years Goals
1. Jerzy Klempel 1972–1984 1170
2. Karol Bielecki 2002–2018 955
3. Bogdan Wenta 1981–1994 763
4. Bartosz Jurecki 2004–2016 729
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 2005–2018 547
12. Zbigniew Tłuczyński 1978–1990 527
13. Tomasz Tłuczyński 2006–2012 503
14. 1981–1990 447
15. Krzysztof Lijewski 2003–2018 439
16. Patryk Kuchczyński 2002–2014 435
17. 1983–1990 427
18. Piotr Przybecki 1989–2005 372
19. Grzegorz Kosma 1969–1984 355
20. 1994–2006 348

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. ^ "Powołania kadry narodowej" (in Polish). zprp.pl. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Zmiany w kadrze Polaków przed mistrzostwami Europy" (in Polish). eurosport.tvn24.pl. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Patryk Rombel odkrywa karty" (in Polish). zprp.pl. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Komunikat Związku Piłki Ręcznej w Polsce" (in Polish). zprp.pl. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Komunikat przed meczem Polska – Białoruś" (in Polish). zprp.pl. Retrieved 16 January 2022.

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