Romania men's national handball team
Romania | |||
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Association | Romanian Handball Federation | ||
Coach | Xavier Pascual | ||
Most caps | Alexandru Buligan (280) | ||
Most goals | Vasile Stîngă (1414) | ||
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Results | |||
Summer Olympics | |||
Appearances | 6 (First in 1936) | ||
Best result | 2nd, 1976 | ||
World Championship | |||
Appearances | 14 (First in 1958) | ||
Best result | 1st (1961, 1964, 1970, 1974) | ||
European Championship | |||
Appearances | 2 (First in 1994) | ||
Best result | 9th (1996) | ||
Last updated on 8 November 2013. |
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Men's Handball | ||
Olympic Games | ||
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1972 Munich | Team |
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1976 Montreal | Team |
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1980 Moscow | Team |
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1984 Los Angeles | Team |
World Championship | ||
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1961 West Germany | Team |
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1964 Czechoslovakia | Team |
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1967 Sweden | Team |
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1970 France | Team |
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1974 East Germany | Team |
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1990 Czechoslovakia | Team |
World Outdoor Championship | ||
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Team |
The Romania men's national handball team is governed by the Romanian Handball Federation (Romanian: Romanian Federaţia Română de Handbal) and takes part in international handball competitions. Romania was for many decades the most successful nation in handball with 4 gold medal wins at the World Championships, they served as a model for the sport. However, Romania has failed to win a medal since 1990.
Competitive record[]
Champions Runners-up Third Place Fourth Place
Olympic Games[]
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Games | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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Match for 5th place | 5th of 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 29 |
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Third Place | 3rd of 16 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 111 | 92 |
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Runners-up | 2nd of 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 106 | 90 |
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Third Place | 3rd of 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 139 | 106 |
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Third Place | 3rd of 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 143 | 110 |
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Match for 7th place | 8th of 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 126 | 138 |
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Total | 6/14 | – | 33 | 21 | 2 | 10 | 644 | 565 |
World Championship[]
World Championship record | ||||||||
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Year | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | +/- |
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13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 50 | −10 |
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1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 89 | 67 | +22 |
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1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 136 | 88 | +48 |
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3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 114 | 88 | +26 |
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1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 94 | 68 | +26 |
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1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 111 | 81 | +30 |
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7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 131 | 106 | +25 |
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5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 164 | 152 | +12 |
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9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 146 | 147 | −1 |
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3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 168 | 142 | +26 |
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10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 143 | 152 | −9 |
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10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 147 | 152 | −5 |
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15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 141 | 135 | +6 |
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19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 132 | 123 | +9 |
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Total | 14/27 | 83 | 51 | 4 | 28 | 25 | 1756 | 1552 |
European Championship[]
European Championship record | |||||||||
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Year | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | +/- | |
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11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 113 | 135 | −22 | |
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9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 117 | 134 | −17 | |
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Total | 2/18 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 230 | 269 | −39 |
Current squad[]
This is the list of 19 players named for the 2018 European Men's Handball Championship play-off games against Belarus and Poland
Nr. | Name | Position | Club |
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16 | Mihai Popescu | Goalkeeper | ![]() |
1 | Ionuț Iancu | Goalkeeper | ![]() |
12 | Goalkeeper | ![]() | |
15 | Valentin Ghionea | Right Wing | ![]() |
9 | Andrei Mihalcea | Right Wing | ![]() |
87 | Left Wing | ![]() | |
24 | Andrei Nicușor Negru | Left Wing | ![]() |
2 | Left Back | ![]() | |
8 | Ionuț Ramba | Left Back | ![]() |
29 | Radu Lazăr | Left Back | ![]() |
28 | Alexandru Csepreghi | Playmaker | ![]() |
Marius Szőke | Playmaker | ![]() | |
34 | Cristian Fenici | Playmaker | ![]() |
18 | Marius Sadoveac | Right Back | ![]() |
90 | Right Back | ![]() | |
99 | Pivot | ![]() | |
4 | Marius Mocanu | Pivot | ![]() |
20 | András Szász | Pivot | ![]() |
32 | Adrian Rotaru | Pivot | ![]() |
See also[]
References[]
External links[]
Categories:
- Handball in Romania
- Men's national handball teams
- National sports teams of Romania