Serbia men's national handball team

Serbia
Information
Nickname	Orlovi (The Eagles)
Association	Handball Federation of Serbia
Coach	Toni Gerona
Captain	Nemanja Ilić
Colours
Home Away
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	2 (First in 2000)
Best result	4th (2000)
World Championship
Appearances	9 (First in 1997)
Best result	(1999, 2001)
European Championship
Appearances	11 (First in 1996)
Best result	(2012)
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Serbia men's national handball team

Medal record
Representing FR Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro Serbia
World Championship
	1999 Egypt
	2001 France
European Championship
	2012 Serbia
	1996 Spain
Mediterranean Games
	2009 Pescara	Team

The Serbia men's national handball team represents Serbia in international handball competitions. It is governed by the Serbian Handball Federation.

Olympic Committee of FR Yugoslavia declared men's national handball team for the best male team of the year 1999.^[1]

History[]

2012 European Championship[]

The 2012 European Men's Handball Championship was held in Serbia from 15–29 January 2012, in the cities of Belgrade, Niš, Novi Sad and Vršac and is the tenth edition of the tournament. Germany and France were the other applicants for the championship.

At the 2012 European Championship in their home country, where they were pitted in Group A against Denmark, Poland and Slovakia. They finished first in their group following victories against Denmark and Poland. In the main round the team faced Germany, Sweden and Macedonia.

The team advanced by defeating two of their three opponents. In the semi-finals Croatia was defeated by 26–22.

They faced Denmark in the finals, after having already defeated them in the second match at the group stage. Denmark emerged as the champion.

Honours[]

Competition				Total
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0
World Championship	0	0	2	2
European Championship	0	1	1	2
Total	0	1	3	4

Competitive record[]

The Serbian Handball Federation is deemed the direct successor to Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro by EHF.

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place  

Olympic Games[]

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

World Championship[]

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1938 to 1990	Part of Yugoslavia
1993	Qualified and later suspended
1995	Suspended from qualification tournament
1997	Round of 16	9	6	4	0	2	162	148
1999	Third place	3	9	6	1	2	257	221
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
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	TBD
// 2025
2027
Total	9/15	–	73	39	7	27	2072	1894

From 1994 till 2006 part of FR Yugoslavia and SCG.

European Championship[]

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1994	Suspended
1996	Third place	3	7	5	1	1	166	162
1998	5th/6th place	5	6	4	0	2	159	145
2000	Did not qualify
2002	9th/10th place	10	6	2	1	3	160	161
2004	7h/8th place	8	7	3	1	3	206	199
2006	Main round	9	6	2	0	4	161	177
2008	Did not qualify
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	Preliminary round	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	Qualified
2024	Future event
Total	12/15	–	58	22	7	29	1497	1547

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

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

Team[]

Current squad[]

Squad for the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship.^[2][3]

Head coach: Nenad Peruničić

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 5 LB Ivan Mošić (1994-12-23) 23 December 1994 (age 26) 1.94 m 24 33 Abanca Ademar León 7 CB Stefan Vujić (1991-07-06) 6 July 1991 (age 30) 1.92 m 33 60 Dinamo București 8 LB Stevan Sretenović (1995-09-25) 25 September 1995 (age 25) 2.01 m 31 77 Vojvodina 9 RB Nikola Crnoglavac (1992-04-22) 22 April 1992 (age 29) 1.95 m 24 49 CSM Bacău 10 RW Milan Đukić (1985-08-16) 16 August 1985 (age 36) 1.85 m 24 47 Eurofarm Rabotnik 13 P Živan Pešić (1993-07-07) 7 July 1993 (age 28) 1.93 m 32 34 Nexe Našice 14 RW Bogdan Radivojević (1993-03-02) 2 March 1993 (age 28) 1.92 m 66 117 MOL-Pick Szeged 17 CB Aleksa Kolaković (1997-08-10) 10 August 1997 (age 24) 1.92 m 6 9 Saint-Raphaël Var Handball 19 LW Nemanja Ilić (1990-05-11) 11 May 1990 (age 31) 1.78 m 88 243 Fenix Toulouse Handball 20 LB Miljan Pušica (1991-06-30) 30 June 1991 (age 30) 2.00 m 47 83 GWD Minden 21 LW Vanja Ilić (1993-02-25) 25 February 1993 (age 28) 1.80 m 36 63 C' Chartres Métropole Handball 23 P Zoran Nikolić (1991-02-23) 23 February 1991 (age 30) 1.88 m 40 66 HC Dobrogea Sud Constanța 24 CB Lazar Kukić (1995-12-12) 12 December 1995 (age 25) 1.86 m 37 60 BM Logroño La Rioja 25 RB Nemanja Zelenović (1990-02-27) 27 February 1990 (age 31) 1.94 m 93 266 Frisch Auf Göppingen 33 P Mijajlo Marsenić (1993-03-09) 9 March 1993 (age 28) 2.03 m 86 189 Füchse Berlin 76 GK Vladimir Cupara (1994-02-19) 19 February 1994 (age 27) 1.98 m 45 3 Telekom Veszprém 90 GK Tibor Ivanišević (1990-08-16) 16 August 1990 (age 31) 1.96 m 32 0 HSG Wetzlar

Individual records^{[citation needed]}[]

• Bold denotes players still playing international handball.

References[]

External links[]

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