Lithuanian men's national handball team
| Association | Lietuvos rankinio federacija | ||
| confederacy | EHF | ||
| Outfitter | bumblebee | ||
| Trainer | Gintaras Savukynas | ||
| Assistant coach | Artūras Juškėnas | ||
| Most games | Arūnas Vaškevičius : 180 | ||
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| Handball world championship | |||
| Participation | 1 of 26 (First: 1997 ) | ||
| best result | 10th place, 1997 | ||
| European handball championship | |||
| Participation | 1 (first: 1998 ) | ||
| best result | 9th place, 1998 | ||
| (As of December 25, 2013) | |||
The Lithuanian men's national handball team represents the Republic of Lithuania in international matches and tournaments.
So far, the team has been able to qualify once for the World Championship (1997) and once for the European Championship (1998) and finished 10th and 9th respectively. It is currently 34th out of 46 teams in the IHF world rankings.
Current squad
The current squad for the qualifiers for the 2015 World Cup in Qatar against Georgia , Turkey and Finland includes the following players:
| No. | player | birthday | position | society |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arūnas Vaškevičius | 3rd August 1973 | goalkeeper | Cadets Schaffhausen |
| 3 | Jonas Truchanovičius | June 24, 1993 | Back left | |
| 4th | Rolandas Bernatonis | January 22, 1987 | Back left | |
| 8th | Augustas Strazdas | February 20, 1980 | Back room | |
| 9 | Povilas babarskas | December 13, 1988 | Back left | |
| 10 | Lukas Feoktistovas | January 25, 1993 | Back room | |
| 11 | Benas Petreikis | February 9, 1992 | Back center | |
| 17th | Robertas Švedas | October 15, 1986 | Right winger | |
| 20th | Skirmantas Plėta | 2nd December 1989 | Left winger | |
| 22nd | Aistis Pažemeckas | May 8, 1988 | goalkeeper | |
| 27 | Vaidotas Grosas | April 20, 1983 | Back room | |
| 30th | Tadas Stankevičius | 2nd December 1990 | Circular rotor | |
| 35 | Valdas Drabavičius | June 21, 1990 | Right winger | |
| 44 | Tadas Jurelevičius | January 25, 1990 | Circular rotor | |
| 88 | Mindaugas Dumčius | July 6, 1995 | Back right | |
| 93 | Paulius Orlovskis | January 25, 1993 | Back right |
As of December 25, 2013
Former well-known national players
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ IHF world rankings
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from December 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
