Polish men's national handball team

Poland

Nickname (s)	Biało-czerwoni (white and red)
Association	Związek Piłki Ręcznej w Polsce (ZPRP)
confederacy	EHF
Trainer	Patryk Rombel
Assistant coach	Bartosz Jurecki
home Away
Olympic games
Participation	5 of 13 (First: 1972 )
best result	3rd ( 1976 )
Handball world championship
Participation	15 of 26 (First: 1964 )
best result	2. ( 2007 )
European handball championship
Participation	8 of 12 (First: 2002 )
best result	4th ( 2010 )
(Status: unknown)

The team meets the former president Lech Kaczyński

The Polish men's national handball team represents Poland in international tournaments in men's handball .

The greatest sporting successes were the vice world championship title at the handball world championship 2007 in Germany as well as the third places at the Olympic Games in 1976 and the world championships in 1982 , 2009 and 2015 . In 2007 the team won the Supercup .

Successes at championships

Olympic games

• Olympic Games 1972 : 10th place
• Olympic Games 1976 :
• Olympic Games 1980 : 7th place
• Olympic Games 2008 : 5th place
• Olympic Games 2016 : 4th place

Handball World Championship (hall)

• World Cup 1958 : 5th place
• World Cup 1967 : 12th place
• 1970 World Cup : 14th place
• 1974 World Cup : 4th place
• 1978 World Cup : 6th place
• World Cup 1982 :
• 1986 World Cup : 14th place
• World Cup 1990 : 11th place
• World Cup 2003 : 10th place
• World Cup 2007 :
• World Cup 2009 :
• World Cup 2011 : 8th place
• World Cup 2013 : 9th place
• World Cup 2015 :
• World Cup 2017 : 17th place

Handball World Championship (field)

• 1963 World Cup : 4th place
• 1966 World Cup : 4th place

European handball championship

• European Championship 2002 : 15th place
• European Championship 2004 : 16th place
• European Championship 2006 : 10th place
• European Championship 2008 : 7th place
• European Championship 2010 : 4th place
• European Championship 2012 : 9th place
• European Championship 2014 : 6th place
• European Championship 2016 : 7th place

World cup

• World Cup 1974 : 2nd place
• World Cup 1979 : 2nd place

QS Supercup

• Supercup 2007 : 1st place
• Supercup 2013 : 2nd place

* As of December 11, 2016

Well-known former and current national players

Matches include data obtained exclusively in official Polish national team matches . All unofficial national team games, or meetings within the framework of others than the national team - played by a player - are not included in the lists below.

Most missions (July 20, 2016) # player Years Games 1. Sławomir Szmal 1998– 279 2. Marcin Lijewski 1997-2013 251 3. Karol Bielecki 2002– 244 4th Andrzej Szymczak 1967-1984 234 5. Bartosz Jurecki 2004– 227 6th Jerzy Klempel 1972-1987 221 7th Daniel Waszkiewicz 1977-1989 214 8th. Mariusz Jurasik 1997-2012 207 9. Alfred Kałuziński 1973-1982 204 10. Patryk Kuchczyński 2002– 201 11. Bogdan Wenta 1981-1994 191 12. Michał Jurecki 2005– 189 13. Zbigniew Tłuczyński 1978-1990 186 14th Zbigniew Plechoć 1983-1990 178 15th Henryk Rozmiarek 1971-1980 177 16. Jan Gmyrek 1970-1979 176 17th Krzysztof Lijewski 2003– 173 18th Damian Wleklak 1998-2009 164 19th Janusz Brzozowski 1973-1982 162 = Robert Nowakowski 1989-2003 162

Most Goals (July 20, 2016) # player Years Gates 1. Jerzy Klempel 1972-1984 1170 2. Karol Bielecki 2002– 891 3. Bogdan Wenta 1981-1994 763 4th Bartosz Jurecki 2004– 723 5. Marcin Lijewski 1997-2013 711 6th Robert Nowakowski 1989-2003 709 7th Daniel Waszkiewicz 1977-1989 705 8th. Mariusz Jurasik 1997-2012 704 9. Alfred Kałuziński 1973-1982 620 10. Grzegorz Tkaczyk 2000-2012 549 11. Michał Jurecki 2005– 528 12. Zbigniew Tłuczyński 1978-1990 527 13. Tomasz Tłuczyński 2006–2012 503 14th Lesław Dziuba 1981-1990 447 15th Patryk Kuchczyński 2002– 435 16. Zbigniew Plechoć 1983-1990 427 17th Krzysztof Lijewski 2003– 409 18th Piotr Przybecki 1989-2005 372 19th Grzegorz Kosma 1969-1984 355 20th Piotr Obrusiewicz ? –2006 348

Web links

• Homepage of the Polish Handball Federation
• Portrait of the Polish team on qatarhandball2015.com