Romanian men's national field handball team

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Romania
Association Federaţia Română de Handbal (FRH)
Olympic games
Participation 1 of 1 ( 1936 )
best result 5th place ( 1936 )


Handball world championship
Participation 2 of 7 (First: 1938 )
best result Silver medal world centered-2.svgSilver medal ( 1959 )
(As of April 15, 2020)

The Romanian men's national field handball team represented Romania at international matches and international tournaments.

The greatest success was the silver medal at the 1959 World Cup .

Olympic games

The Romanian national handball team took part in the only event where field handball was played.

year venue Participation until ... Result medal
1936 Berlin , German EmpireGerman Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era)  Play for 5th place Romania kingdomRomania Romania 10-3 United StatesUnited States 48United States  5th place

World championships

The Romanian national handball team took part in two of the seven field handball world championships held until 1966 .

year Host country Participation until ... Result rank Comments and special features
1938 German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) German Empire Play for 5th place Romania kingdomRomania Romania 12: 6 LuxembourgLuxembourgLuxembourg  5th place
1948 France 1946Fourth French Republic France no participation
1952 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland no participation
1955 Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany BR Germany no participation
1959 AustriaAustria Austria final Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany Federal Republic of Germany 14:11 RomaniaRomania 1952Romania  Silver medal world centered-2.svg Silver medal
1963 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland no participation
1966 AustriaAustria Austria no participation

The silver medal team

Source:

Mihai Redl , Rudolf Haberpursch , Geo Badulescu , Ion Ilyeşcu , Aurel Bulgaru , Mircea Costache , Savin Marcu , Valentin Şelaru , Gheorghe Covaci , Olimpiu Nodea , Cornel Oţelea , Virgil Hnat , Octavian Niţescu , Constantin Şelaru , Arpad Barabas , Gheorghe Covaci

Coach: Ioan K. Ghermănescu

Individual evidence

  1. Campioane Mondiale. (PDF) In: Istoria Handbalului Românesv Volumul II. Federația Română de Handbal , April 2012, p. 14 , accessed on February 16, 2020 (Romanian).