Hungarian men's national handball team

Hungary
Magyarország

Association	Magyar Kézilabda-szövetség
confederacy	EHF
Outfitter	Adidas
Trainer	István Gulyás
Assistant coach	Chema Rodríguez
Most goals	Péter Kovács : 1797
Most games	Péter Kovács: 323
home Away
Balance sheet
1156 games 652 wins 102 draws 402 defeats
statistics
First international game Hungary 9: 7 Finland February 13, 1949, Budapest
Last game Hungary 30:31 Slovakia June 15, 2013, Szeged
Highest win Hungary 43:13 Australia January 14, 2013, Madrid , Spain
Biggest defeat Hungary 11:26 Czechoslovakia March 1, 1958, Magdeburg , GDR
Olympic games
Participation	8 of 13 (First: 1936 )
best result	4th place ( 1936 , 1980 , 1988 , 2004 , 2012 )
Handball world championship
Participation	20 of 26 (First: 1958 )
best result	2nd place 1986
European handball championship
Participation	12 of 14 (First: 1994 )
best result	6th place ( 1998 )
(As of June 15, 2013)

The Hungarian team at the 2009 World Cup

Talant Dujshebaev , former coach of the Hungarian national team

The Hungarian men's national handball team represents Hungary in international tournaments in men's handball .

The greatest success of the Hungarians is 2nd place at the 1986 World Handball Championship .

successes

World Championship

• 1958 (GDR): 7th place
• 1964 (Czechoslovakia): 8th place
• 1967 (Sweden): 8th place
• 1970 (France): 8th place
• 1974 (GDR): 7th place
• 1978 (Denmark): 9th place
• 1982 (Germany): 9th place
• 1986 (Switzerland): 2nd place
• 1990 (Czechoslovakia): 6th place
• 1993 (Sweden): 11th place
• 1995 (Iceland): 17th - 20th place
• 1997 (Japan): 4th place
• 1999 (Egypt): 11th place
• 2003 (Portugal): 6th place
• 2007 (Germany): 9th place
• 2009 (Croatia): 6th place
• 2011 (Sweden): 7th place
• 2013 (Spain): 8th place
• 2017 (France): 7th place
• 2019 (Germany / Denmark): 10th place

European Championship

• 1994 (Portugal): 7th place
• 1996 (Spain): 10th place
• 1998 (Italy): 6th place
• 2004 (Slovenia): 9th place
• 2006 (Switzerland): 13th place
• 2008 (Norway): 8th place
• 2010 (Austria): 14th place
• 2012 (Serbia): 8th place
• 2014 (Denmark): 8th place
• 2016 (Poland): 12th place
• 2018 (Croatia): 14th place
• 2020 (Norway / Austria / Sweden): 9th place

Olympic games

• 1936 (Berlin): 4th place
• 1972 (Munich): 8th place
• 1976 (Montreal): 6th place
• 1980 (Moscow): 4th place
• 1988 (Seoul): 4th place
• 1992 (Barcelona): 7th place
• 2004 (Athens): 4th place
• 2012 (London): 4th place

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2020 European Championship :

position	player	society	Games	Gates
TH	Márton Székely	MKB Veszprém	42	0
TH	Roland Mikler	Pick Szeged	200	0
LA	Bendegúz Bóka	Balatonfüredi KSE	26th	58
RL	Patrik Ligetvári	CB Ciudad de Logroño	43	35
RL	Bence Nagy	Ferencváros Budapest	1	2
RL	Zoltán Szita	Wisla Plock	12	21st
RM	Mátyás Győri	Tatabánya KC	7th	16
RM	Dávid Ubornyák	Gyöngyösi KK	2	0
RR	Zsolt Balogh	Tatabánya KC	56	173
RR	Dominik Máthé	Balatonfüredi KSE	11	18th
RR	Donát Bartók	Bidasoa Irun	10	21st
RR	Bálint Fekete	BM Ciudad Encantada	2	2
RA	Péter Hornyák	Tatabánya KC	38	60
RA	Ádám Tóth	CYEB Budakalász	3	2
KM	Adrian Sipos	Tatabánya KC	21st	19th
KM	Miklós Rosta	Pick Szeged	5	10
KM	Bence Bánhidi	Pick Szeged	66	165

Well-known former national players

• Péter Kovács
• László Marosi
• József Éles
• Mihály Kovács
• Nándor Fazekas
• László Nagy

Web links

• Record international players and goal scorers , accessed December 17, 2013.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} record player
2. ↑ International match statistics (as of June 15, 2013)
3. ↑ livecache.sportresult.com: Hungary , accessed January 15, 2020