Poland national handball team

Poland
Information
Nickname	Biało-czerwoni (The White and Reds) Gladiatorzy (The Gladiators)
Association	Poland Handball Federation (Związek Piłki Ręcznej w Polsce)
Coach	Michael Biegler (since September 28, 2012)
Most caps	Marcin Lijewski - 251
Most goals	Jerzy Klempel - 1170
Ranking	#11 (95 points)
Colours
Home Away
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	4 (First in 1972)
Best result	3rd, 1976
World Championship
Appearances	13 (First in 1958)
Best result	2nd, 2007
European Championship
Appearances	6 (First in 2002)
Best result	4th, 2010
Infobox last updated on: 21 January 2010.

Poland national handball team

Medal record
Competitor for Poland
Men's Handball
Olympic Games
Bronze	1976 Montreal	Team Competition
World Men's Handball Championship
Bronze	1982 West Germany	Team Competition
Silver	2007 Germany	Team Competition
Bronze	2009 Croatia	Team Competition

The Poland men's national handball team is the national handball team of Poland, controlled by the Polish Handball Association (Związek Piłki Ręcznej w Polsce), that represents Poland in the international matches.

Participation

Olympic games

1. 1972 – 10th
2. 1976 – 3rd
3. 1980 – 7th
4. 2008 – 5th

World Championships

1. 1958 – 5th
2. 1967 – 12th
3. 1970 – 14th
4. 1974 – 4th
5. 1978 – 6th
6. 1982 – 3rd
7. 1986 – 14th
8. 1990 – 11th
9. 2003 – 10th
10. 2007 – 2nd
11. 2009 – 3rd
12. 2011 – 8th
13. 2013 – 9th

European Championship record

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1994	Did not qualify
1996
1998
2000
2002	Preliminary round	15	3	0	0	3	67	83
2004	Preliminary round	16	3	0	0	3	86	108
2006	Main round	10	6	1	1	4	163	185
2008	Main round	7	6	3	1	2	182	172
2010	Fourth place	4	8	4	1	3	222	221
2012	Main round	9	6	3	1	2	218	205
Total	6/9	-	26	8	3	15	938	974

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty throws.

**Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won. Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Current squad

This is the squad for the 2013 World Men's Handball Championship.

Head coach: Michael Biegler

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Sławomir Szmal (1978-02-10)10 February 1978 (aged 34) 1.90 m 214 2 Vive Targi Kielce 2 CB Bartłomiej Jaszka (1983-06-16)16 June 1983 (aged 29) 1.84 m 127 216 Füchse Berlin 3 RB Krzysztof Lijewski (1983-07-07)7 July 1983 (aged 29) 1.98 m 125 261 Vive Targi Kielce 8 LB Karol Bielecki (1982-01-23)23 January 1982 (aged 30) 2.02 m 178 707 Vive Targi Kielce 9 RW Michał Bartczak (1987-02-27)27 February 1987 (aged 25) 1.94 m 2 5 MKS Zagłębie Lubin 11 LW Adam Wiśniewski (1980-10-24)24 October 1980 (aged 32) 1.92 m 76 155 Wisła Płock 12 GK Marcin Wichary (1980-02-17)17 February 1980 (aged 32) 1.93 m 89 0 Wisła Płock 13 P Bartosz Jurecki (1979-01-31)31 January 1979 (aged 33) 1.93 m 168 532 SC Magdeburg 14 LW Michał Chodara (1986-03-17)17 March 1986 (aged 26) 1.82 m 3 5 Tauron Stal Mielec 15 LB Michał Jurecki (1984-10-27)27 October 1984 (aged 28) 2.02 m 130 326 Vive Targi Kielce 18 P Piotr Grabarczyk (1982-10-31)31 October 1982 (aged 30) 2.00 m 52 39 Vive Targi Kielce 20 LB Mariusz Jurkiewicz (1982-02-03)3 February 1982 (aged 30) 1.98 m 111 173 Atlético Madrid 22 RB Marcin Lijewski (1977-09-21)21 September 1977 (aged 35) 1.97 m 248 709 HSV Hamburg 23 P Kamil Syprzak (1991-07-23)23 July 1991 (aged 21) 2.08 m 18 27 Wisła Płock 30 LW Przemysław Krajewski (1987-01-20)20 January 1987 (aged 25) 1.84 m 2 4 KS Azoty-Puławy 31 CB Michał Kubisztal (1980-03-23)23 March 1980 (aged 32) 1.94 m 39 134 Wisła Płock 35 RB Marek Szpera (1987-09-09)9 September 1987 (aged 25) 1.91 m 0 0 Tauron Stal Mielec 43 RW Robert Orzechowski (1989-11-20)20 November 1989 (aged 23) 1.89 m 32 40 MMTS Kwidzyn

Famous players

• Zdzisław Antczak
• Karol Bielecki
• Janusz Brzozowski
• Lesław Dziuba
• Jan Gmyrek
• Mariusz Jurasik
• Bartosz Jurecki
• Alfred Kałuziński
• Jerzy Klempel
• Zygfryd Kuchta
• Marcin Lijewski
• Jerzy Melcer
• Robert Nowakowski
• Zbigniew Plechoć
• Andrzej Sokołowski
• Sławomir Szmal
• Andrzej Szymczak
• Grzegorz Tkaczyk
• Tomasz Tłuczyński
• Zbigniew Tłuczyński
• Daniel Waszkiewicz
• Bogdan Wenta
• Mieczysław Wojczak

Most caps

January 22, 2013 (after 2013 World Men's Handball Championship)

1. Marcin Lijewski - 251 A
2. Jerzy Klempel - 224 A
3. Sławomir Szmal - 223 A
4. Andrzej Szymczak - 219 A
5. Zbigniew Tłuczyński - 216 A
6. Daniel Waszkiewicz - 210 A
7. Mariusz Jurasik - 207 A
8. Karol Bielecki - 187 A
9. Bogdan Wenta - 185 A
10. Patryk Kuchczyński - 180 A
11. Zbigniew Plechoć - 178 A
12. Bartosz Jurecki - 177 A
13. Henryk Rozmiarek - 177 A
14. Robert Nowakowski - 168 A
15. Damian Wleklak - 165 A
16. Janusz Brzozowski - 164 A
17. Jan Gmyrek - 160 A
18. Grzegorz Tkaczyk - 159 A
19. Rafał Bernacki - 150 A
20. Mieczysław Wojczak - 149 A
21. Lesław Dziuba - 146 A
22. Andrzej Sokołowski - 145 A
23. Zygfryd Kuchta - 142 A

Head coaches

• Walenty Kłyszejko
• Janusz Czerwiński (1967–1976)
• Stanisław Majorek
• Tadeusz Wadych
• Jacek Zglinicki (1978–1980 and 1994–1996)
• Jan Pełka
• Zygfryd Kuchta (1981–1984)
• Jerzy Eliasz
• Bogdan Kowalczyk
• Stefan Wrześniewski
• Zenon Łakomy (1986–1990)
• Michał Kaniowski (1990–1992)
• Krzysztof Kisiel
• Jerzy Klempel
• Bogdan Zajączkowski (2000–2004)
• Bogdan Wenta (since 2004)

See also

• Poland women's national handball team

External links

• Poland Handball Federation (Związek Piłki Ręcznej w Polsce)