Romania national handball team

Romania
Information
Association	Romanian Handball Federation
Coach	Eliodor Voica
Ranking	#9 (134 points)
Colours
Home Away
Results
Summer Olympics
Best result	2nd, 1976
World Championship
Appearances	14 (First in 1958)
Best result	1st, 1961, 1964, 1970, 1974
European Championship
Appearances	2 (First in 1994)
Best result	9th, 1996
Infobox last updated on: 24 January 2012.

Medal record
Competitor for Romania
Men's Handball
World Championship
Gold	1961 West Germany	Team
Gold	1964 Czech Republic	Team
Bronze	1967 Sweden	Team
Gold	1970 France	Team
Gold	1974 East Germany	Team
Bronze	1990 Czech Republic	Team
Olympic Games
Bronze	1972 Munich	Team
Silver	1976 Montreal	Team
Bronze	1980 Moscow	Team
Bronze	1984 Los Angeles	Team

The Romania national handball team is the national handball team of Romania. Controlled by the Romanian Handball Federation it represents Romania in international matches.

It is, with France and Sweden, the most titled team from history on World Men's Handball Championship, with 4 golden medals. It is also, with France, the only team to have successfully defended its world champion title twice in a row (1961 and 1964).

Competitive record

Olympic Games

Year	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	+/-
1936	5th	3	1	0	2	19	29	-10
1972	3rd	7	6	0	1	111	92	+19
1976	2nd	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1980	3rd	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1984	3rd	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1988	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1992	8th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1996	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2000	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2004	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

World Championships

Year	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	+/-
1938	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1954	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1958	13th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1961	1st	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1964	1st	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1967	3rd	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1970	1st	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1974	1st	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1978	7th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1982	5th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1986	9th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1990	3rd	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1993	10th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1995	10th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1997	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1999	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2001	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2005	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2009	15th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	19th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2013	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

European Championships

Year	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	+/-
1994	11th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1996	9th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2000	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2004	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Team

Current squad

Head coach: Eliodor Voica

Pos.	Player	Club
GK	Mihai Popescu	HCM Constanţa
GK	Ionuţ Ciobanu	CSM Bucureşti
GK	Bodgan Pralea	Savyon
LW	Gabriel Florea	HC Odorheiu Secuiesc
LW	Alexandru Sabou	HCM Constanţa
RW	Laurenţiu Toma	HCM Constanţa
RW	Valentin Ghionea	HCM Constanţa
RW	Ionuţ Georgescu	Cuenca
LB	Alexandru Stamate	HCM Constanţa
LB	Alexandru Şimicu	Poli Timişoara
CB	Alexandru Csepreghi	HCM Constanţa
CB	Cristian Fenici	Poli Timişoara
RB	Daniel Mureşan	Sporting CP
RB	Rareş Jurcă	Kadetten Schaffhausen
RB	Marius Sadoveac	HCM Constanţa
P	Marius Novanc	HCM Constanţa
P	Dan Savenco	BM Antequera
P	Iulian Stamate	CSM Bucureşti

See also

• Sport in Romania
• Romania women's national handball team

External links

• Federatia Romana de Handbal Romanian Handball Federation
• International Handball Federation