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Montenegro
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Information
NicknameZlatni lavovi
(The Golden Lions)
AssociationHandball Federation of Montenegro
CoachZoran Roganović
Assistant coachAnton Claesson
Draško Mrvaljević
Gojko Vučinić
Most capsMladen Rakčević (52)
Colours
Team colours
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Team colours
1st
Team colours
Team colours
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2nd
Results
World Championship
Appearances1 (First in 2013)
Best result22nd (2013)
European Championship
Appearances5 (First in 2008)
Best result12th (2008)
Last updated on Unknown.

The Montenegro national handball team represents Montenegro in international handball competitions. The national team was formed in 2006 shortly after Montenegro became independent.

Montenegro played their first official match on 3 January 2007 in Vantaa and beat Finland (28:26).

Since then, Montenegro have qualified for six big competitions – once for the World Cup (2013) and for the European Championship in 2008, 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2020.

History and records

Main article: List of official matches of the Montenegro handball team

The national side first appeared in the Euro 2008 Qualifiers, which started in January 2007. After the great success in the qualifying matches, Montenegro participated at the European Championship 2008, where they finished in the second group phase.
A year later, Montenegro failed to qualify for the World Championship 2009 and after that, there was a crisis in the results of national team.
From 2012, results improved. After a surprise win against Sweden in the qualifiers, Montenegro qualified for the World Championship 2013.
In June 2013, Montenegro eliminated Germany in the final round of qualifiers for the European Championship 2014. At the Championship, Montenegro was eliminated in the first phase.
Two years later, the Montenegrin team appeared at the European Championship 2016, but was eliminated after the first phase of the competition, without any win in three matches. Same result, Montenegro made on European Championship 2018. Finally, on European Championship 2020, Montenegro made historical victory against Serbia (22-21), but failed to qualify to the second round of tournament.

National team matches

Tournament Matches Wins Draws Loss GF GA
World Championship 7 1 0 6 179 204
European Championship 18 1 1 16 427 525
Qualifying matches EC/WC 62 33 6 23 1702 1752
OVERALL 87 35 7 45 2308 2491

Updated: February 29, 2020

Records

Main article: List of official matches of the Montenegro handball team § Records
Largest victory
41:27,  Montenegro –  Finland, 6 January 2007, Budva
Largest defeat
39:23,  Poland –  Montenegro, 24 January 2011, Stavanger
Highest home attendance
5,985,  Montenegro –  Denmark 32:31, 10 April 2019, Podgorica
Highest away attendance
11,835,  Denmark –  Montenegro 37:26, 13 April 2019, Copenhagen

Competitive record

World Championship

The national team of Montenegro made their first appearance at the World Cup in 2013, from their 3rd qualifying attempt. Their first World Cup match was played on 12 January 2013 against Argentina in Granollers, Spain.

World Championship Qualification
Year Pos. Pld W D L Pld W D L
Croatia 2009 Did not qualify 2 1 0 1
Sweden 2011 2 1 0 1
Spain 2013 22nd 7 1 0 6 6 5 0 1
Qatar 2015 Did not qualify 2 1 0 1
France 2017 2 0 0 2
Denmark/Germany 2019 2 0 1 1
Egypt 2021 Cancelled
Poland/Sweden 2023 TBD TBD
Croatia/Denmark/Norway 2025
Germany 2027
Total 7 1 0 6 14 8 1 7

European Championship

Debut on the European Championship, Montenegrin national team made after first attempt.
They participated at the Euro 2008 and made successful appearance in their first match against Russia (25:25). They qualified for the Main Phase of the European Championship.
Their second appearance was in 2014, after Montenegro sensational eliminated Germany during the qualifiers. At the tournament, Montenegro lost all three games, with elimination after the first phase.
Montenegro hoped for a better result in 2016, but it was pretty much deja vu from two years ago as they once again lost all three games and finished in last place in their group, as well as last place in the tournament claiming 16th place out of 16 teams.

European Championship Qualification
Year Pos. Pld W D L Pld W D L
Norway 2008 12th 6 0 1 5 8 7 1 0
Austria 2010 Did not qualify 8 4 0 4
Serbia 2012 6 1 0 5
Denmark 2014 16th 3 0 0 3 6 4 0 2
Poland 2016 16th 3 0 0 3 6 3 1 2
Croatia 2018 16th 3 0 0 3 6 2 3 1
Austria/Norway/Sweden 2020 18th 3 1 0 2 6 3 1 2
Hungary/Slovakia 2022 To be determined TBD
Germany 2024
Total 18 1 1 16 46 24 6 16

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship.[1][2][3]

Head coach: Zoran Roganović

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
2 LW Filip Vujović (1996-04-07) 7 April 1996 (age 28) 1.85 m 3 4 Spain Frigoríficos del Morrazo
3 CB Aleksandar Glendža (1995-12-01) 1 December 1995 (age 28) 1.97 m 2 0 Slovenia Slovenj Gradec
4 LW Aleksandar Bakić (2000-09-03) 3 September 2000 (age 23) 1.94 m 7 8 Montenegro RK Komovi
7 RB Stefan Čavor (1994-11-03) 3 November 1994 (age 29) 1.96 m 39 82 Germany HSG Wetzlar
8 P Vuk Lazović (1988-03-10) 10 March 1988 (age 36) 1.99 m 16 9 South Korea SK Hawks
11 RB Branko Vujović (1998-04-20) 20 April 1998 (age 26) 1.94 m 9 5 Poland PGE Vive Kielce
12 GK Mile Mijušković (1985-10-08) 8 October 1985 (age 38) 1.92 m 32 0 Spain BM Benidorm
13 RW Mirko Radović (1990-06-15) 15 June 1990 (age 34) 1.82 m 42 31 North Macedonia Eurofarm Rabotnik
16 GK Nebojša Simić (1993-01-19) 19 January 1993 (age 31) 1.91 m 31 0 Germany MT Melsungen
19 P Branko Kankaraš (1988-08-25) 25 August 1988 (age 35) 1.92 m 14 7 Belarus Meshkov Brest
20 LB Stevan Vujović (1990-04-07) 7 April 1990 (age 34) 1.95 m 41 86 Ukraine Motor Zaporizhia
21 LB Vasko Ševaljević (1988-06-21) 21 June 1988 (age 36) 1.93 m 52 222 France Tremblay-en-France
24 LB Miloš Božović (1994-12-10) 10 December 1994 (age 29) 1.96 m 27 65 Croatia PPD Zagreb
25 RW Marko Lasica (1988-04-30) 30 April 1988 (age 36) 1.88 m 50 55 Turkey Beşiktaş
32 CB Božo Anđelić (1992-03-16) 16 March 1992 (age 32) 1.86 m 29 34 Hungary FTC-HungaroControl
90 P Nemanja Grbović (1990-04-26) 26 April 1990 (age 34) 1.87 m 51 125 Hungary Ceglédi KKSE
93 RB Vladan Lipovina (1993-03-07) 7 March 1993 (age 31) 1.98 m 31 76 Germany HBW Balingen-Weilstetten
Uniforms

1st: red/red (GK: yellow)

2nd: white/white (GK: red)

3rd: black/black (GK: blue)

Technical staff

Head coaches

Since independence, Montenegro was led by eight different coaches. Most matches as a Montenegro coach have Zoran Kastratović (24).

Coach From To Record* Championship
M W D L Win %
Montenegro Pero Milošević October 2006 June 2007 8 7 1 0 087.50 None
Montenegro Ranko Popović August 2007 November 2009 16 5 1 10 031.25 EC 2008
Bosnia and Herzegovina Kasim Kamenica November 2009 April 2010 2 1 0 1 050.00
Montenegro Miodrag Popović April 2010 March 2011 4 1 0 3 025.00
Montenegro Zoran Kastratović May 2011 February 2014 24 10 0 14 041.67 WC 2013, EC 2014
Serbia Ljubomir Obradović March 2014 November 2016 13 4 1 8 030.77 EC 2016
Serbia Dragan Đukić November 2016 July 2018 11 3 3 5 027.27 EC 2018
Montenegro Zoran Roganović August 2018 9 4 1 4 044.44 EC 2020

* Data is only for official matches (qualifiers, European Championship, World Championship).

Notable former players

See also

References

  1. ^ ""Lavovi" počinju pripreme za Evropsko prvenstvo". rscg.me. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Miloš Vujović propušta Evropsko prvenstvo". rscg.me. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  3. ^ 2020 European Men's Handball Championship squad
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