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
Most caps	Sławomir Szmal (252)
Most goals	Jerzy Klempel (1170)
Colours
Home Away
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	4 (first in 1972)
Best result	3rd (1976)
World Championship
Appearances	14 (first in 1958)
Best result	2nd (2007)
European Championship
Appearances	8 (first in 2002)
Best result	4th (2010)
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Poland national handball team

Medal record
Olympic Games
	1976 Montreal	Team
World Championship
	2007 Germany	Team
	1982 West Germany	Team
	2009 Croatia	Team
	2015 Qatar	Team

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.

Competitive record

     Champions       Runners-up       Third Place       Fourth Place  

Olympic Games

Games	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1936 Berlin	Did Not Enter
Not held from 1948 to 1968
1972 Munich	Match for 9th place	10th of 16	5	2	1	2	75	78
1976 Montreal	Third Place	3rd of 12	5	4	0	1	101	89
1980 Moscow	Match for 7th place	7th of 12	6	3	1	2	146	119
1984 Los Angeles	Did Not Participate
1988 Seoul	Did Not Qualify
1992 Barcelona
1996 Atlanta
2000 Sydney
2004 Athens
2008 Beijing	Match for 5th place	5th of 12	8	5	1	2	235	214
2012 London	Did Not Qualify
2016 Rio de Janeiro

World Championships

• 1958 – 5th
• 1967 – 12th
• 1970 – 14th
• 1974 – 4th
• 1978 – 6th
• 1982 – 3rd
• 1986 – 14th
• 1990 – 11th
• 2003 – 10th
• 2007 – 2nd
• 2009 – 3rd
• 2011 – 8th
• 2013 – 9th
• 2015 – 3rd

European Championship

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
Portugal 1994	Did not qualify
Spain 1996
Italy 1998
Croatia 2000
Sweden 2002	Preliminary round	15	3	0	0	3	67	83
Slovenia 2004	Preliminary round	16	3	0	0	3	86	108
Switzerland 2006	Main round	10	6	1	1	4	163	185
Norway 2008	Main round	7	6	3	1	2	182	172
Austria 2010	Fourth place	4	8	4	1	3	222	221
Serbia 2012	Main round	9	6	3	1	2	218	205
Denmark 2014	Main round	6	7	3	0	4	191	184
Poland 2016	Qualified
Total	8/12	-	33	11	3	19	1129	1158

*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.

Team

Current squad

This is the squad for the 2015 World Men's Handball Championship.

Head coach: Michael Biegler

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Sławomir Szmal (1978-10-02) 2 October 1978 1.90 m 248 2 Vive Targi Kielce 3 RB Krzysztof Lijewski (1983-07-07) 7 July 1983 1.98 m 147 339 Vive Targi Kielce 6 LW Przemysław Krajewski (1987-01-20) 20 January 1987 1.84 m 35 46 Azoty-Puławy 7 RW Robert Orzechowski (1989-11-20) 20 November 1989 1.89 m 57 106 Górnik Zabrze 8 LB Karol Bielecki (1982-01-23) 23 January 1982 2.02 m 209 782 Vive Targi Kielce 9 RB Andrzej Rojewski (1985-08-20) 20 August 1985 1.93 m 2 4 SC Magdeburg 11 LW Adam Wiśniewski (1980-10-24) 24 October 1980 1.92 m 110 245 Wisła Płock 12 GK Marcin Wichary (1980-02-17) 17 February 1980 1.93 m 112 0 Wisła Płock 13 P Bartosz Jurecki (1979-01-31) 31 January 1979 1.93 m 199 638 SC Magdeburg 15 LB Michał Jurecki (1984-10-27) 27 October 1984 2.02 m 154 398 Vive Targi Kielce 16 GK Piotr Wyszomirski (1988-01-06) 6 January 1988 1.93 m 75 0 Pick Szeged 18 P Piotr Grabarczyk (1982-10-31) 31 October 1982 2.00 m 76 42 Vive Targi Kielce 20 LB Mariusz Jurkiewicz (1982-02-03) 3 February 1982 1.98 m 136 222 Wisła Płock 21 CB Piotr Masłowski (1988-02-20) 20 February 1988 1.92 m 12 12 Azoty-Puławy 23 P Kamil Syprzak (1991-07-23) 23 July 1991 2.08 m 54 76 Barcelona 26 RW Michał Daszek (1992-06-27) 27 June 1992 1.80 m 20 24 Wisła Płock 45 RB Michał Szyba (1988-03-18) 18 March 1988 1.96 m 26 29 Gorenje 49 LB Piotr Chrapkowski (1988-03-24) 24 March 1988 2.03 m 36 69 Vive Targi Kielce

Famous players

Most caps (December 15, 2014) # Player Years Caps 1. Marcin Lijewski 1997 - 2013 251 2. Sławomir Szmal 1998 - 248 3. Andrzej Szymczak 1967 - 1984 234 4. Jerzy Klempel 1972 - 1984 224 5. Zbigniew Tłuczyński 1978 - 1990 216 6. Daniel Waszkiewicz 1977 - 1989 214 7. Karol Bielecki 2002 - 209 8. Mariusz Jurasik 1997 - 2012 207 9. Alfred Kałuziński 1973 - 1982 204 10. Bartosz Jurecki 2004 - 199 10. Patryk Kuchczyński 2002 - 199 12. Bogdan Wenta 1981 - 1994 191 13. Zbigniew Plechoć 1983 - 1990 178 14. Henryk Rozmiarek 1971 - 1980 177 15. Jan Gmyrek 1970 - 1979 176 16. Robert Nowakowski 1989 - 2003 168 17. Damian Wleklak 1998 - 2009 165 18. Janusz Brzozowski 1973 - 1982 164 19. Grzegorz Tkaczyk 2000 - 2012 159 20. Grzegorz Kosma 1969 - 1984 158

Most goals (December 15, 2014) # Player Years Goals 1. Jerzy Klempel 1972 - 1984 1170 2. Karol Bielecki 2002 - 782 3. Bogdan Wenta 1981 - 1994 763 4. Marcin Lijewski 1997 - 2013 711 5. Robert Nowakowski 1989 - 2003 709 6. Daniel Waszkiewicz 1977 - 1989 705 7. Mariusz Jurasik 1997 - 2012 701 8. Bartosz Jurecki 2004 - 638 9. Alfred Kałuziński 1973 - 1982 620 10. Grzegorz Tkaczyk 2000 - 2012 547 11. Zbigniew Tłuczyński 1978 - 1990 527 12. Tomasz Tłuczyński 2006 - 2012 503 13. Lesław Dziuba 1981 - 1990 447 14. Zbigniew Plechoć 1983 - 1990 427 15. Patryk Kuchczyński 2002 - 424 16. Michał Jurecki 2002 - 398 17. Piotr Przybecki ? - ? 372 18. Grzegorz Kosma 1969 - 1984 355 19. Piotr Obrusiewicz ? - ? 348 20. Krzysztof Lijewski 2003 - 339

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 (2004-2012)
• Daniel Waszkiewicz and Damian Wleklak (2012)
• Michael Biegler (2012-)

External links

• Official website
• IHF profile