Poland men's national handball team

The Poland men's national handball team is controlled by the Polish Handball Association (Związek Piłki Ręcznej w Polsce), and represents Poland in international matches.[1]

Poland
Information
NicknameThe White and Reds
The Gladiators
AssociationPolish Handball Association
CoachMarcin Lijewski
Assistant coachMichał Skórski
Most capsSławomir Szmal (298)
Most goalsJerzy Klempel (1170)
Colours
1st
2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances5 (First in 1972)
Best result 3rd (1976)
World Championship
Appearances17 (First in 1958)
Best result 2nd (2007)
European Championship
Appearances11 (First in 2002)
Best result4th (2010)
Last updated on Unknown.
Poland men's national handball team
Medal record
Olympic Games
1976 Montreal
World Championship
2007 Germany
1982 West Germany
2009 Croatia
2015 Qatar

Honours
CompetitionTotal
Olympic Games 0011
World Championship 0134
European Championship 0000
Total0145

Competitive record

Olympic Games
Year Round Position GP W D L GF GA
1936 Berlin did not participate
1972 Munich 9th–12th places 10th 5 2 1 2 75 78
1976 Montreal Final Round 3rd 5 4 0 1 101 89
1980 Moscow Final Round 7th 6 3 1 2 146 119
1984 Los Angeles Boycott
1988 Seoul did not qualify
1992 Barcelona
1996 Atlanta
2000 Sydney
2004 Athens
2008 Beijing Quarterfinals 5th 8 5 1 2 235 214
2012 London did not qualify
2016 Rio de Janeiro Semifinals 4th 8 3 0 5 222 227
2020 Tokyo did not qualify
2024 Paris
Total 5/14 0 Titles 32 17 3 12 779 727

World Championship

European Championship

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2024 European Men's Handball Championship.[2][3]

Head coach: Marcin Lijewski

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 GK Mateusz Kornecki (1994-06-05) 5 June 1994 1.93 m 73 6 ThSV Eisenach
2 LB Damian Przytuła (1998-11-27) 27 November 1998 2.00 m 38 64 Górnik Zabrze
3 RW Michał Daszek (1992-06-27) 27 June 1992 1.82 m 150 383 Orlen Wisła Płock
4 CB Piotr Jędraszczyk (2001-10-09) 9 October 2001 1.77 m 33 63 Gwardia Opole
5 CB Michał Olejniczak (2001-01-31) 31 January 2001 1.97 m 64 109 Industria Kielce
8 P Bartłomiej Bis (1997-03-25) 25 March 1997 1.94 m 29 12 HSC 2000 Coburg
9 LB Szymon Sićko (1997-08-20) 20 August 1997 2.00 m 59 222 Industria Kielce
11 CB Paweł Paterek (2000-12-17) 17 December 2000 1.86 m 10 14 SPR Chrobry Głogów
12 LB Ariel Pietrasik (1999-10-21) 21 October 1999 2.02 m 34 66 Kadetten Schaffhausen
15 CB Jakub Powarzyński (2002-09-07) 7 September 2002 1.92 m 5 7 Wybrzeże Gdańsk
21 P Kamil Syprzak (1991-07-23) 23 July 1991 2.07 m 168 351 Paris Saint-Germain
22 RW Mateusz Kosmala (1999-07-26) 26 July 1999 1.82 m 5 11 MMTS Kwidzyn
28 P Maciej Gębala (1994-01-10) 10 January 1994 2.00 m 96 127 SC DHfK Leipzig
33 RW Jakub Szyszko (2001-02-18) 18 February 2001 1.79 m 6 14 Górnik Zabrze
34 LW Przemysław Urbaniak (1998-08-10) 10 August 1998 1.82 m 5 10 Ostrovia Ostrów Wielkopolski
36 P Dawid Dawydzik (1994-12-07) 7 December 1994 2.00 m 54 74 Orlen Wisła Płock
44 LW Mikołaj Czapliński (2000-11-08) 8 November 2000 1.88 m 14 23 CD Torrebalonmano
50 GK Jakub Skrzyniarz (1996-06-06) 6 June 1996 1.89 m 20 0 CD Bidasoa

Head coaches

Statistics

Matches include data obtained exclusively in official international matches of the Polish national team. All unofficial matches of the national team, or meetings in the frame other than the national team – played by a player – are not included in the following lists.

Most caps

# Player Years Caps
1.Sławomir Szmal1998–2018298
2.Karol Bielecki2002–2017259
3.Marcin Lijewski1997–2013251
4.Bartosz Jurecki2004–2016237
5.Andrzej Szymczak1967–1984234
6.Jerzy Klempel1972–1984221
7.Daniel Waszkiewicz1977–1989214
8.Mariusz Jurasik1997–2012207
9.Alfred Kałuziński1973–1982204
10.Patryk Kuchczyński2002–2014201
11.Michał Jurecki2005–2017199
12.Bogdan Wenta1981–1994191
13.Zbigniew Tłuczyński1978–1990186
14.Krzysztof Lijewski2003–2017185
15.Zbigniew Plechoć1983–1990178
16.Henryk Rozmiarek1971–1980177
17.Jan Gmyrek1970–1979176
18.Damian Wleklak1998–2009164
19.Mariusz Jurkiewicz2002–2017163
20.Janusz Brzozowski1973–1982162
Robert Nowakowski1989–2003162
Przemysław Krajewski2012–2023162

Most goals

# Player Years Goals
1.Jerzy Klempel1972–19841170
2.Karol Bielecki2002–2017962
3.Bogdan Wenta1981–1994763
4.Bartosz Jurecki2004–2016732
5.Marcin Lijewski1997–2013711
6.Robert Nowakowski1989–2003709
7.Daniel Waszkiewicz1977–1989705
8.Mariusz Jurasik1997–2012704
9.Alfred Kałuziński1973–1982620
10.Grzegorz Tkaczyk2000–2012549
11.Michał Jurecki2005–2017547
12.Zbigniew Tłuczyński1978–1990527
13.Tomasz Tłuczyński2006–2012503
14.Lesław Dziuba1981–1990447
15.Krzysztof Lijewski2003–2017439
16.Patryk Kuchczyński2002–2014435
17.Arkadiusz Moryto2017–430
18.Zbigniew Plechoć1983–1990427
19.Przemysław Krajewski2012–2023380
20.Piotr Przybecki1989–2005372

Kit suppliers

The Polish national kit is supplied by Joma.

Media Coverage

Poland's matches are currently televised by TVP Sport and Eurosport.

References
  1. Strona Główna ZPRP
  2. "Powołania reprezentacji mężczyzn Polski na EHF EURO 2024" (in Polish). zprp.pl. 10 January 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  3. "Team roster: Poland". res.ehf.eu. 12 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
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