Poland men's national handball team

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NicknameThe White and Reds
The Gladiators
AssociationPolish Handball Association
CoachMarcin Lijewski
Assistant coachMichał Skórski
Most capsSławomir Szmal (298)
Most goalsJerzy Klempel (1170)
Colours
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2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances5 (First in 1972)
Best resultBronze 3rd (1976)
World Championship
Appearances18 (First in 1958)
Best resultSilver 2nd (2007)
European Championship
Appearances11 (First in 2002)
Best result4th (2010)
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Poland men's national handball team
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1976 Montreal
World Championship
Silver medal – second place 2007 Germany
Bronze medal – third place 1982 West Germany
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Croatia
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Qatar

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]

Honours

Competition 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
Olympic Games 0 0 1 1
World Championship 0 1 3 4
European Championship 0 0 0 0
Total 0 1 4 5

Competitive record

Olympic Games

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

World Championship

European Championship

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship.[2]

Head coach: Marcin Lijewski[3]

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
2 LB Damian Przytuła (1998-11-27) 27 November 1998 (age 26) 2.00 m 47 85 Hungary MOL Tatabánya KC
4 CB Piotr Jędraszczyk (2001-10-09) 9 October 2001 (age 23) 1.77 m 39 80 Poland Corotop Gwardia Opole
5 LB Michał Olejniczak (2001-01-31) 31 January 2001 (age 23) 1.95 m 71 122 Poland Industria Kielce
8 P Bartłomiej Bis (1997-03-25) 25 March 1997 (age 27) 1.94 m 38 12 Germany HSC 2000 Coburg
11 CB Paweł Paterek (2000-12-17) 17 December 2000 (age 24) 1.86 m 19 34 Poland KGHM Chrobry Głogów
12 LB Ariel Pietrasik (1999-10-21) 21 October 1999 (age 25) 2.02 m 44 91 Switzerland Kadetten Schaffhausen
19 LW Jan Czuwara (1995-10-18) 18 October 1995 (age 29) 1.84 m 74 150 Poland Zagłębie Lubin
20 CB Kamil Adamski (1995-05-17) 17 May 1995 (age 29) 1.93 m 4 3 Poland Rebud KPR Ostrovia
21 P Kamil Syprzak (1991-07-23) 23 July 1991 (age 33) 2.07 m 177 404 France Paris Saint-Germain
23 RB Arkadiusz Moryto (1997-08-31) 31 August 1997 (age 27) 1.82 m 104 504 Poland Industria Kielce
26 RW Marek Marciniak (1995-09-21) 21 September 1995 (age 29) 1.88 m 3 4 Poland Azoty Puławy
28 P Maciej Gębala (1994-01-10) 10 January 1994 (age 31) 2.00 m 105 136 Germany HC Erlangen
44 LW Mikołaj Czapliński (2000-08-11) 11 August 2000 (age 24) 1.88 m 22 40 Poland PGE Wybrzeże Gdańsk
46 RW Mateusz Wojdan (2000-12-19) 19 December 2000 (age 24) 1.77 m 3 7 Poland Corotop Gwardia Opole
60 GK Kacper Ligarzewski (2001-06-14) 14 June 2001 (age 23) 1.89 m 3 0 Poland Górnik Zabrze
75 GK Marcel Jastrzębski (2003-03-14) 14 March 2003 (age 21) 1.95 m 10 0 Poland Orlen Wisła Płock
93 P Łukasz Rogulski (1993-06-10) 10 June 1993 (age 31) 1.92 m 6 6 Poland Industria Kielce
94 GK Adam Morawski (1994-10-17) 17 October 1994 (age 30) 1.90 m 85 7 Germany MT Melsungen

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 Szmal 1998–2018 298
2. Karol Bielecki 2002–2017 259
3. Marcin Lijewski 1997–2013 251
4. Bartosz Jurecki 2004–2016 237
5. Andrzej Szymczak 1967–1984 234
6. Jerzy Klempel 1972–1984 221
7. Daniel Waszkiewicz 1977–1989 214
8. Mariusz Jurasik 1997–2012 207
9. Alfred Kałuziński 1973–1982 204
10. Patryk Kuchczyński 2002–2014 201
11. Michał Jurecki 2005–2017 199
12. Bogdan Wenta 1981–1994 191
13. Zbigniew Tłuczyński 1978–1990 186
14. Krzysztof Lijewski 2003–2017 185
15. Zbigniew Plechoć 1983–1990 178
16. Henryk Rozmiarek 1971–1980 177
17. Jan Gmyrek 1970–1979 176
18. Damian Wleklak 1998–2009 164
19. Mariusz Jurkiewicz 2002–2017 163
20. Janusz Brzozowski 1973–1982 162
Robert Nowakowski 1989–2003 162
Przemysław Krajewski 2012–2023 162

Most goals

# Player Years Goals
1. Jerzy Klempel 1972–1984 1170
2. Karol Bielecki 2002–2017 962
3. Bogdan Wenta 1981–1994 763
4. Bartosz Jurecki 2004–2016 732
5. Marcin Lijewski 1997–2013 711
6. Robert Nowakowski 1989–2003 709
7. Daniel Waszkiewicz 1977–1989 705
8. Mariusz Jurasik 1997–2012 704
9. Alfred Kałuziński 1973–1982 620
10. Grzegorz Tkaczyk 2000–2012 549
11. Michał Jurecki 2005–2017 547
12. Zbigniew Tłuczyński 1978–1990 527
13. Tomasz Tłuczyński 2006–2012 503
14. Lesław Dziuba 1981–1990 447
15. Krzysztof Lijewski 2003–2017 439
16. Patryk Kuchczyński 2002–2014 435
17. Arkadiusz Moryto 2017– 430
18. Zbigniew Plechoć 1983–1990 427
19. Przemysław Krajewski 2012–2023 380
20. Piotr Przybecki 1989–2005 372

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. ^ "Znamy skład reprezentacji Polski mężczyzn na Mistrzostwa Świata 2025!" (in Polish). zprp.pl. 13 January 2025. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
  3. ^ "Team Roster Poland" (PDF). ihf.info. 15 January 2025. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
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