Greece men's national handball team
National handball team From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
National handball team From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Greece national handball team is the national handball team of Greece and is controlled by the Hellenic Handball Federation.
| Greece | |||
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| Information | |||
| Association | Hellenic Handball Federation | ||
| Coach | Georgios Zaravinas | ||
| Assistant coach | Georgios Mastorogiannis | ||
| Most caps | Georgios Chalkidis (220) | ||
| Most goals | Savvas Karypidis (930) | ||
| Colours | |||
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| Results | |||
| Summer Olympics | |||
| Appearances | 1 (First in 2004) | ||
| Best result | 6th (2004) | ||
| World Championship | |||
| Appearances | 1 (First in 2005) | ||
| Best result | 6th (2005) | ||
| European Championship | |||
| Appearances | 1 (First in 2024) | ||
| Best result | 23rd (2024) | ||
| Last updated on Unknown. | |||
Greece has a long tradition in handball. First of all, Greece made it to the handball 2005 World Cup and the 2004 Olympics where they beat Brazil, Korea and won against Egypt in a close game. In the Olympics they lost to eventual champions Croatia, and finished sixth in the tournament. In the World Cup they finished in the sixth position as well. Greece will take part in the EHF Euro for the first time in 2024.
| Olympic record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
 1936 Berlin |
did not qualify | |||||||
| Not held from 1948 to 1968 | ||||||||
 1972 Munich |
did not qualify | |||||||
 1976 Montreal | ||||||||
 1980 Moscow | ||||||||
 1984 Los Angeles | ||||||||
 1988 Seoul | ||||||||
 1992 Barcelona | ||||||||
| 1996 Atlanta | ||||||||
 2000 Sydney | ||||||||
 2004 Athens | Quarter-finals | 6th place | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 188 | 220 |
 2008 Beijing |
did not qualify | |||||||
 2012 London | ||||||||
 2016 Rio de Janeiro | ||||||||
 2020 Tokyo | ||||||||
 2024 Paris | ||||||||
| Total | 1/14 | – | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 188 | 220 |
| World Championship record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
| 1938 | did not qualify | |||||||
 1954 | ||||||||
 1958 | ||||||||
| 1961 | ||||||||
 1964 | ||||||||
| 1967 | ||||||||
| 1970 | ||||||||
| 1974 | ||||||||
 1978 | ||||||||
| 1982 | ||||||||
 1986 | ||||||||
| 1990 | ||||||||
| 1993 | ||||||||
 1995 | ||||||||
| 1997 | ||||||||
 1999 | ||||||||
| 2001 | ||||||||
 2003 | ||||||||
 2005 | Quarter-finals | 6th place | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 245 | 246 |
| 2007 | did not qualify | |||||||
 2009 | ||||||||
| 2011 | ||||||||
| 2013 | ||||||||
 2015 | ||||||||
| 2017 | ||||||||
| / 2019 | ||||||||
| 2021 | ||||||||
 / 2023 | ||||||||
// 2025 | ||||||||
| 2027 | to be determined | |||||||
| / 2029 | ||||||||
| // 2031 | ||||||||
| Total | 1/32 | – | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 245 | 246 |
The squad for the 2024 European Men's Handball Championship.[1][2]
Head coach: Georgios Zaravinas
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