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
Nickname	The White and Reds The Gladiators
Association	Polish Handball Association
Coach	Jota González
Most caps	Sławomir Szmal (298)
Most goals	Jerzy Klempel (1170)
Colours
1st 2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	5 (First in 1972)
Best result	3rd (1976)
World Championship
Appearances	18 (First in 1958)
Best result	2nd (2007)
European Championship
Appearances	11 (First in 2002)
Best result	4th (2010)
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Poland men's national handball team

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

Honours

Competition				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
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

World Championship record Year Round Position GP W D L GF GA 1938 did not enter 1954 1958 5th/6th place 5 6 3 1 2 97 91 1961 did not enter 1964 1967 Preliminary round 12 3 1 0 2 53 66 1970 Preliminary round 14 3 0 0 3 43 59 1974 Fourth place 4 6 4 0 2 104 86 1978 5th/6th place 6 6 3 0 3 134 124 1982 Third place 3 7 4 1 2 148 143 1986 Preliminary round 14 6 2 1 3 134 128 1990 11th/12th place 11 7 3 0 4 160 177 1993 did not qualify 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 Second round 10 7 4 0 3 204 189 2005 did not qualify 2007 Runners-up 2 10 8 0 2 310 274 2009 Third place 3 10 7 0 3 298 264 2011 7th/8th place 8 9 5 0 4 249 236 2013 Round of 16 9 6 4 0 2 153 137 2015 Third place 3 9 6 0 3 241 222 2017 Presidents Cup 17 7 3 0 4 167 173 2019 did not qualify 2021 Main round 13 6 3 1 2 168 147 2023 Main round 15 6 3 0 3 150 151 2025 Presidents Cup 25 7 3 2 2 219 198 2027 to be determined 2029 2031 Total 18/32 0 titles 121 66 6 49 3032 2865

Former President of Poland, Lech Kaczyński, with the national team in the Presidential Palace in 2007

Euro Tournaments

All teams in these tournaments are European,all World and Olympic Champions, and top 7 from World Championships and Olympics were participating. They were mini European championships at the time.

EURO World Cup tournament Sweden

• 1974 : 2nd place
• 1979 : 2nd place
• 1984 : 5th place

European Championship

Competitive record at the European Championship Year Round Position GP W D L GF GA 1994 did not qualify 1996 1998 2000 2002 Preliminary round 15 3 0 0 3 67 83 2004 Preliminary round 16 3 0 0 3 86 108 2006 Main round 10 6 1 1 4 163 185 2008 Main round 7 6 3 1 2 182 172 2010 Fourth place 4 8 4 1 3 222 221 2012 Main round 9 6 3 1 2 173 160 2014 Main round 6 7 3 0 4 191 184 2016 Seventh place 7 7 5 0 2 193 194 2018 did not qualify 2020 Preliminary round 21 3 0 0 3 73 85 2022 Main round 12 7 2 1 4 193 208 2024 Preliminary round 16 3 1 0 2 78 92 2026 Qualified 2028 To be determined Total 12/18 0 titles 59 22 5 32 1621 1692

Poland against Argentina during 2008 Summer Olympics qualification tournament in the Centennial Hall, Wrocław

Competitive record in qualifying rounds Year GP W D L GF GA Qual 1994 10 6 1 3 269 211 no 1996 6 0 0 6 140 175 no 1998 12 5 0 7 290 296 no 2000 8 5 0 3 206 189 no 2002 2 1 1 0 56 52 yes 2004 2 1 0 1 60 49 yes 2006 5 3 0 2 163 129 yes 2008 2 2 0 0 72 47 yes 2010 8 5 1 2 242 198 yes 2012 6 4 1 1 172 147 yes 2014 6 5 0 1 162 133 yes 2016 Qualified as host yes 2018 6 1 2 3 171 189 no 2020 6 2 1 3 152 139 yes 2022 6 3 0 3 176 165 yes 2024 6 4 0 2 184 153 yes 2026 6 2 2 2 184 190 yes Total 97 49 9 39 2699 2462 12/17

Warm up of the national team before match against Germany in 2010

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 MOL Tatabánya KC 4 CB Piotr Jędraszczyk (2001-10-09) 9 October 2001 (age 23) 1.77 m 39 80 Corotop Gwardia Opole 5 LB Michał Olejniczak (2001-01-31) 31 January 2001 (age 24) 1.95 m 71 122 Industria Kielce 8 P Bartłomiej Bis (1997-03-25) 25 March 1997 (age 28) 1.94 m 38 12 HSC 2000 Coburg 11 CB Paweł Paterek (2000-12-17) 17 December 2000 (age 24) 1.86 m 19 34 KGHM Chrobry Głogów 12 LB Ariel Pietrasik (1999-10-21) 21 October 1999 (age 25) 2.02 m 44 91 Kadetten Schaffhausen 19 LW Jan Czuwara (1995-10-18) 18 October 1995 (age 29) 1.84 m 74 150 Zagłębie Lubin 20 CB Kamil Adamski (1995-05-17) 17 May 1995 (age 30) 1.93 m 4 3 Rebud KPR Ostrovia 21 P Kamil Syprzak (1991-07-23) 23 July 1991 (age 34) 2.07 m 177 404 Paris Saint-Germain 23 RB Arkadiusz Moryto (1997-08-31) 31 August 1997 (age 27) 1.82 m 104 504 Industria Kielce 26 RW Marek Marciniak (1995-09-21) 21 September 1995 (age 29) 1.88 m 3 4 Azoty Puławy 28 P Maciej Gębala (1994-01-10) 10 January 1994 (age 31) 2.00 m 105 136 HC Erlangen 44 LW Mikołaj Czapliński (2000-08-11) 11 August 2000 (age 25) 1.88 m 22 40 PGE Wybrzeże Gdańsk 46 RW Mateusz Wojdan (2000-12-19) 19 December 2000 (age 24) 1.77 m 3 7 Corotop Gwardia Opole 60 GK Kacper Ligarzewski (2001-06-14) 14 June 2001 (age 24) 1.89 m 3 0 Górnik Zabrze 75 GK Marcel Jastrzębski (2003-03-14) 14 March 2003 (age 22) 1.95 m 10 0 Orlen Wisła Płock 93 P Łukasz Rogulski (1993-06-10) 10 June 1993 (age 32) 1.92 m 6 6 Industria Kielce 94 GK Adam Morawski (1994-10-17) 17 October 1994 (age 30) 1.90 m 85 7 MT Melsungen

Head coaches

Ignacy Pazur Walenty Kłyszejko 1956–1967 – Tadeusz Breguła 1967–1976 – Janusz Czerwiński 1976–1978 – Stanisław Majorek 1978–1980 – Jacek Zglinicki Tadeusz Wadych Jan Pełka 1981–1984 – Zygfryd Kuchta Jerzy Eliasz 1986–1990 – Zenon Łakomy 1990–1992 – Michał Kaniowski 1992–1994 – Bogdan Kowalczyk 1994–1996 – Jacek Zglinicki Stefan Wrześniewski Jerzy Klempel 1998–2000 – Zygfryd Kuchta 2000–2004 – Bogdan Zajączkowski 2004–2012 – Bogdan Wenta 2012–2016 – Michael Biegler 2016–2017 – Talant Dujshebaev 2017–2019 – Piotr Przybecki 2019–2023 – Patryk Rombel 2023–2025 – Marcin Lijewski 2025– Jota González

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 198 12. Bogdan Wenta 1981–1994 191 13. Zbigniew Tłuczyński 1978–1990 186 14. Krzysztof Lijewski 2003–2017 185 15. Kamil Syprzak 2011– 180 16. Zbigniew Plechoć 1983–1990 178 17. Henryk Rozmiarek 1971–1980 177 18. Jan Gmyrek 1970–1979 176 19. Damian Wleklak 1998–2009 164 20. Mariusz Jurkiewicz 2002–2017 163

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. Arkadiusz Moryto 2017– 510 14. Tomasz Tłuczyński 2006–2012 503 15. Lesław Dziuba 1981–1990 447 16. Krzysztof Lijewski 2003–2017 439 17. Patryk Kuchczyński 2002–2014 435 18. Zbigniew Plechoć 1983–1990 427 19. Kamil Syprzak 2011– 417 20. Michał Daszek 2013– 386

Kit suppliers

The Polish national kit is supplied by Joma.

Media Coverage

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