Greece national handball team

The Greece national handball team is the national handball team of Greece and is controlled by the Greek Handball Association.

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.

Competitive record

Olympic Games

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
Total	1/13	-	8	3	0	5	188	220

World Championships

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
Total	1/24	-	9	4	1	4	245	246

European Championships

European Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1994	Did not qualify
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
Total	0/12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Current squad

The Greece international squad at the 2017 World Championship Qualification

Position	No.	Player	Date of birth	Club
GK	12	Nikolaos Loizos	31 July 1985	AC Diomidis Argous
GK	1	Kostas Gourgoumis	12 July 1986	Fémina Visé
GK		Kostas Tsilimparis	1 June 1983	Filippos Veria
LW	20	Vyron Papadopoulos	22 February 1986	HC Empor Rostock
LW	7	Christos Mylonas	13 June 1976	AC Diomidis Argous
RW	8	Adam Papadopoulos	5 August 1978	AC Diomidis Argous
RW	19	Christoforos Bakaoukas	17 April 1981	AEK H.C.
CB	4	Dimitrios Tzimourtos	10 February 1981	Eintracht Hildesheim
CB	5	Georgios Mastorogiannis	30 August 1981	Filippos Veria
CB	3	Theodoros Megaloikonomu	18 August 1983	AC Diomidis Argous
CB	25	Theodoros Petridis	16 June 1986	PAOK Thessaloniki H.C.
LB	9	Spyros Balomenos	28 February 1979	Handball Tiror
RB	6	Nikolaos Riganas	28 January 1984	HCM Constanţa
RB	19	Alexandros Alvanos	9 April 1980	PAOK Thessaloniki H.C.
P		Georgios Chalkidis	13 May 1977	Wacker Thun
P		Charalampos Mallios	6 August 1987	AC Diomidis Argous