Romania men's national handball team

Romania
Information
Association Romanian Handball Federation
Coach Spain Xavier Pascual
Most caps Alexandru Buligan (280)
Most goals Vasile Stîngă (1414)
Colours
Home
Away
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances 6 (First in 1936)
Best result 2nd, 1976
World Championship
Appearances 14 (First in 1958)
Best result 1st, 1961, 1964, 1970, 1974
European Championship
Appearances 2 (First in 1994)
Best result 9th, 1996
Last updated on 8 November 2013.
Romania men's national handball team
Medal record
Representing  Romania
Men's Handball
Olympic Games
1972 Munich Team
1976 Montreal Team
1980 Moscow Team
1984 Los Angeles Team
World Championship
1961 West Germany Team
1964 Czechoslovakia Team
1967 Sweden Team
1970 France Team
1974 East Germany Team
1990 Czechoslovakia Team

The Romania men's national handball team is the men's national handball team of Romania. It is governed by the Romanian Handball Federation (Romanian: Romanian Federaţia Română de Handbal) and takes part in international team handball competitions. Romania was for many decades the most successful nation in handball with 4 gold medal wins at the World Championships, they served as a model for the sport. However, Romania failed to win a medal since 1990.

Competitive record

     Champions       Runners-up       Third Place       Fourth Place  

Olympic Games

Olympic record
Games Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
Germany 1936 Berlin Match for 5th place 5th of 6 3 1 0 2 19 29
Not held from 1948 to 1968
West Germany 1972 Munich Third Place 3rd of 16 7 6 0 1 111 92
Canada 1976 Montreal Runners-up 2nd of 12 5 3 1 1 106 90
Soviet Union 1980 Moscow Third Place 3rd of 12 6 5 0 1 139 106
United States 1984 Los Angeles Third Place 3rd of 12 6 5 0 1 143 110
South Korea 1988 Seoul Did Not Qualify
Spain 1992 Barcelona Match for 7th place 8th of 12 6 1 1 4 126 138
United States 1996 Atlanta Did Not Qualify
Australia 2000 Sydney
Greece 2004 Athens
China 2008 Beijing
United Kingdom 2012 London
Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro
Total6/13-3321210644565

World Championships

World Championship record
Year Position GP W D L GS GA +/-
Nazi Germany 1938 Did not enter
Sweden 1954
East Germany 19581330124050-10
West Germany 1961165018967+22
Czechoslovakia 19641660013688+48
Sweden 19673641111488+26
France 1970165019468+26
East Germany 19741650111181+30
Denmark 197876312131106+25
West Germany 198257502164152+12
Switzerland 198697304146147-1
Czechoslovakia 199037601168142+26
Sweden 1993107214143152-9
Iceland 1995106303147152-5
Japan 1997 Did not qualify
Egypt 1999
France 2001
Portugal 2003
Tunisia 2005
Germany 2007
Croatia 2009155203141135+6
Sweden 2011195203132123+9
Spain 2013 Did not qualify
Qatar 2015
France 2017
Total14/2483514282517561552

European Championships

European Championship record
Year Position GP W D L GS GA +/-
Portugal 1994115104113135-22
Spain 199695104117134-17
Italy 1998 Did not qualify
Croatia 2000
Sweden 2002
Slovenia 2004
Switzerland 2006
Norway 2008
Austria 2010
Serbia 2012
Denmark 2014
Poland 2016
Total-10208230269-39

Team

Squad

This is the list of 19 players named for the 2018 European Men's Handball Championship play-off games against Belarus and Poland

Nr. Name Position Club
16 Mihai Popescu Goalkeeper FranceSaint-Raphaël Var Handball
1 Ionuț Iancu Goalkeeper RomaniaCSM București
12 Ionuț Irimuș Goalkeeper RomaniaCS Dinamo
15 Valentin Ghionea Right Wing PolandWisła Płock
9 Andrei Mihalcea Right Wing RomaniaHC Odorhei
87 Răzvan Pavel Left Wing RomaniaAHC Potaissa Turda
24 Andrei Nicușor Negru Left Wing RomaniaCSM București
2 Georgică Cântec Left Back RomaniaAHC Potaissa Turda
8 Ionuț Ramba Left Back GermanyTBV Lemgo
29 Radu Lazăr Left Back RomaniaAHC Potaissa Turda
28 Alexandru Csepreghi Playmaker FranceCréteil
Marius Szőke Playmaker RomaniaSteaua București
34 Cristian Fenici Playmaker RomaniaSCM Politehnica Timișoara
18 Marius Sadoveac Right Back FranceTremblay en France Handball
90 Bogdan Criciotoiu Right Back GermanyBergischer HC
99 Iulian Stamate Pivot RomaniaCSM București
4 Marius Mocanu Pivot RomaniaCS Dinamo
20 András Szász Pivot RomaniaHC Odorhei
32 Adrian Rotaru Pivot RomaniaCSM București

See also

References

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