Romania men's national handball team
| Romania | |||
|---|---|---|---|
![]() | |||
| Information | |||
| Association | Romanian Handball Federation | ||
| Coach |
| ||
| Most caps | Alexandru Buligan (280) | ||
| Most goals | Vasile Stîngă (1414) | ||
| Colours | |||
| |||
| 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. | |||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Representing | ||
| 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 |
| Match for 5th place | 5th of 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 29 | |
| Not held from 1948 to 1968 | ||||||||
| Third Place | 3rd of 16 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 111 | 92 | |
| Runners-up | 2nd of 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 106 | 90 | |
| Third Place | 3rd of 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 139 | 106 | |
| Third Place | 3rd of 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 143 | 110 | |
| Did Not Qualify | ||||||||
| Match for 7th place | 8th of 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 126 | 138 | |
| Did Not Qualify | ||||||||
| Total | 6/13 | - | 33 | 21 | 2 | 10 | 644 | 565 |
World Championships
| World Championship record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | +/- |
| Did not enter | ||||||||
| 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 50 | -10 | |
| 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 89 | 67 | +22 | |
| 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 136 | 88 | +48 | |
| 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 114 | 88 | +26 | |
| 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 94 | 68 | +26 | |
| 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 111 | 81 | +30 | |
| 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 131 | 106 | +25 | |
| 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 164 | 152 | +12 | |
| 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 146 | 147 | -1 | |
| 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 168 | 142 | +26 | |
| 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 143 | 152 | -9 | |
| 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 147 | 152 | -5 | |
| Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 141 | 135 | +6 | |
| 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 132 | 123 | +9 | |
| Did not qualify | ||||||||
| Total | 14/24 | 83 | 51 | 4 | 28 | 25 | 1756 | 1552 |
European Championships
| European Championship record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | +/- | |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 113 | 135 | -22 | ||
| 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 117 | 134 | -17 | ||
| Did not qualify | |||||||||
| Total | - | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 230 | 269 | -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 | |
| 1 | Ionuț Iancu | Goalkeeper | |
| 12 | Ionuț Irimuș | Goalkeeper | |
| 15 | Valentin Ghionea | Right Wing | |
| 9 | Andrei Mihalcea | Right Wing | |
| 87 | Răzvan Pavel | Left Wing | |
| 24 | Andrei Nicușor Negru | Left Wing | |
| 2 | Georgică Cântec | Left Back | |
| 8 | Ionuț Ramba | Left Back | |
| 29 | Radu Lazăr | Left Back | |
| 28 | Alexandru Csepreghi | Playmaker | |
| Marius Szőke | Playmaker | ||
| 34 | Cristian Fenici | Playmaker | |
| 18 | Marius Sadoveac | Right Back | |
| 90 | Bogdan Criciotoiu | Right Back | |
| 99 | Iulian Stamate | Pivot | |
| 4 | Marius Mocanu | Pivot | |
| 20 | András Szász | Pivot | |
| 32 | Adrian Rotaru | Pivot | |
See also
References
External links
- Federatia Romana de Handbal Romanian Handball Federation
- International Handball Federation
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/8/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.

