Lithuania men's national handball team

The Lithuania national handball team is the national handball team of Lithuania.

Lithuania
Information
Association	Lithuanian Handball Federation
Coach	Gintaras Savukynas
Most goals	Aidenas Malašinskas (418)
Colours
Results
World Championship
Appearances	1 (First in 1997)
Best result	10th (1997)
European Championship
Appearances	2 (First in 1998)
Best result	9th (1998)
Last updated on 22 January 2022.

Lithuanian team.

Competitive record

World Championship

World Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1938	Part of Soviet Union
1954
1958
1961
1964
1967
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1993	Did not qualify
1995
1997	Round of 16	10	6	2	1	3	130	134
1999	Did not qualify
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
/ 2019
2021
/ 2023
// 2025	TBD
2027
/ 2029
// 2031
Total	1/29	–	6	2	1	3	130	134

European Championship

European Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1994	Did not qualify
1996
1998	Preliminary round	9	6	2	1	3	138	151
2000	Did not qualify
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
// 2020
/ 2022	Preliminary round	21	3	0	0	3	82	95
2024	Did not qualify
// 2026	TBD
// 2028
Total	2/18	–	9	2	1	6	220	246

Current squad

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 7 CB Aidenas Malašinskas HC Motor Zaporizhzhia 35 RW Valdas Drabavičius VHC Šviesa 27 CB Vaidotas Grosas Granitas Kaunas 17 LB Jonas Truchanovičius Montpellier Handball 21 P Mindaugas Tarcijonas SPR Tarnów 14 LB Gerdas Babarskas Chambéry Savoie Mont-Blanc Handball 88 RB Mindaugas Dumčius HC Elbflorenz 32 GK Giedrius Morkūnas Riihimäki Cocks 5 CB Gabrielius Virbauskas Dragūnas Klaipėda 3 LW Mindaugas Urbonas HBC CSKA Moscow 11 CB Benas Petreikis EHV Aue 12 GK Vilius Rašimas EHV Aue 30 p Benas Butkus Dragūnas Klaipėda 15 LB Lukas Simėnas Dragūnas Klaipėda 13 RB Gytis Šmantauskas Dragūnas Klaipėda 20 LW Skirmantas Plėta Les Vikings de Caen

Notable players

• Jonas Truchanovičius 1st Lithuanian to win EHF Champions League

Notable former coaches

• Voldemaras Novickis (1993–2000)
• Gintaras Savukynas (2009–2014, 2022–present)
• Mindaugas Andriuska (2020–2022)

External links

• Official website
• IHF profile