The Russia national handball team (Russian: Сборная России по гандболу) is controlled by the Handball Federation of Russia. Russia is designates by IHF and EHF.
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| Association | Handball Federation of Russia (Союз гандболистов России) | ||
| Coach | Velimir Petković | ||
| Assistant coach | Valentin Buzmakov Mikhail Izmailov | ||
| Captain | Daniil Shishkaryov | ||
| Colours | |||
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| Results | |||
| Summer Olympics | |||
| Appearances | 4 (First in 1996) | ||
| Best result |  1st (2000) | ||
| World Championship | |||
| Appearances | 21 (First in 1993) | ||
| Best result |  1st (1993, 1997) | ||
| European Championship | |||
| Appearances | 14 (First in 1994) | ||
| Best result |  1st (1996) | ||
| Last updated on Unknown. | |||
| Medal record | ||
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| Olympic Games | ||
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2000 Sydney | Team |
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2004 Athens | Team |
| World Championship | ||
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1993 Sweden | |
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1997 Japan | |
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1999 Egypt | |
| European Championship | ||
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1996 Spain | |
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1994 Portugal | |
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2000 Croatia | |
History edit
Handball in Russia as one of the sports games appeared approx. in 1909. In the first period of its development the handball in Russia had two forms, 11 players form and 7 players form. In 1955 was set up the All-Union section (federation) of handball. By early 60s was finally approved a single form of handball game – 7 players form.[citation needed]
Honours edit
| Competition |  |
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Total |
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| Olympic Games | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| World Championship | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| European Championship | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
Results edit
Summer Olympics edit
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GS | GA |
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| 1972 – 1988 | As  Soviet Union
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 1992 |
As  Unified Team
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 1996 |
Preliminary round | 5th | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 166 | 132 |
 2000 |
Champions | 1st | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 219 | 195 |
 2004 |
Third place | 3rd | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 214 | 216 |
 2008 |
Preliminary round | 6th | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 216 | 214 |
 2012 |
Did not qualify | |||||||
 2016
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 2020
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 2024 |
Banned | |||||||
| Total | 4/7 | 1 Title | 30 | 18 | 1 | 11 | 815 | 757 |
World Championship edit
| 1993 | 
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Champions |
| 1995 | 
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5th place |
| 1997 |
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Champions |
| 1999 | 
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Runners-up |
| 2001 |
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6th place |
| 2003 | 
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5th place |
| 2005 | 
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8th place |
| 2007 | 
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6th place |
| 2009 | 
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16th place |
| 2011 |
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did not qualify |
| 2013 |
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7th place |
| 2015 | 
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19th place |
| 2017 |
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12th place |
| 2019 | 
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14th place |
| 2021 |
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14th place (played as RHF Team) |
| 2023 | 
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Disqualified during qualification |
| 2025 | 
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Banned |
| 2027 |
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TBD |
| 2029 |
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TBD |
| 2031 |
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TBD |
European Championship edit
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
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| 1994 |
Runners-up | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 172 | 148 |
| 1996 |
Champions | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 172 | 141 |
 1998 |
Fourth place | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 179 | 167 |
| 2000 |
Runners-up | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 189 | 175 |
| 2002 |
5th/6th place | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 197 | 172 |
 2004 |
5th/6th place | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 206 | 190 |
 2006 |
5th/6th place | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 208 | 204 |
| 2008 |
Preliminary round | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 74 | 88 |
 2010 |
Main round | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 177 | 194 |
 2012 |
Preliminary round | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 82 | 89 |
| 2014 |
Main round | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 168 | 179 |
| 2016 |
Main round | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 160 | 161 |
| 2018 |
did not qualify | |||||||
| 2020 |
Preliminary round | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 76 | 91 |
  2022 |
Main round | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 194 | 190 |
| 2024 |
Disqualified during qualification | |||||||
| 2026 |
Future event | |||||||
| 2028
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| Total | 14/18 | 1 title | 83 | 42 | 10* | 31 | 2254 | 2189 |
- *Denotes draws include knockout matches decided in a penalty shootout.
Team edit
Current squad edit
Squad for the 2022 European Men's Handball Championship.
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Coaching staff edit
| HUR Management Personnel: | Andrey Lavrov |
| Head Coach: | Velimir Petković |
| Coaches: | Valentin Buzmakov / Mikhail Izmailov |
| Videooperator: | Andrei Seregin |
Notable players edit
Andrey Lavrov-
Talant Dujshebaev - Pavel Sukosyan
- Vyacheslav Gorpishin
- Eduard Koksharov
- Vasily Kudinov
- Dmitry Filippov
- Denis Krivoshlykov
- Serguei Pogorelov
- Dmitri Torgovanov
- Aleksandr Tuchkin
- Stanislav Kulinchenko
- Valeri Gopin
- Oleg Kisselev
- Alexey Kamanin
- Alexey Kostygov
- Alexander Chernoivanov
- Vitaly Ivanov
- Vasily Filippov
- Lev Voronin
- Vyacheslav Atavin
- Oleg Grebnev
- Pavel Bashkin
Statistics edit
Most capped players edit
| Player | Games | Position | Years |
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| Andrey Lavrov | 320 | GK | |
| Vyacheslav Atavin | 288 | OB | |
| Vyacheslav Gorpishin | 270 | ? | |
| Alexey Rastvortsev | 251 | OB | |
| Vitali Ivanov | 236 | CB | |
| Eduard Koksharov | 226 | W | |
| Dmitri Torgovanov | 219 | P | |
| Dmitry Kovalyov | 213 | W | |
| Timur Dibirov | 212 | W | |
| Mikhail Chipurin | 208 | P | |
| Vasily Kudinov | 196 | OB | |
| Sergey Pogorelov | 194 | OB | |
| Dmitry Filippov | 160+ | CB, W | |
| Denis Krivoshlykov | 158 | W | |
| Oleg Grams | 150 | GK | |
| Pavel Sukosyan | 145 | GK | |
| Talant Duyshebaev | 140 | CB | |
| Egor Evdokimov | 132 | P | |
| Alexey Kostygov | 131 | GK | |
| Stanislav Kulinchenko | 125 | CB | |
| Daniil Shishkarev | 122 | W | |
| Dmitry Zhitnikov | 119 | CB | |
| Alexander Chernoivanov | 116 | P | |
| Samvel Aslanyan | 111 | OB | |
| Konstantin Igropulo | 110 | OB | |
| Pavel Atman | 107 | CB | |
| Vasily Filippov | 101 | CB | |
| Valery Gopin | 100+ | W | |
| Oleg Kiselyov | 100+ | CB, OB | |
| Oleg Grebnev | 100+ | P |
Top scorers edit
| Player | Goals | Average | Position | Years |
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| Eduard Koksharov | 1110 | 4.91 | W | |
| Alexey Rastvortsev | 898 | 3.58 | OB | |
| Talant Duyshebaev | 726+ | CB | ||
| Dmitri Torgovanov | 689 | 3.15 | P | |
| Vyacheslav Atavin | 600+ | OB | ||
| Timur Dibirov | 600 | W | ||
| Vitali Ivanov | 522 | 2.21 | CB | |
| Konstantin Igropulo | 505 | OB | ||
| Mikhail Chipurin | 505 | P | ||
| Denis Krivoshlykov | 448 | 2.84 | W | |
| Sergey Pogorelov | 446 | 2.30 | OB | |
| Dmitry Kovalyov | 439 | W | ||
| Vasily Kudinov | 300+ | OB | ||
| Dmitry Filippov | 300+ | CB, W | ||
| Aleksandr Tuchkin | 299 | 3.25 | OB |
References edit
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