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Serbia men's national handball team

The Serbia men's national handball team represents Serbia in international handball competitions. It is governed by the Serbian Handball Federation.

Serbia
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Information
NicknameOrlovi
(The Eagles)
AssociationHandball Federation of Serbia
CoachBoris Rojević
Colours
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
1st
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances2 (First in 2000)
Best result4th (2000)
World Championship
Appearances10 (First in 1997)
Best resultBronze 3rd (1999, 2001)
European Championship
Appearances13 (First in 1996)
Best resultSilver 2nd (2012)
Last updated on Unknown.
Serbia men's national handball team
Medal record
Representing
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia SFR Yugoslavia
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro
Serbia Serbia
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Egypt
Bronze medal – third place 2001 France
European Championship
Silver medal – second place 2012 Serbia
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Spain
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2009 Pescara Team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Oran Team
Summer Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2015 Gwangju Team

Olympic Committee of FR Yugoslavia declared men's national handball team as the best male team of the year in 1999.[1]

History edit

2012 European Championship edit

The 2012 European Men's Handball Championship was the tenth edition of the tournament and was held in Serbia from 15–29 January 2012 in the cities of Belgrade, Niš, Novi Sad and Vršac.

Playing in front of their home crowd, the hosts were pitted in Group A against Denmark, Poland and Slovakia. They finished first in the group following victories against Denmark and Poland.

In the main round the team faced Germany, Sweden and Macedonia. Serbia advanced again by defeating two of their three opponents and defeated Croatia in the semifinal 26–22. They faced Denmark in the final, after having already beaten them in the group stage. However, Denmark exacted upon revenge to emerge as champions.

Honours edit

Competition       Total
Olympic Games 0 0 0 0
World Championship 0 0 2 2
European Championship 0 1 1 2
Total 0 1 3 4

Competitive record edit

The Serbian Handball Federation is deemed the direct successor to Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro by EHF.

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place  

Olympic Games edit

Games Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
1936 to 1988 Part of Yugoslavia
  1992 Qualified and later suspended
  1996 did not qualify
  2000 Fourth place 4th of 12 8 4 0 4 204 203 +1
  2004 did not qualify
  2008 did not qualify
  Serbia
  2012 Group stage 9th of 12 5 1 0 4 120 131 −11
  2016 did not qualify
  2020
  2024
  2028 Future events
  2032
Total 2/8 – 13 5 0 8 324 334 −10

World Championship edit

Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
1938 to 1990 Part of Yugoslavia
  1993 Qualified and later suspended
  1995 Suspended from qualification tournament
  1997 Round of 16 9 6 4 0 2 162 148
  1999 Third place 3   9 6 1 2 257 221
  2001 Third place 3   9 7 0 2 254 182
  2003 7th/8th place 8 9 5 1 3 263 228
  2005 5th/6th place 5 9 5 2 2 253 221
  2007 did not qualify   Serbia
  2009 7th/8th place 8 9 4 1 4 280 281
  2011 9th/10th place 10 9 3 1 5 246 251
  2013 Round of 16 10 6 3 0 3 170 159
  2015 did not qualify
  2017
    2019 Presidents Cup 18 7 2 1 4 187 203
  2021 did not qualify
    2023 Main round 11 6 4 0 2 191 168
 / /  2025 Future events
  2027
Total 10/16 – 79 43 7 29 2263 2062

European Championship edit

Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
  1994 Suspended from qualification tournament
  1996 Third place 3   7 5 1 1 166 162
  1998 5th/6th place 5 6 4 0 2 157 145
  2000 did not qualify
  2002 9th/10th place 10 7 2 1 4 185 192
  2004 7th/8th place 8 7 3 1 3 206 199
  2006 Main round 9 6 2 0 4 166 181
  2008 did not qualify
  Serbia
  2010 Preliminary round 13 3 0 1 2 83 94
  2012 Runner-up 2   8 4 2 2 176 168
  2014 Preliminary round 13 3 1 0 2 73 77
  2016 Preliminary round 15 3 0 1 2 81 92
  2018 Main round 12 6 1 0 5 160 191
      2020 Preliminary round 20 3 0 0 3 72 81
    2022 Preliminary round 14 3 1 0 2 76 75
  2024 Preliminary round 19 3 0 1 2 83 85
      2026 Future events
      2028
Total 13/18 – 65 23 8 34 1684 1742
* Colored background indicates that medal was won on the tournament.
** Red border color indicates that tournament was held on home soil.

Mediterranean Games edit

Team edit

Current squad edit

Squad for the 2024 European Men's Handball Championship.[2][3]

Head coach: Toni Gerona

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 GK Vladimir Cupara (1994-02-19) 19 February 1994 (age 30) 1.99 m 67 4   Dinamo București
3 RW Vukašin Vorkapić (1997-10-01) 1 October 1997 (age 26) 1.88 m 35 71   RK Vojvodina
5 LB Miloš Kos (2002-08-01) 1 August 2002 (age 21) 1.92 m 9 19   RK Zagreb
11 LB Ilija Abutović (1988-08-02) 2 August 1988 (age 35) 2.02 m 55 22   C' Chartres MHB
13 LB Uroš Borzaš (1999-07-28) 28 July 1999 (age 24) 1.98 m 31 58   RK Eurofarm Pelister
14 LB Marko Milosavljević (1998-09-13) 13 September 1998 (age 25) 2.01 m 28 57   CB Ademar León
15 RW Uroš Kojadinović (2000-09-26) 26 September 2000 (age 23) 1.87 m 11 30   RK Partizan
17 RW Bogdan Radivojević (1993-03-02) 2 March 1993 (age 31) 1.92 m 85 252   RK Eurofarm Pelister
19 LW Nemanja Ilić (1990-05-11) 11 May 1990 (age 33) 1.76 m 137 374   Fenix Toulouse
20 LB Miljan Pušica (1991-06-30) 30 June 1991 (age 32) 2.02 m 42 16   RK Vojvodina
21 LW Vanja Ilić (1993-02-25) 25 February 1993 (age 31) 1.85 m 86 215   C' Chartres MHB
22 RB Miloš Orbović (1993-11-02) 2 November 1993 (age 30) 1.93 m 28 42   HC Kriens-Luzern
23 RB Predrag Vejin (1992-12-17) 17 December 1992 (age 31) 1.96 m 18 29   RK Nexe Našice
24 CB Lazar Kukić (1995-12-12) 12 December 1995 (age 28) 1.88 m 56 196   Dinamo București
33 P Luka Rogan (2003-07-04) 4 July 2003 (age 20) 1.94 m 5 9   RK Vojvodina
44 LB Petar Đorđić (1990-09-17) 17 September 1990 (age 33) 1.95 m 39 88   RK Vojvodina
46 P Dragan Pechmalbec (1996-01-05) 5 January 1996 (age 28) 1.94 m 26 72   Telekom Veszprém
93 P Mijajlo Marsenić (1993-03-09) 9 March 1993 (age 31) 2.02 m 121 328   Füchse Berlin
96 GK Dejan Milosavljev (1996-03-16) 16 March 1996 (age 28) 1.96 m 66 3   Füchse Berlin
99 GK Milan Bomaštar (1999-07-10) 10 July 1999 (age 24) 2.01 m 18 0   C' Chartres MHB

Individual records [citation needed] edit

  • Bold denotes players still playing international handball.

References edit

  1. ^ Najuspešniji u izboru OKS
  2. ^ "18 Орлова спремно за Немачку!" (in Serbian). rss.org.rs. 10 January 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Team roster: Serbia". res.ehf.eu. 12 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.

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