Poland national handball team

Olympic Games

Competitive record at the Summer Olympics Games Round Position Pld W D L GF GA 1936 Berlin Did Not Enter Not held from 1948 to 1968 1972 Munich Match for 9th place 10th of 16 5 2 1 2 75 78 1976 Montreal Third Place 3rd of 12 5 4 0 1 101 89 1980 Moscow Match for 7th place 7th of 12 6 3 1 2 146 119 1984 Los Angeles Did Not Participate 1988 Seoul Did Not Qualify 1992 Barcelona 1996 Atlanta 2000 Sydney 2004 Athens 2008 Beijing Match for 5th place 5th of 12 8 5 1 2 235 214 2012 London Did Not Qualify 2016 Rio de Janeiro Match for 3rd place 4th of 12 8 3 0 5 222 227 Total 5/13 0 Titles 32 17 3 12 779 727

Record against other teams at the Summer Olympics National team Pld W D L PF PA PD  Brazil 1 1 0 0 28 25 +3  China 1 1 0 0 33 19 +14  Croatia 1 1 0 0 27 24 +3  Cuba 1 1 0 0 34 19 +15  Czechoslovakia 1 1 0 0 21 18 +3  Denmark 2 2 0 0 37 20 +17  East Germany 1 0 0 1 21 22 -1  France 1 0 1 0 30 30 0  Germany* 1 1 0 0 21 18 +3  Hungary 2 1 1 0 38 36 +2  Iceland 2 1 0 1 50 49 +1  South Korea 1 1 0 0 29 26 +3  Norway 1 0 0 1 20 23 -3  Romania 1 0 0 1 15 17 -2  Russia 1 1 0 0 29 28 +1  Soviet Union 1 0 0 1 11 17 -6  Spain 2 0 0 2 51 54 -3  Sweden 1 0 1 0 13 13 0   Switzerland 1 1 0 0 23 22 +1  United States 1 1 0 0 26 20 +6 *Germany's results also include West Germany.

World Championships

Competitive record at the World Championships World Championship record Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA 1938 Did not enter 1954 1958 5th/6th place 5 6 3 1 2 97 91 1961 Did not enter 1964 1967 Preliminary round 12 3 1 0 2 53 66 1970 Preliminary round 14 3 0 0 3 43 59 1974 Fourth Place 4 6 4 0 2 104 86 1978 5th/6th place 6 6 3 0 3 134 124 1982 Third Place 3 7 4 1 2 148 143 1986 Preliminary round 14 6 2 1 3 134 128 1990 11th/12th place 11 7 3 0 4 160 177 1993 Did not qualify 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 Second round 10 7 4 0 3 204 189 2005 Did not qualify 2007 Runners-up 2 10 8 0 2 310 274 2009 Third place 3 10 7 0 3 298 264 2011 7th/8th place 8 9 5 0 4 249 236 2013 Round of 16 9 6 4 0 2 153 137 2015 Third place 3 9 6 0 3 241 222 2017 Presidents Cup 17 7 3 0 4 167 173 / 2019 Did not qualify 2021 To be determined / 2023 Qualified as co-host Total 16/28 0 titles 102 68 3 42 2495 2369

Record against other teams at the World Championship National team Pld W D L PF PA PD  Algeria 2 2 0 0 67 45 +22  Argentina 3 3 0 0 77 61 +16  Belarus 1 1 0 0 24 22 +2  Brazil 1 1 0 0 31 23 +8  Bulgaria 1 1 0 0 28 22 +6  Chile 1 1 0 0 38 23 +15  Croatia 3 1 0 2 71 79 -8  Cuba 1 1 0 0 27 23 +4  Czechoslovakia 3 2 0 1 65 62 +3  Denmark 10 5 0 5 244 244 0  East Germany 2 0 1 1 36 44 -8  Finland 1 0 1 0 14 14 0  France 1 0 0 1 22 31 +9  Germany* 6 1 0 5 137 152 -15  Hungary 3 0 0 3 56 73 -17  Iceland 4 2 0 2 109 112 -3  Japan 3 3 0 0 79 57 +22  South Korea 3 3 0 0 91 72 +19  Kuwait 1 1 0 0 36 21 +15  Macedonia 1 0 0 1 29 30 -1  Morocco 1 1 0 0 35 29 +6  Norway 2 2 0 0 51 48 +3  Qatar 2 1 0 1 64 57 +7  Romania 1 0 0 1 14 18 -4  Russia 3 3 0 0 78 74 +4  Saudi Arabia 2 2 0 0 60 27 +33  Serbia 3 3 0 0 87 73 +14  Slovakia 1 1 0 0 35 33 +2  Slovenia 2 1 0 1 62 52 +10  Soviet Union 3 0 0 3 58 71 -13  Spain 6 3 1 2 137 132 +5  Sweden 6 3 0 3 117 116 +1   Switzerland 3 2 0 1 53 51 +2  Tunisia 3 3 0 0 95 80 +15  Yugoslavia 6 1 0 5 101 125 -24 *Germany's results also include West Germany.

European Championship

Competitive record at the European Championship Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA 1994 Did not qualify 1996 1998 2000 2002 Preliminary round 15 3 0 0 3 67 83 2004 Preliminary round 16 3 0 0 3 86 109 2006 Main round 10 6 1 1 4 163 185 2008 Main round 7 6 3 1 2 182 172 2010 Fourth place 4 8 4 1 3 222 221 2012 Main round 9 6 3 1 2 173 160 2014 Main round 6 7 3 0 4 191 184 2016 Seventh place 7 7 5 0 2 193 194 2018 Did not qualify 2020 To be determined Total 8/13 - 46 19 4 23 1277 1208

Record against other teams at the European Championship National team Pld W D L PF PA PD  Belarus 1 1 0 0 31 30 +1  Croatia 3 0 0 3 76 87 -11  Czech Republic 3 2 0 1 92 89 +3  Denmark 2 1 0 1 53 62 -9  France 4 0 0 4 97 117 -20  Germany 4 2 0 2 116 131 -15  Iceland 2 0 0 2 53 57 -4  Macedonia 1 0 0 1 25 27 -2  Montenegro 1 1 0 0 39 23 +13  Norway 1 0 1 0 24 24 0  Russia 1 1 0 0 24 22 +2  Serbia 2 0 0 2 37 42 -5  Serbia and Montenegro 1 0 0 1 29 38 -9  Slovakia 1 1 0 0 41 24 +17  Slovenia 3 1 1 1 92 90 +2  Spain 2 1 0 1 57 60 -3  Sweden 4 2 1 1 111 106 +5   Switzerland 1 0 1 0 31 31 0  Ukraine 2 1 0 1 56 54 +2 Total 19 teams

Competitive record in qualifying rounds Year Pld W D L GF GA Qual 1994 10 6 1 3 269 211 no 1996 6 0 0 6 140 175 no 1998 12 5 0 7 290 296 no 2000 8 5 0 3 206 189 no 2002 2 1 1 0 56 52 yes 2004 2 1 0 1 60 49 yes 2006 5 3 0 2 163 129 yes 2008 2 2 0 0 72 47 yes 2010 8 5 1 2 242 198 yes 2012 6 4 1 1 172 147 yes 2014 6 5 0 1 162 133 yes 2016 Qualified as host yes 2018 6 1 2 3 171 189 no Total 73 38 6 29 2003 1815 8/13

Record against other teams in qualifying rounds National team Pld W D L PF PA PD  Austria 4 2 0 2 106 94 +12  Azerbaijan 1 1 0 0 43 14 +29  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 2 0 0 56 52 +6  Cyprus 2 2 0 0 69 22 +47  Denmark 2 0 0 2 42 48 -6  France 2 1 0 1 42 51 -9  Germany 2 0 0 2 41 56 -15  Hungary 2 0 0 2 45 53 -8  Iceland 2 0 0 2 47 54 -7  Israel 2 2 0 0 52 43 +9  Italy 2 2 0 0 51 49 +2  Latvia 2 2 0 0 63 31 +32  Luxembourg 2 2 0 0 62 41 +21  Montenegro 2 2 0 0 61 43 +18  Netherlands 7 7 0 0 227 163 +64  Norway 2 1 1 0 56 52 +4  Portugal 2 1 1 0 57 49 +8  Romania 4 1 0 3 112 114 -2  Russia 2 0 0 2 44 62 -18  Slovakia 1 0 0 1 28 31 -3  Slovenia 2 1 0 1 60 57 +3  Spain 2 0 1 1 51 57 -6  Sweden 8 2 1 5 200 216 -16   Switzerland 2 1 0 1 44 50 -6  Turkey 2 2 0 0 62 41 +21  Ukraine 4 4 0 0 111 83 +28 Total 26 teams

Current squad

Squad for the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship qualification matches against Kosovo and Israel^[2].

Caps and goals correct as of 11 October 2018.

Head coach: Piotr Przybecki

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 4 RB Maciej Majdziński (1996-04-08) 8 April 1996 1.89 m 1 0 Bergischer HC 6 LW Przemysław Krajewski (1987-01-20) 20 January 1987 1.84 m 110 242 Wisła Płock 10 P Patryk Walczak (1992-07-29) 29 July 1992 1.98 m 29 23 TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke 11 CB Paweł Krupa (1989-10-24) 24 October 1989 1.97 m 1 1 Pogoń Szczecin 12 GK Mateusz Kornecki (1994-06-05) 5 June 1994 1.94 m 17 1 NMC Górnik Zabrze 16 GK Piotr Wyszomirski (1988-01-06) 6 January 1988 1.95 m 126 3 TBV Lemgo 17 LB Antoni Łangowski (1990-04-19) 19 April 1990 1.95 m 15 18 KPR Gwardia Opole 18 LB Paweł Genda (1994-02-06) 6 February 1994 1.98 m 16 22 VfL Lübeck-Schwartau 23 P Kamil Syprzak (1991-07-23) 23 July 1991 2.08 m 114 216 FC Barcelona Lassa 24 CB Michał Potoczny (1995-01-10) 10 January 1995 1.89 m 11 18 MMTS Kwidzyn 25 RW Arkadiusz Moryto (1997-08-31) 31 August 1997 1.82 m 29 109 PGE VIVE Kielce 26 RW Michał Daszek (1992-06-27) 27 June 1992 1.82 m 95 225 Wisła Płock 27 CB Adrian Kondratiuk (1993-02-23) 23 February 1993 1.90 m 5 5 Energa Wybrzeże Gdańsk 28 P Maciej Gębala (1994-01-10) 10 January 1994 2.00 m 34 23 SC DHfK Leipzig 30 RB Rafał Przybylski (1991-02-19) 19 February 1991 2.00 m 47 99 Fenix Toulouse 33 RB Paweł Paczkowski (1993-06-14) 14 June 1993 1.92 m 31 67 Motor Zaporozhye 49 LB Piotr Chrapkowski (1988-03-24) 24 March 1988 2.02 m 102 164 SC Magdeburg 61 GK Adam Malcher (1986-05-21) 21 May 1986 1.98 m 58 1 KPR Gwardia Opole

Head coaches

• Walenty Kłyszejko
• Janusz Czerwiński (1967–1976)
• Stanisław Majorek
• Tadeusz Wadych
• Jacek Zglinicki (1978–1980 and 1994–1996)
• Jan Pełka
• Zygfryd Kuchta (1981–1984)
• Jerzy Eliasz
• Bogdan Kowalczyk
• Stefan Wrześniewski
• Zenon Łakomy (1986–1990)
• Michał Kaniowski (1990–1992)
• Krzysztof Kisiel
• Jerzy Klempel
• Bogdan Zajączkowski (2000–2004)
• Bogdan Wenta (2004–2012)
• Daniel Waszkiewicz and Damian Wleklak (2012)
• Michael Biegler (2012–2016)
• Talant Duyshebaev (2016–2017)
• Piotr Przybecki (2017–)

Statistics

Matches include data obtained exclusively in official international matches Polish national team. All unofficial matches of the national team, or meetings in the frame other than the national team - played by a player - not included in the following lists.