Russia national handball team

Russia
Information
Association	Handball Union of Russia (Союз гандболистов России)
Coach	Dmitri Torgovanov
Colours
Home Away
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	4 (First in 1996)
Best result	Winners (2000)
World Championship
Appearances	20 (First in 1993)
Best result	Winners (1993, 1997)
European Championship
Appearances	12 (First in 1994)
Best result	Winners (1996)
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Russia national handball team

Medal record
Olympic Games
	2000 Sydney
	2004 Athens
World Championship
	1993 Sweden
	1997 Japan
	1999 Egypt
European Championship
	1996 Spain
	1994 Portugal
	2000 Croatia

The Russia national handball team is controlled by the Handball Union of Russia. Russia is designated by IHF and EHF.

All Olympic medals of the Soviet Union were inherited by Russia, but not combined together with the medal count of the Russian Federation.

History

Handball in Russia as one of the sports games appeared in early 20th century (approx. in 1909). In the first period of its development the handball in Russia had two forms, 11 players form and 7 players form. The main centers for the development of handball in Russia till the end of 40s were Moscow, Leningrad, Rostov-on-Don, Krasnodar and other cities of the Russian Federation. Its high popularity, growing authority, both in center and in provinces demanded the formation of united organizational and methodical center, and it was had formed. In 1955 was set up the All-Union section (federation) of handball, was approved the statutes of this public sports organization, were defined the directions for the development of handball, and that appeared to be a stimulus to wide development of handball in the country. There were formed the sections of handball, were set up handball teams, the handball competitions were held. By early 60s was finally approved a single form of handball game – 7players form.

At that period, thanks to active and purposeful efforts of handball public family – All-Russia and regional federations, coaches, athletes and just lovers for handball – started to work centers for children and youths where were trained young athletes – future champions of world and Olympic Games. The first center of that kind was the sports school “Start” for children and youths in Rostov-on-Don. Then similar schools were opened in Moscow, Sverdlovsk, Leningrad, Krasnodar, Volgograd, Krasnoyarsk, in the Far East. More than 100 such centers for training young athletes were opened in Russia. The best of them were awarded with the status of specialized sports schools of Olympic reserve. The opening of those sports schools of Olympic reserve played a significant role in preparation of high class athletes – the reserve of the master teams and of national teams of the country. Young athletes in the age of 10–17 years had their sports training in those schools using special programs. To the moment of appear at the international arena the Russian handball players had got sufficient sports potential and could be able to equally withstand to club and national teams of the countries where handball 7players form started its development much earlier.

Results

Summer Olympics

Year	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA
1996	5th	6	4	0	2	165	132
2000	1st	8	7	0	1	219	195
2004	3rd	8	4	0	4	214	216
2008	6th	8	3	1	4	216	214
2012	Did not qualify
2016	Did not qualify

World Championship

1993	Sweden	Champions
1995	Iceland	5th place
1997	Japan	Champions
1999	Egypt	Runners-up
2001	France	6th place
2003	Portugal	5th place
2005	Tunisia	8th place
2007	Germany	6th place
2009	Croatia	16th place
2011	Sweden	Did not qualify
2013	Spain	7th place
2015	Qatar	19th place
2017	France	12th place
2019	Germany/Denmark	Qualified

Honours

Competition				Total
Olympic Games	1	0	1	2
World Championship	2	1	0	3
European Championship	1	2	0	3
Total	4	3	1	8

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship.^[1]

Head coach: Dmitri Torgovanov

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 5 RB Dmitrii Kiselev (1994-11-15) 15 November 1994 1.93 m 7 9 St. Petersburg 6 RW Daniil Shishkaryov (1988-07-06) 6 July 1988 1.89 m 86 196 RK Vardar 7 RW Dmitry Kovalyov (1982-05-15) 15 May 1982 1.80 m 175 439 Chekhovskiye Medvedi 9 CB Alexander Shkurinskiy (1995-04-11) 11 April 1995 1.90 m 5 7 SKIF Krasnodar 10 P Aleksandr Chernoivanov (1979-02-13) 13 February 1979 2.05 m 116 232 Chekhovskiye Medvedi 11 CB Pavel Atman (1987-05-25) 25 May 1987 1.90 m 107 204 Meshkov Brest 12 GK Vadim Bogdanov (1986-03-26) 26 March 1986 1.97 m 84 0 Azoty-Puławy 13 LB Sergei Gorbok (1982-12-04) 4 December 1982 1.96 m 61 206 Pick Szeged 16 GK Dmitry Pavlenko (1991-01-01) 1 January 1991 1.90 m 17 0 Chekhovskiye Medvedi 17 LB Aleksandr Dereven (1992-03-26) 26 March 1992 1.99 m 15 36 RK Vardar 20 P Mikhail Chipurin (1980-11-17) 17 November 1980 1.85 m 208 505 Ivry Handball 21 P Gleb Kalarash (1990-11-29) 29 November 1990 2.05 m 26 39 Motor Zaporozhye 25 RB Sergey Shelmenko (1983-04-05) 5 April 1983 1.96 m 74 160 Motor Zaporozhye 31 LW Timur Dibirov (1983-07-30) 30 July 1983 1.80 m 175 600 RK Vardar 44 LW Igor Soroka (1991-05-27) 27 May 1991 1.80 m 29 85 Motor Zaporozhye 55 LB Azat Valiullin (1990-09-01) 1 September 1990 2.07 m 9 1 TBV Lemgo 87 GK Victor Kireyev (1987-05-05) 5 May 1987 1.90 m 25 0 Motor Zaporozhye 89 CB Dmitry Zhitnikov (1989-11-20) 20 November 1989 1.85 m 91 206 Wisła Płock

References

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External links

• Official website
• IHF profile